So, Microsoft Made a Virtual XBOX 360
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So, Microsoft made a virtual XBOX 360. Why? Backwards compatibility!
This is how you do IT at home
(put you ad blockers on before heading here -->) http://www.geek.com/games/microsoft-created-a-virtual-xbox-360-to-allow-backwards-compatibility-1625395/
The virtual Xbox 360 will not be capable of running any games that rely on USB peripherals or the original Kinect. However, if you can play a game using a 360 controller, it should run on the Xbox One, you just need to wait for it to be approved and appear for download. And it’s that approval that forms the sticking point.
I imagine that they used Hyper-V. So this isn't revolutionary, just good use of their own product .
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I miss Halo...Please bring these titles to PC.
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No, can't use HyperV. HyperV is a type one, bare metal hypervisor and doesn't do what you are imagining. This is old school emulation - the only thing you can do when you are using two different architectures. This is the same stuff that Sony and Nintendo (and tons and tons of people do at home) for decades. Even one of NTG's founders @andyw built a full virtual stack for a Nintendo platform for fun over a week or two.
This isn't big news, it's a baseline that was expected by the industry since the moment the Xbox One was announced.
This is no different than how the Wii plays SNES games.
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If you are interested in game emulation, you can get emulators for pretty much any game system ever made, including the one off arcade systems, for your PC.
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And even for the Xbox 360, Microsoft is late to the game. The hobby community already did this...
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The XBOX 360 itself has an XBOX emulator in it.
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@scottalanmiller said:
And even for the Xbox 360, Microsoft is late to the game. The hobby community already did this...
That link came up with all manner of warnings and blocks on my AV, is that legit?
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Hard to tell. I'm not big into emulation gaming so haven't scoped it out. I have a 360 and there are very few games on it I would want to emulate so.... no idea.
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I remember a few Halo modifications for PC games were circling for a little while but Microsoft's lawyers swooped in and shut them down pretty quickly, I'd be very surprised if they would allow you to emulate their console games.
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@Breffni-Potter said:
I remember a few Halo modifications for PC games were circling for a little while but Microsoft's lawyers swooped in and shut them down pretty quickly, I'd be very surprised if they would allow you to emulate their console games.
They have no say in the matter. Emulation is a long standing, court proven legal activity. It is wholly unrelated to game modification. Microsoft has no way to stop emulation.
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@Breffni-Potter yep.
There's a lot of crapvertising there -
Every computer made, essentially, has free emulation available out there. Much of it is better than the original hardware!
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@scottalanmiller said:
Every computer made, essentially, has free emulation available out there. Much of it is better than the original hardware!
I think you've made that point in about 4 different ways
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@nadnerB said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Every computer made, essentially, has free emulation available out there. Much of it is better than the original hardware!
I think you've made that point in about 4 different ways
That you can and it is a theory is one thing. That it has been done for every platform available is quite another. It's a vibrant, old community.
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@scottalanmiller said:
No, can't use HyperV. HyperV is a type one, bare metal hypervisor and doesn't do what you are imagining. This is old school emulation - the only thing you can do when you are using two different architectures. This is the same stuff that Sony and Nintendo (and tons and tons of people do at home) for decades. Even one of NTG's founders @andyw built a full virtual stack for a Nintendo platform for fun over a week or two.
This isn't big news, it's a baseline that was expected by the industry since the moment the Xbox One was announced.
This is no different than how the Wii plays SNES games.
Such a spoil sport
@scottalanmiller said:
If you are interested in game emulation, you can get emulators for pretty much any game system ever made, including the one off arcade systems, for your PC.
Yes, but the propaganda surrounding this one is infinitely better.
@scottalanmiller said:
And even for the Xbox 360, Microsoft is late to the game. The hobby community already did this...
The modding community is always the first to the punch, and usually with better results
@scottalanmiller said:
The XBOX 360 itself has an XBOX emulator in it.
I remember that now. Some good times were had.
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That's how I first played Fable, emulated on the 360. Now I have the remake for the PC.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@nadnerB said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Every computer made, essentially, has free emulation available out there. Much of it is better than the original hardware!
I think you've made that point in about 4 different ways
That you can and it is a theory is one thing. That it has been done for every platform available is quite another. It's a vibrant, old community.
What? Making the same point but with different words?
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the good news is once they crack this, they can port the xbox 360 emulator over to the PC
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@Nic said:
the good news is once they crack this, they can port the xbox 360 emulator over to the PC
Do you think that... Mouse and Keyboard? That'd be awesome!
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@nadnerB said:
@Nic said:
the good news is once they crack this, they can port the xbox 360 emulator over to the PC
Do you think that... Mouse and Keyboard? That'd be awesome!
Mouse and keyboard controls for a game designed for a controller can be pretty janky. Trying to play Mario 64 with a keyboard is painful.
