Emulation On Xbox Series X Or Series S Just Got Super Easy! No Dev Mode is Needed!

[@andrewmcwhirk4967]

Thank you to you and all the people behind the scenes making this all possible. It’s a ton of work I’m sure and I highly appreciate it.

[@sooperb]

What he said. THANK YOU!

[@randy7883]

You are my favorite emulation tutorial dude on the internet. Thanks for making every thing so clear and easy!

[@paccacio2935]

Dont you get banned for doing this

[@mrgreekgm754]

@@paccacio2935 L.

[@KreepaEvoX]

Wow, didnt even realized it got so easy. Thank you for the guide

[@amangaming5760]

Thanks ETA. Got it working flawlessly on the series s. Dev mode was a disaster for me.

[@devonbajek6655]

Thanks man this was so much easier than I had expected it to be. Appreciate the easy and informative tutorial.

[@PenguinsLoveTacos]

This guide was so easy to follow, and the results are beautiful. Thank you so much dude!

[@duanewilliams699]

did you do it i just came across this does it work

[@giulianomamane897]

False there’s no gamer13 app anywhere🤣🤣🤣

[@Epic2kartworks]

This is a game changer. So easy, so convenient. Gives new life to your console and more

[@MikeMiller_USTA]

So smooth, so professional

[@jayy_saucyy1027]

Can you help me set this up please

[@tunkunrunk]

what game changer means ? can you give 5 synonyms and 5 antonyms ?

[@Luke-cp9cb]

@@tunkunrunk I gotchu bro. Game changer means something that changes either the “game” which is the the topic or literal game or one’s perception of the topic or game loose synonyms- Eye-opener Difference making forward thinking Innovative Ground breaking -----------------/-- loose antonyms- Repetition Sameness Predictability Monotony Staleness

[@ramonaltamirano340]

Just having it all on one box is all I ever wanted.

[@VodKaSlam]

The fact I was able to play Time Crises 2 with my guncon again on the Xbox Series X is a dream come true... Retro Arch and the other emulators available is what keeps classic gaming alive. Thank you to all of you

[@Medoritchie]

Where do i download games from

[@blackop3765]

Does this work with PC games as well???

[@ayassakura2164]

How did you manage to get Guncon games to work when guncon only works on CRT screens?

[@therealtrue842]

@@ayassakura2164 They may have been talking about Sinden lightguns, which work on flatscreen HDTVs

[@junkduelist7171]

The term keeping it alive is also illegal. Downloading ROMs is illegal. Emulation is illegal preservation for ROMs is not the same as being an archaeologist

[@der-Troet]

everything was gone yesterday, the appstore said NOPE, but now it´s all available. thx for your Work@Eta Prime👍👍

[@PulpVision]

Thanks for this tutorial, Prime. And for those who don't like the Ozone user interface, go to settings, then scroll down to "user interface" and from there, go to "menu" then right click to "xmb" which mimics the PS3 xmb menu. You can also change the colors but electric blue is still the best option IMO.

[@heretotroll.9703]

People on the Xbox insider program said that the new update to be rolled out soon disables the emulators heard it from 3 people now. Don't update your console.

[@ncientsprite3765]

@@heretotroll.9703 bruh. Can you give me a link or something?

[@TheOne-dq3lq]

@snow drifter dude we need a link or it's he said she said man

[@mckinzie4934]

So with this you can play ALL NES, SNES and Gamecube games? What about PS2?

[@217awsome]

@@heretotroll.9703 Hey, I'm on Alpha Skip and all of them still work.

[@dmtmediabrothers]

Thank you so much! Discord wasnt hard to get working! Its amazing how fast and quick you can be up and running with this!!

[@DungarooTV]

Wow this is revolutionary. ETA does a great tutorial as usual, but this Gamer13 guy is a legend !!!

[@KeavyGoesLive]

Thank you so much for this guide. I’ve been having issues with my wireless Xbox controller on PC when using emulators, so this is much appreciated.

[@EternalViceroy]

Hey dude I really appreciate this! I never thought it would be possible to emulate on the xbox, thank you so much!

[@enriquepinero707]

I can't believe how ridiculously easy this is and it makes me wonder how long before this no longer works. Makes me want to run out and get a series X, but then the more I think about it; I already have many ways to play the games I wan't legitimately. Still; I am always happy to see these as it ensures game preservation at least from a user community level on official products.

[@_GarethRossUK]

you probably could add them to your account now and download them any time in the future.

[@andresvaldevit3692]

It’s not the Apple ecosystem, you can chill

[@StruggleBoxing]

I have xbox insider and when I updated my system it disabled all of my emulators so whenever that build rolls out to public is prolly when they will no longer work. Hopefully someone figures out how to bypass when they do update. Edit***** I think @Gamr13 just updated it so U can access his app store again to redownload the apps because it was not working at the time of this post ans now it is. Horay!!!! The happiest i been in a while. 😆 Thank u so much Gamr13.

[@mgf909]

you don't need a Series X, the S performs just as good in terms of emulation and its available everywhere.

[@Jokerwolf666]

Any game that's 15 plus years old is fair game imo, that is a really long amount of time to make your money on a piece of software and it's kind of on you as a developer and publisher if you don't make it in that time frame.

[@MysticNessly]

this is amazing, loved the capability to play all the emulators but switching back/forth between dev/retail mode took forever and so I never really dabbled in emulators on xbox much. This is PERFECT! love it, thanks for sharing

[@patrickmurphy9470]

I just picked up a Series S used on the cheap and stumbled across this video. Definitely giving this a try. Thanks.

[@cactusjackNV]

Series S is awesoome congrats!. FYI video is a bit outdated already. Only way to get the download link now is to join the Discord. Still super easy, got RetroArch working on my Series S a few minutes ago.

[@KermitDeeFrog123]

@@cactusjackNV I'm not familiar with discord it says links are down how do u know when they are up n are they up regularly or what time are the up central time zone

[@FyreAndBlood]

It's gone man. It's gone...

[@sirmel11]

@@FyreAndBlood Can those who downloaded it still do it?

[@TerranBrown]

I've been using gamer13 and Doms builds for quite a while now. An absolute benifit to the community. Now we just need retro arch to support xemu and I'd be over the moon. Xbox is truly a great bit of kit. I've got moonlight running (also through gamer13) which means I can run my virtul pc and pc only title ls like Postal from my xbox... Even better connecting while I'm away via my android phone and a hotel screen was perfect. Beat that Ps5 ;)

[@mckinzie4934]

You still need to DL ROMS correct to use them on the console?

[@sammymcfone8281]

Meh I'm still buying a laptop and installing steam is. I get a free screen and it can be upgraded... Best of all.. No begging Microsoft to use the machine I already paid for, my way.

[@cogadhturtar8408]

what is moonshine cant seem to find anything about it?

[@DASHFULplays]

@@cogadhturtar8408 moonlight, it's opensource alternative to Steam Link, if u have nvidia gpu.

[@jhenryproductionz6388]

@@sammymcfone8281 why are you here complaining on a video clearly meant for console people

[@schrabby4703]

Having played through all of Xenogears (60+ hours, Duckstation) on a Series X via retail retroarch, I can confirm Retroarch retail is totally worth more than just a novelty install or benchmark, since being able to play timeless classics on a modern system too often has its caveats otherwise. Even with a modern game in the same "series" coming out soon, the one modern console you can play the first game on is the one the most removed from its other games.

[@heretotroll.9703]

Hurry it won't last unfortunately 😔

[@emoneydatruth1]

@@heretotroll.9703 I will just play on PC so Microsoft isn't stopping anyone

[@billy-waynejeffcoat4828]

You mean Xenosagas?

[@Jojit0xd]

how does it run? I tried playing it on an original wii and the text was awful haha

[@schrabby4703]

@@billy-waynejeffcoat4828 nah, Xenogears, it stays plural even for the titular gear

[@DarkSpyro420]

Man, this is awesome no need to mod your Xbox 😀. You we're going a little to fast when you was showing us how to setup RetroArch so i set the play back speed in 0.25x and tried to follow your instructions but i was laughing while setting up RetroArch 🤣

[@bobbus_74]

Installed this yesterday on my Xbox One S. It works very well although Gamecube games were quite laggy. Guess only a Series S or X would fix that. Still, I'm happy with what it does. Great video btw .

[@hectorle3784]

Need some help, I’ve plugged it in my Xbox but I can’t find drive d

[@hectorle3784]

It’s not appearing

[@alsantos123]

Probably you have to configure some driver and core options to fix. Here I usually uses Directx 11 for nintendo emulators.

[@hectorle3784]

@@alsantos123 idk why when I start up a ps2 game it goes black screen and goes back to the Xbox menu. Any help?

[@ENT931]

For gamecube games, change shaders to async ubershaders

[@jfh400]

This is a game changer (pun intended) for me, wow! Thanks for sharing this!

[@Tgc_TravOptima]

Brooooooooo this just make me want to get the series X even more. I was literally just telling my wife I want to get the GameCube, wii, Wii U , ps2 and ps3 and Xbox 360 to play all games I played as a child. I can’t wait!!!

[@daviddifranco]

Okay, I'm finally doing this. Thank you!!!

[@hammersampson]

I hadn’t powered on my Xboxes in months, but you finally gave me a reason to do so. Now I have to wait for gigabytes of updates to download first.

[@graphicsgod]

Ditto! Mine was in my garage in it's retail box.

[@DeepSouthTechie]

Yeah me too but I'm definitely going to give this a try. Mine hasn't even been plugged in for months so I guess I'd better get busy updating it.

[@ohyash]

Thank you guys for reminding me that consoles don't automatically make you play regularly. And that I don't actually need a xbox.

[@RamyWarda]

@@ohyash they don’t… I picked up a series X a while back and only boot it up for 30-45 mins of forza or some vanguard here and there when I have time to kill, otherwise watching KZbin on it lol. Def checking emulation out though

[@DeepSouthTechie]

@@ohyash I blame mine on just being too busy, every time I look at the Xbox I want to grab the controller but then the phone starts ringing or something, lol.

[@NassiveMutts]

glad dev mode has become so easy to use with the retail mode being down. i just put my dev mode into retail mode and then you get the same feel as normal retail mode.

[@FaKz92]

Thank you for this tutorial I just installed it additionally on retail mode. 💪

[@YukidoDe]

Turns out, it's super easy, barely an inconvenience.

[@graphicsgod]

Playing retro games is TIGHT!!!

[@scottb.8523]

“Soooo, you have a RetroArch XBox install tutorial for me?” / “Yes Sirrr, I dooo ..” 😁

[@assadrehman4207]

Oh really ?!

[@randomdudewithdog]

You’re gonna have to get way off my back about these references

[@Ronin-fr1wm]

Xbox team: Players can now be able to run old games on our gaming machines? That one person with a smile: Ho yes sir! Actually, it is going to be, "super easy, barely an inconvenience"

[@GreenLeefMusic]

Can't wait to try this out as I just scooped up the Holiday Deal Series S. I'm excited for further emulation potential. In particular Xemu or Cxbx would be amazing to have to get almost every Xbox game playable instead of just the much more limited Official Backwards Compatible titles, and have more games working than the original Xbox emulator on the 360.

[@kylekilgore2932]

Wow that was really easy. I stopped what I was doing in my day to get this working and I'm so glad

[@staffanstuff]

Awesome! Thank you and Gamr13

[@minhaprimeirafoto]

Thank you so much! The USB setup help me alot!

[@WickedGamerCollector]

Awesome new intro ! 👌

[@ProwoodStuff]

I use the Xbox One for this, I enjoy playing the Dreamcast emulator on this, I can get it in a perfect 1080p30 with most of the games being supported with it and going back to the 32x I can get Star Wars Arcade running at a neat 60fps with some dips. I love this content and I’m going to snag a Series S for my bigger and ambitious games as Dreamcast games with Windows CE do not run well and are incredibly choppy, even with frameskip.

[@sooperb]

How did you get the download app button to actually download app? I am stuck at a grey screen.

[@nedlyest]

@@sooperb you'll need to join the discord and get the link from there. Once you are there, you'll need to join a role and the links will become available and you will see the updates.

[@giulianomamane897]

You wish ahahahahahah

[@derwastl]

Thank you my hero!!! Finally a tutorial that really works thank you! 🤩🤩

[@XDLugia]

Great tutorial. This made it very easy for me to go through with Retroarch. Do you think you would be able to make a PS2 setup tutorial? The whole thing with the bios is a mess, and it seems like nobody has done it via USB.

[@mehedirahman99]

I second this! Would really appreciate a tutorial for a ps2 setup.

[@christianrosa2368]

First you need to follow these instructions because the permissions instructions in this video are incomplete: To setup your USB for RetroArch on Xbox you must first meet the following criteria: - Your USB cannot be formatted for Xbox games - You **must** have access to a Windows PC or Virtual Machine ================================================== USB Setup Guide 1) Connect your USB drive to your PC, note that all data on the USB will be completely erased 2) Go to File Explorer and right click on your USB drive, click format and format your drive as NTFS, leave everything as default 3) When done, close the format box and right click your USB drive again in File Explorer and click Properties, after that, follow these steps: Security Tab > Advanced > Add > Select Principal > Advanced > Find Now > All App Packages > Ok > Tick the Full Control box > Ok > Enable Inheritance. Close all open windows, you're now ready to go and can use your USB for Xbox RetroArch. Ps2: Now make a folder on your usb called system, then make a pcsx2 folder inside of it. Then inside of the pcsx2 folder make a bios folder and put a ps2 bios in it. Lastly, in Retroarch’s directory settings, change system/bios to the system folder on your usb.

[@mehedirahman99]

@@christianrosa2368 thank you for the instructions! I’ll try them out and let you know how I get on

[@XDLugia]

@@christianrosa2368 Thanks, that might just work. However, won't that screw up other emulators (or even Retroarch itself) if I make that PCSX2 folder the sole system/bios directory for all of Retroarch?

[@christianrosa2368]

No, as I stated above, you make a system folder first, then put the pcsx2 folder inside of it. Then set system/bios to the system folder you made. Any other bios you need (not all cores/consoles require them) will be put into the system folder as well.

[@omegasenpaiz]

This is amazing! I will be playing PSP games in a bit

[@heretotroll.9703]

Just don't update your system dude.

[@CuteArianaGrande]

@@heretotroll.9703 why not?

[@runninginthe90s75]

​@@heretotroll.9703 Lol this is Xbox, not PS. This method to runs emulator didn't even need hack on Xbox. Updating Xbox OS will be just fine.

[@georgemeyers9087]

Dude, thank you so much! This is amazing.

[@CARLGULA]

Thank you so much for this! I love emulation, I don't own a PC at the moment but I've managed to get my favorite GBA, NDS & 3DS emulators up and running on my android phone. I recently picked up an Xbox series S & I will say this little console is a BEAST! I'm going to borrow a friend's laptop so I can get RetroArch up and running because I have quite a few GameCube games I've been dying to play again lol. The Xbox series S really is the best bang for you buck in gaming right now. Full access to the BEST Xbox games ever made from the last 20 years (when I signed into my Xbox live account I immediately had access to all the digital XB360 & XBOX ONE i'd purchased over the years) I will definitely be using this guide to install RetroArch ASAP 👍

[@carloscience]

This is amazing! I installed the entire rom set for atomiswave, Naomi, and Cave using final burn neo. Games run flawlessly and generally up to 4K. I’m wondering if this works with the Sinden Lightgun? Would be awesome to play House of the dead on here

[@jamesturkish3680]

What size USB did you need

[@drdavewatford]

Lightguns generally don't work on modern (non-CRT) TVs unfortunately.

[@jameschapin7150]

The Sinden Light guns are specifically designed for LCD TV's and work like a dream! If you have never used them, I would highly recommend picking up a pair. They work just as well as the guns on my Big Buck Hunter Pro arcade cab with a CRT in it.

[@paccacio2935]

Dont you get banned for this

[@LonzCantiLife]

worth noting that if you do not format the drive before doing this process you WILL NOT have access to the security tab LOL, trying it today though so excited!

[@markracer3281]

Dude, you are AWESOME!!!

[@mpc562]

I set up my Series S yesterday ... watching today's vid showed me that I forgot the step of setting the permission for the thumb drive (~ 9:26) but I had no issues at all running the games.

[@luis51785]

What is the point of doing the permissions part, and how is it done on windows 11?

[@mpc562]

@@luis51785 eta prime stated it’s to ensure the drive has no issues while being used in the Xbox. he has the vid broken up by chapters - watch at chapter 5: usb setup games & bios

[@luis51785]

@@mpc562 No thats fine, i get that. you mentioned you got everything running without the permissions.

[@mpc562]

@@luis51785 yes. I followed the instructions up to that point, but forgot to actually do those steps. I have no issues. I wouldn't take that me not having issues means that the permission setting via Windows isn't necessary ... I just haven't experienced any issues as a result of not doing it.

[@code494]

I'm a bit lost on the windows part. Where do u download the games from? How?

[@octabass86boyd34]

You're An Absolute Blessing and Genius you demonstrated each step to a T you my friend have a new subscriber in me MANY Thanks to you lad

[@christianrosa2368]

Hey guys as a supplement to this video I would like to add the instructions for setting up your usb as outlined in our discord. All app packages needs to be set to full control. Here are the steps: USB Setup Guide 1) Connect your USB drive to your PC, note that all data on the USB will be completely erased 2) Go to File Explorer and right click on your USB drive, click format and format your drive as NTFS, leave everything as default 3) When done, close the format box and right click your USB drive again in File Explorer and click Properties, after that, follow these steps: Security Tab > Advanced > Add > Select Principal > Advanced > Find Now > All App Packages > Ok > Tick the Full Control box > Ok > Enable Inheritance. Close all open windows, you're now ready to go and can use your USB for Xbox RetroArch.

[@SebastienLang72]

Can anyone tell me what happens if that last step (Tick the Full control box..) is not done. I get an error message for that part, just like in this video. And retro arc doesn't work, it doesn't suggest a core to use when I select content. The list is empty.

[@additivewolf]

Is there a tutorial for this for Mac?

[@teamgt1981]

That permissions tips was huge I had issues with some chd not working on some cores and that little tip fixed it all! Don't know why it affects ISOs and CHDs more than zips but that permissions issue was causing me headaches all week.

[@romainkrt]

This was a great tip! Can't believe none of the previous tutorials included this. I can finally run all my games off external storage.

[@teamgt1981]

@@romainkrtI know, I had a feeling it was permissions related. The logs all said permissions denied but I had permission set to everyone and full control. I had no clue about that all applications permission.

[@happyspaceinvader508]

You can just use FAT32 and then you won’t have any permissions to set up at all. The only caveat with FAT32 is that individual files can’t be bigger than 4GB. Unless you have rom images larger than that, then you should be fine.

[@teamgt1981]

@@happyspaceinvader508 I have an 18 TB hard drive you have any idea how much space I would waste with Fat32? Besides Xbox uses NTFS by default, fat32 is slower and has tons of drawbacks like data corruption if not ejected correctly and limits on file sizes

[@happyspaceinvader508]

@@teamgt1981 Yes… you would waste 16TB of space, as the maximum volume size supported by FAT32 is 2TB.

[@iamworthy1302]

The amount of people who are not understanding it was removed from the app store is insane.

[@KAISERSIGMAX3]

Ok, but you don't mention some of the most essencial, important things ever created/implemented in the history of emulation: Runahead, Frame Delay and all the latency reduction tools found on RA. I'd like to know how these tools perform on the XBSS/X compared to a PC, especially because they are heavily CPU dependant, but take advantage of GPU power when you consider GC, Wii, Dreamcast and PS2.

[@ogxboxmike]

Valid points, but most people wont care or even know about these features and will just wanna play some classics on their series consoles :)

[@piotr78]

@@ogxboxmike mhhh i wanna play some classics WELL. Everytime I tried emulators on weaker pc's tablets etc I wasn't impressed. Super Mario world didn't play well on a modded OG Xbox at all.

[@ogxboxmike]

@@piotr78 You were obviously doing it wrong then dude as the OG Xbox was an emulation beast back in the day. Still doesn't do bad today. Check out MVG's vid on it. I myself played through Super Mario World many time on the OG Xbox.

[@piotr78]

@@ogxboxmike not sure. I bought the Xbox modded and i can't get SMW to look halfway decent. Also lots of input delay :(

[@ogxboxmike]

@@piotr78 I would check what emulator you're using. There's more than one SNES emu on the OG. You may have different results using another. My OG's are all packed away right now so I cant check on mine, sorry. I think it's either Snes9X or ZsneXbox.

[@ko9killer]

PS two section looks to have been taken out of the video. Possibly due to copyright. Remember guys, the discord server is the only thing you really need to get everything up and running. All tutorials are complete and in excruciating details. Plus, we also have a help/question section if you can’t figure it out😁

[@xman2k2]

Which discord server?

[@james.ac.888]

@@xman2k2 in the description

[@christianrosa2368]

Gamr13’s the link is in the description

[@SteveFox4]

Won't you get banned from Microsoft for Retroarch in retail mode?

[@james.ac.888]

@@SteveFox4 I think thats why he showed playing a game in retroarch and then going into the store

[@kadenowlain7019]

Still works in 2023! dont really know why people are saying it isnt. just wait for the discord to be up, you also have to get the games yourself but it works!

[@ni7aa425]

Do you have to also download the different bios on the usb or is it only the games ?

[@Retro_Gamer_89]

Right

[@Retro_Gamer_89]

@@ni7aa425 Bios and Games you need Bios for PS2

[@ni7aa425]

@@Retro_Gamer_89 thx a lot

[@smoothdeion78]

"No Dev Mode" . . . . . . This is what i been waiting for

[@MrMoonsaultWrestling]

Thanks for the Reupload. Any changes from yesterday's tutorial?

[@MrMoonsaultWrestling]

Just noticed, this version does not have PS2.

[@xaviiniesta9268]

@@MrMoonsaultWrestling interesting but why 🤔

[@cyberrider1765]

Is there still a tutorial on how to run ps2 on this?

[@jhonm6347]

Man, this is amazing.

[@CDbiggen]

You should remove this bud, retail mode no longer works

[@Lockeddown-y8f]

Old Xbox Series: Am I a joke?

[@CDbiggen]

@@Lockeddown-y8f , yes lol

[@superduperdrew12345]

At the time of writing you cannot download this without paying for it on patreon. Compare between this and paying for dev mode

[@Thejester1314]

Something I want to add, I own a series X and am on insiders program for console updates. I had a little bit of difficulty installing the store and retroarch. It would say installing but nothing would be downloading. I found if you go into your full library, find the store, press start, go down to manage game and add-ons, press A on the game and then click install it works.

[@jrestexperience]

I'm on the Series X and in the Alpha Skip Ahead program and when I click on download app, all I get is a gray screen. I've tried the suggestion @Talirar but no results.

[@yawgiee]

@@jrestexperience did u solve the problem

[@jrestexperience]

@@yawgiee I did not. Would have been nice but I have a soft modded original xbox that has all my emulators on it. Would just have been nice to put it on the Series X.

[@KageMaru10g]

Thanks for the video! Have you noticed any performance differences between running any games in dev mode versus retail mode? I thought I read when these emulators first were ported to the Xbox, that you get better performance in dev mode but wasn't sure how true that was.

[@christianrosa2368]

No. Performance is the same.

[@KageMaru10g]

@@christianrosa2368 awesome thanks!

[@IRWPD]

That is cool this can be done very easily.

[@isgodreal1337]

I can't believe it... thank you for the video. I hope it's still working, you could have just saved me R$ 40, which is a bit more than what I would pay for a mere "dev mode activation"

[@Arslane-lt6cb]

too late for me, this method isnt working anymore in the website it says "dev mode is the only way possible now"

[@Joshuah24]

Followed your instructions to the letter and surprisingly it was easy I got GC working. And i am only using. A 32gb flash drive it works well enough. But thankyou again

[@Grindie1428]

Take a drink every time he says "we're gonna".

[@Happiness1671]

Unfortunately this has been blocked by Microsoft, the only way to do this now if with dev mode.

[@BobBobOnYouTube]

What if you already had it installed before they blocked it? Would I still work or did they remove the ability for those consoles to run it?

[@captinplanet2007]

youtube algorithm came though for once never knew this was a thing thanks for the video

[@hotdogjoe4039]

When I click on "Download App" the Microsoft App Store opens but hangs on a blank screen, doing nothing. Is there a reason for this?

[@triple-d2640]

You gotta join the discord now

[@Pelimuistelot]

I am very happy emulators are finally this easy to install on consoles. Xbox is THE ULTIMATE gaming console at the moment. It feels strange playing old games on my Xbox. Xbox has really made my PC collect dust lately.

[@necessarychaos]

Great work good clean well explained work

[@Nifterific]

The download speeds for the assets are super slow within retroarch for me. The download speeds on my Xbox itself are fine and streaming services work. Kinda weird. Still really cool to have. My Xbox One X might just replace my HEN PS3 as my living room emulator box now, although I'm never getting rid of my PS3.

[@taivas7216]

how is the performance on ps2/gamecube/wii games?

[@Nifterific]

@@taivas7216 they aren’t playable on One X. Neither are N64 or DS. You’ll need a Series console for those.

[@LordManhattan]

LOL, Sony got mad! Makes sense really. They don't want you to play Playstation games on an Xbox 😂

[@acejon2162]

MS would get mad too if others pirate their Windows, Office etc. Remember, MS is a big software company with tons of copyrighted games, OS, productivity suites etc.

[@b1zarr01]

And Sony can stay and die mad about it far as I'm concerned. They want people to sub to their "new" service AND buy their new exclusives at full price on day one? FOH.

[@acejon2162]

Er, you can choose to not subscribe to their service and also not buy the full priced games if you can't afford them. Just wait 3 or 6 months and they'll go down in price during sales.

[@runninginthe90s75]

@@acejon2162 Except Microsoft didn't stop people from cracking their software, Microsoft won't ban channel who showed people how to crack Windows or other software like MS offices unlike Nintendo who really hate to see people emulate their game.

[@Blackey989]

This is excellent! Is there any risk of account or console ban?

[@paulgregoriou6574]

Watched your vid and got set up in 20 minutes. I am hoping Dolphin is released as a separate APP, as I am having difficulty loading the bios despite the Sys folder being in the appropriate place. Some games need tweaking but many run perfectly. There are some strange artifacts and lighting glitches in some PSP games. Most of the Gamecube and N64 games looked impressively upscaled. It is just embarrassing that we have to rely on emulation and homebrew to make our games backward compatible.

[@ArneKlopp24]

I got the same problem mate. Did you manage to fix it?

[@paulgregoriou6574]

@@ArneKlopp24 Yep I did. I ended up files transferring the correct files. Because I had the emulator apps downloaded as games I had trouble finding the necessary folders to place the bios. I noticed on Star Fox for example that when playing in standard definition the text was perfect. When I upscaled the internal resolution it screwed up the text. Whatever, I am willing to live with it.

[@stephenmuckle4185]

Is there any notable difference in performance between the Series S and Series X with Retroarch? And is there a way to emulate the Sega Model 3 arcade games, or Sega Arcade Boards from later years (Especially the ones that never made it to consoles like Scud Race, Virtua Cop 3, Sega Race TV and Daytona USA 2)

[@brandogg]

If you're playing newer consoles then you can play at higher resolutions on Series X vs S. GameCube and Wii run at full 4K on the Series X

[@andrewpalmarini3872]

Unless you're trying to do 4k upscaling for wii games I doubt there will be any preformance impact

[@znjjnj1853]

These emulator running on CPU, xbox series x and series s both have same CPU. So emulating performance should be same

[@RiskyFriskyHandle]

Thanks for the vid. Looking forward to trying 😊 Quick feedback, I clicked on your affiliate links; the soldering station link sent me to amazon’s error page, I got Cyrus 🐶 The canon m50 and raspberry pi 3, did not go straight to a product page, but instead to a search result page

[@andrewhansen6930]

these instructions should be updated homie, it all kicks to a discord server

[@MBSMF]

yea i know and i’m hella confused

[@4RealHero]

Because it doesn’t work anymore. Microsoft put an end to it.

[@morablaze486]

@@4RealHero so does this mean the people who already have retroarch can still play these games or no?

[@kong11232]

Just visited his git hub. On the front page he said retail mode emulation is dead. Dev mode is the only way to go =(

[@shaneferreira007]

What’s that mean I can’t install the apps or are they there somewhere else

[@pedrokobra]

I did it! thanks for your tutorial.

[@ThomasRhin]

Thank ETA Prime for detailed and amazing tutorial of Retroarch for Xbox. However, Microsoft seems to delete the every possible way for these apps to be installed from Store. Installation of Retroarch and related apps for retail mode doesn't work for now. Maybe need to wait for solutions from the developer.

[@awsomegamer9217]

No, you just have to get the apps directly for their patreon now, which requires you to be a supporter. See how quaint that works out for the people getting paid for something that didn’t even make. Yet you have 11 seconds of a song in a video and you can get copyright stricken, and make no money, isn’t it funny how the world works.

[@ryankelly3743]

@@awsomegamer9217 why don't you host it and give it away for free then?

[@enriquel7395]

IMPORTANT Question: Have you been controlling your xbox internal space before and after playing Saturn and DC games from an usb drive? When I tried retroarch on SS last year, I keep losing internal storage space and could never get that space back (even after deleting everything), I think it was some kind of bug with Retroarch when is loading the images from the usb. Have you check before and after? Thx in advance.

[@jerichog2166]

Hello this is fun to watch bro

[@TheBlackHoff]

This tutorial is great... But if you plan to Emulate PS2 games you will need to add 1 extra step... VERY IMPORTANT... You have to set the permissions on the USB Drive to all access. If you don't do that, PS2 Games will not work. Just my contributions to such a very nice tutorial.

[@yepp5922]

Retro arch just keeps closing for me how do I run pcsx2 on it?

[@wastyaza]

Do you need to have your ROMs on a USB drive or can you download it off of Xbox browser?

[@christianrosa2368]

First you need to follow these instructions because the permissions instructions in this video are incomplete: To setup your USB for RetroArch on Xbox you must first meet the following criteria: - Your USB cannot be formatted for Xbox games - You **must** have access to a Windows PC or Virtual Machine ================================================== USB Setup Guide 1) Connect your USB drive to your PC, note that all data on the USB will be completely erased 2) Go to File Explorer and right click on your USB drive, click format and format your drive as NTFS, leave everything as default 3) When done, close the format box and right click your USB drive again in File Explorer and click Properties, after that, follow these steps: Security Tab > Advanced > Add > Select Principal > Advanced > Find Now > All App Packages > Ok > Tick the Full Control box > Ok > Enable Inheritance. Close all open windows, you're now ready to go and can use your USB for Xbox RetroArch. Ps2: Now make a folder on your usb called system, then make a pcsx2 folder inside of it. Then inside of the pcsx2 folder make a bios folder and put a ps2 bios in it. Lastly, in Retroarch’s directory settings, change system/bios to the system folder on your usb.

[@sayxxdx]

I'd like to know also, I'm trying to play Def Jam FFNY on my Series S

[@emerson-biggons7078]

I really wish I could set up SteamOS 3.2 on an Xbox Series S/X and just play every PC game I want the way I want.

[@aidansmith3117]

that would be amazing

[@graphicsgod]

Any way to build a REALLY BIG app for Xbox to run it all in memory lol?

[@rickm9244]

A series s running steam os would be interesting.

[@TheCoolDave]

ok, that would be cool....

[@runninginthe90s75]

Using SteamOS on Xbox is the most idiotic way. That will be equal to buying Microsoft Surface products to install linux on it which makes the devices totally useless because this linux piece of trash OS. I rather see Microsoft make Windows mode for Xbox if rumors were true.

[@wukiefer]

Subbed. Good stuff

[@justinl8791]

Side note: Some of the more graphically intensive games on PS2 still can't run well, are not at full speed, &/or has outright bugs on the Xbox Series at the moment due to hardware & driver limitations but most of them are great. I've been playing through the Front Mission series on my Series S & having a blast. Also warning, OpenGL is not supported at all & will completely break Retroarch if you attempt to use it, forcing a full reinstall.

[@christianrosa2368]

You can just change the video driver back to d3d11. Gl only works with a couple of cores. The n64 core is the main one. But you don’t need to reinstall to fix that issue.

[@justinl8791]

@@christianrosa2368 Oh, it'll break the PCSX2 core if you changed its core settings to run in GL & attempt to run a game. It will crash everytime & you won't be able to change it back to D3D since RetroArch requires you to be running the core to even change its core settings.

[@christianrosa2368]

@@justinl8791 If you go into Retroarch's config folder and delete the pcsx2 folder, it'll reset the driver and the games will load again.

[@justinl8791]

@@christianrosa2368 Oh, didn't know that. Thanks.

[@jonmole9287]

PS2 doesn't work at all on there. Can't even load a game up lol

[@Chuckclc]

Not working for me. Says Apps will ONLY be posted on our Discord server for the time being. SO i click the link it gives me to the store, says no results. NM, after some digging in discord found it!

[@Yusei255]

Heads up retail status for Retro arch flycast and Doplpin are up and running in the discord. No ps2 or psp, but you can just run those off Retroarch itself.

[@kennethloung3422]

This is the only reason why as a PC gamer the Xbox series consoles are better than the PS5 and the switch combined.

[@heretotroll.9703]

Don't update your system my friend when the next update rolls out. It disables the emulators.

[@TheOne-dq3lq]

@@heretotroll.9703 stop spreading lies or you will be reported.

[@christianrosa2368]

That’s just not true @snow drifter

[@runninginthe90s75]

@@heretotroll.9703 How much Sony paid you to even said it? its hard to cope for you because PS1, PS2 or even PSP games runs on Xbox without any hacks or streaming services while on PS you need to hack your console to run it or pay for the streaming which is bullshit.

[@TheJayewho]

Any idea where to find the retro games? I have everything set up just not sure where to find the games. Thanks in advance.

[@fictionfisher7869]

Subbed!! Thanks!

[@markymark2791]

they just killed this wtf Microsoft.

[@albertozavala428]

Fr?

[@Budisgud69]

They killed it in retail mode. You can still use dolphin and other emulators in dev mode.

[@CyberClu]

Probably as a concession to Nintendo, after Nintendo backed them up on the Blizzard/Activision acquisition.

[@Etanol1211]

@@Budisgud69 but we have to fucking pay for it

[@tylerabernathy1561]

So r u telling me that after watching this and learning how to do it that I CANNOT use an emulator to play ‘NCAA 14’ on my Xbox X?? Please say it ain’t so

[@BIGHANDS91]

I couldn't get Ps 2 games to work following the tutorial yesterday at all just give me a black screen or crashed to the dash but I did end up finding a video showing how to install aether sx2 in retail mode and that works very well

[@govatos]

Link?

[@yorkshirepud6676]

Link please Mr ECCLES ?

[@TheFlexxoo]

Link?

[@paulhedge9627]

Get back screen too

[@aad9108]

Do you have psx2 map in your system map. Ps you get black screan for about 2 minutes beforre the game starts up

[@ZackT9225]

ETA PRIME YOU BEAUTIFUL PERSON, YOU. I just bought my wife a series s and have been looking for a way to mod it.

[@20flyers18]

It isn’t like this anymore. When you go there is makes you join the discord and then I couldn’t find the App Store. Couldn’t get past step 1 😢

[@mohammadhawwash738]

Did you find the solution?

[@OnTheEdge86]

Thanks a lot for this guide! I can get games running from a bunch of older systems but when I try to load a Gamecube game from the dolphin core retoarch crashes every time, any idea what might be wrong? Do I need a gamecube bios?

[@TheBanditone77]

Im wondering the same thing if you find a fix please let me know

[@OnTheEdge86]

@@TheBanditone77 I actually got it working eventually but only when I ran the games off the an external drive and basically followed this tutorial (I was trying to run it off the xbox internal drive initially with some succes for games running on cores other than dolphin). I would say try another driver from the settings menu if you're still getting a black screen, make sure everything is updated and follow the guide as closely as you can

[@djliamgeddes]

Awesome video! I was wondering where I would download the games files to play?

[@Siegward0fCatarina]

So the GAMR13 app store doesn't show up on the website soooo, this video is obsolete

[@nicolasalvemini8250]

Any tips for performance settings? I'm trying to play Wind Waker and the performance is a little jittery. Also, it set 16:9 but I'd rather play it in the original 4:3

[@BonoboPK]

You can open the menu in game and it will list core options for the running core, usually performance settings for cores are in there. Should be able to adjust resolution and ratio, as well as upscaling and other things. Be sure to save them after you find a good setup and they will auto load the next time you run that game/core.

[@protough8245]

Cant even download gamr13s appstore what a great tutorial.

[@drmountainman2749]

What about upscaling? 1080p for most systems? PS2?

[@User9681e]

4k on some ps2 games a few need lower resolution and 4K on most all other consoles

[@nintendo1889x]

Quick question: How does this being in retail mode not flag the console for banning? Surely, MS wouldn't condone "unofficial" emulation? Don't get me wrong, this is super freaking cool, just a bit concerned lol.

[@philipsullivan9284]

I would like to know this as well

[@nerdloftgaming]

Because you haven't hacked or made modifications to the system. That being said, I'll be sticking with my RetroArch Dev Mode. Not only is it the only official supported version but I like to keep my emulation outside of retail mode.

[@MohawkV85]

Dont think this qualifies as a ban. Most likely firmware update will block the app from running.

[@christianrosa2368]

The MS TOS doesn’t say anything about using emulators. So we as the users are safe.

[@tubinonyou]

I got paranoid and deleted the gamr13 apps a few months ago. I have dev mode decked out and I've spent far too much money on my Xbox account to risk a ban. If there's a guarantee that no ban is possible, I'd like to emulate in retail mode.