Xemu Retroarch Core
John
The Xbox is a sixth-generation console released by Microsoft on November 15, 2001. Known as the DirectXbox during development, it is notable for the specs having similarities to a PC, namely as a result of using familiar components around the x86 architecture. It had a custom Pentium III CPU at 733 MHz with 64 MB of RAM, and a custom Nvidia GPU codenamed NV2A at 233 MHz. The Xbox was often said to be the most powerful console from the sixth generation, and Sega later designed the Chihiro arcade system with the same components. It retailed at $299.99.
In addition to these, it is also possible to use the HDD image of the Xbox itself (the Xbox came with a HDD which it would store its firmware on, starting a trend that would soon become common) in place of the pre-installed dummy drive.
Alternatively, you can use a dummy hard-drive image. Games can still be launched using this, though it may cause an error prompt to appear when the official BIOS attempts to access it due to it being unsigned.
ISO files must be in the XISO format. It is not directly compatible with the original disc image, only the game partition. It is possible to extract the game partition of an original disc image with extract-xiso on a Windows or Linux PC:
There may tools out there aimed at creating images to be burned to smaller capacity DVDs designed for running on hacked Xbox consoles. Use of these tools is not recommended, as it is not compatible with many titles.
xemu is a free and open-source low-level Xbox emulator continuing much of the work done on XQEMU. It focuses on stability, performance, and ease of use. While still in an early stage it already runs a lot of commercial games. Xemu benefits greatly from having a high CPU core count, having at least four can dramatically improve emulation speed.
Standardized features available to all cores of this emulator: xbox.videomode, xbox.videomode, xbox.bezel, xbox.bezel_stretch, xbox.hud, xbox.hud_corner, xbox.bezel.tattoo, xbox.bezel.tattoo_corner, xbox.bezel.tattoo_file, xbox.bezel.resize_tattoo
Many games supporting 16:9 ratio are using anamorphic widescreen. To display them correctly, you should change the aspect ratio from Auto to 169 in the advanced options of the emulator. Note that some elements may display strangely: OutRun 2 stretches the selection menus (coming from the arcade version) but has a correct display while racing.
Another (easier ?) way which works fine on batocera, is to use a ftp client on xemu to access a ftp server located in your Lan. Android phones, for example, have plenty of applications allowing you to quickly set up a ftp server to share files. This will allow you to upload/download your game saves. Here is the procedure:
System Link is a form of offline multiplayer gaming on the Xbox and Xbox 360 gaming consoles over a LAN (local area network). Wikipedia has a list of supported titles. The option is sometimes buried deeply (ex: in OutRun2, it lays in OutRun Challenge > Race Mode > System Link).
WindowCast for Libretro (formerly WGC Window Capture)Libretro core to capture the contents of another window for video processing. This is useful, for say, capturing the output of a standalone emulator (like xemu, Dolphin standalone, RPCS3 or PCSX2 nightlies) or a PC game running in a window and then processing it with RetroArch's shader stack.This core uses software blit, and should support running with any RetroArch video driver (vulkan, d3d11, gl, etc). However, the method used for window capture is Windows 10/11 specific and requires a Direct3D 10/11 capable GPU.Audio or input is not handled, and it is expected that the game will be running in the background.
Inspired by RetroPie/recalbox/Lakka, I've modified LE to allow for proper emulator gaming without any addons. I've focused on picking the best cores for each system and optimizing them as much as possible. I don't care to include every emulator under the sun, but rather include a well maintained assortment of the best performing and popular ones.
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Note to anyone cloning my project: I like to rebase my changes from time to time to get a clean history. This means your local clone will be out of sync when I do. In that case you can do "git fetch origin && git reset --hard origin/emu" to update, but stash any local changes you have first if any.
Out of the box it will look for roms in /storage/roms. BIOS files are under /storage/roms/bios. Configured input controllers are DS4 (bluetooth) and keyboard, others can be configured from the menu (right ctrl).
Main menu can be easily customized and it includes also Estuary skinning for LibreELEC settings screen.
Is it possible to tell me Kodi actions used to launch Retroarch and EmulationStation UI? (to add two new entries to main menu)
Thanks escalade have set this up and all it working as expected, PS3 (official) Controller worked right away wirelessly (after enabling bluetooth in LibreElec settings.). Appreciate your time and efforts for this, I think we are all waiting (and more waiting) for Retroplayer to come online with the mainstream KODI therefore LibreElec stable builds.
I have also finally fixed my HDMI sound issue (not annoying - retroarch and emulationStation) with my rpi2.
Without this parameter in config.txt : dtparam=audio=on, it wasn't possible to list audio devices and no sound was played. (aplay -L and mixer command weren't working)
Information available here : R-Pi Troubleshooting - eLinux.org
I don't know if it set by default in your image. (perhaps my config.txt file hasn't been overwritten as it was only an upgrade)
Everything works fine now. (very good choice for emulationStation skins)
Well, I patch the system skin so that won't be overwritten if you upgrade either. I do set dtparam=audio=on it's needed to enable the ALSA device. Glad you like the skin, I've looked through all from RetroPie and I found it the cleanest and most easy on the eye.
I don't know what to tell you, it works fine here. Post your /var/log/Xorg.0.log. There is no FTP on LE. Network and SSH should be up with pretty much any common network card. What do you mean monitor or tv, do you have two outputs?
Good work, RPi3 internal BT + clone Ps3 controller is paired okay. Small flaw. Missing joystick profile for this PS3 clone in kodi and retroarch. Must be configured buttons on the gamepad.
Thank you
To save space, the audio files of my ScummVM games are compressed in Vorbis (with ScummVM tools).
If I compile from your package.mk I can generate a .so file that works fine, but I have no speech (only ambient sound).
For this reason in some games like broken sword I can play only with subtitles.
There's a way to pass "vorbis option" in your package.mk before the compilation?
Thank a lot
If you wish to use MP3-compressed CD
tracks or .SOU files, you will need to install the MAD library; likewise
you will need the appropriate libraries for Ogg Vorbis and FLAC
compressed sound. For compressed save states, zlib is required.
So... why not enabling all the suff in one solution (FLAC, Vorbis and MP3)?
Then I searched for the right syntax. I found this:
Enable MAD and VORBIS supports (Scummvm) by JanBaunooo Pull Request #35 recalbox/recalbox-buildroot GitHub
WindowCast for Libretro (formerly WGC Window Capture) Libretro core to capture the contents of another window for video processing. This is useful, for say, capturing the output of a standalone emulator (like xemu, Dolphin standalone, RPCS3 or...
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