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Baconsoap
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New Customer

"EMU on XBox hard drive and lotsa questions" , posted Thu 12 Dec 09:23

Does sanyone here have an emulator installed on their XBox? If so, how is it? Decent speed, good graphics, control issues?

I've been looking through the web for instructions on how to install an emulator, but the directions always seem a bit cryptic. Would a complete computer newbie like myself be able to do it?

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Mozex
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Occasional Customer

"Re(1):EMU on XBox hard drive and lotsa questi" , posted Thu 12 Dec 14:28:

quote:
Does sanyone here have an emulator installed on their XBox? If so, how is it? Decent speed, good graphics, control issues?

I've been looking through the web for instructions on how to install an emulator, but the directions always seem a bit cryptic. Would a complete computer newbie like myself be able to do it?

First you'd need to mod your xbox, after that it could be anything. Of course, if you mod your box you won't be able to play on xbox-live.

My guess is that it wouldn't run any better than an equivalently configured computer.

Be kind to goblins.

[this message was edited by Mozex on Thu 12 Dec 14:30]

Juan

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Platinum Carpet V.I.P- Board Master

"Re(1):EMU on XBox hard drive and lotsa questi" , posted Thu 12 Dec 14:40:

You will probably have better luck if you go to a message board or a site dedicated to X-Box emulation.

As for the mod chip problems with Live, it was mentioned in an older thread that there is a way around it.

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Does sanyone here have an emulator installed on their XBox? If so, how is it? Decent speed, good graphics, control issues?

I've been looking through the web for instructions on how to install an emulator, but the directions always seem a bit cryptic. Would a complete computer newbie like myself be able to do it?

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[this message was edited by Juan on Thu 12 Dec 14:46]

CrazyMike

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Silver Customer

"Re(2):EMU on XBox hard drive and lotsa questi" , posted Fri 13 Dec 13:17

Most of the emus are all as good as you can get. 60 frames per second on the SNES emu, runs just about every snes rom, same goes for genesis and nes emu. Hell there is even an Amiga emulator. Oh and Mame for Xbox kicks ass ^_^

Mozex
103th Post

Regular Customer

"Re(3):EMU on XBox hard drive and lotsa questi" , posted Fri 13 Dec 18:19

quote:
Most of the emus are all as good as you can get. 60 frames per second on the SNES emu, runs just about every snes rom, same goes for genesis and nes emu. Hell there is even an Amiga emulator. Oh and Mame for Xbox kicks ass ^_^

I bet MAME on my computer is better; but then, I won't tote my computer around just to play a few classic games so xbox MAME has some value.

Be kind to goblins.

CrazyMike

378th Post

Silver Customer

"Re(4):EMU on XBox hard drive and lotsa questi" , posted Fri 13 Dec 19:31

MAME on computer is better because most likely you have more then 64 megs of ram, so alot of the bigger roms i.e later neo-geo games won't run. But other then that, its nice to have a bunch of roms on a hard drive that you can carry around, and play them on the tv. Plus its nice not to be confined to a computer chair on a monitor that tires your eyes (at least my old monitor does). I can relax on a beanbag and jump around and play different games with the touch of a few buttons.

Mozex
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Regular Customer

"Re(5):EMU on XBox hard drive and lotsa questi" , posted Sat 14 Dec 08:40

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MAME on computer is better because most likely you have more then 64 megs of ram, so alot of the bigger roms i.e later neo-geo games won't run. But other then that, its nice to have a bunch of roms on a hard drive that you can carry around, and play them on the tv. Plus its nice not to be confined to a computer chair on a monitor that tires your eyes (at least my old monitor does). I can relax on a beanbag and jump around and play different games with the touch of a few buttons.

My next computer purchase is going to be a video card with good TV-out. It'll be nice going from a 13" monitor to a 27" tv. :-)

Be kind to goblins.

CrazyMike

380th Post

Silver Customer

"Re(6):EMU on XBox hard drive and lotsa questi" , posted Sat 14 Dec 08:43

One thing people have been doing is scratch building a Mame cabinet with the Xbox instead of a computer. Another interesting thing is there is a patch to patch EVERY Xbox program or game and make them HDTV compatible, I don't own a HDTV and probably won't own one for years heh, but I bet it looks sweet to play Street Fighter Alpha 2 or Halo on a 60 inch Plasma HDTV ^_^

MrWhitefolks
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New Customer

"Re(7):EMU on XBox hard drive and lotsa questi" , posted Mon 16 Dec 10:43

i want to clarify a few things about the xbox and it's mod and emus before i head to work...

1)the snes emu i have on here is awesome. no framerate loss, and the sound is great.

2)the n64 emu doesnt have sound, nor alot of support. but the games it does run work flawlessly.

3)if you have an xbox mod you CAN GET ON XBOX LIVE. you just have to have a bios switch installed(runs around 20-30 bucks). it allows you to turn off your mod chip's renaming the bios for the system and you can load into live no problem. i dont know why nobody knows about this, it's common knowledge if you mod your system.

4)if your gonna mod yer xbox, dont mod it just so you can play "imports"...that's retarded. at least get it modded so you can put in your own hd(i have a 120gig in mine). a bonus is that if you set it up with a hd and the right equipment, then you can just rent a game and copy it direct to the hd. this also DRAMATICALLY speeds up the loading on games(x-men:next dimension,serious sam,etc).

any questions? feel free to ask(i'll help as much as i can).

peace

MrWhitefolks

note: i did not mod my own machine, i had an ex MS employee do it...ironic, no?

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CrazyMike

384th Post

Silver Customer

"Re(8):EMU on XBox hard drive and lotsa questi" , posted Mon 16 Dec 11:46

quote:

note: i did not mod my own machine, i had an ex MS employee do it...ironic, no?

LOL, was he a disgruntled ex MS employee?

MrWhitefolks
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New Customer

"Re(9):EMU on XBox hard drive and lotsa questi" , posted Mon 16 Dec 14:20

no idea, but hey; it works for me. lol

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Kikkoken
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Frequent Customer

"Re(10):EMU on XBox hard drive and lotsa quest" , posted Tue 17 Dec 08:45

For my PC I need an Xbox emulator to emulator a GP32 to emulate a PC engine to emula...

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