RetroArch
Cross-platform, sophisticated frontend for the libretro API. Licensed GPLv3. (by libretro)
xemu
Original Xbox Emulator for Windows, macOS, and Linux (Active Development) (by xemu-project)
| RetroArch | xemu | |
|---|---|---|
| 266 | 131 | |
| 11,365 | 3,212 | |
| 2.6% | 3.6% | |
| 9.9 | 9.9 | |
| 2 days ago | 8 days ago | |
| C | C | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
RetroArch
Posts with mentions or reviews of RetroArch.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-08.
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The Journey to Save the Last Known 43-Inch Sony CRT
You should be able to emulate close to CRT beam scanout + phosphor decay given high enough refresh rates.
Eg. given a 30 Hz (60i) retro signal, a 480 Hz display has 16 full screen refreshes for each input frame, while a 960 Hz display has 32. 480 Hz already exists, and 960 Hz are expected by end of the decade.
You essentially draw the frame over and over with progressive darkening of individual scan lines to emulate phosphor decay.
In practice, you'd want to emulate the full beam scanout and not even wait for full input frames in order to reduce input lag.
Mr. Blurbuster himself has been pitching this idea for awhile, as part of the software stack needed once we have 960+ Hz displays to finally get CRT level motion clarity. For example:
https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/issues/6984
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Looking for a setup guide for retroarcher on plex
You could try hosting the web version of Retroarch on your server, and use this but I don't think what you're looking for exists
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Netplay Custom Relay Server
Hi all Ive come across this github feature request from the project https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/issues/8124
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SillyTavern can now run Doom!*
Thanks to the amazing people at EmulatorJS and Libretro for making this all possible.
- Is there a way to filter playlists via metadata?
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Can someone explain how runahead works?
It wasn't originally developed for BSNES. It seems to go as far back as 2018 with a patch by Nitsuja for a TAS geared Gens fork then submitted to RA by Dwedit in 2018
- where do I get gameboy shaders at to download?
- [question] Anyone know to how to get rid of the mouse cursor in DOSbox-pure? Yes, I've tried f11 mouse toggle. Normally in pc/mac to fix this, I would go into Full screen mode, and it would hide the mouse cursor. I'm using a firestick on my TV in this picture instead. Can the arrow be hidden?
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How to ask for an approval on a new funcition to Sync saves on retroarch?
It's a pretty hairy topic once you get into the details but you can read through this issue thread to get up to speed: https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/issues/6875
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Trying to map R and L Dreamcast triggers to analog right UP and DOWN
So this is the issue: https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/pull/13913
xemu
Posts with mentions or reviews of xemu.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-11-03.
- Xemu: Original Xbox Emulator
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Replay old video games
Xbox: Xemu is the best Xbox Emulator according to the emulation wiki: Download Xemu
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Welcome to r/OnlinePreservation!
Xemu (Original Xbox) Emulator: https://xemu.app/
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Local Co-op Action RPGs on PC
Black Stone: Magic & Steel / 4 players / Xbox: Plays great on Xemu.
- Why does it seem like Xbox emulation is so far behind the times
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Is it possible to play burned original Xbox games with Xbox One X?
xemu is another option, if you have a Windows rig with sufficient power. Beats me as to how well Coast2Coast runs exactly, but the site boasts it to be playable at least.
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Bloodwake (and likely others) Physics Speed Issue Resolution
I think they is an option to fix this within the emulator. Check out the GitHub page, it does have some details.
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Found this at my grandparents house, can I play them on PC?
DVD-drive and https://xemu.app/
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EON Announces the XBHD, a Plug-and-Play HDMI Adapter for Original Xbox
Xemu is the best current XB emulator, it comes complete with Insignia (Xbox Live 1.0 reimplementation) support, with a little tinkering.
- I tested a bunch of Xemu (og xbox) games on Steam Deck so you don't have to
What are some alternatives?
When comparing RetroArch and xemu you can also consider the following projects:
batocera.linux - batocera.linux
xenia - Xbox 360 Emulator Research Project
arkos - Another rockchip Operating System
Cxbx-Reloaded - Xbox (Original) Emulator
libretro-thumbnails - Thumbnails for RetroArch
pcsx2 - PCSX2 - The Playstation 2 Emulator