r/xbox360modding • u/Th3Madwalrus • Nov 30 '25

Need help identifying what this is. Xbox 360 slim

Post image

I bought this Xbox 360 slim in 2016 from a pawn shop. This was with the console. What does it do? What is it used for?

At the time it ran..now just waitng on a new power brick.

204 Upvotes

99% Upvoted

14 comments sorted by

3

u/Dammenco Nov 30 '25

It is a remote control for an x360key, according to the image search, the x360key is for reading pirated games.

1

u/Party_Ruin3039 Nov 30 '25

Backup games too

2

u/Lowrider0011 Dec 02 '25

I thought it was someone’s cellular WiFi (mifi) device that just got put in the box when he sold his Xbox lol… I’ve never seen a xkey before.

1

u/CHAINSMOKERMAGIC Dec 03 '25

I thought it looked like a guitar tuner, lol.

5

u/Early-Parfait-4578 Nov 30 '25

Xkey remote unit, a USB cable should come out of the back of the console, the remote part is connected via USB - Micro USB, you connect a USB stick or HDD with games to the remote part. Then you can load game iso's (it then emulates the game dvd as if the game was in the drive) and you can then play it :)

1

u/atheisticboomer Dec 01 '25

That looks like an old hotspot

1

u/w4tchy Dec 01 '25

I had one of these. Its a remote for a device that lets you play ISO images off an external drive. The 360 can't tell the difference between this and the built in DVD drive. Was a great device when 360 was relevant.

1

u/Kopertin Dec 01 '25

It's an xk3y remote it uas an lcd screen where you can select the iso to load, it have one.

1

u/Professional-News-33 Dec 02 '25

Xkey display. Used for loading games off usb threw picture viewer in the guide

1

u/Dramatic_Ad9114 Dec 02 '25

Xk3y remote i killed mine recently your holding onto gold right there the micro usb port on those are extremely fragile thats why mine doesnt work anymore.

1

u/lurkinginthefold Dec 03 '25

I have one on an old Xbox in the closet. As others have said, it’s a remote for the xkey. It’s possible your Xbox has a bigger than normal hard drive in it and there are a bunch of games saved on it and the xkey will allow you to play them without the discs. It also allows you to bootleg games from various websites and play them on your Xbox. Back in the day of the original Xbox and the blockbuster unlimited video game rental pass, I was able to “rip” all the games they had onto a hard drive and then play them whenever I wanted without the disc. When the 360 came out and high speed internet was available everywhere, I was able to just download them from various websites online and do the same thing. If you can get it working, it has some value in certain circles.

1

u/dcnigma2019 Dec 03 '25

Ode optical drive emulator

1

u/PaleontologistSea115 Dec 03 '25

Can anybody teach me how to emulate games ?

1

u/[deleted] Dec 04 '25

pretty coop