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How to turn your Xbox Series X/S into an emulation powerhouse
- someperson 6y agoRecent Modern Vintage Gamer video on the same topic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGAjhjp8dnI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGAjhjp8dnI
- flatiron 6y agoWii U is also a great choice. Easily jailbroken and can support all Nintendo consoles excluding switch. I now use a mister for my emulation for <= 16 but needs and love it.
- JansjoFromIkea 6y agoI found Wii U a bit of a pain tbh, it was easy but everything was always slightly clunky in a way I was never fully confident with. Kinda regretted upgrading from the outright simplicity of the Wii. Gamecube games on the gamepad was about as close to a mindblowing moment in emulation that I've had since I got a PSP in 2006 that played PS1 games as well as my (admittedly terrible) PC. and it was nowhere near as bad as the PS3 though, found CFW on that an absolute misery to the point it was probably a net negative for me ever doing it. Still pull it out for some 3D projector stuff occasionally but... man, so much hassle.
- flatiron 6y agoDid you try using the injector? Wrap the rom into a program, install, and then it’s just an icon to click to start.
- someperson 6y agoThat's the MiSTer FPGA "hardware emulation" project for anybody unaware.
- flatiron 6y agoYep that’s it. The $200 price tag for it plus the RAM expansion is a bit pricey but I really think it’s worth it. Also a good chance in the next year we get psx emulation.
- tyfon 6y agoMS surely won't like this, when booted into the developer mode you don't have access to normal games and if you only use this for emulation they will lose a lot of money. I think they are taking a bit hit on each console sold. But it seems to be good value for the buyer :) I have a hacked PS3 that does the same thing with retroarch, but it might be time to upgrade that as the xbox systems are almost like a PC in hardware performance and should be able to do things like Wii U and perhaps even PS3 emulation?
- the_only_law 6y agoI wondered a while back around the potential of newer Xbox consoles given their PC-like architecture. When I tried to do some research, I was surprised to find that most modders / casual hackers have had no luck with the Xbox One and basically nothing interesting from security researchers on it.
- doikor 6y agoHere is an excellent talk about the Xbox One security (and Series X|S should be quite similar) by the person who is in charge of security on the Xbox platform. https://youtu.be/U7VwtOrwceo https://youtu.be/U7VwtOrwceo Basically it boils down to trust NOTHING outside the actual SoC chip (so stuff like RAM, Flash/HDD, optical dics, etc cannot be trusted). The SoC is made on 28nm (Series X|S 7nm) process so physically attacking it is very hard/expensive. Also goes into the difference between Windows (PC) and Xbox (Console) security. On PC the owner/admin wants the help keep the system secure as it gets attacked by malicious parties from the internet. On console the owner is usually the bad guy (the one doing the attacking) and thus needs a very different approach. Also stuff like Microsoft Pluton are direct descendants of the stuff done for Xbox and Live.
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- jsheard 6y agoThis was possible on the last generation Xbox One systems as well, Microsoft knew what they were getting into by keeping devkit mode on the Xbox Series X/S
- simlevesque 6y agoI bought a Series S, my first Xbox, first modern console since I bought a Wii, because of this video and Game Pass.
- kyriakos 6y agoGame pass is what make me consider xbox over ps5. The idea of Netflix for gaming is very attractive.
- simlevesque 6y agoAlso there are great sales right now I got over 35 games for 70 CAD, I can play for a long time paired with the Game Pass.
- dawnerd 6y agoI’m assuming there’s more to this article. On mobile safari it’s just showing the headline and promoted comments.
- 0134340 6y agoThis may get me to buy an Xbox. Imagine running Windows 98 on your Xbox as well as DOS games. A quick search reveals Dosbox has a retroarch core but it's a bit tricky to run Windows 98 although I have found Dosbox-X is made to run DOS-based Windows versions like 98, ME and such. Wow, I wonder if we could run the Nesticle emulator for extra layers of nostalgic warmth? Also come to find out the original Halo had a minimum requirement of Windows 98. That'd be an awesome project to get working if Halo CE wasn't already backwards compatible.
- johnwalkr 6y agoAfter more than 20 years, the name nesticle still cracks me up. And looking back, it’s nostalgic to remember playing such “old games” that were about 10 years old at the time. Still playing the same ones but they’re now 30 years old.