The State of Emulation on the Xbox Series X | S in 2023

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It has been 3 years since the Series consoles have been out, and in that time we've seen these machines do a lot: play stunning triple A games, enhance older titles with HDR and a 60 FPS boost, and has the ability to play a lot of older Xbox titles with it's impressive backwards compatibility. That's all well and good, but the console feature I love most is the one not broadcasted by Microsoft or Xbox: emulation. Since it's release, people have developed and ported a variety of emulators for the platforms. Since the Series packs some serious power, the emulators actually perform quite well. In 2022, the emulation community developed more for the consoles and it now stands as one of the most impressive and affordable devices for emulation. But what happened in 2022 lifted the Xbox to place it is now?
That is the question I will be answering! In this deep dive, I'll be covering almost everything emulation related on the Xbox that occured in 2022. From the small quality of life changes to existing programs like RetroArch, to the newer ports like the Gamecube and Wii emulator, Dolphin and now the Xbox 360 emulator, Xenia. There is just so much more gaming that can be done for this next gen console that it is just straight up impressive.
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KZread videos and creator's referenced:
Archades Games: / @archadesgames
Digital Foundry Windows 98 video: • Xbox Series X|S Runnin...
Modern Vintage Gamer: / @modernvintagegamer
ETA Prime: / @etaprime
Mr Sujano: / @mrsujano
Gawddly's XBSX2 video: • How to Play Playstatio...
Other resources used:
XBSX2 MP spreadsheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
XISO app for Xbox ISO conversion: github.com/XboxDev/extract-xi...
So, sorry if I missed anyone or any resource
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Timestamps
Intro - 0:00 - 2:56
Edge - 2:57 - 5:44
Retail - 5:45 - 9:49
RetroArch - 9:50 - 12:25
Windows 98 - 12:26 - 14:57
Playstation 2 - 14:58 - 22:44
Dolphin - 22:45 - 27:45
Xenia - 27:46 - 32:24
Sir Mangler - 32:25 - 33:56
Closing Words - 33:57 - 35:50
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Songs used
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Пікірлер: 81

  • @roberttaylr
    @roberttaylr2 ай бұрын

    I just can't see Microsoft getting rid of Dev move. Developers at Microsoft are on the record multiple times crediting developer mode for the Xbox One having never been hacked in it's lifetime. Stating it removes the insensitive for hackers to try and bypass their protections.

  • @jkfwl9601
    @jkfwl9601 Жыл бұрын

    For web emulation, I would like to recommended Webrcade. Basically it is retroarch on web. After the emulator got taken down I started using this on Edge.

  • @tylernichols9595
    @tylernichols9595 Жыл бұрын

    Bro yes! I was hoping you weren’t done making content!

  • @ElEfrainTV

    @ElEfrainTV

    Жыл бұрын

    Oh, I won't stop making content for a looong time. Just slowly shifting content topics right now. Glad to see the enthusiasm though. Cheers!

  • @Giggles_iJest
    @Giggles_iJest11 ай бұрын

    Love that you show Star Fox Adventures. It's a demanding game and a childhood favorite of mine!

  • @mistersmith489
    @mistersmith4898 ай бұрын

    I like your gratitude and relatability. Subbed.

  • @rcarlos6
    @rcarlos6 Жыл бұрын

    Great video. If you'd post more often, your channel would grow very quick. But I know that's a lot of work to make a video like this.

  • @Heazytoohot
    @Heazytoohot5 ай бұрын

    yeah the dolphin steam thing sure fell apart huh? this is my first video of yours and im SO GLAD that KZread recommended. that little bit about the run time then saying hi to the people who werent paying attention cracked me up. enjoy a sub!

  • @jackwilliam5075
    @jackwilliam50757 ай бұрын

    Yo your content in making videos is like WOW to me you have my respect and my sub for you my friend keep up a good work.

  • @AllieRX
    @AllieRX8 ай бұрын

    The thing I love about the standalone Dolphin and XBSX2 emulators (I haven't tried Xenia on the Xbox and I don't plan on doing that anytime soon) is the per-game settings vs. on their broken RetroArch cores. Almost every game I've tested runs almost perfectly with the proper configurations. I like how you can load the config folder from the PC version of Dolphin and I actually prefer doing it that way over the UWP app's own settings. GameINI helps tremendously. I can even run Mario Sunshine with the 60fps cheat smoothly and run F-Zero GX at a stable 60fps. This stuff is a lot more tedious to the casual folks who like more pre-configged things, but it's worth it. I wish Xbox had Vulkan support. It would drastically improve things.

  • @cgmy
    @cgmy8 ай бұрын

    my main use for xenia has been playing old 360 minecraft updates that aren't available on ps3. its a nice nostalgia trip messing around with the old tutorial worlds

  • @vin101cruz8
    @vin101cruz8 Жыл бұрын

    Your content is so good and well made holy

  • @brayden6449
    @brayden64496 ай бұрын

    11:25 epilepsy warning Also great video dude!

  • @gavart4509
    @gavart45098 ай бұрын

    Hey, at 3:50 I tried doing the same, but when I click off it to “use game controls” it puts a pause screen and won’t let me play, how do I get around it? I’ve button spammed and it’s done nothing.

  • @KyleYoung2012
    @KyleYoung20126 ай бұрын

    how did you get the other cores?it wont let me get the cores on retroarch all i have are 3

  • @themaskedwander
    @themaskedwander4 ай бұрын

    Xenia can b useful to me for example for the likes of Midnight Club LA that is missing quite a lot of the great soundtrack that was removed on the 10th anniversary. The Series X downloads the game without the music. The emulator can just use any rom that has it (basically any disc rip)

  • @gamingisme
    @gamingisme5 ай бұрын

    hola el frain, im considering buying an xbox series x for couch coop emulation? 1/10 how would you rate the expreince in ps2/ns64/gamecube when it comes to couch coop?

  • @ksway628
    @ksway62810 ай бұрын

    Great video

  • @EyyRedhouse
    @EyyRedhouse5 ай бұрын

    I don't get it... How would you know what you can play, like could you play alien vs predator: extinction??? On xbox

  • @budakaitenkaiichi7783
    @budakaitenkaiichi778311 ай бұрын

    How do I use game controls on web browser?

  • @alirezahd0865
    @alirezahd08652 ай бұрын

    What is the best setting for xenia canary xbox series? Please help❤

  • @zap7759
    @zap77597 ай бұрын

    How's the cancelled 360 Goldeneye remake (Xenia) on Series S?

  • @rakshitsinghal3527
    @rakshitsinghal352710 ай бұрын

    what is that game at 24:20 ?

  • @10hopper
    @10hopper4 ай бұрын

    Love the tunes

  • @HeyItsJumpman
    @HeyItsJumpman11 ай бұрын

    Anybody curious about the music Bastetrak- So Fly

  • @ericpivaral4747
    @ericpivaral4747 Жыл бұрын

    I’m trying to see if they would ever do a WII U and Nintendo switch emulator. It’s possible.

  • @ThomastheDankEngine8900

    @ThomastheDankEngine8900

    9 ай бұрын

    How about 3DS?

  • @rogerironhide4220
    @rogerironhide422011 ай бұрын

    Finally I can play my long awaited Super Mario 3 & a few other childhood favorites 😁🤘🏻😝

  • @paleashail7265
    @paleashail72653 ай бұрын

    I can tell you why I use Xenia for emulation on my series X. Mods for Xbox games. Gta V red dead gta IV once you work the bugs out using config and patches you should be able to run mods if installed correctly.

  • @knabberboxbro

    @knabberboxbro

    3 ай бұрын

    hey man. whats your experience with emulatin RDR1? does it run smoothly?

  • @lukass64
    @lukass647 ай бұрын

    Xenia is definitely worth it for the very few working titles. Notably Soul Calibur (1) and Soul Calibur 2 HD, marvel vs Capcom 2, marvel origins since they're not on the microsft store. It's very limited and it doesn't hurt to test games you want to play.

  • @WrestleResultsYT

    @WrestleResultsYT

    5 ай бұрын

    I got x men origins wolverine and it’s working perfect I love the emulation ability

  • @MILDMONSTER1234
    @MILDMONSTER1234 Жыл бұрын

    Xenia is only worthwhile for playing delisted games like Armored Core 4 or games that aren’t backwards compatible fully like Sonic 06 (strangely one of the most requested games to be emulated) and like you said xbla games I’d much rather have an OG Xbox emulator then a 360 one though

  • @ElEfrainTV

    @ElEfrainTV

    Жыл бұрын

    I agree. I knew about Sonic 06 on Xenia and avoided it in this video because it was widely known, but I didn't know about AC4. Pretty cool that we can play these games now. And yes, I would also really like to have an OG Xbox emulator. Hope we'll get it one day; if people continue to experiment and develop, UWP will eventually get it. Things are looking pretty good now and just over the horizon. Cheers!

  • @Niko-yb9pt

    @Niko-yb9pt

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ElEfrainTV Yeah I mainly use xenia for the wwe games or basically all the non bc games I probably won't play mk9 on xenia since I have a copy i could just hook the disc to my xbox

  • @SocksFC

    @SocksFC

    Жыл бұрын

    For those types of 360 games do you still sign into your main account?

  • @asciiangel7583
    @asciiangel758311 ай бұрын

    awesome video, subbed 4 bionicles

  • @urielmarron8576
    @urielmarron8576 Жыл бұрын

    There's no og xbox emulator uwp, which im sad about cause i want to play jet set radio future. But when i was looking for one, i saw a wiki for Fission, apparently an og xbox and 360 emulator for xbox one and S/X. Thats fake right?😮

  • @ElEfrainTV

    @ElEfrainTV

    Жыл бұрын

    Fission is the official emulator software for the Xbox One and Series that allows the huge list of backwards compatible games on mainline Xbox. It's Microsoft controlled, and therefore, unavailable for public installation. We might have to a wait a while for Xemu - an OG Xbox emu - to hit UWP. If you want to play Jet Set Radio Future, and have a decent PC, you could try your luck with desktop Xemu.

  • @antiquefuturistic

    @antiquefuturistic

    Жыл бұрын

    The og xbox is like 40 dollars

  • @singingchef23

    @singingchef23

    11 ай бұрын

    I have the physical copy and yes it plays even on the one

  • @urielmarron8576

    @urielmarron8576

    9 ай бұрын

    @@antiquefuturistic 2 months too late, but better late then never. I would, but I don't have a CRT TV, and that's not the reason why. The reason why is cause the only game I want to play Jet Set Radio Future

  • @shaggytoph
    @shaggytoph2 ай бұрын

    33:39 Wait so that means that those of us who paid 20 bucks for the dev mode might get our accounts unrolled of that program? making our xbox dev kit app in our xboxs unusable ?

  • @SlaV0
    @SlaV07 ай бұрын

    Do you think that PS3 emulation would be possible too? I mean, I know its definitely hard to emulate this strange architecture but if Xenia could be ported from PCs then maybe RPCS3 is also possible 🤔 Then what would be performance 🧐

  • @koa7407

    @koa7407

    5 ай бұрын

    That be sick I might buy the Series S or X!

  • @themaskedwander

    @themaskedwander

    4 ай бұрын

    Considering the emulator is brutal on a CPU, it would probably really struggle that it wouldn't b worth it. Maybe they might consider it tho depending on how Xenia gets on. Granted Sony might not like their games running on an Xbox with an emulator

  • @urielmarron8576
    @urielmarron8576 Жыл бұрын

    I got lucky with dev mode. I didn't have to pay for an accout since i already had one and use the trick years a go to get it for free. I heard MVG say dev accounts that weren't actively being used were being terminated, but i got lucky.

  • @ElEfrainTV

    @ElEfrainTV

    Жыл бұрын

    Nice!

  • @marioramos7888
    @marioramos788811 ай бұрын

    What song is playing at 23:16

  • @ElEfrainTV

    @ElEfrainTV

    11 ай бұрын

    The original is Love Talkin' by Tatsuro Yamashita. The song in the video is a remixed version. It's SKYLAR SPENCE by Saint Pepsi.

  • @mahmoudmourad2667
    @mahmoudmourad266711 ай бұрын

    what's the song playing at 10:30??

  • @ElEfrainTV

    @ElEfrainTV

    11 ай бұрын

    Buttercup by Jack Stauber. The specific one in the video is the KK Slider version.

  • @mahmoudmourad2667

    @mahmoudmourad2667

    11 ай бұрын

    @@ElEfrainTV thank you!

  • @mikaela5938
    @mikaela59387 ай бұрын

    would doing this stuff get my Xbox account banned bc I still like playing online on it occasionally and don't want to lose it

  • @stucklock7514
    @stucklock751410 ай бұрын

    Song at 16:00 ?

  • @jacobjackson6889

    @jacobjackson6889

    10 ай бұрын

    Michael Jackson - Rock with You Just slowed down

  • @Rota42Videos
    @Rota42Videos5 ай бұрын

    Has anyone tried to play retrogames on an X connected to a CRT?

  • @keepitxboxxbox2491
    @keepitxboxxbox24918 ай бұрын

    I can't find any roms that work 😢

  • @GhostInugami
    @GhostInugami11 ай бұрын

    If a game have a co-op feature, can I play using two controllers?

  • @ElEfrainTV

    @ElEfrainTV

    11 ай бұрын

    Yes! For RetroArch and PS2 emus, you have to manually set up controllers. Dolphin and Xenia should auto activate the remotes linked to your Xbox.

  • @finalboss3893

    @finalboss3893

    7 ай бұрын

    @@ElEfrainTV can i still emulate my series s with just a laptop

  • @bigbank7350
    @bigbank73509 ай бұрын

    It sucks we don't have Linux yet my 2 jb ps4s can run fedora 38 and play steam games like payday 2 online with mod menus

  • @jacobporter419
    @jacobporter4198 ай бұрын

    Me trying to use Xenia to play Street Fighter X Tekken on my Series console- 😢

  • @mikaela5938

    @mikaela5938

    7 ай бұрын

    omg i love street fighter x Tekken that was one of my fav fighters on 360

  • @newjackgaming88

    @newjackgaming88

    2 ай бұрын

    mines run great!!

  • @Chance619
    @Chance61911 ай бұрын

    So you can you still emulate OG Xbox on series x? how?!?!

  • @ElEfrainTV

    @ElEfrainTV

    11 ай бұрын

    Full OG Xbox emulation isn't available on the Series X. You can play a select number of backwards compatible games found on Game Pass or the Microsoft store.

  • @richallenxbox1976
    @richallenxbox19766 ай бұрын

    It's not strictly legal though is it? As you have to mod the console to use ROMs

  • @slavche
    @slavche4 ай бұрын

    Awesome. Just awesome.

  • @ghostlyswat12
    @ghostlyswat1211 ай бұрын

    Honestly they probably removed them because they didn’t wanna get sued which is fair enough

  • @TakaDaniku24
    @TakaDaniku244 ай бұрын

    Citra?

  • @NickFlack
    @NickFlack6 ай бұрын

    Most want orginial XBOX emu on XBX! if 3ds and ns emu on xbx better!

  • @AllieRX
    @AllieRX8 ай бұрын

    I think Microsoft banned emulators in Retail Mode because they wanted people to pay for Dev Mode. They know people use emulators, and they know you have to pay $20 for Dev Mode, so they blocked Retail Mode emulators so they can make a profit out of this.

  • @kekmemez1448

    @kekmemez1448

    8 ай бұрын

    Do you think they would ban Dev mode emulation?🤔

  • @AllieRX

    @AllieRX

    8 ай бұрын

    @@kekmemez1448 No because Dev Mode removes over 90% of potential hackers. That way, the only people who would wanna hack an Xbox console are people who pirate Xbox games. Emulation isn't piracy, especially when you can emulate so many games that are not even available on the Series S/X. That said, I wouldn't rule out that possibility. Consoles these days are so volatile, any mode, feature or even games can be removed.

  • @ghostlyswat12

    @ghostlyswat12

    8 ай бұрын

    Or maybe they didn’t want to get sued by Nintendo or Sony

  • @AllieRX

    @AllieRX

    8 ай бұрын

    @@ghostlyswat12 If that was the case, they would've banned Dev Mode emulation as well.

  • @ghostlyswat12

    @ghostlyswat12

    8 ай бұрын

    @@AllieRX can’t exactly ban dev mode emulation the whole point of dev mode is for devs to test their game So they have to install files etc Without dev mode devs wouldn’t be able to make games for Xbox They can’t stop ppl from using dev mode for whatever they want but having yazu for example on the Xbox store with a tone of Nintendo games on that app would cause then a problem so deleting those apps makes sense by having the apps on the store they are allowing ppl to illegal play games which could get them in legal trouble (it would be like if Xbox put spiderman 2 on its platform without Sonys permission would cause them legal trouble) Of course you could say that by banning emulation of the store it makes them sell more dev mode kits but I imagine the main reason it to avoid legal issues

  • @thomasanderson1813
    @thomasanderson181310 ай бұрын

    Lmao, great content

  • @jsmith3946
    @jsmith39468 ай бұрын

    that separate the art from the artist thing is such a bull shit saying that's like saying sure bill is a racist skin head who once sent a 16 year old black kid to the hospital but who cares about that he makes pretty pictures so lets continue to give him money and support him because I am not supporting him no I am supporting the art after all it's the art that is using my money to feed themselves not bill

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