Emulator helps Xbox players to enjoy retro games without dev mode!

Published 08/07/2022, 7:30 AM EDT

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Xbox as a gaming console, has a fair share of fans, mostly because of its multi-tasking environment. It has some of the most playable games and titles in its basket. One of the reasons behind this is the owning company Microsoft. As one of the leading companies in the history of commerce, Microsoft owns the largest tech market after Apple. Thus, it can be proved by running games from other consoles on Xbox X|S.

There are many ways to play a certain game on a certain device, but they need a lot of tweaks and tricks to set them up. But recently an emulator is getting some attention when fans came to know that it can run retro games from old consoles in their Xbox X|S with ease.

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What is RetroArch and how does it work?

RetroArch is a cross-platform frontend for emulators, game engines, video games, media players, and other programs that are free and open source. The way it works is actually that Microsoft Hyper-V and Windows NT-based Xbox OS make an environment for the emulator.

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This environment is then used by the emulator to set up another frontend based on the console that it is supposed to emulate. After the frontend is set up, games based on that particular frontend run as they were tricked by the emulator to think they are running on the same console as they are intended to run on.

How to install Retroarch on Xbox?

According to the video, users need to download the emulator from gamr13.github.io using the Microsoft Edge browser. After which they need to install the Gamr13.AppStore, and from there Retroarch can be downloaded and installed.

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After installation, the emulator needs to be updated in order to make it compatible with the console and PC. The user needs to do some additional settings regarding the controller and the frame rate. This makes it much easier for the user to play the games on the Xbox consoles without any further issues.

Notably, there are some other emulators to install from the AppStore, like PPSSPP, Retrix Gold, and DuckStation. As they can be also used by the user to play different games from different consoles. For example, PPSSPP is an emulator used by PC gamers to run games from PS 1 and PS 2 eras.

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What do you think about these emulators? Do you use them in any way to play a certain game? Let us know in the comments below.

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Shivaditya Ghoshal

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Shivaditya Ghoshal is an eSports writer at EssentiallySports. He holds a Bachelor's in Computer Applications and is currently pursuing his Master’s in Commerce from Lucknow. Shivaditya holds a keen passion for video games and follows all the latest releases and trends in the gaming industry.
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