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    Running Xbox original games on Retropie (PC only)

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    • UnknownU
      Unknown @fadingrose
      last edited by Unknown

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

      You can't beat the classics(unless you copy them).

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      • rogg23R
        rogg23 @Unknown
        last edited by

        @Unknown I'm not sure I know how!

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        • UnknownU
          Unknown @rogg23
          last edited by

          @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.

          You can't beat the classics(unless you copy them).

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          • rogg23R
            rogg23
            last edited by

            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.

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            • ExarKunIvE
              ExarKunIv
              last edited by

              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.

              RPi3B+ / 200GB/ RetroPie v4.5.14, RPi4 Model B 4gb / 256gb / RetroPie 4.8.2
              Maintainer of RetroPie-Extra .
              Here is a discussion Pi5 testing page

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              • UnknownU
                Unknown @rogg23
                last edited by

                @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

                You can't beat the classics(unless you copy them).

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                • UnknownU
                  Unknown @ExarKunIv
                  last edited by

                  @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.

                  You can't beat the classics(unless you copy them).

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                  • rogg23R
                    rogg23 @Unknown
                    last edited by 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
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                    • UnknownU
                      Unknown @rogg23
                      last edited by

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

                      You can't beat the classics(unless you copy them).

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                      • UnknownU
                        Unknown
                        last edited by

                        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.

                        You can't beat the classics(unless you copy them).

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                        • UnknownU
                          Unknown
                          last edited by

                          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.

                          You can't beat the classics(unless you copy them).

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                          • UnknownU
                            Unknown
                            last edited by

                            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.

                            You can't beat the classics(unless you copy them).

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                            • UnknownU
                              Unknown
                              last edited by

                              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.

                              You can't beat the classics(unless you copy them).

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                              • UnknownU
                                Unknown
                                last edited by 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.

                                You can't beat the classics(unless you copy them).

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                                • ExarKunIvE
                                  ExarKunIv @Unknown
                                  last edited by

                                  @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

                                  RPi3B+ / 200GB/ RetroPie v4.5.14, RPi4 Model B 4gb / 256gb / RetroPie 4.8.2
                                  Maintainer of RetroPie-Extra .
                                  Here is a discussion Pi5 testing page

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                                  • UnknownU
                                    Unknown @rogg23
                                    last edited by

                                    @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?

                                    You can't beat the classics(unless you copy them).

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                                    • UnknownU
                                      Unknown @Unknown
                                      last edited by

                                      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?

                                      You can't beat the classics(unless you copy them).

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                                      • ExarKunIvE
                                        ExarKunIv @Unknown
                                        last edited by

                                        @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

                                        RPi3B+ / 200GB/ RetroPie v4.5.14, RPi4 Model B 4gb / 256gb / RetroPie 4.8.2
                                        Maintainer of RetroPie-Extra .
                                        Here is a discussion Pi5 testing page

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                                        • UnknownU
                                          Unknown @ExarKunIv
                                          last edited by

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

                                          You can't beat the classics(unless you copy them).

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                                          • ExarKunIvE
                                            ExarKunIv @Unknown
                                            last edited by

                                            @Unknown here is the aethersx2 script as a guide

                                            https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Exarkuniv/RetroPie-Extra/master/scriptmodules/emulators/aethersx2.sh

                                            RPi3B+ / 200GB/ RetroPie v4.5.14, RPi4 Model B 4gb / 256gb / RetroPie 4.8.2
                                            Maintainer of RetroPie-Extra .
                                            Here is a discussion Pi5 testing page

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