xqemu

Open-source emulator to play original Xbox games on Windows, macOS, and Linux (by xqemu)

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xqemu reviews and mentions

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  • why can't console games be ran natively?
    3 projects | /r/emulation | 22 Jan 2023
    These projects are called compatibility layers, or "translation layers" sometimes. I think XQEmu (OG XBox on PC) works the same.
  • QEMU Version 6.0.0 Released
    11 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 30 Apr 2021
    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).

  • Morrowind Rebooted the Original Xbox Without You Ever Noticing
    3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 15 Apr 2021
    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...

  • Experimental Nintendo Switch Emulator written in C#
    8 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 13 Mar 2021
    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

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