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I agree it was fun. It was known as Crush Roller in Japan

Everytime I saw it (in the UK) it was Crush Roller.
In fact I never knew it was called Make Trax until I watched the Chasing Ghosts documentary.
Brilliant game though. Still have my boxed NGPC copy.

Just wondering (due to confusing mock-up pic), is it going to be a hardback?

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That's like the one I have but mine is a TV Boy II (so it's a lot better). 



And some of the games.....

This was the entirety of my WSC collection until I sold it last year.
I though it was an OK system in general but the lack of decent, playable games (ie in English) was a bit of a letdown for me.

If it was Atari branded I might think about it but there's already a selection of handheld devices that can be used for this.
And pre-loading it with 20 of Atari's greatest games..... including Pitfall! Really? 

Mine in action.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p4DdUJpO9I

Yep, just clone the drive with the minimum of data on it (it's quicker obviously) ie. soft-mod it and maybe even set up what dashboard you want.
Then if anything goes wrong (fingers crossed, it wont) you'll still have your original HDD, already soft-modded and ready to go back in.


How did you upgrade the HDD before?
I tried (and failed) several times to do it by connecting to a PC.  Using a program (can't remember the name) to extract the HDD password. Burning a CD with the info on it blah blah blah.
Never worked. But I did completely lock-up 2 HDD's. Neither would read in the xbox or PC once I'd finished with them. 
Never had any problems with the Chimp hot-swap method.

Is yours softmodded?
How did you install it? Just put it in?
As I said I used chimp. I'll simplify it a bit but if your going to do it
I suggest getting a better FAQ than what I'm about to do! 
Setup your softmod.
Make sure Chimp is installed as an app.
Open xbox.
Ready your HDD - set to slave IIRC.
(you also need a way to power the new hdd)
Boot xbox.
Find your Chimp app. Don't run it yet.
At this point you pull out the IDE lead from the xbox DVD and plug it into the new HDD.
Power the new HDD up.
Run Chimp. (again I suggest getting up-2-date instructions on this)
Basically, it clones the std HDD to your new HDD.
Wait for it to clone the hdd.
You then lock the new hdd (within chimp)
Power off the xbox.
Replace the old hdd with the new one.
Replace the xbox's dvd IDE lead.
Check it boots using the new HDD.
Done.

Sounds a bit fiddly and to be fair the first time I did it it was.
And nerve racking.
But it's fairly straight forward.

TBH I don't know, maybe they'll be faster but
I doubt you'd notice. SATA with an adapter would probably give you
problems with fitting it in. Space is tight in the xbox.
It's an IDE that's in it already so replacing it with another (bigger) IDE HDD
is the easiest thing to do.

Yep. Don't ask what version though! 
I never update it.
My motto is, "If it works, leave it alone."

I used the AID disc (Auto Installer Deluxe).
It allows you to set the dasboard as XBMC (or evox, avalaunch etc.)

My HDD's never cost more that £20.
The one in the picture has a 320GB but that
has around 30-40 Xbox games on it too.

I'd say for emulation only, a 40 or 80GB is fine.
Never had a problem with any HDD working.
Mine were all bought second hand. SATA works (apparently)
with an adapter I guess. ATA is easier.
I did the hotswap method using the Chimp program.
I won't lie, I was pretty nervous the first time I tried it! 

I've soft-modded quite a few xbox's.

@Carl, I take it that Blaze memory unit worked? I never got any 3rd party units to work properly. I thought it had to be an official memory unit.

This is one of mine

The Frogger shown in the vid is the Starpath version.
This is what the standard version looks like. Not as nice looking but still plays well
and is still one of the best arcade conversions.

Way of the Exploding Fist or IK+ for me.

No reliance on learning stupid combos.

Atari-fest last night with my son (a 360 addict) and my brother.

Indy 500
Basketball
Fishing Derby
Boxing
Ice Hockey

Great night