That's great! I hope MS will continue to support BC, but realistically, there's not many chances something like Otogi or Gunvalkyrie will ever see a light of day again.
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Xemu version 0.5 Trailer: is OG Xbox emulation finally a reality?
- Thread starter Hayama Akito
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On that note, isn't it weird how Microsoft never extended their PC catalogue to include the Xbox / X360 catalogue? The Windows Store always needed a serious boost and I thought in the past that Microsoft would extend their Xbox library to the PC, so that they could actually compete with Steam in terms of a software catalogue for their store, but this never happened. Now people will use emulators instead of taking the 'official' route. Strange.
JSRF already work with high resolution and 60 fps (in console it was 30) in CXBX emulator 2 years ago
Cxbx-Reloaded | Jet Set Radio: Future (Playable / 60 FPS) #2
New video (with SFX Fixed): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2QlxsTzbAICxbx-Reloaded Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/LukeUsheri7 2600 3.8 Ghz (Turbo) + CM Bl...
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...? JSRF is 60 fps on console. The original on DC was 30.JSRF already work with high resolution and 60 fps (in console it was 30) in CXBX emulator 2 years ago
Cxbx-Reloaded | Jet Set Radio: Future (Playable / 60 FPS) #2
New video (with SFX Fixed): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2QlxsTzbAICxbx-Reloaded Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/LukeUsheri7 2600 3.8 Ghz (Turbo) + CM Bl...
This is all I needed to hear, thanks!
How does JSRF compare on this to CXBX? Seemed to work well on CXBX (only game I got running on that).
Oh shit, Evil Dead Regeneration! Was just thinking about that the other day. Shame the PC version is retail only and has DRM.
yes, my bad. It's only the resolution that can be increased. Anyway, I don't remember the original having smooth framerate, could be slowdowns instead of 30 fps. Playing in the emulator was a more pleasing experience.
If I were to guess, it's could be lack of will more than anything. The only people who are really interested in 3D acceleration in Win 9x are gamers, and the gaming market doesn't seem to be one that the professional virtualization solution providers are too keen to support.
PCem and 86Box emulate Win 9x with 3dfx support just fine, but they're emulation so they are a little slow.
This is REALLY impressive and I never had an Xbox, I don't even know a lot of those games, but I've appreciated the inclusion of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, I had a thing for that game back then on PS2 :'D
Looking forward to playing the best version of Splinter Cell: Double Agent without having to drag out my Xbox.
That one is available on Xbox One and Xbox Series, enhanced for 4k.
The main downside is lack of portability. Cxbx approach won't work on anything without Windows for example.
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Looks like your message cut off? The PC port is the 360/PS3 version.
Oh sorry. I meant that the OG Xbox version is available for Xbox One and Xbox Series. Up to 4k with One X/Series X. All the 4 games.
Quick semi-related question - the only real way to dump a backup of an OG XBox game is via original hardware, right? It's not as simple as using a DVD drive on PC and ripping the ISO like a PS2 game?
Had the same question on reddit and a more detailed answer :
In the early 1990s, Silicon Graphics designed the first version of what would become OpenGL to drive their multi-thousand-dollar Unix workstations. Because it was designed for (at the time) ridiculously expensive GPUs, it wasn't until the late 1990s that the technology became cheap enough to use in consumer GPUs, and that basic architecture became the foundation for the graphics technologies we've seen since.
Meanwhile, the first version of Direct3D was designed for the very first consumer GPUs. The second version of Direct3D was designed for the second generation of consumer GPUs, which were wildly different from the first generation. The third version was designed for the third generation, and so forth, and it wasn't until Direct3D reached parity with OpenGL around version 7 or 8 that everything settled down to something that would be vaguely familiar to a modern graphics developer.
Which is to say: old OpenGL games can run pretty nicely on modern hardware because modern GPUs are descended from the high-end GPUs OpenGL was originally designed for. Old Direct3D games are probably a ball-ache to run on modern hardware, because modern GPUs are wildly different from the weird and niche GPUs Direct3D was originally designed for — the same reason that emulating primitive 3D consoles like the PS1 and Nintendo DS is a lot more buggy and difficult than more powerful consoles like the Gamecube.
It's probably even worse for old Direct3D games because unlike PS1 and DS games, you *can* play them without supporting 3D acceleration. It might not be as pretty, but it's still a lot prettier than a PS1 game running on an emulator that doesn't support the PS1 GPU.
You can do it on a PC but you need a particular type of drive with modified firmware.
Another issue with some early (and not so early, to be honest) D3D games is that they were often coded for specifically to cater to the idiosyncrasies of popular hardware and drivers of the time rather than to the specifications. Even fairly early on this led to things like texture alignment issues if, for example, you weren't using 3dfx hardware. Some games, like Resident Evil 2, let you choose which hardware type you were using, and some of those options work on modern hardware. Unfortunately most games either didn't do this or relied on detecting your GPU manufacturer, something that obviously causes problems now.
There are some games that don't even work at all without fan made patches due to doing things like loading textures in an incorrect format. This apparently was allowed by some of the popular hardware of the time, so rather than do things properly some developers seem to have just said "it works here, so good enough". Of course, that's going to be trouble on more spec compliant hardware.
I had to use the 'Reset' setting to get it to actually load the ISO. Maybe try that?
You can modify a few select PC drives to rip games, but youll have to extract the contents and rebuild the ISO into one that xemu currently supports. Hopefully that changes in the future though!
seconding this - i tried to get a rip i made of JSRF to work and it doesn't. boot screen works no problem and this same rip converted to XBE works flawlessly on Cxbx
I am using 1.0 and 46XX combo.
Also honestly for now use CXBX for JSRF, 4k60 is ez on that without any weird steps
