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Original Xbox emulator for Android
X1 BOX is an original Xbox emulator for Android, based on xemu. Important! X1 BOX is resource-heavy. A device with 8 GB RAM or more is recommended. Lower-end devices may run poorly or fail to run games correctly. Vulkan support is required. Project Origin: This project is forked from: https://github.com/xemu-project/xemu Upstream xemu project: https://xemu.app Key Features: Setup wizard to configure required Xbox files Game library browser with list and cover-grid views Optional online box-art lookup in the game library On-screen virtual Xbox controller for touch devices Automatic hide/show of on-screen controls when a physical controller is connected Support for physical USB/Bluetooth game controllers Device Requirements: Android 8.0+ (API 26 or newer) 64-bit ARM device (arm64-v8a) Vulkan-capable GPU/device Recommended: 8 GB RAM or higher for better stability and performance Setup Requirements (User Files): To use the emulator, you must provide your own legally obtained original Xbox files, such as: MCPX Boot ROM Flash ROM / BIOS Xbox hard disk image Game files/images from your own discs X1 BOX does not include copyrighted BIOS or game content. License This project inherits xemu/QEMU licensing: Emulator code is primarily under GNU GPL v2 Some components are under other GPLv2-compatible licenses (for example BSD/MIT in parts of TCG) https://github.com/izzy2lost/xemu/blob/master/LICENSE Source code is available at: https://github.com/izzy2lost/xemu Privacy policy: https://www.izzy2lost.com/x1box-privacy Notes: X1 BOX is not affiliated with Microsoft. Compatibility and performance vary by device and game. No BIOS or game content is included. X1 BOX is not affiliated with Microsoft.
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Lots of Mali fixes. Speed improvements. Crash fixes and more.
Fixed insignia online, custom dashboard, and custom bios. Added jit engine audio option. Fixed a bunch of crashes.
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App needs a New Update Running on a Retroid Pocket 4 Pro with a CPU [cortex-a78*4+cortex-a55*4(armv8.2-a)] GPU: [Mali-G77 MC9(Vulkan:1.1.177)]
- Victor Mendez · v1.2.5
It's not perfect, but most games look amazing in my odin portal 2. The dev helped me fix the issues I was having. Definitely worth the money!
- Tony Huie · v1.2.5
honestly it works pretty good but just put more updates so I can really run better but it's pretty good
- Lucas Great · v1.2.5
It's not worth it. No game I could try to play would actually play. I'm using a Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 and it can run every other emulator to my surprise but it can't run this. If you're using this model phone like me, avoid this app.
- Lyle Gentleman · v1.2.5
worth the money.
- John Conner · v1.2.5
s23 ultra adreno 740. having a hard time with my Shader cash. the game will go from smooth 29 fps straight down to 3 fps in halo combat evolved. fable get me between 0-15 fps. I'm using messa turnip driver 24.2.0 r20 for vulcan. newer or older I have tried were unstable. am I doing something wrong?
- opra lolpop
when I try to load a save state it just closes the app after a few seconds trying to play the old fable games but other than that it seems alright so far haven't gotten to really play just testing to see how it runs
- Steven Kindred · v1.2.5
I may simply be stupid but the buttons can't be moved and there's no way to adjust the sensitivity of the analog controls. no matter what I do I can't get it to run decent.
- Timothy Hance · v1.2.5
it don't work
- Tracy Terrebonne · v1.2.5
Not usable on my Anbernic rg477v black model. launches games well enough after completing all the setup steps, which were kind of a hassle. launching halo, doom 3, half life 2 is fine. I can get these games to the start screen. but trying to play any of them is like 1 frame per second sluggish jittery mess. Just not playable at all.
- Nikolis Tary · v1.2.5
At long last. Been waiting years for this to be on android. Running JSRF smoothly is an absolute dream!
- B M · v1.2.5
Runs just about as well as what is on GitHub and I'm playing on the 12gb Retroid Pocket 6. I decided to pay to help support the developer because I have hopes for this emulator. I have only tried two game Panzer Dragoon Orta and Voodoo Vince (my fave). Orta runs smoothly with no graphical errors. Voodoo Vince on other hand has graphical problems from the start. GitHub version can allow me to play but not see Vince, Play Store version plays intro but lags to the point of freezing afterwards.
- Christopher Smith · v1.2.5
Doesn't Work, there doesn't actually appear to be a way to select the storage. I'm stuck on that screen and can't do anything else. Hopefully I can get a refund.
- Christopher Berry (Scott) · v1.2.5
on fold 7 and cannot run halo smoothly was the only reason I brought this so needs an update. so disappointing and no response from the developer
- George Smith · v1.2.5
this is an open source project don't pay for what is free this was ripped from a github not worth your money
- Harrison McFarland · v1.2.5
lacking a lot, no way to touch controlers or retro achievements. I know it's a whole new thing so they got a lot work on, I am endless happy this is a thing and deeply want it to take off. my AYN thor neeeeds Xbox... I need play phantom crash (a lost gem)
- Purple Pikimin · v1.2.5
not bad
- Kasir Sheaff · v1.2.5
Aun en desarrollo no todos los juegos corren bien pero en cada actualizacion mejora bastante lo recomiendo
- Heberto Felan · v1.2.4
on my Galaxy tab s7+ Vulkan renderer causes the game to be really jittery like every frame is rendering twice with a 100ms delay between the duplicate a d the next frame
- josh romaniuk · v1.2.4
It opens the games on POCO F3, with most games still running slowly: u have to experiment on the appropriate GPU driver for a specific game u wanna play.. I have paid, but I won't regret.... I believe the genius behind this cool app is working hard on it to please retro gamers all over the world 🙂
- iman rachman · v1.2.4
its not great and that was fine until the free source version using an edited version of this apps code worked better. yes there's more settings options in x1box but even after the update it just insta crashes in Vulcan only works in opengl hakux ditched some settings but made 15-30fps possible on a mid tier phone and I'm lucky to get 10fps on here. edit after joining the discord I can see that your doing all you can with hakux's Ai code ty and good luck
- chris ethridge · v1.1.9
Keeps crashing and the 1 game that did work for about 5 mins, buttons on my controller didn't work. Wish I could get a refund 😕
- 1989DGK · v1.2.3
app keeps crashing when I try booting dashboard or game on my pixel 9, is it possible to get a patch or something.
- King_Omega_Omega · v1.2.3
so I have a higher end device and years of experience with emulators. now it's definitely not anywhere near as stable as the ps2 emulator. but it is a amazing start for those that have id say s24 ultra and up won't have and issue with running simple games halo fable ect.
- andrew schmadel · v1.2.2
Not bad, not good. Surprisingly, I'm able to run KOTOR 1 on a retroid pocket flip 2 with a lot of visual bugs, but my GPU/CPU were performing fine. I won't refund cuz I gotta support the cause. Someday Halo 2 will fit in my pocket, just not today. Thank you for making this app, I beg you to keep working at it for all of us uncs.
- Jimmy Freeman · v1.2.2
took a while to get set up working. couple of titles run well on my odin 2. don't expect perfection just yet. really cool to see it working when it does. hoping for improvements as time goes on. been playing it since the beta version. there is a free version on devs GitHub but I wanted to pay to support the important work for the emu community.
- Ed Dodd · v1.2.1
I literally never leave reviews but Im gonna today, I actually spent a good portion of this evening trying to get the github version working and nothing but black screen no matter what. So I paid for this one, ran through setup and actually got the xbox launch screen then 'insert' disk so I'm converting xiso now but just happy to see life @ this point, Thanks!
- Drew Morrison · v1.2.1
PLEASE add controller layout settings. On the ayn thor a lot of games close out when hitting the select of pause button. As of right now most games can't be paused. That being said I'm liking it so far! Not a whole lot of performance settings but I see you are adding things but by bit. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!! 💪
- Liam Monge · v1.2.0
Running this on Retroid Pocket 5 and most games still struggle even with the lowest settings (Halo, Half life 2, Doom 3, Baldurs Gate - Dark Alliance etc) . In comparison the Pocket 5 has no issues running emulators for GameCube, WII and even PS3. Looking forward to the developers making improvements so I can change my rating.
- Richard W · v1.2.0
Potential but needs WORK!! im running s24 ultra SD 8Gen3 12gb rams im really just trying to run halo 1 and 2 ive tried many options in the game settings they always boot up but its hugging like 15fps I even used turnip drivers for my gpu and still doesnt really work maybe gives me like 2 extra frames I wont refund because I want Xbox emulation on my phone I just want this to be better in due time im sure EDIT TO Dev I have used opengl and Vulcan still in same fps range im ok to wait :)
- Chris NotUrBusiness · v1.2.0
working and booting games - getting graphical issues on some (ex. fable), testing other games but seems to function aside from that issue 12gb RP6
- Zakk Wilkowski · v1.1.9
Terrible app. Running this on a Galaxy Z Fold 7 which should be more than enough to handle it. Crashing with black screen every time despite having all proper files and tried at least 3 different turnip drivers.
- Mr. Jones · v1.1.9
I see the app first time I'm so excited but this app working on my device.
- Rahul Murali · v1.1.9
oh. it is yours then? sorry. I don't mind it being paid, as long as it's actually yours and not stolen. Play is full of stolen emulators. the updates will come the same here and on GitHub?
- Trey Racer
works, but barely. Excited to see what this can become with better optimization. Running it with a OnePlus 15, 16g. rainbow six stutters, conker loads to black screen on story. Hopefully new drivers will fix it at some point.
- Kyle N · v1.1.9
Always loved the high compatibility of Xemu. This Android port definitely does it justice. unfortunately I don't think there are any current Gen devices that can run it at full speed. Here's hoping the author keeps working on it to get it optimized enough to at least get native resolution to full speed. And BTW, the author did release this apk for free on his GitHub. Even knowing this I still purchased this app to show him my appreciation for building the port. Thank you to the developer.
- Daniel Billett · v1.1.4
APP IS STILL IN ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT. if you dont want to pay, go to github and get it from him for free. I paid, and im glad I did. I support this work in progress. There is progress every single day in the discord. ive been dreaming of this for years and finally someone is ACTUALLY doing it where I lack the skills to do it myself. and if this spurs others to do it better, then thats good too.
- Dave · v1.1.9
After updating BIOS for the zillionth time it finally worked! All good here 😄 Great app, especially with a Backbone controller
- Josiah Myers · v1.1.9
doesn't work. I have all the original xbox files on a snapdragon elite chip with 16gb of ram. all files are xiso and whenever i try to boot any game the app just crashes. I cant even get a refund. straight up robbery. Edit. after last update the games boot now but there seems to be poor optimization with the emulator. thank you for keeping in contact izzy. no refund needed. I see you are updating the app constantly. Thank you for your hard work and keep at it!
- Andrew Kampe · v1.1.9
edit: works well, and the controller started working after a re install
- Nathan Hanson · v1.1.7
games I've been trying out have the "please insert xbox disc" error. I started the app using the typical xbox emulator file zip that xemu operates with. also the games are xiso so it should work, what should I do? also how do you change the bios files after starting the app for the first time? does not seem to have an option to do that? Update worked.
- Sean Ulch · v1.1.9
sub par games freeze before it even loads
- Jeffery Howard · v1.1.9
tried to load a game, after start up screen it says insert disc, in emulator menu doesnt have the option to manually load disc. didnt try any other games than the one. update: still does this but if i use an xiso and keep trying it will boot but not consistent at all
- cc · v1.1.7
About the same setup as a ps2 emu, maybe an extra step or two. However, I too am experiencing the Black Screen issue. I'm using the 12gb model RP6, new hardware so I don't expect miracles. If it ever runs, I will change the review, until then, keep the money as support. I'm very patient, I can wait. EDIT: Yes, as far as I'm aware. Am currently looking into other file types, possibly drivers.
- Alec Wilkins · v1.1.7
still haven't got a chance to play anything installed everything correctly odin 3 ultra and getting please insert disk message help me fix
- tweek t · v1.1.7
"meh" experience thus far, but keen for thr future. have tested 81 titles thus far (all will display the standard green loading logo... then crash / hard lock device -- galaxy s23 ultra) hoping in months to come for major improvements, I generally dont like throwing money at things that havent been tested before launch but ill gamble this time <3
- Lenny Cat · v1.1.7
Developer declined collaboration with Xemu. To add injury doesn't even pay Xemu for their work. I hope to see official Android release soon.
- Neils Neilson · v1.1.6
halo is lagging on my s24 fe
- Solar Frog · v1.1.5
It works but i'm scared to use it anymore because it makes my S25 Ultra really hot within a minute of gameplay 😬 Makes me so nervous. Simpsons Hit & Run worked flawlessly, Outrun 2 didn't though.
- Zero Fox FX · v1.1.4
I have been using the desktop version for years and never had a problem,so I know how to configure the emulator. this version only shows a black screen even when I am using a device more than capable of running it according to the specifications
- Alex Nelson · v1.1.4
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