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Xbox DVT4 XBpartitioner and Game Demos

Nix McRetro // 24th November 2019 // Categories: Devkit, Microsoft, YouTube

And this video concludes the six-part Xbox DVT4 series. What a ride it has been! With the 120 GB SSD installed and UnleashX running, I thought it was about time to make use of some of that extra storage. Xbox Partitioner 1.3 was the next thing to investigate, although it... Continue reading

Xbox DVT4 Running UnleashX

Nix McRetro // 24th November 2019 // Categories: Devkit, Microsoft, YouTube

Sometimes I leave the raw footage for these videos sitting on my computer way too long. This DVT4 series dates back to early 2019 and, by the time I edited it, I couldn’t remember what half of the clips were supposed to demonstrate. This one is a perfect example. I... Continue reading

Xbox DVT4 Network Update (XDK 5933)

Nix McRetro // 24th November 2019 // Categories: Devkit, Microsoft, YouTube

With the DVT4 restored to XDK 5849, I wanted to update it to build 5933. I’d originally been looking for another recovery disc, but it turned out that this particular update could be installed over the network instead. Much more interesting! Unfortunately, I wasn’t having much luck getting the tools... Continue reading

Cooking with McRetro: McMuffin Madness

Nix McRetro // 24th November 2019 // Categories: News, YouTube

We haven’t done a Cooking with segment in quite some time. As you can see not much has changed. I do miss the days of simpler cooking where we could just dump a bunch of choc chips into custard or cover a sugared cinnamon doughnut in more sugar and call... Continue reading

Xbox DVT4 Factory Restore (XDK Recovery 5849)

Nix McRetro // 24th November 2019 // Categories: Devkit, Microsoft, YouTube

This video steps us through one of the finer things in life, factory restoring a DVT4 using an XDK Recovery 5849 DVD-R that I’d burnt from an ISO found on the internet. You might say that isn’t one of the finer things in life at all! Well, you’re wrong. With... Continue reading