Emulators for Xbox.

MulletMan13 · Post by **MulletMan13** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 3:32 am

Hey all,

I'm really curious about emulation for the xbox, and I haven't really been paying attention to that scene at all. What I would like to know is, what sortof emulators are out, how do they run, and why is there not a single site that can act as a hub for all the xbox emu news? (sortof like this site).

Are only private libraries used, so all the emus are 'illegal'?

All I can find on google is pages that haven't been updated since 2002... nothing too recent at all. There was a promising N64 emu out there then... is n64 emulation now possible on xbox?

Thanks for the input.

Skynet · Post by **Skynet** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 3:43 am

http://www.xbox-scene.com has always been the first place I've gone to for Xbox related crap. There's constantly updated news on their main page. If your xbox has a Dashboard that has news feeds that also tells you about the newest releases.

the xbox-scene forums aren't bad either. I've found out quite a few things from there.

I'm pretty sure all emulators are illegal because they use the official XB SDK.

I have 2 copies of Surreal64. An older version that plays pretty well most games I've tried (about 20) to varying degrees of success. Surreal64 XXXbeta that I also have has improved some games, but broken others. I'm not sure if there's been another release yet.

Most emulators I've tried have ran pretty well. I've got gba, n64, nes, snes, genesis, and one more but I've forgotten. Most games ran pretty good on those systems (keeping in mind what I said about the N64).

iirc the PSX emulator has been updated since the horribly out of date one that I downloaded nearly a year ago, I have no idea how that improved anything though.

I say homebrew such as XBMediaCentre makes modding worthwhile. Speaking of which, I need to update that now

Safety in Nimbus · Post by **Safety in Nimbus** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 3:51 am

everything on it is great. skynet is right, xbmc makes it worth modding by itself.

Skynet · Post by **Skynet** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 6:24 am

I've stopped using all my standalone DVD players all together and having Avalaunch auto load DVDs using DVD-X2 dongle free (or whatever the fudge it is) and then XBMC for every other bloody file type.

SlammedNiss · Post by **SlammedNiss** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 12:29 pm

Ooooh...

If only I had the power. I would move this bitch myself....

But, I, being just a lone member, do not carry the power...

aka.. This is posted in the wrong forum...

Hawq · Post by **Hawq** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 1:40 pm

Theres 1 emu for it thats not been done with the Xdk, but I cant remember what it is, I figure its the ease of use that makes most authors use it. Xbins is ideal for news of releases as well as the above mentioned xbox-scene of course & any news filters into the big sticky of non dc emu & homebrew normally within a few hours.
As said most of the emu's are great, well ok all the ones I've used have been, Surreal64 xxx like the official Surreal is still a bit early so its not 100% to the standard of n64 emus for the pc yet but its going to get there. MameoX now has virtual memory support for the big games so thats every metal slug that mame supports (to pick some well known ones) of course the first 2 fit into the memory on it anyway, think x does as well
XBMC is as said fantastic & runs just about everything I've thrown at it, even .ogm though I need to update to a newer one as well, my versions from last december

Skynet · Post by **Skynet** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 7:56 pm

XBMC is as said fantastic & runs just about everything I've thrown at it, even .ogm though I need to update to a newer one as well, my versions from last december

I was surprised it played an image of a VCD for me.

Luriden · Post by **Luriden** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 3:19 pm

XBMC is cool, though it would be 99.9% cooler if my Xbox could read CDR and not just CDRW. I have so much crap burned on CDRs it's not even funny.

And while we're on the subject, have any of you upgraded your hard drive? If so, to what kind and how big?

Skynet · Post by **Skynet** » Sun May 01, 2005 7:58 am

I haven't, and chances are I won't. Not for a while anyway.

If I can get near enough 200gb for my pc, then I'll chuck my 80gb in my xbox.

Georgie · Post by **Georgie** » Sun May 01, 2005 11:27 am

Luriden wrote:XBMC is cool, though it would be 99.9% cooler if my Xbox could read CDR and not just CDRW. I have so much crap burned on CDRs it's not even funny.

And while we're on the subject, have any of you upgraded your hard drive? If so, to what kind and how big?

xbox is a 1.1
I got a 80 gig maxtor 72000 rpm
I also put a pc dvd drive in so my box will read EVERYTHING
(had to mod the drive to read xbox games)
Antec 80mm fan to replace stock fan
and Larger heatsink on GPU

Georgie · Post by **Georgie** » Sun May 01, 2005 11:36 am

Side note:
faster hd and dvd drive create more heat
so cooling upgrades are almost mandatory

But I don't miss loading times

revengeofLaEternal · Post by **revengeofLaEternal** » Mon May 02, 2005 12:39 am

Georgie wrote:I also put a pc dvd drive in so my box will read EVERYTHING
(had to mod the drive to read xbox games)

How'd you get a PC DVD drive to read xbox games?

law56ker · Post by **law56ker** » Mon May 02, 2005 1:00 am

It's a pc dvd drive in the xbox. Btw where do you buy the drive and how much was it.

Georgie · Post by **Georgie** » Mon May 02, 2005 10:03 am

http://www.xbox-scene.com/articles/samsung-616t.php
Tut on how to do it

Georgie · Post by **Georgie** » Mon May 02, 2005 10:04 am

you can also buy them pre modded
mine reads at 16x !

Georgie · Post by **Georgie** » Mon May 02, 2005 10:19 am

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 48384&rd=1

revengeofLaEternal · Post by **revengeofLaEternal** » Tue May 03, 2005 12:40 am

Georgie wrote:http://www.xbox-scene.com/articles/samsung-616t.php
Tut on how to do it

Thanks! Didn't know it required all that, though...

I'll probably stick with what I have.