Copying XBOX Games
by:
Terry Dunn
There really is no shortcut to copying XBOX
games. In fact, this is a mightily complicated
process and has stumped some really techie
people. This is evident with the prevalence of
the question on copying XBOX games in Internet
message boards and tech chat rooms. But why
does one need to be going about there and
copying XBOX games? Is this not legal?
If you have an XBOX and you have purchased
original games to play on it, chances are you
must have ran through a huge chunk of your
savings. Original games are very expensive and
because CDs are not exactly immortal, you can
eventually wear out a game especially if you
use it every minute of the day.
To give value to consumers, most countries
allow original CD buyers to make back-up
copies of their XBOX games in case their
original got damaged or got lost provided that
they are aware of the law against pirated
software and that they actually own an
original cd and are only copying XBOX games
for their personal use only.
While it is relatively easy to do the
copying of XBOX games, the same cannot be said
in actually using the XBOX games that you have
copied. Most software contain an encryption
that must be met when inserted in an XBOX.
Copying an XBOX game, however, does not copy
this encryption. This is a protection system
that most XBOX consoles have as protection
against flagrant copying of XBOX games.
To be able to run XBOX games that you have
copied, you need to modify your XBOX. This can
be a daunting task especially to beginners who
are afraid of destroying their XBOXes with
their tinkering.
According to most tech experts, there are a
lot of ways to modifying your XBOX in order to
accommodate the practice of copying of XBOX
games. Some are quite complicated and only a
tech expert could do while other ways can be
expensive but easy.
One is to buy and install a MOD-chip. This
will allow your console to play XBOX games
that you have copied as well as play imported
games from other countries with perfect sound
and video with no problem at all. While it may
seem that all you have to do is purchase a
MOD-Chip and then voila, you have another
think coming. There are actually a lot of
things that you should consider when buying a
MOD-Chip. Most recommend the Divineo Modchips,
which are purported to be really reliable.
Some of the popular brands are the Xecuter 2
and 3, Xenium, SmartXX, X-bit, Alladin,
Chameleon and Xchip.
Another way in copying and using XBOX games
is to change the BIOS of the XBOX so that it
will no longer read the requirements of the
digitally-signed software. This is basically
reprogramming the whole BIOS.
You might also consider purchasing a bigger
hard drive and just save all your games inside
the XBOX. This way, you already have copy of
your favorite games inside and would no longer
need to swap CDs.
The third way is to do the game swapping
technique, wherein you will first boot the
original CD and then swap the copy once it has
already booted up. This might be very
complicated and will not actually serve your
purpose in copying your XBOX games… that is to
preserve your original CDs.
