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xqemu
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why can't console games be ran natively?
These projects are called compatibility layers, or "translation layers" sometimes. I think XQEmu (OG XBox on PC) works the same.
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QEMU Version 6.0.0 Released
Yes:
https://xemu.app/
https://xqemu.com/
Are both original Xbox emulators built off of QEMU. I've only used Xemu, but performance was pretty good for the games I tried on it (it doesn't have a way to upscale rendering yet though).
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Morrowind Rebooted the Original Xbox Without You Ever Noticing
It's indeed a bit like a kexec.
On system initialization, kernel routines are copied into RAM by the bootloader[1]. Executables run in ring 0, and have a jump table to call kernel routines in their own address space (IIRC) [2].
As such, loading any executable counts as a soft reboot.
Also, there is a functioning open source emulator, Xqemu [3] (and its sibling/fork focused on speed and compatibility more than accuracy, xemu [4])
I recommend reading "17 mistakes Microsoft made in the Xbox security system", which is very informative [5].
[1]: https://xboxdevwiki.net/Boot_Process
[2]: https://xboxdevwiki.net/Kernel
[3]: https://xqemu.com/
[4]: https://xemu.app/
[5]: https://xboxdevwiki.net/17_Mistakes_Microsoft_Made_in_the_Xb...
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Experimental Nintendo Switch Emulator written in C#
There is one emulator currently that does do that, the "XQEMU" emulator for the original Xbox https://xqemu.com/
It's in its infant stages at the moment according to the "Emulation General" wiki and focuses heavily on "accuracy" over performance
Other emulators such as CXBX-Reloaded have made larger strides, currently emulating roughly 10% of the software library
It's also worth stating, while the Xbox seems like an "easy" target, being based on an ia-32 (Pentium III) PC with an Nvidia GeForce chip (somewhere between a Geforce 2 and 3 at the time) it is an absolutely monstrous beast with minimal documentation about its hardware and numerous "gotchas"
It also has a very small library of 'exclusive' content which detracts from gaining many developers
UTM
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Is it impossible to upgrade from 15.1 to 16.3?
If you have TrollStore then install the HV version of UTM to try for yourself: https://github.com/utmapp/UTM/releases/latest/download/UTM.HV.ipa
- UTM – Virtual Machines for iOS and macOS
- Giving up the iPad-only travel dream
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Exploring Windows XP on macOS ARM64
Researching a little showed that this is basically what can be expected running x86 emulation and the systems will just be wonky and slow, although it was running flawlessly, just slow.
There seem to be ways to use Rosetta2 inside a VM [0] to then translate binaries but I found no official support or documentation (using UTM+QEMU that was), this would be such a cool feature, at least there are discussions about it [1,2]
- [0] https://mybyways.com/blog/using-rosetta-in-a-utm-linux-vm-wi...
- [1] https://github.com/utmapp/UTM/discussions/4939
- [2] https://github.com/utmapp/UTM/issues/5460
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Run a macOS VM on Apple Silicon from a double-click with Vimy
UTM is open source too though: https://github.com/utmapp/UTM#license
- Is there a way that I can dual boot iPadOS with Windows 11?
- UTM – Run Virtual Machines on iOS
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UTM for Developers
UTM makes it easy to set up and manage macOS and Windows virtual machines. This can be especially useful for developers such as Tauri contributors who need to test their applications across multiple platforms, or for those looking to experiment with different operating systems without affecting their primary system.
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What is the best way to run Windows 10 or 11 (whatever is better) on a 2020 MacBook Air M1?
If you don't need high performance and want to use the OS only occasionally, check UTM.app, at https://mac.getutm.app/ (or https://github.com/utmapp/UTM ). Free, open source.
- Lima: A nice way to run Linux VMs on Mac
What are some alternatives?
xemu - Original Xbox Emulator for Windows, macOS, and Linux (Active Development)
QEMU - Official QEMU mirror. Please see https://www.qemu.org/contribute/ for how to submit changes to QEMU. Pull Requests are ignored. Please only use release tarballs from the QEMU website.
Ryujinx - Experimental Nintendo Switch Emulator written in C#
macos-virtualbox - Push-button installer of macOS Catalina, Mojave, and High Sierra guests in Virtualbox on x86 CPUs for Windows, Linux, and macOS
box64 - Box64 - Linux Userspace x86_64 Emulator with a twist, targeted at ARM64 Linux devices
lima - Linux virtual machines, with a focus on running containers
game-compatibility - Cxbx-Reloaded game compatibilty list, using GitHub issues
ish - Linux shell for iOS
extract-xiso - Xbox ISO Creation/Extraction utility. Imported from SourceForge.
Code-Server - VS Code in the browser
yuzu - Nintendo Switch emulator
terraform-provider-libvirt - Terraform provider to provision infrastructure with Linux's KVM using libvirt