Blades

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More Pre-release dashboard screenshots. Since versions before 1873 don't run on Xenia, they can only be run on Alpha 2 - Beta 2 devkit hardware. Early concepts for the Blades dashboard can be found here

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Many of the earlier pre-release builds (especially before 2005) do not have a dashboard.

Pre-Release#

2.0.0211.0#

xboxkrnla.exe timestamp: 19 Feb 2004 19:11:18

2.0.0338.0#

xboxkrnla.exe timestamp: 01 Apr 2004 17:19:31

2.0.0430.0#

xboxkrnla.pdb timestamp: 28 Apr 2004 15:42:56

2.0.0431.0#

xeshellext.dll timestamp: 29 Apr 2004 23:41:03

May 2004 XeDK. Kernel and shell bundled as part of the Microsoft Giano simulator.

2.0.0530.0#

default.exe timestamp: 26 May 2004 22:06:13

2.0.0530.1#

xboxkrnla.exe timestamp: 15 Jun 2004 01:52:12

2.0.0615.0#

default.exe timestamp: 06 Jun 2004 12:17:56

2.0.0634.0#

default.exe timestamp: 30 Jun 2004 22:19:11

2.0.0731.0#

xboxkrnla.exe timestamp: 01 Aug 2004 23:36:55

2.0.0815.0#

xboxkrnla.exe timestamp: ?? Aug 2004

Used in the guide prototype usability tests.

2.0.0834.0#

xboxkrnla.exe timestamp: 02 Sep 2004 03:39:05

2.0.0930.0#

xboxkrnla.exe timestamp: 29 Sep 2004 23:02:13

2.0.1029.0#

xboxkrnlad.exe timestamp: 28 Oct 2004 20:31:40

2.0.1141.0#

default.exe timestamp: 10 Dec 2004 19:34:40

2.0.1242.0#

default.exe timestamp: 29 Jan 2005 06:28:57

2.0.1332.0#

default.xex timestamp: 25 Feb 2005 23:18:42

2.0.1342.0#

xboxkrnlad.exe timestamp: 15 Mar 2005 17:40:08

2.0.1434.0#

xshell.xex timestamp: 29 Mar 2005 17:01:40

2.0.1529.0#

default.xex timestamp: 19 Apr 2005 13:13:57

Watch on YouTube

Has a rather interesting early dashboard, predating the final release by 7 months.
- Features a different color palette for the Blades, looking quite duller with more shading.
- Dashboard also features placeholder text for sections and descriptions and the overall layout for certain sections is different with early or different images and designs.
- Uses the same navigation sounds as the original Xbox.
- The System Info menu uses some placeholder text from the Orlando Sentinel (March 2005) describing Dennis Rodman posing nude as part of a viral anti-fur campaign by PETA.

System Info/Policy: Terms of use (NSFW Warning!)

2.0.1538.0#

xshell.xex timestamp: 28 Apr 2005 22:56:33

2.0.1640.0#

dash.xex timestamp: 28 May 2005 10:02:33

Watch on YouTube

Dashboard graphics are updated and more closely resemble the final version though it is still not fully finished and still features some placeholder text and early layouts/designs.
Early version of the proper system info menu.

2.0.1746.0#

xboxkrnlw1c.exe timestamp: 01 Jul 2005 12:03:18

2.0.1746.1#

dash.xex timestamp: 11 Jul 2005 18:56:36 Watch on YouTube

Design is starting to get closer to the final release. Final icons have been introduced.

2.0.1838.1#

dash.xex timestamp: 08 Aug 2005 19:06:47 Watch on YouTube

Final boot animation has been introduced.
Nearly identical to the final release, apart from some of names and descriptions slightly different in places.

2.0.1839.2#

dash.xex timestamp: 09 Aug 2005 06:10:16

2.0.1873.0#

dash.xex timestamp: 24 Aug 2005 13:38:52

Pretty much identical to the final release (2.0.1888.0).

Post-Release#

2.0.2135.0#

dash.xex timestamp: 13 Oct 2005 02:08:59

2.0.2135.1#

dash.xex timestamp: 13 Oct 2005 02:12:13

2.0.2832.0#

dash.xex timestamp: 21 Apr 2006 22:02:08

2.0.2853.0#

dash.xex timestamp: 23 May 2006 03:25:30

2.0.2863.0#

dash.xex timestamp: 25 Jul 2006 01:50:02

2.0.3519.0#

dash.xex timestamp: 14 Jul 2006 12:39:18

This dashboard was found alongside a build of Burnout 5, in its $SYSTEMUPDATE folder.

An internal dashboard with debugging features.
- Has a Shutdown Dash (DEBUG) button in Console Settings.

2.0.4022.0#

dash.xex timestamp: 30 Aug 2006 23:38:59

The option for Demos on the Games Blade has been renamed to 'Launchpad' with a rocket icon, likely for devkit purposes or something similar of that nature.

2.0.4308.0#

dash.xex timestamp: 21 Sep 2006 13:45:25

Like in 2.0.4022.0, the Launchpad option remains, though it gets renamed to the final 'Demos and More' after the next version.

2.0.4558.0#

dash.xex timestamp: 22 Mar 2007 03:16:49

An internal dashboard with debugging features.
- Has a Shutdown Dash (DEBUG) button in Console Settings.

2.0.5787.0#

dash.xex timestamp: 24 Aug 2007 21:59:52

A build that was compiled twice for both development kit systems and retail systems in the form of a regular system update.

2.0.6676.0#

dash.xex timestamp: 17 Nov 2007 07:15:25

2.0.6686.0#

dash.xex timestamp: 15 Feb 2008 03:25:28

2.0.6719.0#

dash.xex timestamp: 02 Jul 2008 19:43:11