Holy fucking shit. That has to be the furthest we've come in Xbox emulation.
I assume it's a fairly basic game (hence, easy to emulate) but this is a massive step in the right direction.
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I assume it's a fairly basic game (hence, easy to emulate) but this is a massive step in the right direction.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
That's kind of amazing -- it's great to finally see some progress on the emulation front.
I just want Outrun 2 to run at full speed. And RSC2. And the PGRs. Maybe a few others as well.
Not that I'm demanding all that much because, well, it's all free!
Is it wrong to think that we'll get Chihiro support with XQEmu as well?
Awesome, hope this gets further worked on for most Xbox games.
First Editions of either Splinter Cell, Agent Under Fire, or MechAssault will work. As for the Action Replay, a USB adapter and flash drive will work, but finding a drive that's compatible may prove challenging. Running the software itself is incredibly easy.
A Black Falcon
Member
I used MechAssault and a standard 8MB Xbox memory card to softmod my console a year or two ago, because my cheap Chinese GC/Xbox/PS2-controllers-to-PC adapter that I got for a couple bucks years ago happens to support Xbox memory cards. Just upload the files to the card on the PC, you can use that for the softmod on the xbox.
Nice. How big was the file on the memory card? Or did you transfer it in chunks?
From my experience most usb sticks less or equal than 2 gb work pretty well, I have also had success using SD cards with USB adapters. It's a much cheaper and easier way than trying to hunt down those old xbox memory cards with the specific save files.
I tried six or seven sticks all 2 GB and under (including a 512 MB Kingston) before finding an MP3 player that worked. Luck of the draw.
File size kept me from using an official memory card, but that's probably the way to go as it's standardized.
A Black Falcon
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You only actually need two files to install the softmod, one 5.3MB and the other very small, so it fit onto the memory card. I've only used it to play some Japanese import Xbox games I got, haven't tried to set up the xbox as some kind of media hub, link it to my pc via ethernet, or what have you.
sixteen-bit
Member
this has got to be one of the easier Xbox titles to emulate because I remember this from early 360 BC lists, haha
Xbox
Random q: I own Ninja Gaiden Sigma and played it to near-completion, but I've periodically heard over the years Black is the superior version (don't remember much except complaints about the Rachel segments added to Sigma). Beside the removed puzzle elements (which I don,t care about) and the port of the arcade Ninja Gaiden (idem), is there anything that makes Black a more worthwhile package to someone who's not really into character action games?
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I also got Battle Engine Aquila yesterday, and wow, this game is amazing! Unfortunately I found the hard way this is one of the 480p games bugged on 1.6 xboxes ;-;.
I suppose there's no known fix to this issue beside softmodding the console, eh
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I also got Battle Engine Aquila yesterday, and wow, this game is amazing! Unfortunately I found the hard way this is one of the 480p games bugged on 1.6 xboxes ;-;.
I suppose there's no known fix to this issue beside softmodding the console, eh
blast processed
Member
Battle Engine Aquil, I forgot about this game. I remember playing this over and over on one of the demo discs but never picked it up.
Dead or Alive Ultimate and Fahrenheit/Indigo Prophecy in XQEMU.
RoryDropkick
Member
Booted up my Xbox today to play Breakdown. Found it yesterday for $9.99, not too shabby. Never forgot the first person vomit scene. I really wish I could get my softmod to force itself out of progressive scan mode though, it just won't play nice with my CRT. :/
Wow, this is looking good, keep em coming!
sixteen-bit
Member
that looks astonishing for a gen 6 game
Wow. Is that basically the same mod that was done for PGR2? Could something like that be done for any game (like RSC2 or Outrun 2) or is it only a small number of titles?
Edit: Never mind, I see you mentioned PGR2 in the description.
Some games make it more difficult, and of course some games would react better than others. Someone is figuring it out easier ways to do it.
Unfuckingbelievable
How on earth?
I asked this on the video for clarification:
So the actual emulation might be 5x slower on that particular PC. Still, that level of accuracy is pretty amazing! They seem to be making insane progress.
Some really early Kameo footage before quite a bit of it was retooled!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIA0uO2odvk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIA0uO2odvk
sixteen-bit
Member
Peter Moore is that you?
Plenty do tho
mitchfromthefuture
Neo Member
Just picked up Outun, and wow that game is great. Sad that, for the most part, console arcade racers are dead.
Also, I have had 3 copies of Mechssult, and none of them have worked on my machine. It's really annoying.
*edit because I can't spell
Also, I have had 3 copies of Mechssult, and none of them have worked on my machine. It's really annoying.
*edit because I can't spell
Bloody Roar Extreme and Jet Set Radio Future??? Very nice.
Yeah, that's what I figured as well, but I think some folk are missing that point and assuming it runs at speed as well as accuracy. I'm in the same boat, get accuracy then optimise for speed.