Dolphin has been ported to the Xbox..and its AWESOME | MVG

A new Standalone UWP Xbox port of Dolphin was released at the end of 2022. In this episode we take a closer look on how to set it up and how well it performs
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[@LatitudeSky]

"RetroArch is a needlessly complicated front end to configure" THANK YOU! THIS. I have made mutiple attempts to get that thing working and it just simply never configures right and turns the goal of playing games into a nightmare trying to figure out why it won't work. I'm not a newbie. I was running MAME and other stuff from CLI more than 20 years ago, when just getting Pacman to work was an accomplishment. But it worked better than this modern frontend. I'm convinced it was designed by someone who loves the BMW interface. No thanks. I just want to play some games.

[@Zontar82]

RA interface (the psp theme at least) is easy to use and anyone can set up things in matter of minutes

[@kirby0louise]

"RetroArch is one of those programs that's super easy to use, as long as you already know exactly what you're doing" -LTT Anthony

[@medes5597]

@@kirby0louise that's so weirdly accurate. It's got its own weird way of working but once you know how that weird way works, it's easy. It's not exactly a learning curve. It's just adjusting to its way of doing stuff.

[@ModFreakUltimate]

@@medes5597That's literally what a learning curve is

[@bpcgos]

It have its own 'language' to set and navigate, nowadays I could easily set retroarch up on many of the device because Im quite fluent of what it expect from the users, but back then when I try to setting it up for the first time its surely a nightmare

[@anikaschmidt28]

The more devices can run dolphin, the more feedback the devs can get and the better it can get

[@JamieKitchens6]

Exactly.

[@FarmYardGaming]

We all win!

[@DragonProtector]

they still made it purposely perform worse on android. I am stuck on an old version on my tab s7+ because of this

[@Roll3er]

@@DragonProtectorisn’t android version made by someone else and not dolphin team unless I’m thinking of something else

[@justin6822]

@@Roll3er there's normal dolphin and then dolphin mmjr2, mmjr2 is based off a older version of normal dolphin and is being worked on by the community

[@chemergency]

Hopefully Xemu gets a port here pretty soon, that'll bolster the "backwards-compatibility feature" tenfold.

[@andresfgp13]

imagine if the devs get a version of Yuzu or Ryujinx running on the XSS or XSX.

[@broadcast8843]

@@andresfgp13 id sell my switch lol

[@solinymm]

or Xenia lol

[@sithdarthvader5764]

​@@solinymm or cxbx.

[@mysticalquilava]

@@andresfgp13 you know they meant xemu, the original Xbox emulator not cemu the Wii u emulator right?

[@Resosaur]

Great video. Although a more elaborated setup guide would be helpful for novice users, especially since for a process as technical as this, even one missed step can break the process altogether. Even a text-based step by step guide in the video description would do wonders for clearing up commonly asked questions in the comments.

[@DiscoCokkroach]

I already planned on getting an Xbox Series X anyway, and all of these emulation solutions make it an even better buy. Thanks for putting the word out there, MVG! I wouldn't have known otherwise.

[@TheLucasbuck]

Hoping they enable support for the wii-mote as well. Pretty essential for the vast majority of the wii side of dolphin gaming.

[@thingsiplay]

But to make this happen, doesn't the drivers in Xbox needs to support it as well?

[@atomickid]

@@thingsiplay yeah it is impossible right now because of this.

[@Exiled2Eazy]

For games like new super mario bros I just map the shake function to the L trigger and move the cursor to R stick. Unless you're playing something like wii sports it works out

[@TheOswaldChannel]

But what if they add support for dolphin bar it’s just usb and the bar manages the Bluetooth connections. Works very well on pcs and doesn’t need any drivers at all

[@thingsiplay]

@@TheOswaldChannel USB is just a connection, every device requires drivers. Otherwise you could use anything on Playstation and Switch too. The Windows version on Xbox is stripped down compared to Windows on PC. OS Builtin drivers does not have feature parity between PC and Xbox console. I am not saying it won't work, I am just throwing something to think about why it might not be possible. Especially because you can install apps on PC with root rights and do what you want, while in Retail mode the installation and system access of Xbox apps is limited. Can you use any generic gamepad on Xbox in example? (I don't know, just asking.)

[@agamaz5650]

I really f-cking hope F-Zero GX remaster is on the way, look how incredible it looks in HD and widescreen

[@domymbd]

best racing game ever!

[@Zontar82]

will never happen, nintendo is not interested in it anymore unfortunately, they are only interested in the CT, the Cringe triplet of zelda, mario, smash

[@TheInfamousLegend27]

i doubt it'll happen. much like most of their other good small-run IPs, they don't really give a shit.

[@ohandanotheronebitesthedus6247]

Whats gx

[@TheInfamousLegend27]

@@ohandanotheronebitesthedus6247 F-Zero GX

[@ineligible2267]

Always appreciate you finding the time to make these videos

[@Berg085]

"RetroArch is a needlessly complicated front end..." Thank you for saying this... I don't know why dev's don't want to make things more streamlined and simple. OpenEmu for macOS is about as complicated as something needs to be imho.

[@dallionaire8947]

Agree wholeheartedly

[@thelonejedi538]

I keep hoping CEMU will get a UWP port. I looked at doing it myself but it would be far easier for someone already familiar with source, so I've been waiting before sinking time into it

[@GamingForst1]

3ds emulator is in a making or someone is planning to make it cause theres a bounty for whoever makes it

[@NexXxus86]

If they will ever get the dx12 renderer working maybe

[@GamingForst1]

@@NexXxus86 they are thats part of the bounty

[@thelonejedi538]

@@NexXxus86 openGL? Vulkan? Dx11? Retroarch is uwp and can use them, no need for dx12

[@kirby0louise]

@@thelonejedi538 Have you tried using the OGL renderer in retroarch on Xbox? It's far, far inferior to either the DX11 or DX12 ones. And there's no option for Vulkan, because Vulkan isn't supported on Xbox. DX12 would be the best choice by a country mile. If there's one API that's unneeded, it's OGL.

[@andresbravo2003]

I’m freaking hyped! This is really much improved compared to RetroArch.

[@Zontar82]

despite the fact RA uses cores from standalone emulators?

[@atomickid]

@@Zontar82 yeah, I mean it runs a lot better in standalone. I'm on series x retail mode and RA dolphin worked but with stutters and low resolution. Here it runs with almost no stutters, full speed and at 1440p flawlessly.

[@Helvetica_Scenario]

@@atomickid So, this version doesn't have the hiccups from the RA version every time an effect is rendered for the first time?

[@Tromzy]

Yes, but you lose the features of Retroarch, like shaders etc.

[@jimmyboy2778]

@@Zontar82 fk RA. Its bloated and stupidly complicated to configure. Also if u give a person a controller they usually wont know how to start a game...........its just bloated and not inuitive software. I always hated that about RA and thats why i always, if i can, use a Standalone version.

[@AxelStone1]

Thank you for talking about this, I've been having trouble with Dolphin through RetroArch on the Series S for whatever reason.

[@Plokijuh1229]

FOR THOSE USING THE UPDATED DOLPHIN VERSION to access the USB stick step in the video to direct Dolphin to your games folder on your USB, you need to hit the settings button, using the stick navigate the settings tabs to Paths & Folders. Select Add Path. Go to the USB stick icon. Select the folder containing your games and hit Select. Your games should populate the UI.

[@toastymansabe]

how do I add games directly from the xbox ssd??

[@guitarballup1]

My games won't populate are you using usb 3.0 or 2.0 and is your file format .iso?

[@Landynburns]

My ui wont populate anyone who will help

[@Plokijuh1229]

@@guitarballup1 2.0 and I use .iso

[@boydpukalo8980]

As usual awesome high quality video. Your insight and perspective on the scene is very interesting and informative. I have learned a lot watching you channel and spent a lot of money as a result over the last 3 years.

[@phuzz00]

You should have shown Zelda: Wind Waker, because that game still looks stunning when it's upscaled, and even better if you add an HD texture pack. Seriously, the cel-shaded style works so well it could be a modern game.

[@Ozzianman]

Wind Waker looked even more amazing on the Wii U with the updated visuals. Both versions look amazing and I do not mind playing either of them.

[@scubahooduk]

Do you know where to download these texture packs?

[@ricardowilliams3765]

@@scubahooduk the game has it's own wiki just for dolphin and that has the hd texture mods there

[@drewpster87]

I remember when it was released the freaking backlash it got for being cel shaded. But you can now see how well its graphics have aged compared to Twilight Princess. There's no contest.

[@haeckx94x]

MVG is the MVP....I got my hands on this dolphin emulator a couple of weeks ago and was not able to set up the controls. Now I can use it.

[@pengud]

Xbox is so close to being the best console. We just need a new dashboard or more customizable dashboards.

[@Eddy-pm8tf]

? switch is the best console.

[@Sean-D78]

@@Eddy-pm8tf I highly disagree

[@devincoyne]

Xbox needs games lol 😂

[@ransacked]

Where are those games? Everyone knows PC is the best console.

[@Alexander_l322]

None of them are the best consoles. All consoles have their good and bad points. I have pretty much every recent console but I don’t favour one over the other but I do like my PS5 the most because my account is there and I enjoy the exclusives.

[@farisomeragic8900]

Hope that dolphin gets user interface similar like duckstation and aethersx2. Also adding retroachievements

[@robg1163]

What point is there in adding retroachievements support to a platform that doesn't even have any games with achievements?

[@farisomeragic8900]

@@robg1163 beacuse it is fun and most of the retro consoles that does not have retroachievements, now can have thanks to emulators like flycast for sega dreamcast, aethersx2 ps 2, duckstation ps1....

[@DarkNia64]

What emulators already support this?

[@pineapplesauce7499]

I hate how the Xbox app discord stopped providing standalone duckstation

[@jcmbird]

@@pineapplesauce7499 does PS1 run ok in Retroarch?

[@gbraadnl]

Plus cores in RetroArch suffers from slowdowns when it comes to I/O, such aa file access. This is very noticeable for the PPSSPP core.

[@justanorange2038]

I'm on the XBOX Emulation hub discord, and they said that they want to build a compatibility layer for directx12 to port the emulators that, for the moment, we can't have ported on XBOX for the lack of API renderers.

[@RockstarMazy]

this is so cool. I think im just going to wait for a few more updates though. like ui changes and such

[@TheChannelMega]

For anyone struggling to play wii games I figured a workaround that has worked for me so far in playing no more heroes, mad world and dkcr. All axis for shake on both the Wii more and nunchuck to the triggers, and tie the swing motion to the right stick. A and b to the bumpers, and c z and 1 and 2 to the face buttons. It can be a bit tricky at first but it’s definitely playable.

[@brandogg]

Nice to see this...I've only used the RetroArch version on my Series X but it was very easy to set up and performance is spectacular. 4K 60FPS in every game I tried.

[@majorgear1021]

How well does Rogue Squadron: Rogue Leader 2 run?

[@paulanderson3772]

These tutorial style videos are awesome mate. Many thanks MVG.

[@alexzaze1407]

Just tried it out, Twilight Princess is running pretty well on the Xbox One X! 4K textures, Xbox UI Buttons and all! Thank you for this video, I've always wanted to play my favorite Zelda this way!

[@omarfelix5287]

Thank you for your comment. I'm glad the one X runs this nicely. I'm going to try it myself this week.

[@ens5n1e07p]

I can't wait for the Dolphin Development Progress Report that accompanies this release!

[@demoh2o]

This is amazing stuff! I'm seriously thinking about buying a second Series S and making it a dedicated emulation system

[@HS-cf8lz]

is there a way now to run all files off USB including ps2 games/larger files?

[@erniegutierrez410]

I play Sega Saturn and PS1 games on my Xbox Series S 😎 Definitely checking Dolphin (GameCube) emulation

[@estignatic]

@@HS-cf8lz of course

[@Moister356]

@@HS-cf8lz Through FTP?

[@luke070610]

@H S yes you can emulate PS2 games and run them off a USB drive, here's a great guide. kzbin.info/www/bejne/laLRnpSZrrydhZI

[@JamieH1224]

Thanks for adding on the One X clip at the end. It's what I'm currently using it on and was wondering if I was doing something wrong but it seems it's just not able to keep up. I'll revisit once I get around to buying a Series console. Thanks MVG

[@sabin1981]

More and more my Series S just becomes a dedicated emulation box.. and that's fine by me! Astonishing emulation chops, and if MESA ever comes to fruition (there's currently a BountySource bounty going to raise money, much like there was for Dolphin) then we could even see the likes of CEMU/Citra/etc. Weee!

[@kylehennkens9578]

Dumb question, what's MESA?

[@dhivydhimanth1960]

Probably a dumb question, but what's "Bounty Source"? I'm guessing it's a website where Dev's can post bounties?

[@kylehennkens9578]

@@dhivydhimanth1960 Yeah, exactly that

[@dhivydhimanth1960]

@@kylehennkens9578 Is there a place where I can read more in this? I've been wanting to learn how "the scene" works and this seems like a pretty useful website

[@glungusgongus]

@@kylehennkens9578 Its a translation layer afaik

[@UltraMoonTrainer]

4:21 that looks like imgui! Very nice. I'm pretty excited to see the performance of this standalone dolphin version later myself, amazing video

[@UltraMoonTrainer]

@ReveriePass still amazing work regardless! I've used imgui myself a few times

[@MrAdam802]

So many games/systems to play on the Series X its amazing

[@ScrapKing73]

What’s even more awesome is that, since emulation is CPU-heavy (moreso than GPU-heavy), they all work nearly as well on the Series S!

[@Optim121]

wait till you find out what a PC is

[@ScrapKing73]

@@Optim121 No PC can match the Series S's size, quietness, performance, or thermals at anything even remotely close that price point. And I'm not sure any PC can match the Series S's low wattage, at any price point. Ditto the Series X, with the potential exception of wattage.

[@brymsd8895]

@@Optim121 please leave the house once in a while

[@Optim121]

@@brymsd8895 huh? I wrote that at work. That's how I'm able to afford things like a PC. Lol

[@dominic.cellini]

This is a great port. I've been using it on my Series S in conjunction with the RetroPass frontend and it's awesome. Having the frontend makes the lack of a full interface in Dolphin much less of an issue, although I can't wait to see it improve over time.

[@TheOldMachines]

These games look incredible in both vanilla and hd texture form!

[@DrySushi]

Glad to see the continued efforts to bring emulation to Xbox. I tried long ago to get everything up and running but could only get Duckstation working properly, which looked great. But since getting a steamdeck that's the dedicated emu house.

[@pieguy2]

I know you're not a fan but thanks for mentioning the retail mode, for people that use their xbox daily for everything it's a much more seamless option.

[@SethReee]

I've always been wary of retail mode workarounds like that, since it seems to be exploiting the beta program or whatever MS has setup for testing things.

[@Dexiz117]

Glad to see you back at it!!

[@DigitalBreaks]

Nice to see more standalone cores for Xbox. Tried Dolphin within Retroarch on Series X with some mixed results. Keen to give this a go. Now for someone to develop a standalone Saturn core!

[@xx1norm1xx]

Just did the retail install can’t wait to blow my friends minds when I load up double dash split screen

[@bubmario]

Huge step forward for dolphin. Looking forward to loading up my GCN library unto my XSX.

[@theboy181]

LOL! Im so glad you mentioned that retoarch is its own enemy!

[@cakeisamadeupdrug6134]

Every time I see someone using the Dolphin Emulator it makes me want to pack away my Game Cube for good. The resolution, framerate and general experience just seem so much better.

[@Anthestudios]

I've tried this in the past. In the end, nothing beat the physical experience of pushing the power button and hearing the GameCube boot up. I feel like the medium is often overlooked. It's part of the experience!

[@cakeisamadeupdrug6134]

@@Anthestudios OK but counterpoint: all of my consoles are PAL

[@Anthestudios]

@@cakeisamadeupdrug6134 That doesn't change anything for the GameCube. You can run PAL games at 60 Hz 480p through Swiss. Anything older, however, is indeed borderline unplayable on original hardware without using NTSC roms on a flashcart.

[@LAHegarty]

2 videos in only a few days, he's back!

[@micahbell4881]

Sucks so bad you can't configure the controls without needing to go through the windows process. The emulator is awesome!! But the controls are my ONLY issue. I'm an idiot with computers, so even following guides; I'm somehow incapable of setting up the controls. So no matter how badly I want to use this, I'll have to wait for controller configuration to be added to Xbox dolphin itself. Retroarch has always been extremely complicated for me. So this is great for a noob like me. Hopefully soon I'll get to use this

[@ner0p]

"RetroArch is a needlessly complicated front end to configure" then proceeds to showcase how insanely convoluted it is to setup the emulator, the roms, the configs, and even needs a PC to configure the gamepad? lmao

[@nintendo1889x]

Exactly, people bitch about RetroArch but you need to copy over Dolphin config files to get it to run

[@lemonov3031]

Probably because this will get updated with a proper UI in a couple of months, and RetroArch will stay an outdated and pointless pile of garbage forever.

[@TravisStamper]

Been using this since it came out. It works great! Only thing I use my xbox for right now. Thanks for the video

[@davetech356]

Did you find set-up difficult?

[@atomickid]

@@davetech356 way less difficult than setting up RetroArch. Here (if you use USB on retail mode like me) I just configured my USB drive with a tool called Xbox media USB to format and give permissions needed by dolphin and did what MVG did here. Since I already replayed through Metroid prime, starfox adventures entirely without an itch.

[@davetech356]

@@atomickid ok thanks

[@pancon5]

Now that Cemu is open source we need to see it ported over to the Series consoles too!

[@destroyermcw626]

Cemu performance on a Series should be a cake walk hopefully

[@Priception]

I'd love to see other emulators get ported. Imagine Cemu being ported over. However correct me if I'm wrong, but the Xbox Series doesn't support Vulkan and since Cemu doesn't support DirectX it would make that port far harder (and honestly not worth the trouble for most devs)

[@kirby0louise]

There is OGL support on Xboxes, but it's VERY limited and honestly even DX11 is better, let alone DX12. What would be really interesting is a port of RPCS3. Older versions had DX12 support which was dropped to simplify things, but if someone cared enough they could in theory port it to UWP. Can you imagine how funny it would be for Xbox to support PS3 emulation before PS5 does?

[@prodyg]

This is true

[@Priception]

@Kirby0Louise Yeah, issue with OpenGL is its really slow so therefore wouldn't be ideal. True, they could add back DX12 to RPCS3 however there have been so many updates and DX12 was always worse than Vulkan that it would still be a massive undertaking.

[@user-mf7jy3on3z]

what about xenia because it supports dx12

[@Priception]

@m That would be kinda pointless tho. As the Xbox Series already has a superior Xbox Emulator.

[@TheUballe]

Fantastic video, MVG!

[@skhicat5588]

When i used RetroArch to play Wind Waker, using the PictoBox to take pictures would cause the game to crash on me. It wasn't a huge deal but i was trying to get all the heart containers and i needed to get one piece of heart using a treasure map that i would get from completing the PictoBox submission. Hopefully this stand alone Dolphin emulator fixes that problem, cause i did have a great time playing Wind Waker on the Xbox

[@mimi8505]

The Pictobox requires efb2ram instead of efb2texture only or however the settings are called these days. And it needs cpu efb access. If any of those 2 settings is wrong, the game crashes when you try to use the Pictobox. On regular Dolphin, there are game specific ini files provided that automatically enable those 2 features for the game. It's possible that RetroArch doesn't ship with those files, maybe even intentionally, because those 2 settings might cost you 50% of the performance in this game. The performance loss is likely not an issue on a series s, but one a xbox one x, the game might even be playable with the hacks, but certainly not with them disabled. Protip: If this works, create yourself a hotkey that switches those 2 settings, because switching them on the fly should be stable. Well, if you switch them before trying to take a picture.

[@skhicat5588]

@@mimi8505 thanks for the info fellow gamer i appreciate your assistance

[@Romeohardcash]

Great video, MVG. Recently picked up a second Series S on the cheap so I'll be making it a dedicated emulation box!

[@AviationStation85]

Really close to buying one of these, but it would be nice to have a front end similar to Launchbox that would display boxart and such.

[@Luchismo1000]

Man it would awesome to just dump an XBox One S inside an Arcade1Up cab and put Launch box on it then connect all the sticks.

[@JrsOCE]

Wow didn't even think of this, I have the tmnt 4 player arcade 1up + the street fighter 2 one, would be insane to get the series s working with the 4 player joysticks

[@lucasn0tch]

I love the thumbnail

[@korysovec]

I wonder if they ever get dolphin bar working on Xbox, I know that wii mote can't be connected to xbox, but maybe with some dongle from china we could technically get it working and in the end we could just not have to have any wii laying around for even motion control games.

[@jemiebridges3197]

can the wii mote work without a sensor bar? I'm pretty sure it works with candles in the right position and other crazy non powered hack for those of us whose sensor bar has just died.

[@korysovec]

@@jemiebridges3197 nope, that's the thing the input from wii mote can't be recognized by the Xbox. I don't know if someone will create some hacky way of doing so, just like adding gyro to Xbox controller was invented, but until then we can only hope for Microsoft's official support of the Wii mote.

[@jeckjeck6943]

@@jemiebridges3197 Sure but the problem is the xbox can't connect the wiimote via bluetooth, like other gamepads.

[@FarmYardGaming]

My eyes were opened significantly in school upon seeing this

[@monchopr3511]

MVG, amazing content as always. Thank you for this. I bassically alsways trying to add emulators in avery device I have (just wan to do it and I still have the original hardware of said emulators. Haha). Man, I hope you can talk abou some day (when you can, no rush) about the PS2, FreeMCBoot and the internal hardisk adapters. The details and history should be amazing.

[@SniperPFL]

Awesome! I'll be setting this up later today, thank you. F-Zero here we go!

[@TaroKunLife]

I gotta get me one of those consoles. So cool.

[@dimitriuss]

Would you consider releasing a tutorial video on setting up an xbox one S with all the fixings/emulators?

[@MonsterJail]

Had trouble getting Dolphin working right with retroarch on series x, going to give this a go! Edit - got it working and seems to doing a great job!

[@75edainsworth]

good luck i just try doing it on my series x in retail mode and all i got was a black screen

[@MonsterJail]

@@75edainsworth are you using a USB? It has to be formatted correctly, there's instructions on the discord

[@LMS2909]

@@75edainsworth You have to format the USB in a specific way and give some permissions

[@djexentrix]

This is good progress! Thanks for covering it

[@MultiWTFGamer]

For One X users: he talks about performance at around 8:45

[@malloid]

Tried Retroarch in Windows for the first time yesterday and was hugely disappointed. As you said: massively convoluted front end, and plenty of other issues too (whoever thought it was a good idea to also capture the UI when taking screenshots of games needs their head examining). It might work well on a Raspberry Pi, or other devices, but in Windows you're much better off using individual emulators, which is what I do.

[@jimmelton5846]

I have Retroarch running around 40 consoles fine on Series X, it's not for casuals that's for sure.

[@sketchpen777]

If it's a good front end you want, I highly recommend Launchbox or Playnight

[@obinator9065]

@@sketchpen777 Steam + EmuDeck Amazing with new big picture mode

[@arachnidplays6162]

i would seriously recommend using an external USB 3.0/3.1 SSD instead of a flash drive. you get much faster load times, and if you want to use hd texture packs, you will absolutely need them to be running off a fast drive since UWP apps are limited to 5GB of ram

[@M_CFV]

Very true, preloading multiple GB of hd texture packs on a USB can end up not working cause of no available RAM, and the game won't launch

[@Divector8]

You should paint the Series S purple and attach a handle.

[@HedgehogY2K]

Still not getting a modern Xbox. Already have a Wii WiiDUAL HDMI modded too.

[@shipsey2]

Imagine what is possible if emulation wasn't in a grey area and console makers would support it

[@voteDC]

Emulation isn't a grey area, it is perfectly legal (we have Sony to thank for proving that). What is 'grey' is how the games are acquired.

[@FoxbatStargazer]

Tons of commercial game releases use emulation now. Konami collections, Atari 50, Arcade Archives. You just have to actually pay who owns the rights for the game.

[@Howitchewstofeel5gum]

They do support it, just not how you want them to lol. How do you think e.g. playing retro games via NSO works?

[@kirby0louise]

@@voteDC Don't forget DMCA interoperability exemptions. It is strictly legal to bypass all manner of copyright and protection in order to enable running software on another system

[@notthegoatseguy]

Original Xbox and Xbox 360 support on the Series systems are using emulation to get those games running.

[@Arcad3n]

Didn’t Microsoft start banning developer accounts that weren’t actually developing anything? I’d hate to set all this up, be in the middle of a playthrough of a game, and lose access.

[@ivenstorm]

The one thing I wish they add to RetroArch is a GUI for controller mapping. Having a visual representation of what buttons are being mapped would help me tremendously. No second guessing if I'm mapping the right buttons or not.

[@kingcrossy89]

glad you added some content comparing XSS to XB1 performance. I have an old XB1 I was thinking of using for this and will now not bother until I have a dedicated XSS emulation console

[@RainWalker24c]

I do like retroarch but yeah, I run into issues with ps2/dreamcast/wii sometimes within it on my xsx. I mainly use the flycast & xbsx2 ports now for dreamcast & ps2. I wonder if cemu will get a xbox series port eventually being it is open source now.

[@thingsiplay]

Speaking from PC experience, the PS2 core in RetroArch is way behind and still experimental with known problems. So it won't be good und XBox either.

[@ssj99gohanisthebest48]

Literally was gonna do this today, had the guides saved lol

[@glungusgongus]

What is the difference between internal and a USB? Will the shaders compile quicker or is it more conplicated.

[@Chronologo]

The folder structure on the internal drive is complicated, lots of folders and stuff

[@CheeseChamp98]

Thank you for this. My Xbox has just been an MCC box for far too long lol

[@dhivydhimanth1960]

How do you get updates on stuff like this? I've tried to google around to figure out what emulators are available for Xbox through UWP but I was unable to find any good reliable sources.

[@cheater00]

Does the Xbox Series X provide any additional power that could be used by the emulator for more advanced features? I have an X and I'm just curious about it.

[@LogicalError007]

Yes Edit: not sure about features but performance for sure.

[@jmholmes83]

Came here to ask the same thing. I don’t know enough about the differences to know what factors the hardware influences.

[@thecatherd]

Perhaps if/when 4k is enabled on the emulator? I bet you could crank everything up to max in the settings and have a pretty darn good time. Keep in mind the emulator is pretty early on right now so things like 4k just aren't enabled right now.

[@kirby0louise]

@@jmholmes83 X has a 200MHz faster CPU, 2.5x memory bandwidth and 3x GPU compute compared to S

[@atomickid]

Here you must keep in mind that some of the games doesn't support really well full 4k so generally we tend to select 1440p. It's an awesome middle ground between excellent performance and sharp visuals. Edit: and I'm also on series x

[@brandongunnarson7483]

Love your content! Hope you're taking care of yourself

[@firisrozley5768]

After XBSX2 & Dolphin emulators, hopefully Vita3K emulator (PS Vita) would be next so that we could play Soul Sacrifice, Killzone Mercenary, Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time, Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax & other games that have never been ported to Xbox consoles. For Cemu & Yuzu / Ryujinx emulators, better to beta-test those in secret.

[@michazmuda1477]

Original Xbox and Xenia - UWP would be cool too.

[@UltimateInkling]

@@michazmuda1477 Dunno about original Xbox cause its difficult to work but wont give up hope that we do get one.

[@michazmuda1477]

@@UltimateInkling i mean, it would be alternative option for already xbox backwards compatibility plus currently xbox series x doesn't support much of xbox original games.

[@alexandervotyakov]

Thanks for video! I'm waiting for bluetooth support in this Dolphin for play using Wiimotes

[@Arkhalizard]

I hope Yuzu also gets ported to Xbox someday

[@destroyermcw626]

That’s gonna be hilarious

[@shadownet_nft]

Looks excellent! Cant wait to try this out :)

[@naswinger]

the retroarch UI is absolutely horrible, i agree. to me it's unusable, especially with its mobile style front end. not sure if there are plug-ins to get a better front end or something. i prefer to setup specific emulators.

[@brandogg]

Switch to the XMB UI, or the old one before that (can't remember the name) - the default UI sucks though. Once you get it set up it's pretty easy to use, you just have to remember that when doing controller setup it's using the "retro pad" which is mapped to the actual controller.

[@marcuskane3187]

Retail mode has 3 main advantages: 1. You won't need to swap between retail and dev modes 2. Xbox console can be future proof with all emus running forever 3. Crashes just send you to the main menu instead of dev menu or freezing

[@twat718]

Dolphin has officially been removed from xbox.surprised it lasted this long

[@treyg1]

Imaging running CTGP revolution on your XBOX series S

[@gogreengameon2146]

Is it better to use an XSX rather than an XSS for emulation, if you want to max out settings? Or does everything max out well with no need for further headroom on the XSS?

[@crestofhonor2349]

Not really. Their CPUs are almost identical so emulation will be practically identical unless it becomes GPU limited like raising the internal resolution past a certain point

[@gogreengameon2146]

@@crestofhonor2349 Thanks man, I really appreciate your response. I've been meaning to try emulating Ridge Racer Type 4 and others. I have the originals but R4 is a blurry mess by today's standards, so was wondering whether to buy an XSX or XSS. Are you saying the XSS could upscale to 1080p no problem, but might struggle upscale to 4K? I've seen programs like DuckStation can offer things like that. Cheers 🍻

[@crestofhonor2349]

@@gogreengameon2146 I can't say what resolution as that could differ on a per game basis. Just buy which ever you find best for yourself

[@MrSdways]

These videos are going to make me buy an Xbox. All this works on the series X?

[@Nunya58294]

Man it's a good morning when MVG uploads!

[@mistamaog]

This looks really cool! Good to see this ported 😁 Wait, didn't you say you were done recently in s video? 🤔

[@Rob_Enhoud]

Curious about how the fire stages in F-Zero GX runs. They are notorious for not running perfect on pretty much any hardware.

[@ZX3000GT1]

Not sure why it's known to be like that. My old gaming laptop with 8750H and 1050Ti can run it perfectly, and IIRC so are iPhones (or at least I remember it running well on tbe iPhone 11 and DolphiniOS. I might misremembered it though, so take the iPhone claim with a grain of salt).

[@techzonekid]

great video as always

[@davidsummers6700]

You got me excited, I thought this video was going to be on Dolphin running on a modded OG Xbox.

[@MetallicMutalisk]

Me too, lol.

[@UnixGoldBoy]

Love Dolphin. First used it on the Mac and that is the only reason I built a gaming PC to later use Dolphin on my newly built Windows PC.

[@maxjf1]

I do prefer using retroarch, since I'm familiarized with it and think it's easier to configure. Indeed it limits what you can do but for an casual gameplay I see no issues. And performance is great, 4k with minor stuttering in some games

[@escape209]

6:36 "far better than the Retroarch version" 👑

[@bmx7596]

Playing it in VR is even better. Looking at Metroid prime with life sized scale was mind blowing

[@aetheralmeowstic2392]

You should do a livestream where you play _Twilight Princess_ in Dolphin UWP.

[@afx7696]

It doesn’t work anymore guys, cos Nintendo complained to Microsoft about it so they have banned it sorry

[@AhPook]

This is good news, if only because it gives an alternative to the RA platform. (I'd suggest looking in to the emulation scene as to why RA is in poor favour, overall. The fewer people that use it, the better in my honest opinion.) The improvements are impressive, and I'm pleased to see emulation on consoles is getting even better, which is wild to me.

[@jumpierwolf]

Wouldn't be surprised if xbox series x gets ps3 emulation when ps5 can't even do that.

[@Resosaur]

PS3's Cell architecture was notoriously difficult to develop for, and presumably just as difficult to emulate successfully on modern hardware. It's part of the reason why the PS5's BC functionality for PS3 games is so shallow compared to Xbox's program. But yeah I'd love to see PS3 games running smoothly on my Series X...one can dream!

[@Andyp2323]

This is awesome and the video was great too! Also funny how people have been waiting years for the Metroid Prime titles to come to Switch in HD… and here they are… but on Xbox instead 😂