Running Xbox original games on Retropie (PC only)

rogg23

I've also recently been looking to do the same thing., on Ubuntu.

I installed Xemu via Flatpak, instructions on Xemu page.

Then I updated my es_systems.cfg to add xbox as follows:

  <system>
    <name>xbox</name>
    <fullname>Xbox</fullname>
    <path>/home/retropie/RetroPie/roms/xbox</path>
    <extension>.iso</extension>
    <command>/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 _SYS_ xbox %ROM%</command>
    <platform>xbox</platform>
    <theme>xbox</theme>
  </system>

Then I created a xbox folder under /opt/retropie/configs
And created the following file /opt/retropie/configs/xbox/emulators.cfg with this content

xbox = "flatpak run app.xemu.xemu -dvd_path %ROM%"
default = "xbox"

I put my xbox ISO images in the roms/xbox folder I created.

my xbox_hdd I configured on my NAS and added it as an NFS mount in /etc/fstab and configured the appropriate files within Xemu.

When I launch a game through the xbox menu in emulation station, it just launches, I don't need a mouse, don't need to reset, and when I exit the game it exits back to emulation station.

A different approach and no extra script or mouse needed.

Unknown

@fadingrose @rogg23
Are you going to submit a pull request for this? If not I will gladly do so

rogg23

@Unknown I'm not sure I know how!

Unknown

@rogg23 That's perfectly fine. I can work with you on that if you would like. We just need to write an install script for retro-pie to use. Please let me know if you would like to work with me on this.

rogg23

Happy to help with this, but my input wouldn't be much more use that what I said in my earlier post, but willing to give it a go.

ExarKunIv

Once you have one made you can also open a PR over at

https://github.com/Exarkuniv/RetroPie-Extra

So it's somewhere that people can use it. Until it's accepted into the main Retropie.

If you want.

Unknown

@rogg23 Good! Can you please provide me with the exact commands you used to install Xemu on your device? I’ll let you know if I need anything else

Unknown

@ExarKunIv said in Running Xbox original games on Retropie (PC only):

Once you have one made you can also open a PR over at

https://github.com/Exarkuniv/RetroPie-Extra

So it's somewhere that people can use it. Until it's accepted into the main Retropie.

If you want.

True. I’ll do that.

rogg23

@Unknown
So my install was on Ubuntu x64 using flatpak.

:: Install Flatpak

sudo apt install flatpak

:: add flat hub repo

flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

:: install xemu using flatpak

flatpak install -y app.xemu.xemu

Unknown

@rogg23 Thanks. I’m a busy guy, but with any luck I can get this working in a few days.

Unknown

Update on my progress. I am currently creating a virtual machine to conduct this experiment with. By the end of the day I will have retropie installed and functioning. Hopefully tomorrow I can start working on the install script.

Unknown

Ok. Looking at the install scripts that retropie uses, they all seem to install from source and I can't find an existing example of something using "flatpack". However Xemu provides detailed instructions for building from source so stay tuned.

Unknown

Ok here is the script I have made so far.

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# This file is part of The RetroPie Project
#
# The RetroPie Project is the legal property of its developers, whose names are
# too numerous to list here. Please refer to the COPYRIGHT.md file distributed with this source.
#
# See the LICENSE.md file at the top-level directory of this distribution and
# at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/master/LICENSE.md
#

rp_module_id="xemu"
rp_module_desc"Xbox Emulator"
rp_module_help="ROM Extensions: .iso .xiso \n\nCopy your xbox games to $romdir/xbox"
rp_module_licence="https://github.com/xemu-project/xemu/blob/master/LICENSE"
rp_module_repo="https://github.com/xemu-project/xemu.git"
rp_module_section="exp"

function depends_xemu() {
    local depends=( build-essential libsdl2-dev libepoxy-dev libpixman-1-dev libgtk-3-dev libssl-dev libsamplerate0-dev libpcap-dev ninja-build python3-yaml libslirp-dev)
    getDepends "${depends[@]}"
}
function sources_xemu() {
    gitPullOrClone
}

The script is complete, but it's a start. If anyone has any input I would be happy to take advice.

Unknown

Here is the complete script which runs without any errors as far as I can tell.

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# This file is part of The RetroPie Project
#
# The RetroPie Project is the legal property of its developers, whose names are
# too numerous to list here. Please refer to the COPYRIGHT.md file distributed with this source.
#
# See the LICENSE.md file at the top-level directory of this distribution and
# at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/master/LICENSE.md
#

rp_module_id="xemu"
rp_module_desc="Xbox Emulator"
rp_module_help="ROM Extensions: .iso .xiso \n\nCopy your xbox games to $romdir/xbox"
rp_module_licence="https://github.com/xemu-project/xemu/blob/master/LICENSE"
rp_module_repo="https://github.com/xemu-project/xemu.git"
rp_module_section="exp"

function depends_xemu() {
    local depends=( build-essential libsdl2-dev libepoxy-dev libpixman-1-dev libgtk-3-dev libssl-dev libsamplerate0-dev libpcap-dev ninja-build python3-yaml libslirp-dev)
    getDepends "${depends[@]}"
}
function sources_xemu() {
    gitPullOrClone
}
function install_xemu() {
    cd xemu
    ./build.sh
}


function configure_xemu() {
    mkRomDir "xbox"
    if [[ "$md_mode" == "install" ]]; then
       mkUserDir "$md_conf_root/xbox"
       mkUserDir "$md_conf_root/xbox/$md_id"
       moveConfigFile "$home/.$md_id" "$md_conf_root/xbox/$md_id"
    fi
    addEmulator 1 "$md_id" "xbox" "$md_inst/xbox -r 3 -i %ROM%"
    addSystem "xbox"
}

I haven't tested the emulator itself yet because I don't currently have Bios or roms but we'll see soon.

Unknown

This morning my virtual machine decided it wanted to crash my computer whenever I tried to start it. I have no idea why, except for a humorous theory that it became sentient and decided that it didn't want to exist. :D
Anyway I will be testing today and hopefully get Xemu running after I take care of this setback.
Thank God that I posted the script here because otherwise I don't know how I would get it back.

ExarKunIv

@Unknown said in Running Xbox original games on Retropie (PC only):

became sentient and decided that it didn't want to exist

i hate when they do that. :D

Unknown

@rogg23 said in Running Xbox original games on Retropie (PC only):

I've also recently been looking to do the same thing., on Ubuntu.

I installed Xemu via Flatpak, instructions on Xemu page.

Then I updated my es_systems.cfg to add xbox as follows:
  <system>
    <name>xbox</name>
    <fullname>Xbox</fullname>
    <path>/home/retropie/RetroPie/roms/xbox</path>
    <extension>.iso</extension>
    <command>/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 _SYS_ xbox %ROM%</command>
    <platform>xbox</platform>
    <theme>xbox</theme>
  </system>

I am currently to find my es_system.cfg file. You you tell me the directory?

Unknown

Ok I figured out the es_system thing. I tried running a game and I got this error.

Parameters: 
Executing: /opt/retropie/emulators/xemu/xbox -r 3 -i "/home/retropie/RetroPie/roms/xbox/ATV Quad Power Racing 2.iso"
/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh: line 1322: /opt/retropie/emulators/xemu/xbox: No such file or directory

I assume it is searching a BIOS. Does anyone know how I can redirect it to the RetroPie Bios folder?

ExarKunIv

@Unknown we had a similar issue with aethersx2
we just made a symbolic to where it was look it for. we didnt figure out how to change it in the config

    # Create a symbolic link for BIOS
    if [ ! -L "$home/.config/aethersx2/bios" ]; then
        ln -s "$biosdir/ps2" "$home/.config/aethersx2/bios"
    fi

thats the best i can give. i have not messed with this yet

Unknown

@ExarKunIv
So I can run commands like that in the install script and it should look at the Retropie bios?