I'm a newbie myself, but it really doesn't get any easier than CoinOPS. Yes, you must have a modified Xbox. Buy one second hand, and make sure you get one with atleast 100 GB storage, or you'll regret it later. In sweden where I live you'll have to pay around £50 for that. Download XBMC, burn it to a DVD and run it in your Xbox. Unzip CoinOPS Epic. Transfer CoinOPS Epic to your Xbox. This manual looks complicated, but just do as it says and you'll see it's actually quite easy: http://www.monstermodchip.com/Xbox%20FTP.htm Delete TDATA and UDATA inder E: on your Xbox. Run default.xbe The rest is in docs included.