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Microsoft may have done its best to lock down Xbox Series consoles from running emulators, but with the aid of the developer mode, it’s still possible to access a wide range of emulators – and the results are still remarkable. In this video, Oliver Mackenzie shows you how it’s done… and how well emulated titles work on the junior Xbox.
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00:00 Overview
01:08 Setup
03:02 8 and 16 bit consoles
04:38 Fifth-gen consoles and early 3D handhelds
06:05 Sixth-gen consoles
08:35 Xbox 360
10:02 Analysis and conclusion
I wish someone release a Wii bar to plug into Xbox so we can play all Wii games
As an extra on top, fine, but I wouldn't buy series s just for emulation. It's just not delivering enough systems for that.
So am I good to go as long as I buy a developer account for the emulators on the series s?
Rpsc3?
Why would you test Street Fighter 4 360 emulated version when it is available natively on any xbox 360 forward?
Just useless
I personally don't mind all the necessary work to set retroarch and xbsx2 up, the experience you get after doing that rewards you with a pretty average solid experience
why do you need an standalone xbox for this? this is super stupid, in my xsx it takes 1 minute to change dev to retail and viceversa, oh no 1 minute, omg, too much time
If I turn led tv on before console, the console still boots faster than tv. That's not even a legit complaint to justify 2 different consoles to possibly save literally seconds
now i can finally sell my xbox series s there is no use of it anymore
FK Microsoft!
One of the last thing they had going for them and they had to ban it. This is the last Microsoft console I’m buying. There’s no more reason to buy an Xbox.
Why would it not be? Retro hardware isn’t getting more powerful
I got dev mode best 20$ ever spent my n64 works its a youtune video to fix it and works even better my ps1 ps1 wii and gamecube runs in 4k
I would love to do this on my Xbox Series X, but I fear for a ban or console account. I have a lot of purchases on Xbox Store and I don't want to lose my account or console.
Any suggestions about it? Should I fear anything?
And then got banned bye bye xbox then if you want play ps 2 games en more get the console for it
i wanted to buy the series s just for emulation. but as people have said for the same price you can get a apu pc and run everything plus more.
I still feel its more cost effective to get a mini pc and then run launchbox on it and have all emulators in one place and all roms compiled neatly and probably better performance to
Emulation on the Xbox Series consoles is cool, but with how counter-intuitive it is compared to setting them up on PC and the fact that performance is inferior to what my monster gaming rig and even the Steam Deck can do, I stopped doing it on my Series S. I only emulate on my PC and my Steam Deck now, and sometimes on my Android phone, which is pretty powerful for emulation.
Plus I can't emulate OG Xbox, PS3, Vita, Wii U or Switch on the Xbox Series consoles.
Not to mention the lack of Vulkan and OpenGL support.
Wouldnt mind you doing this again for the Series X also
For those who dont know, there is a emulator dor XBXO and XBXS/S that are still running fine in retail mode. It's paid, but still works like a charm.
Not if Nintendo has anything to say about it
Compiling shaders is a b*tch no matter how fast our systems are.
Are there any UWP Saturn emulators?
Damn, Xenia had to come to the level of RPCS3. Such a good base, but without running a Forza Horizon constantly its not worth the download.
Whenever I play retro games I’m always disappointed. Anything released prior to the seventh generation has been done better since. The worthwhile games would have been updated and remade. Use your Xbox to play modern Xbox games!
Is there a reliable Nintendo switch emulator for UWP?
I am wondering – why emulate old XBOX concoles on new XBOX?? backwards compatibility is great..is there some point??
Better to just download the actual emulators onto a capable PC and play them that way. Not only do they work really well, but are very easy to set up.
Sure, a good PC is multiple times the price of a Series S, but you're getting way more to the point where the price might actually be entirely justified, and you don't have to jump through all of these hoops just to do something because Microsoft decided they don't want people to use the console for emulation.
What a boneheaded move by Microsoft.
So, the only reason i had to consider buying a Series S for is now gone?
Thank you, Microsoft, i'll buy a PS5 instead now.
How does Burnout 3 run?
Calling dev mode a workaround is extremely ill informed.
Xbox Series S its the best console
I'm running Switch, PS3 and X360 emulators on a i7-5820K 4.5GHz (Xeon E5-1650 V3), 32GB 2133 quad-channel and a RX 570 8GB, how could an Ryzen 3700X with RX 6600 (Series S hardware) would be a worst hardware?!
Hey DF, we just got a new UE5 engine game on PC. It's called Speed Freeks.
So how is the performance of the Series X? Van you please do a video on that?
You know a console is a dud when its best feature is it was a good emulator.
Wdh does emulator even mean?👀👀
Why is your series S so filthy looking
Yeah retroarch isnt the one fits all solution (anymore)
wish you'd test Black on the ps2 emulator, that game is a pain to setup, even for a remotely playable framerate
8bitdo has a wired version of the pro 2 for xbox, so those should work great for retro emulation 🙂
So why bother 'testing' Forza horizon 1 when its perfect on the xbox back compat system, unless you just wanted to make the Series S + emulation look bad (surely, DF would never do such a thing…)?