XBOX EMULATORS (updated 17-Jan-08)

286/386 - DOSXBox
A 286/386 emulator that emulates old dos games such as commander keen, jazz jackrabbit, all old apogee games and basically any other game that can be run in dos.

Adam/Colecovision - AdamX
Better collecovision emulator than Koleko and it also emulators Adam.

AGI Sierra - SarienX
A Sierra AGI interpreter engine that will play many of the old Sierra adventure games including Leisure Suit Larry 1, Kings Quest 1, 2 and 3 and others.

Amiga - WinUAEX
An amiga emulator by xport, better than uaex

Amstrad CPC - ArnoldX
An Amstrad CPC emulator by xport.

Apple IIgs/e/c/+ - KegsX
Plays Apple IIgs/e/c/+ at good speeds

Arcade - MAMEoX128 Plus! or BenderMameOX HSFII Edition
An updated version of MameoxVMx. This emulator is also one of the main reasons for getting a 128MB ram upgrade (this emulator works fine on 64MB XBoxs too). MAMEox 128 Plus! has many updates including updated NeoGeo/CPS drivers, IPS support, and much more. It even has complete RomCenter and ClrMamePro DATS to audit your ROMS. BenderMameOX HSFII Edition features added drivers for Hyper Street Fighter II The Anniversary Edition and, best of all, light gun support has been fixed!

Atari800/5200/130/320/XL/XE - AtariXLBox (help)
An Xport emulator that emulators atari 800/5200/130/320/XL/XE and runs all games perfect.

Atari 2600 - Z26X (help)
Better compatibility than Stella and as of v5 it now supports save states and rewind.

Atari 7800 - Atari7800X
An Atari 7800 emulator ported from MESS to the XBox by Xport.

Atari Lynx - Mednafenx-lynx
Replaces LynxBox. Better speed and compatibility overall. Also features the the rewind function.

Atari ST - WinstonX
Currently the only Atari ST emulator on Xbox.

Chip-8 - Chip8x
A port of Chuit, a Chip-8/Super Chip-8 emulator, by Xport.

Commodore PET - VicePETX
A Commodore PET emulator, and the only one around too.

Commodore Vic-20 - Vice20X
The only and best Commodore Vic-20 emulator

Commodore 64 - Vice64X
It has taken over Frodo-x and now becomes the best C64 emulator for xbox

CPS3 Arcade - CPX3
Plays Capcom Play System 3 arcade games. Currently has some issues with slow down due to the limitations of the XBox hardware.

Daphne Laserdisc - DaphneX
The best and only Arcade Laser Disc emulation.

Dreamcast VMU - SoftVMU-X
A Sega Dreamcast VMU emulator ported to the XBox by Xport.
*note: this is a VMU emulator, NOT an actual Dreamcast emulator!!!

Intellivision - BlissX
The best and only fully functional intellivision emulator.

Killer Instinct 1/2 - KI-XXX (based on U64-X)
Emulates the games Killer Instinct 1 and 2. KI-XXX does not run from disc, but there is a version of this emulator by Likklebaer floating around that does. It is not available at the usual place though... and don't ask where to get it on the forum!

Mac Plus - Xmac
Xmac is an XBox port of minivac, a Mac Plus emulator. Ported to the XBox by Darcelf.

MSX/MSX2/MSX2+ - BlueMSXBox
Better than FMSXbox giving you a better experience when playing MSX/MSX2 and MSX2+

Neogeo CD - NeoCD-SDLx Unleashed
Emulates NeoGeo CD. Originally ported by Lantus, the "unleashed" version features ISO support thanks to GogoAckman

Neogeo/CPS1/CPS2 - Fbaxxx or FBAXXX Pro
Absolutely the best Neo Geo emu on Xbox. With the capability of playing the majority of Neo games almost flawlessly, AND being able to play Capcom's CPS 1 and CPS 2 arcade software, this is an essential emulator for your Xbox. FBAXXX is the primary emulator on which Gogo and the Logic Sunrise team work. FBAXXX Pro is based directly on FBAXXX and incorporates the latest drivers, support for more games/clones, and attempts to keep up with the latest ROM sets. As a result, FBAXXX Pro should only be used by individuals who don't mind updating some of their ROMS with virtually every new release. The original FBAXXX doesn't change ROM sets so each new version normally works with all the ROMS supported by previous version. Unfortunately FBAXXX is not currently available at the usual place. You will have to track it down yourself.

Nintendo 64 - Surreal 64 XXX Beta 5
An update of the best n64 emulator for xbox surreal64. Surreal 64 uses 3 emulators into one so you can choose which emulator you want to play (1964, project 64, ultraHLE. The xxx version has better game speed and has been updated with the latest Rice plugins. Some people feel that Surreal64 FDB is more stable than the Surreal XXX releases, which is why it is also listed. But we all still wait for the official Surreal64 V2.0

Nintendo Game Boy Advance - XBoyAdvance
Not only does this play GBA pretty damn well, but it will also play game boy and game boy color as well. On the GB and GBC you can also play split screen system link

Nintendo NES - Mednafenx-nes
This emulator replaces FCEUX. Better compatibility overall and more accurate color palette along with additional features like "rewind".

Odyssey 2 - OdysseyX
Port by xport that emulates the Odyssey 2.

Pokemon Mini - PokemonMiniX
A port of Minimon, a Pokemon Mini emulator, by Xport.

ScummVMx - A emulator for several classic point-and-click adventure games such as Monkey Island, Sam and Max, Full Throttle and Beneath a Steel Sky.

Sega Genesis/32X/CD - NeoGenesis or Xenesis
Choose either Neogenesis by xport or Xenesis by Carcharius, both support 32x and sega cd emulation though its said that xenesis plays sega cd better. Both basically have the same features but neogenesis has more configurable menus and has the ability to overclock sega genesis games. You should get both and choose which one you like.

Sega Master System / Game Gear / SG-1000 / SC-3000 / SF-7000 / MK3 - MekaX
Emulates all the above Sega systems. Also supports lightgun for the master system.

Sinclair ZX81 - Xzx81
A port of xz81, a Sinclair ZX81 (aka TS1000) emulator. Ported to the Xbox by Darcelf.

SNK NeoGeo Pocket - NeoPopX
NeoGeo pocket emulator that plays all game perfectly.

Sony Playstation - PCSXBox
The only Playstation emulator for the XBox (excluding any run on top of Linux). Plays many games very well.

Spectrum - DidntXSpectrum or FuseX
Two Unix Spectrum emulators based off the same FUSE emulator source code. The DidntXSpectrum port of FUSE was done by Xport and FuseX by skratchy.
note: I don't have any personal experience with either or these two emulators, so if anyone has any input on anything I should add to their descriptions please let me (Thraxen) know.

Super Nintendo Entertainment System - Zsnexbox
ZsnexBox is a port of the windows emulator ZSNES. It features fullspeed emulation, excellent sound, excellent compatibility, and many features the PC port doesn't even have. It supports the Xbox lightgun or the gamepad for Superscope games, force feedback/rumble on a per game basis, cheat searching, PAR/Game Genie support, 3 built in cheat databases with over 10,000 cheats/tips/codes, full HD support, DSP4 emulation, an enormous amount of options that can be tweaked, a built in music player supporting several classic video game formats (Genesis, SNES, NES, etc…), and comes with 3 excellent skins by Neverwill. This is the best SNES emulation experience to be found on any console. For the very few games that Zsnexbox doesn't support, xSNES9x is your next bext bet.

Texas Instruments 99 - Classic99x
An XBox port of Classic99, a Texas Instruments 99 emulator, by Xport.

Thomson TO7-70 - Xthom
Xthom is an XBox port of Thom, a Thomson TO7-70 emulator by Sylvain Huet and Eric Botcazou. Ported to the XBox by Darcelf.

Turbo Grafx 16/PC Engine/Super Grafx/CD/SCD - Mednafenx-pce
Replaces HuGoX. Vastly improved compatibity compared to HuGoX, especially CD games... most of which now run near perfect. Also features the rewind function and support for simulating 6-button game pads.

Watara Supervision - SupervisionX
An XBox port of Potator, a Supervision emulator, by Xport. Description from Wikipedia: The Watara Supervision was a monochrome handheld game console, originating from Hong Kong, and introduced in 1992 as a cut-price competitor for the Nintendo Game Boy. It came packaged with a game called Crystball. The console had a slightly larger screen and larger buttons, and its games sold for far less than the Game Boy's. The games were not of high quality, and the console did not sell well. The original design for the console changed significantly through several iterations, and the last Supervisions were sold in 1996. The Supervision was marketed by several different companies around the world and under several different names, including Quickshot Supervision and Hartung SV-100.

Wonderswan - WonderSwanX
Plays most games at decent speeds but i've still seen alot of games have a slow down in them.

Vectrex - Xvectrex
A port of vecx, a GCE Vectrex emulator. Ported to the Xbox by Darcelf.

Virtual Boy - VirtualBoyX
A port of the Red Dragon Virtual Boy emulator. Ported to the Xbox by Xport.

X68000 - X68000X
An xport port of the X68000


Latest Versions [release date] (recent releases bolded)

these are just the xbox emulator names

Adamx - v3 [13-Nov-07]
Arnoldx - v3 [13-Nov-07]
Atari7800X - v4 [13-Nov-07]
Atarixlbox - v6 [13-Nov-07]
BenderMameOX HSFII Edition 23.12.2006
Blissx - v6 [13-Nov-07]
Bluemsxbox - v2 [13-Nov-07]
Chip8x - v2
Classic99x - v2 [13-Nov-07]
CPX3 - v1a [26-Aug-07]
Daphnex - v0.96
DidntXSpectrum - v2 [13-Nov-07]
Dosbox - v13 [13-Nov-07]
FBA XXX - 28/01/2007 (Pro is based on this version)
FBA XXX Pro - v1.28 [10-Feb-07]
Fce Ultra - v17 [13-Nov-07]
FuseX - v0.6 [12-Aug-07]
Hugox - v10
Kegsx - v4 [13-Nov-07]
KI-XXX - v1.0
Lynxbox - v1
MAMEoX128 Plus! - v20060505
Mednafenx-lynx - v3 [13-Nov-07]
Mednafenx-nes - v9 [13-Nov-07]
Mednafenx-pce -v3 [13-Nov-07]
MekaX - v2 [13-Nov-07]
NeoCDSDLx Unleashed - (no version #; based on NeoCDSDLx v1.01 by Lantus )
Neogenesis - v22 [13-Nov-07]
Neopopx - v5 [13-Nov-07]
Odysseyx - v2 [13-Nov-07]
Pcsxbox - v19 [13-Nov-07]
PokemonMiniX - v2 [13-Nov-07]
Sc3X - v005
ScummVM Beta (0.11.0svn) [24-Dec-07]
Scummvmx - v0.80 WIP
snes9xbox - v1 [13-Nov-07]
SoftVMU-X - v2 [13-Nov-07]
SpeXtrum - v03 beta
SupervisionX - v3 [13-Nov-07]
Surreal64 - Surreal64 XXX Beta 5 [16-Dec-07]
Vice20x - v5 [13-Nov-07]
Vice64x - v8 [13-Nov-07]
Vicepetx - v4 [13-Nov-07]
VirtualBoyX - v2 [13-Nov-07]
Winstonx - v8 [13-Nov-07]
WinUAEx - v17 [13-Nov-07]
Wonderswanx - v4 [13-Nov-07]
x68000x - v4 [13-Nov-07]
Xboyadvance - v21 [13-Nov-07]
Xenesis - v0.97bBeta
Xmac - v0.2
Xsnes9x - v1.42 17june2004
XSupervision - v0.1
Xthom - v0.3
XVBoy - v0.3
Xvectrex - Beta 0.1
Xzx81 - v0.2
Z26 - v6 [13-Nov-07]
Zsnexbox - v3.3 [10-Jun-07]

AS OF RIGHT NOW THERE ARE NO XBOX EMULATORS FOR PS2, GAMECUBE, DREAMCAST, 3DO, JAGUAR, SATURN, AND OTHERS THAT ARE NOT LISTED HERE

A more complete list of things that ARE NOT emulated to the xbox - if there are still some missing or if i added something here by mistake then tell me so i can fix it


Consoles

3DO
Arcadia 2001
Atari Jaguar
Bally
Dreamcast
Game Cube
PS2
RCA Studio 2
Sam Coupe
Sega Saturn
Thomson M05


Handhelds

N-Gage
Nintendo DS
PSP


Computers

Acorn 8-bit
Acorn Archimedes
Acorn BBC Micro
Acorn Electron
Amstrad PCW
Apple Lisa
Casio CFX 9850-9950
Memotech MTX
Oric
RCA Studio 2
RM Nimbus PC-186
Robotron KC 85-2-4
Sharp MZ
Sharp X1
Sinclair QL
Spectavideo SVI 318-328
Tandy Color Computer
Tandy MC-10
Tandy Radio-86RK
Tangerine Mircotan 65
Tangerine ORIC 1-Atoms-Telestrat
VTech VZx00
Wang VS


There may be a chance for some of these to come out for the xbox but you shouldn't count on it. If any of the emulators or version of the emulators are incorrect just tell me and i'll fix it

Great idea - i think it needed to be done.

I am starting to thing you have a thing for making lists though. Perhaps you would be interested in making a listing of lists?

just trying to keep things organized on this site

also because i'm bored right now

The original pinned thread has much more pomp to it. Beef up the descriptions, and make it look nice, and i'll pin it ; )

ok i'll put more "pomp" to it

give me some time though

Very nice. No Saturn emulator though? Bummer. Saturn owned back in the day.

there is also no commodore 16 emulator like yape . maybe someday there will be one.

yo iriez so whats going on with this

If I buy Dracula X: Rondo of Blood I will be able to play it on my XBox?

a very good and appreciated thread
thx man

a quote from the hugox readme

Great thread! You just saved me alot of time :c)

It's kinda sad that there's no Saturn Emulator. Oh well...

finally someone cleaned this thread! (and here I am messing it up again. Oh well.. )

...really hoping to see a Saturn Emulator on the list.. I am dying to finally play the Shining Force 3s ... man.....

Hmm...so there's no atari 7800 emulators available for the xbox yet. Question then: since there is a Dos emulator for the xbox and a 7800 emulator for the PC, then can you use the Dos emulator for your Xbox to run the 7800 emulator for the PC? Would this work, or even if it did would it be incredibly slow?

I'd imagine it'd be extremely slow because it'd have to run it's own code, the PC's code, and the 7800's code. Or something like that.

Ah, that sucks. Oh well, worth a shot in the dark. That's really odd I think that they have developed emulators for all those other old games, some more advanced than that, and some more obscure. Why is it someone hasn't come up with a 7800 one for the xbox, since they clearly already have one for the pc?

quotes from xport







it can be done but your probably not going to get a port from xport

hopefully someone else will step up and port this

Cool, thanks for your help. Hopefully someone will get around to converting that for the xbox because Atari 7800 is in my opinion the most fun game system ever. Ballblazer, Touchdown Football, oh I need to stop, I'm getting all excited just thinking about it :-) I just graduated with a Computer Science degree, so if anyone needs any help with the 7800 (if I'm even able to) I have some programming ability and I would be more than happy to help.

I didn't realize my help was needed.. But I'm always glad to lend a hand. This thread now officially has Pomp.

For those wishing for a Saturn emulator.. It's not going to happen. The Saturn was ahead of its time in a lot of ways.. You think the multiple CPU's on new systems will be cool? The Saturn had two CPU's back in its day.. along with two graphics processors, and several other processors. Trivia: Sega was sued by Sony for a commercial they aired, where they noted the greater number of processors in the Saturn and how that enabled the system to fly, then threw a PSX out a window.. "Fly, Playstation, fly." ..it didn't fly like the Saturn >:D
There are Saturn emulators for the PC. And if you're rich and can afford a top of the line system (i.e. at least $3000) and you also don't mind if you can't play games at full speed, then go out and buy that PC and download a Saturn emulator. Maybe with the processing power of future systems we'll see a Saturn emulator, but don't expect full-speed emulation for a while.
On a happy note, Saturns are old and cheap.. Search eBay. I got mine from an Electronics Boutique a few years back for $22 with a memory cartridge, 2 controllers, cables, etc. The games are cheap too, many good ones can be had for $5.

Does fbaxxx play Neo Geo games without having to do anything special to 'em?

you need all the neo geo bios in order to play them

but you can't ask where to find them so you'll have to use your awesome searching skills

Right Thanks for the info.

So what version of FBA XXX is the best?
FBA XXX Pro, or FBA XXX 07.23.2005?

My old Saturn died, i accidently plug a wrong adapter in it. so it burn down. I am now dieing too to play "ASTRA Super stars" and "Sonic R"

i'm not even sure, i'm not real updated on fbaxxx

i remember a whole bunch of versions came up and i'm still using an outdated version

if someone could tell me which one was the latest released then i'll update the list

FBA XXX 07.23.2005 is the latest bro.
I tried playing this latest FBA XXX version and I've had a few issues with certain roms that have worked in the past. I guess I'll just have to do some testing.

I'm assuming I can just patch the latest xbe file from FBA XXX 07.23.05 using the same old FBA XXX Pro method.
I'll give this a shot in a few minutes.

Where do you put the bios once you find them?
Do they go in every individual game zip file, or do you just throw them in the main FBAXXX folder?

Sorry if my questions seem noob-ish

Never mind, I figured this one out.

edit: OOPS posted in wrong thread.

Do you think the Jaguar will be emulated? I just "aquired" the Good Set and I searched xbins and... no emu. Looked here and bam - one doesnt exist.

thats because the jaguar emulator for the pc doesn't even run that good

think about the minimun requirements to run most of the jaguar emulators and then think about the hardware in the xbox

plus the best jaguar emulator isn't even open sourced so even if we wanted to port a decent one, we couldn't

That information about the Saturn being ahead of its time, is untrue...There is a Saturn emulator for the Dreamcast..

You could make a Saturn emulator for an Atari 2600 but that doesn't mean it will work very well.

If you're talking about Yabause-dc I quote the readme;

The Dreamcast version gets as far as showing the BIOS language select. No Farther!

Yabause ( http://yabause.sourceforge.net/index.php ) for Win/Linux is coming along and might be useful in a few years and with faster computers. But even here compatibility ( http://.sourceforge.net/compatibility.php ) is dreadful and I doubt they have yet to consider speed.

So far I've heard there's emulators for all the old ones, but is there any for the current ones? I've heard PS and Dreamcast, I haven't heard any mention of n64. Also will there ever be any for ps2, gc? My gc broke down and just lazy to get a ps2.

Did you read the "Beginners Guide"? It contains a sections dealing with which emulators are available, and which aren't. Check my sig for link(s).

I have a simple question for those of you with more experience...

What is the best for Neo Geo? I'm using MAMEoX right now, and it seems really good, but I'm wondering about the other arcade emus. I'n hearing a lot from people about FBAxxx being really good and sorta directed at that.

Also, is there an arcade emu that can allow you to change the dip switches?

Ditto, I'm heartbroke, Saturn is probably my favorite console.

i didnt see sega cd on any list? or was i the only one who played it.

i didnt see sega cd on any list? or was i the only one who played it.

i didnt see sega cd on any list? or was i the only one who played it.

Sega Genesis/32X/CD - NeoGenesis or Xenesis

Do you know is ti possible to play game cube games on the xbox

Did you not read the first post in this thread? In big red letters it says this:


Also, the Xbox simply lacks the processing power to ever emulate the Gamecube properly even if there was a good Gamecube emulator to port.

im probably going to get flamed for asking this question but i have the blair witch games and a couple of other pc games and i was wondering if the XPCE-X is the emulator for playing them on the xbox. if it isnt is there one and if there is which one?

I've been waiting and hoping for the Atari 7800 to be ported to the xbox for some time. I think the ProSystem looks to be the best one for PC so far and hope it would be possible to port it. I haven't done too much beyond fiddling with my xbox via ftp, but I did get a degree in programming and currently work as one, so I understand programming very well. If anyone out there would also like to see the 7800 come to xbox and think they may be able to do it but just want some major help, I am offering my help. Give me an email at thebigjunkreceptacle@yahoo.com if you are interested. I think many of us would like to see the 7800 make it to Xbox finally.

Can you play games through the PlayStation emulator from the PlayStation CD or do they have to be ISOs on your hard drive?

Have to have the ISO on the XBox hard drive or burned to a disc as a data disc (the ISO itself needs to be on the disc as a file).

What I always found interesting is that their is also still no xbox emulator that can play sega 32x cd games.