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No one of consequence, archiver of original Xbox DLC, friendly neighborhood Canadian Xbox collector.

https://consolemods.org/wiki/Xbox:Unarchived_DLC
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crunchbite.teamxlink.co.uk
v2 of my Xbox chain-loader is now fully open source :)
This is the loader used in Skeleton Key
GitHub - CrunchBite/packed-xbe-launcher2: A simple self-extracting XBE launcher (now 2x faster!)
A simple self-extracting XBE launcher (now 2x faster!) - CrunchBite/packed-xbe-launcher2
github.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:56 AM
harcroft.ca
Another Original Xbox preservation win.
Console 4133****3905 uploaded the missing PAL update for (ToCA) Race Driver 2

XCAT is working to preserve original Xbox Live history and provide for the future of Original Xbox online gaming.
consolemods.org/XCAT
XCAT
Xbox Content Archive Tool (XCAT) is a utility that runs directly on an Xbox console to assist in finding unarchived DLC and other lost content. When the application is run, It will scan the Xbox hard ...
consolemods.org
November 8, 2025 at 2:26 AM
harcroft.ca
XCAT strikes again!

Thanks to our friend hardly in Japan we have recovered another lost DLC for Thousand Land on original Xbox.

The recovered DLC is already on Rock5's downloader.

Please help recover lost Xbox Live content. Run XCAT on every OG Xbox hard drive you can find!
consolemods.org/XCAT
XCAT
Xbox Content Archive Tool (XCAT) is a utility that runs directly on an Xbox console to assist in finding unarchived DLC and other lost content. When the application is run, It will scan the Xbox hard ...
consolemods.org
November 5, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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hitsave.org
Our latest podcast episode is up! Earlier this summer Hit Save director @jonasrosland.bsky.social sat down CrunchBite, current project lead on the #XLinkKai tunneling program, and got the story behind one of gaming's most enduring community-driven projects dedicated to connecting gamers worldwide.
Keeping the Dream Alive: Twenty-Two Years of Free Online Gaming with XLink Kai
Earlier this summer we sat down with CrunchBite, the third-generation developer and current project lead behind XLink Kai, the remarkable tunneling service that has been connecting console gamers acro...
hitsave.org
September 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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hitsave.org
Direct podcast link here:
creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...
Keeping the Dream Alive: Twenty-Two Years of Free Online Gaming with XLink Kai by Hit Save! Podcast
Earlier this summer we sat down with CrunchBite, the third-generation developer and current project lead behind XLink Kai, the remarkable tunneling service that has been connecting console gamers acro...
creators.spotify.com
September 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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consolemods.org
📢 ConsoleMods T-shirts are now up for sale on the ArtisticPixels site!!

Huge thanks to @arielaces.bsky.social for making it possible for everyone to spread the love :)

www.artisticpixels305.com/product-page...
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Spread the word now that ConsoleMods.org now comes in a stylish new way for your fit. Sporting the CM logo on the front and detailed logo on the back, you can show off your ConsoleMods dedication! 20%...
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August 26, 2025 at 3:08 AM
harcroft.ca
Shoutout to @mrmario2011.com for his coverage of the Skeleton Key ENDGAME payload for OG Xbox!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EysF...

Don't forget you can use the Skeleton Key launcher menu to quickly backup your EEPROM by just putting the IP shown on the bottom left of the menu into your browser.
August 9, 2025 at 11:31 PM
harcroft.ca
OG Xbox archival news!
The last missing Title Update for Project: Snowblind has been found. This game's XBL content is now fully archived!

5 PAL region DLC unlocks for Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix also found!

Thank you zeealucard!

Keep rocking consolemods.org/XCAT
XCAT
Xbox Content Archive Tool (XCAT) is a utility that runs directly on an Xbox console to assist in finding unarchived DLC and other lost content. When the application is run, It will scan the Xbox hard ...
consolemods.org
August 9, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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consolemods.org
The ConsoleMods Wiki is hosting another edit marathon. Come help out and win prizes!

www.retrorgb.com/consolemods-...
ConsoleMods Wiki 5th Edit Marathon
ConsoleMods.org is hosting its 5th edit marathon! Learn, contribute, and win prizes! Rules This marathon will last from now until 8/14 at midnight (Central Time). You can earn multiple entries in eac...
www.retrorgb.com
August 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
harcroft.ca
I have contacted LoveMHz again about the edited screenshots and lies he is hosting about myself and friends in the Xbox community on his blog.

He has made it clear he is content dispensing these lies.

I am a little surprised he is determined to lie to everyone with no benefit.
August 3, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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crunchbite.teamxlink.co.uk
XCAT v1.08 is out! consolemods.org/xcat

There is a 2-3x speed increase and better handling for network errors. Happy archiving! 🍻
A crunchy 128x128 image of the XCAT logo which is totally just the Xbox logo with XCAT written below it in the xbox font
August 1, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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retrorgb.bsky.social
Fuck it, let's try to help: Natalie makes cool shit and offers tons of info completely free. Links in the post: www.retrorgb.com/natalies-gam...
July 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
harcroft.ca
The hits just keep on coming for XCAT!

Yesterday Xbox 3123****4305 uploaded:
Star Wars: The Clone Wars DLC: Kashyyyk Conquest for PAL regions.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars PAL TU
Ninja Gaiden older PAL TU.

Today Xbox 1175****5105 uploaded an older German TU for Far Cry Instincts.
consolemods.org/XCAT
XCAT
Xbox Content Archive Tool (XCAT) is a utility that runs directly on an Xbox console to assist in finding unarchived DLC and other lost content. When the application is run, It will scan the Xbox hard ...
consolemods.org
July 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
harcroft.ca
Hopefully coming soon to an @insignia.live near you!
harcroft.ca Harcroft @harcroft.ca · Jul 17
Did you know the Japan exclusive game Thousand Land had DLC?

I didn't either until cheato of Alpha Archive found 5 of 18 previously unknown DLC maps just a few days ago.

These maps have been archived and are now available on Rocky5's URL Downloader.

consolemods.org/XCAT
July 18, 2025 at 12:09 AM
harcroft.ca
Did you know the Japan exclusive game Thousand Land had DLC?

I didn't either until cheato of Alpha Archive found 5 of 18 previously unknown DLC maps just a few days ago.

These maps have been archived and are now available on Rocky5's URL Downloader.

consolemods.org/XCAT
July 17, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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consolemods.org
Help out if you can!

www.retrorgb.com/sony-pdf-sor...
Sony PDF Sorting Project - Consumer Documents
The Sony PDF Sorting Project continues on ConsoleMods.org! What is it? As a refresher of the first post a year and a half ago, we've scraped a ton of documents from multiple Sony websites from publi...
www.retrorgb.com
July 17, 2025 at 1:36 PM
harcroft.ca
Console 5035****3505 with a non stock ExcelStor J880 80gb HDD in it uploaded Halo 2 Update 4 German and 380 Yelo scene captures to the XCAT database today.

We are down to 19 Halo 2 missing TUs.
Korean, Spanish, Japanese Update 5 are still missing.
consolemods.org/XCAT
XCAT
XCAT
consolemods.org
July 16, 2025 at 10:17 PM
harcroft.ca
I've took a break from posting about the Xbox preservation work during some ongoing health issues that I thought would be resolved by now.

The work never stopped, I've just been quiet about it.

I'll start posting news and updates on the bounty of new finds again starting today.
July 16, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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invoxiplaygames.uk
this is the RIAA's DMCA claim - later counter-claimed - towards youtube-dl
github.com/github/dmca/...

this is MakeMHz's DMCA claim towards an FTP client
github.com/github/dmca/...

in what world can you see what MakeMHz LLC is doing as good faith attempts at protecting their own copyrighted work
July 11, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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goteamscotch.com
It doesn't seem like this should work, but it totally does! You can even still video chat with others over Insignia (Xbox Live) in 2025.

Here's a guide on how you can mod an Eyetoy to work on Og Xbox:
consolemods.org/wiki/Xbox:Ey...
July 15, 2025 at 8:51 PM
harcroft.ca
An unfortunate notice for XCAT: consolemods.org/XCAT
We have ended attempts to restore XCAT functionality on the Stellar modchip FW 1.5.0+.

When our lead dev spoke with LoveMHz to resolve the situation, they lied in their responses.

I'm sorry we couldn't resolve this for you. 1/2
July 14, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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lovemhz.com/blog/xbox-scene-theft-part-2/
Hey look more misleading statements, more conflation of unrelated issues, still refusing to remove deceitfully cropped images that tell complete lies.

I guess it is just to hard for LoveMHz to tell the truth for literally one second, or to leave me alone.
ovemhz.com
July 13, 2025 at 5:16 AM
harcroft.ca
To LoveMHz:
This is not an apology
lovemhz.com/blog/xbox-sc...
1) Trying to excuse your poor behavior, state an intent to apologise then don't apologize.
2) You did not remove my name or the deceitful cropped screens: lovemhz.com/blog/xbox-sc...
3) You HID the retraction:
github.com/LoveMHz/love...
Theft in the Xbox Scene - Part 1 Corrections
This is not an article I want to be writing. It is not something I ever imagined I would have to write.
lovemhz.com
July 12, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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goteamscotch.com
Skeleton Key is a freely available community built toolkit for the Original Xbox that runs on stock (unmodded) consoles

- Softmod your console (Rocky5)
- Change your video settings
- Access your hard drive
- Upload lost DLC content (XCAT)
- Register with Insignia (Xbox Live replacement)
(and more)
July 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
harcroft.ca
There are no winners here.
LoveMHz's attacks on the xbox community have made a mockery of the wide reaching collaboration we've all contributed to over many years.

The success of Insignia, XCAT, new HW mods, preservation efforts + more are all part of that collaborative effort.
harcroft.ca Harcroft @harcroft.ca · Jul 10
Update on the LoveMHz spurious accusations against in the Xbox community:
www.ogxbox.com/forums/index...

They created a forum thread, levied more accusations, refused to respond to proof the accusations were false, ignored evidence their "clean" code may be taken from MS source leaks.
Clearing up the confusion
www.ogxbox.com
July 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM