Xbox 360 Arcade Machine?

So I was digging around for info on net city arcade cabs and I stumbled upon this: http://www.xboxarcademachines.com/. Apparently its an Xbox 360 that is region free and hacked to support coin op use, thats at least all I can gleem from the front page.

So its either one of two things:

1) They have cracked they Xbox 360 security and have bent the system to their will.

2) Its going to be something like a Chihiro 2 and is official (at least for arcade use)

Any ideas?

I'm tempted to crack the silly .swf they use for a login page to find out more...

 

The retail 360 has not been fully cracked,the only region free 360's are dev/debug kits.

 

My guess is that it is just the controller which will be hacked so that the coin slot will correspond to a certain button or keep the machine from resetting in some way. The same thing was done with the Dreamcast. Chances are good that you are misinterpreting the "region free" part, as "any game" might just mean no programming incompatibilities with the coin-op setting.

 

so ya I decompiled the flash (no encryption at all, weak sauce...) and found these two beauties:




Ya its nothing special... Move along folks... nothing to see here...

 

Respect and thanks for extracting the pictures.

Anyhoo...seriously...a timer and a stock Xbox 360...Jesus...I suppose I didn't expect some sort of fabulous new Xbox 360 hack...but it's 2008, not 1988...do they really think this will work here?

Edit: Ha! I was just thinking about how stupid it is to have an arcade, timed version of xbox 360....but Jesus...the idea of introducing any arcade item at all nowadays... It's like throwing money into a pit.

 

the region free part...most xbox 360 games ARE region free

 

Oh, arcades still exist outside of Japan and Hong Kong? I haden't noticed lol.

Anyway, BRB, I'm gonna play some King of Fighters 2002 in the arcade in Musico Espí before it closes and arcades dissapear forever of my state.

 

There is also a regionfree solution for the retail 360, that need switching.

 

^ oh I know but its a complicated solution

 

That's one of the ugliest arcades I've ever seen. Seriously, who would want to play that..?

 

someone near sighted. who can hover. and thus doesn't need chairs.

 

the controllers are positioned terribly! they look like they're about junk high. they ought to be at least belly button high.

 

I almost got excited for a second there... that is a pile of shit!

 

License aside, anyone who owns a 360 could make that.

Oh wait, the 360 is "specially engineered" to burn after prolonged use, so that's out of the question with standard retail systems.

Damn, flawless security measures to protect copyright!

 

If they rumble I'm fine with having them junk high.

 

my junk can reach belly-button height, no problem

 

I could have lived my whole life not knowing that and been much better off...

 

forgot that sex is an offense in Utah, sorry