Next XBOX has a HD Touch Screen controller... My thoughts.

Hi gamers!

I present another stupid rumour that's been spread around various gaming sites like IGN, Gametrailers, Gamespot and Eurogamer. Where any of this has come about is beyond all of us, just because Wii-U has a HD Tablet controller doesn't mean another company will soon follow, even if XBOX wanted to make a tablet controller there would be various amount of lawsuits...Don't you think?

We all know most of XBOX's market is the kinect more video game consoles are sold to families and so the parents would go for the most active console. So really the Next XBOX would surely have more kinect features than anything else I'm thinking.

The term "XBOX 720" has seemed to dive further down the list of titles for the next system. Now many are calling it the "NEXTBOX".

Well who knows, even though rumours this early on never match what the final is going to look like. There has been reports from Microsoft that the "NEXTBOX" won't be seen until 2013.

What's with all the rumours of this console that won't come out for another year!? Stupid game journalists, many of you have no clue what a CD-i is let alone the next XBOX. How come there isn't any rumours of the next Playstation yet?
They must be mind-mapping it still /sarcasm  

Sources: Various stupid rumour articles on Gamespot, IGN and so on and so fourth.

A look at different XBOX Development Kits

Hi gamers!

XBOX has really been sticking to me recently, it's a very interesting system and some of it's versions are very cool to look at. It's (to me) always been the biggest system and takes a lot of abuse. There are systems that the general public haven't *ever* seen before, of course these would be the development and debug kits that are rented out to game developing companies.

This unit I'm about to show you is the DVT-4 unit, it's a prototype, Microsoft Asset development kit rolls right of your tongue. Gamers out there thought the public XBOX was big, just wait till you see this.

It's a little taller at the top mainly for the extra outputs/inputs at the back, possibly due to on the fly debugging, which you'll see below.
I'm always on the look out for one, and I've come across a few. They go for a ball park figure of $350-$400, so just a little more than a Playstation 3 to today's standards. One day, I'll get my hands on one it's a great piece of 128-bit history. Don't you think?

Next we have an Alpha Tower XBOX development system, which is basic looks like an ordinary PC. It's not at all and everything is highly custom. People in the past have tried to create one from scratch from "off-the-shelf" parts, of course without the custom BIOS and CPU it just wouldn't work. Yes, this one is also a beast!

Alpha II and XBOX Debug Kit box.

Images from ASSEMbler

Affordable Megadrive/Genesis Flashcart is on it's way! By Haunted360

Hi gamers!

For any SEGA fan let alone a Megadrive fan will know how important it is to preserve their cartridges. There are ways of doing this but many of them require you to use the cartridge it's self.
There is the alternative of a flashcart, many many of these are on the market with various quality difference, some may have friendly UI and some might not. There are countless difference between them, and then comes the price.. This is what steers a lot of gamers away (including myself), as many of these cartridges are handmade they're also very difficult to make.

Haunted360.com has been developing a flashcart for a little while now it's still in early development however. It's in working state and does it promises, runs games. He aims for the flashcart to be affordable, and easy to use for all gamers, and with a clean simple UI. That's something to look forward to. I can't say too much yet as it's in early development stages, but looks very promising and sounds very interesting.

There is also some rolling footage (also known as a video) of it in action below.

You can follow it's progress here and also from Haunted360's twitter feed. Of course in the near future more progress will be made and reported here :)