Xenia (emulator)

Xenia
Developer(s) Ben Vanik
Development status Active
Written in C++, C, Assembly, Python
Operating system Windows 8.1 or later
Platform x86-64 with AVX2
Size 1.56 MB (Source)
Type Video game console emulator
License New BSD License
Website xenia.jp

Xenia is a free and open-source emulator for Microsoft Windows that allows Xbox 360 console games to be played on a personal computer. As of August 2016, the emulator is capable of playing a handful (about 50) of Xbox 360 titles at full speed.[1][2]

Development

In March 2014, Ben Vanik, the author of the emulator, released a proof of concept video showing that the emulator is capable of playing Frogger 2, a 2008 Xbox Live Arcade title.[3] This marked the emulator's first playable commercial title.[4] Development of the emulator was moving at a slow pace, as the March 2014 video of Frogger 2 was the result of four years of development work. The video shows the game being emulated at a low framerate which the author attributes to the program using a debug interpreter for emulation; as development progresses, the speed should increase to a more playable level.[3]

A new video in March 2015 showed the Xbox 360 title A-Train HX running at full speed with rendered 3D graphics only a year after the Frogger video, indicating that development had sped up.[1] In addition to speed increases, Vanik plans for the emulator to support playing other titles in the future.[4] The author stated that the goal of the Xenia project is to disseminate research information on modern device and operating system emulation.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Xenia Xbox 360 Emulator: A-Train HX WIP".
  2. ↑ "Compatibility List".
  3. 1 2 Good, Owen S. (Mar 29, 2014). "Video shows Xbox 360 emulation working on a PC". Polygon. Retrieved Mar 29, 2014.
  4. 1 2 Dorino, Davide "Alexander" (Mar 27, 2014). "A video shows the Xbox 360 emulator in action with Xenia Frogger 2". SpazioGames.it (in Italian). Retrieved Mar 29, 2014.
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