Customer Reviews

Datel Max XBOX Action Replay

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

I recently purchased an Xbox AR direct from Datel. The software installed with no problem, but I couldn't get the program to recognize the memory card included with the product and therefore had no way to transfer saves from my computer to the memory card. Saves must be added to the memory card before they can be transferred to the Xbox hard drive, so the product is useless to me. I contacted Datel and found that Xbox AR is NOT compatible with Vista, so don't make the same mistake I did and buy one if you have Vista. When their description states that AR requires "Windows 98 or higher" they apparently mean Windows 98, but no higher than Windows XP.

Made the process simple and relatively painless. Plug it into the usb port of your computer, load the appropriate saves for the game you are using, then plug it into your controller. Easy-peasy.

This was one of the worst things I had ever purchased on Amazon. I did all the steps needed and it still did not work. I even did them again. Horrible Device.

This is only compatible with Windows XP and lower... I figured out that you can use the Virtual Windows XP Mode in Windows 7 to do all the Datel Action Replay stuff! Saved my butt... and money!

Action Replay for the Xbox is suppose to work without any problems. =( I bought it NEW but it does not work..memory card was no use to me..I had to get a friend to soft mod a few of my xbox's for me. DO NOT buy this product. May be who I bought it from bought DAMAGED goods!!

i just bought it for the xbox media center mod and it worked fine. HOWEVER the free 8mb memory card that came with it was a dud so luckily i had a memory card to use. haven't really used it for cheats like it its made for but im sure it'll work fine too.

This items works well in Windows7-64bit, BUT it took some effort and frustration. I rated it 4star because it does everything it's supposed to *if you have XP Mode for Win7*.

My understanding is that you must have Win7 Professional or Ultimate for this to work because it requires that you utilize XP Mode which I believe only works with the more powerful Win7 releases. I'm running Win7 Pro 64bit and initially it would NOT detect the memory card plugged in. It found the drive, but would never see the card. After reading many forums and going to their site, I finally found some references to the need for XP Mode. You install XP Mode and Virtual PC and then by running the Datel app inside of XP Mode the memory card would be detected in the reader. Get XP Mode from Microsoft's site here:
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I utilized this to put Linux on my classic Xbox. Functioned great. Once I got XP Mode working.

Some people have been able to get this to work with Vista, but officially Datel doesn't support Vista or Windows 7. I broke out the old WinXP box and this thing works great.

The drivers for XP might work for you in Vista 32-bit or Win7 32-bit, but they aren't signed drivers so they might not. And they DEFINITELY won't work in 64-bit.

This worked great for softmodding my xbox to put XBMC on it. It gets the job done, but it's to bad I only had one use for it.

If you are wanting to buy this just for softmodding your Xbox, it's a great buy and worked perfect in my XP Pro desktop, But I have found out that most of the game saves that I downloaded through the program appeared as damaged when trying to open them with a games. That is the only reason I give this only 3 stars.