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[-] HAL_9_TRILLION@lemmy.dbzer0.com 52 points 1 month ago

tbh the wonders of the Feral PC Army include several groups writing console emulators. I am successfully running: Wii, Wii U, Switch, OG Xbox and PS3 emulators as we speak. I understand Xbox 360 and PS4 are also out there, but I haven't got 'round to them yet.

Interestingly, a lot of media for these emulators is just kind of laying around on the internet for anybody to download.

[-] Derpenheim@lemmy.zip 31 points 1 month ago

360 might be the single most buggy emulator I play. Shit runs on thoughts and prayers

[-] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 1 month ago

So it the perfect Xbox 360 emulator?

[-] CloutAtlas@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago

Oh damn they coded the random red ring of death into an emulator? That's really cool. I wonder how they can emulate the euphoric and absolutely not infuriating experience of scratching a disc for no apparent reason.

[-] despoticruin@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

It wasn't for no reason, it was caused by having a disc in the drive while changing the consoles orientation. You had to remove discs from the drive before standing it up or laying it on its side due to the design of the tray, otherwise the disc would stick halfway between a slot on the side of the tray and get wrecked by the laser carriage.

[-] SwifferWetjet 4 points 1 month ago

We do have decomps in the pipes apparently for those exclusives that keep me hopeful. Fable 2 has one halfway running as of I think a few months ago.

[-] DdCno1@beehaw.org 1 points 1 month ago

Worse than OG Xbox emulation? Last time I checked, it was rough to say the least, with absurd hardware requirements.

[-] Derpenheim@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago

Honestly, yeah it is. OG Xbox emulator has gotten a lot better, but 360 still has the frame drop issues and a LOT of texture fixing problems. So you can spin the camera in just about any game and the textures are flying at you

[-] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

Which IMO is very odd, considering the OG Xbox is quite literally just an x86 PC and at this point has been cracked wide open.

[-] DdCno1@beehaw.org 1 points 1 month ago

Common misconception. It's not a PC. Many of the components are close to standard, but their implementation isn't. Lots of proprietary shenanigans going on. It also lacks a typical BIOS, which alone makes it not an x86 PC.

[-] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

I know, but it is based on standard PC components of the time, which made it ripe for mods, including installing Linux... Several friends of mine had the OG Xbox, and all were modded. One of my buddies still has his, I'm trying to convince him to resurrect it 😂

[-] lyrial@anarchist.nexus 13 points 1 month ago

It's kinda funny to me because the OG Xbox is what I still use for emulation. Mine has a 2 TB HDD and runs XBMC (what eventually became Kodi). I love that thing and it is still my media server as well. Having to use FTP is a little annoying in the modern day, and it has gotten hard to find disc's to burn to it, but it still runs like a champ.

[-] HAL_9_TRILLION@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Wow that's impressive. The thing was built like a brick. I had one back in the day and had several games (all of which I downloaded and am running for the nostalgia hit).

One game I found I never knew existed is Tron 2.0. I can't believe I never even heard of this game, I would have been all about it. The nice thing about the emulator is it has an upscaler and games in HD are absolutely dynamite, especially Tron 2.0.

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

The thing was built like a brick.

Also flies as well.

[-] HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago

Tron 2.0 is the true sequel to Tron. All others are inferior.

When I was in highschool I was a huge Tron nerd. I actually sanded down my laptops lid and etched TRON in big letters on it, painted it all up in black and blue. Wish I had a picture of it.

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