Beta Debug XBOX

I believe that is it for the PAL beta. The NTSC versions also had Capcom vs SNK, Fever Pitch, and NBA 2003, but I think they were missing games like Lamborghini.

I paid 175-250 or so for mine (I think), from anywhere with 1 to 4 games. Figuring you have the rest of the games as well, plus boxes which are going to be nearly impossible to find, I think 500+ the sky is the limit with the right person. I know if I had the cash, I would be making you an offer on the entire deal, but sadly I can't pull it out of nowhere right now hah. My worry, like Ive seen happen to some loose Beta Live kits, is that someone is going to get it, think it is a debug kit, and destroy it.

 

Starter Kits were infact sent after the Debug Trial, although games were in BETA like Re-Volt. They were retail-signed.

 

Well Im aware of that, I was just making sure they werent also testing a starter kit during that time I hadnt heard of one, which is why I asked, because we still dont know everything sadly.

 

I would of tested that as well anyway out of curiosity.

 

Thanks to you for all of your input, it has been very helpful.

I will probably hang on to it as I have done for the last 5+ years, it was good to give it a dust off though and good to play those old games.

I was just interested to see if what I had was rare and a rough value, obviously if the right offer came along I would consider it.

I would be interested to find out if what I have is the complete uk set, and also why the boxes are most valuable and which boxes as the disc cases just seem to be ordinary amaray cases.

The documentation, is it complete as you have it borman or is there anything I do not have?

Also the box surely is just a standard ms shipping box?

 

Doesnt matter, it is something that is normally thrown out and discarded, along with the paperwork and all of that (which is what I included in boxes, trying to do taxes here so a bit distracted ). You wont be likely to find it in its original shipping box, I know I havent seen another one and I own two of the darn things.

 

I have fallen in love, great pics!

 

Beautiful. Glorious. :drool:

If I were a richer man, I would offer between $400 and $500 for the lot. I really wouldn't be surprised if you could pull ten times what you got it for.

Thanks for the pictures, and thanks for rescuing this from ebay.

 

One of these days Ill setup mine and play Mech Assault system linked

 

Thanks again for all the help and I am glad to have rescued this it really sounds like it could be the most complete pal beta live kit in existence, I am pleased to own this.

It's funny the things you come across on ebay, I have a mountain of retro video game related stuff in my loft. This is one of the only things that I was unable to find much info about.

 

Nice. Makes my DVT-4 debug look like trash. I know of the beta live consoles but I never knew there was a debug version of them. I wonder if it is a 128MB debug or one of the 64MB models. Probably 128MB.

 

There isn't a debug version of them. Thats just what they are, repurposed debug kits flashed with unique software.

 

Weren't many of the beta live kits based on retail machines? Or were they just 64MB debug consoles with the special software put in a black case? I guess they were the second choice as I remember someone saying they have the MCPX2 chip like dev systems.

 

Not at all, not sure where you heard that from. There aren't beta live kits with black cases that I know of. Ive seen people try to say that they had one, only to be debunked as just being a black debug kit. The software is close to a retail version but not. They shipped in retooled debug hardware with the stickers over it, just like this. Ive yet to see one that looks any different.

We know Xbox Live was developed using debug kits using internal builds of the XDK software, but these aren't related to that.

The beta testing kit for XBL that shipped to standard consumers was just a standard retail signed disk for retail consoles that people already had.

 

Ah. That makes more sense than what 've heard.

 

I'll say this, if it boots to a debug dash, it is 100% not a beta live kit when we're talking about these kits used to test Xbox Live. I mean, it may have been in the past, but someone had since swapped parts, which had happened in the past sadly. I'm not entirely sure where the whole black kit being use to test live thing got started, but it pops up every now and again and I have to debunk it every time. These kits had a very specific purpose, to test live in a retail environment without actually being the retail environment.

 

You mean Mech "Assult":


(that pic was taken with a Razr phone, if that tells you how old it is)

 

Of course, but people aren't always in on the joke and don't notice it

 

The error had to go through about a dozen people before it was stamped on a disc, so that kind of makes sense...