The Xbox Series S is STILL an Emulation Beast - New Updates!

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  • Опубліковано 26 лип 2024
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  • @ModernVintageGamer
    @ModernVintageGamer  13 днів тому +47

    Correction : I incorrectly stated that Vulkan is available for UWP. At this time the Mesa 3d UWP port only supports OpenGL

    • @TheFantasticFreak
      @TheFantasticFreak 8 днів тому +2

      Hey modern vintage gamer! Could you in the future mark the game titles in the videos? That’s sometimes very helpful if others are interested in finding them. Still love your videos!

    • @megakoni1
      @megakoni1 6 днів тому

      Hi. What is the outro music?

    • @JV-ll1cu
      @JV-ll1cu 5 днів тому

      Vulkan lives!

  • @TheShoe1990
    @TheShoe1990 19 днів тому +627

    I was huge into the dev mode/ retail mode emulation scene on my Series X for the past few years. However, I've since migrated over to mini PCs for my emulation. I consider dev mode emulation on the Xbox to be my introduction and I'll always remember it fondly

    • @LanceThumping
      @LanceThumping 19 днів тому +32

      For me, I'm happy to see dev mode emulation because it provides a good intro for people who only have a console. If you have a good pc and a really good home network, Steam streaming is another option that can work really well.
      Sure it's a slight latency penalty but it can be really good and then you also can run things as hard as you possibly can.

    • @TyEats0031
      @TyEats0031 19 днів тому +15

      @@LanceThumpingI have a pc at a desk but I can't stand streaming for any games (to my living room tv) so I enjoy the series s! For the 150-200 it costs it's a great piece of tech.

    • @DrGreenThumbNZL
      @DrGreenThumbNZL 19 днів тому +23

      It takes to long to swap between retail and dev mode , I just use my PC now for emulation lol , first world problems 😂

    • @LanceThumping
      @LanceThumping 19 днів тому +8

      @@TyEats0031 That's completely fair. On my network, I can get latency down to like half a frame based on Steams overlay but it's not always perfect and I'm hardwired which not everyone has.
      I just like pointing out an alternative that I haven't seen mentioned as much lately.

    • @TheShoe1990
      @TheShoe1990 19 днів тому +6

      @@LanceThumping That's exactly where I was. Once I got a mini PC, I moved over to that

  • @Pruflas-Watts
    @Pruflas-Watts 19 днів тому +139

    That UWP language Vulkan/Open GL to DX12 is exactly what we all dreamed about for the last few years. The Series S is a miracle machine for emulation. Nothing comes close at that price point, especially at that form factor.
    If the UWP scene really does finally take off, Series S is going to become an absolute dream come true for game preservation.

    • @Pruflas-Watts
      @Pruflas-Watts 16 днів тому +12

      @@Great-Documentaries Womp womp, cope little girl.

    • @doh4828
      @doh4828 16 днів тому +4

      @@Great-DocumentariesSooooo basically you’re saying game piracy is doing just fine? Or is it piracy when Xbox is involved as a medium? What ARE you actually saying?

    • @MrKrewie
      @MrKrewie 10 днів тому +1

      ​@@Great-Documentarieswhat about people ripping their retail games to run emulation, are they also pirates?, say what you want but the hacking scene and pirates but they have done more for game preservation than these big companies you so seem to cherish

  • @aerisarn8377
    @aerisarn8377 18 днів тому +134

    Glad you enjoyed SuperModel and thanks for the coverage!

    • @DrGreenThumbNZL
      @DrGreenThumbNZL 17 днів тому

      @@aerisarn8377 GZdoom Doom ray tracing mod possible? Thanks for your efforts

    • @thenickbw
      @thenickbw 8 днів тому

      I had no idea segamodel3 was even going to be worked on for Xbox. That alone is will get me to get Dev mode on my xbox serX. How I wonder if sega model 1&2 are available.... Lol

  • @picklerick814
    @picklerick814 19 днів тому +239

    having this dev mode and retail mode is the most logical thing i have ever heard. why isnt it standard to switch between the two?

    • @HS-cf8lz
      @HS-cf8lz 19 днів тому +51

      It was really made for developers so the average gamers they just want to to play teh games not develop them. But now we all will want to use "developer" mode 😉

    • @Pieteros21
      @Pieteros21 18 днів тому +27

      probalby it's because this dev mode that xbox one and series console were not jailbroken/hacked till this day ...

    • @lolcat
      @lolcat 18 днів тому +13

      sega and nintendo (Nintendo especially) hate their fan devs

    • @WhiteZelda
      @WhiteZelda 18 днів тому +17

      And let people use their devices however they like? Nah bro, that would be a good thing, and companys cant allow good thing to happen to consumers.

    • @PuroKross
      @PuroKross 18 днів тому +7

      @@Pieteros21 it was never hacked or jail broken. lol. Dev Mode has always allowed emulation, theres just been more progress

  • @TheArtist808
    @TheArtist808 18 днів тому +29

    When I was in elementary school I found dark forces 2 slid in between the CD drive and case of the school PC. That was a magical day

  • @that_colin_guy
    @that_colin_guy 18 днів тому +76

    I snagged a second hand Series S for $100 in great condition.
    Been using it as a bedroom console for old classics and emu and it's been a value king.

    • @Rebe-Caufman
      @Rebe-Caufman 18 днів тому +6

      lol , i sold my xbox one fat for 200 😂😂😂

    • @divinecomedian2
      @divinecomedian2 18 днів тому +5

      That's less than the cost of Majora's Mask and the requisite expansion pak to play it, which is why I got a Series S. Almost done with that game and it's been fantastic. Also, have plenty of other old classics on there.

    • @allgamebeija
      @allgamebeija 17 днів тому +1

      @@Rebe-Caufman Just sold mine here in Brazil for $240 dollars lool, then bought a brand new Series S for $239,99 XD

    • @InfiniteXV1
      @InfiniteXV1 16 днів тому +2

      @@divinecomedian2can you tell me which guide you used to do that?

    • @carloscaaete
      @carloscaaete 12 днів тому +2

      I'm a noobie in emulation so, as far I can understand, Xbox Series S can perfectly emulates PS1, PS2, Dreamcast, N64, Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis and others? Specially PS2, my favorite console of all time?

  • @sir.fender6034
    @sir.fender6034 18 днів тому +14

    I love my Series S. I travel a lot for work and and it works great on the road

  • @marlbear
    @marlbear 19 днів тому +146

    I didn’t know model 3 is on the series s! 🤯

    • @AleksPizana
      @AleksPizana 18 днів тому +9

      I didn't know what it was. 🤯

    • @basshead.
      @basshead. 18 днів тому +2

      Tesla?

    • @atomickid
      @atomickid 18 днів тому +2

      Same here. I'm gonna hop on again on Xbox emu then.

    • @newjackgaming88
      @newjackgaming88 18 днів тому

      i had it for 3 months lol

  • @nintendo1889x
    @nintendo1889x 18 днів тому +44

    It's crazy how far emulation has come

    • @GamerzPro1231
      @GamerzPro1231 18 днів тому

      ​@@snkfanthank you holy shit the jacking off of Xbox being decades late is pathetic

    • @Retro_Gamer_89
      @Retro_Gamer_89 18 днів тому +7

      ​@@snkfanThis is not about P.C 🤷

    • @nintendo1889x
      @nintendo1889x 18 днів тому +5

      @@snkfan Cool story, bro

    • @fireaza
      @fireaza 18 днів тому +2

      @@snkfan I mean... No duh. PC is an open platform with a huge audience, that has always been on the bleeding edge of hardware power, but has always lacked the ability to play console games. Obviously, due to the aforementioned, there is a longer history of emulation on PC.

  • @jaz093
    @jaz093 19 днів тому +164

    Can you talk about the recent Xbox one kernel expolit that was found a few weeks ago. The one that needed game script

    • @RocketRenton
      @RocketRenton 19 днів тому +45

      It got patched within hours, but yes that would be a great video, as until now XB1 has been pretty much unhackable until now, compared to the PS4 and PS5 which have already been jailbroken.

    • @CarsandCats
      @CarsandCats 19 днів тому +23

      @@RocketRenton I got it on my unpatched Xbox One X and just waiting for the rest of the exploit.

    • @hiljainentaivas7216
      @hiljainentaivas7216 18 днів тому +13

      @@RocketRenton stop talking shit, nothing has been patched, the app just got removed

  • @thediverr
    @thediverr 17 днів тому +11

    can you make a video on installing SteamOS on the series S and turning it into a 'Steam Machine', that would be hella cool

  • @chrono32123
    @chrono32123 18 днів тому +8

    Man I've gotta get this running asap! Great video!

  • @martinperezjr.9280
    @martinperezjr.9280 19 днів тому +6

    Always good when MVG uploads a vid

    • @user-lx5do4zc6n
      @user-lx5do4zc6n 19 днів тому

      unless he has filmed himself abusing a child.

  • @antonio_carvalho
    @antonio_carvalho 17 днів тому +1

    Thank you for keeping us up to date! This helps the scene continue to be vibrant.

  • @MrLuizsaluti
    @MrLuizsaluti 18 днів тому +7

    Last week I took the time to set it up and it is super convenient to have everything in one system. I have a compatible arcade controller so I was testing some NAOMI games and it plays like butter.

  • @newjackgaming88
    @newjackgaming88 18 днів тому +7

    got dev mode on my xbox love it over 10,000 retro games i have on my hard drive

  • @EDUB9X3
    @EDUB9X3 19 днів тому +104

    The Xbox series S i have is still offline from the previous retail banning fallout. It is a bit disappointing seeing these new updates but it still does solid emulation so i cannot complain enough and maybe the same fiasco might happen again so ill cherish it and keep it as is (offline) forever.

    • @Leiwu4398
      @Leiwu4398 19 днів тому +20

      No way!, smart move, and I bet you can still use different, unofficial controllers before Microsoft/Xbox started banning them as well right?

    • @EDUB9X3
      @EDUB9X3 19 днів тому

      @@Leiwu4398 Yes correct, I bought a Microsoft Xbox Wireless Adapter and one of the cronus zen cheating device adapter things recently for other wireless & non wireless controllers, it's great.

    • @EDUB9X3
      @EDUB9X3 19 днів тому

      @@Leiwu4398 Yes correct, I recently bought a Microsoft Xbox Wireless Adapter and those cronus zen adapter device things that people use to mod call of duty or whatever for other wireless, non wireless branded devices, it's great.

    • @EDUB9X3
      @EDUB9X3 19 днів тому +12

      @@Leiwu4398 Yes correct.

    • @AndrewDasilvaPLT
      @AndrewDasilvaPLT 19 днів тому +1

      Wow, dedication!

  • @BloodiTearz
    @BloodiTearz 18 днів тому +9

    MVG is a die hard Xbox/Amiga fan

  • @davidp5784
    @davidp5784 18 днів тому +8

    I'm so glad interest continues in this scene- it felt like it died quickly when retail mode was no longer an option despite dev mode! I've attained a CRT since and I've always had og hardware around so I've mostly shifted to that, but there are definitely cases where I don't have that and am happy to use my series x and continue to see interest in this cool function it hides!

  • @jzilla1380
    @jzilla1380 18 днів тому +3

    Holy moly, Thanks man great job, I been really wanting to get a emulator machine, I think I’m going to get a used series s. But I’m not that good at computer setup stuff. I have to try. The Sega stuff sold me . I love & grew up a model 2, 3 lover!! I’m very excited, plus GameCube stuff

  • @mostverticalproductions4808
    @mostverticalproductions4808 19 днів тому +40

    Holy damn, Model 3 games run on the Series X??? That's worth an entry fee alone. Wonder how well it handles Naomi or Type X hardware.

    • @cheesewombatTV
      @cheesewombatTV 18 днів тому +9

      It already has Flycast which in addition to Dreamcast also natively supports Naomi and Atomiswave games! Really cool actually, you can play most of Sega's arcade history up until the Xbox years.

    • @critik7357
      @critik7357 18 днів тому

      Yhea the series x is pretty powerful man

    • @MrLuizsaluti
      @MrLuizsaluti 18 днів тому

      @@mostverticalproductions4808 Naomi, DC and Atomiswave runs with superb oerformance. Naomi 2 has most of its games running poorly. On the Series X. It feels like Naomi 2 needs optimizations.

    • @MrLuizsaluti
      @MrLuizsaluti 14 днів тому

      for anyone interested if you get Retroarch Mesa build, Naomi 2 games run fine with shaders and all. Just make sure you select GL video driver.

  • @TheWwerocker45
    @TheWwerocker45 18 днів тому

    Ahhhh starting my day with new MVG thank you for the uploads!

  • @Hellspawn1379
    @Hellspawn1379 18 днів тому +1

    I Love your videos, thanks for the updates as always!! Cheers from Mexico!

  • @quadlius
    @quadlius 18 днів тому +3

    Thank you, MVG! Now all of Dark Forces/Jedi Knight games (in one or another form) are playable on Xbox! Dark Forces 2 has been missing on consoles for decades!
    Would love to see some other PC classics, like Mafia 1 (should have been included in Mafia Remake), AvP 2000 (has a port on PS Vita) and Fallout 1/2.

  • @smashed_penguin
    @smashed_penguin 19 днів тому +164

    My issue isn't the fee to activate Dev Mode, but whether Dev Mode will even be available in a many years from now when all Xbox Series Consoles' online functionality have become completely unavailable.
    Hopefully the console would have been fully cracked open by then.

    • @Manic_Panic
      @Manic_Panic 19 днів тому +63

      Yeah, Xbox can "wake up" tomorrow and shutdown dev mode entirely. It's something that can disappear at any point because it's fully controlled by Microsoft.
      This is why jailbreaking is important, it gives the power back to the user, no one can take my homebrew and backups out of my PS4 Pro.

    • @system64_MC
      @system64_MC 19 днів тому +58

      If Microsoft removes the Dev Mode, the community backlash will be huge.
      Remember what happened with the PS3. Sony removed OtherOS, and then, the community quickly hacked the console.

    • @luism8130
      @luism8130 19 днів тому

      @@system64_MCpretty sure MS doesn’t care about backlash. Windows literally spies on its users and the customers allow it. Linux is the way, Microsoft is a terrible company.

    • @MegaDrainProductions
      @MegaDrainProductions 19 днів тому +9

      Unless Xbox wants to burn any good will they still have, they should hold off on something like that as long as possible. As evident with the many comments on this video, many people either bought a series s or are considering buying one solely for this. Considering how poor xbox sales have been, microsoft should just be happy with any traffic they can get.

    • @dustojnikhummer
      @dustojnikhummer 19 днів тому +10

      @@system64_MC You don't remember? They tried this exact thing a year ago.

  • @jakeplayzyt5220
    @jakeplayzyt5220 18 днів тому +1

    I already had a bunch of emu’s installed on my series x dev mode, thanks so much for sharing all these updates! I’ll definitely check out these ports, and emulators. I’m excited to see the citrus emulator I saw for a second when you scrolled down the dev store

  • @nicnew
    @nicnew 18 днів тому

    Great content as always. Love from Thailand. 🇹🇭

  • @NovusDundus
    @NovusDundus 19 днів тому +8

    I completely forgot about Dev Mode
    I got it YEARS ago for One X prototyping.
    Might just dust it off and start making a little UWP game for fun

  • @Saigaiii
    @Saigaiii 18 днів тому +3

    I’ve been playing 3ds games on the modified retroarch. Aside from some stuttering, it’s incredible. If I’m not mistaken the main dev is currently making a dedicated citra uwp, so here’s to hoping we can have better smooth 3ds emulation.

  • @DS-ni1id
    @DS-ni1id 17 днів тому

    This makes me SOOOO happy. Thank you for yet another helpful, meaningful, well produced video. I’ve been meaning to sit down and hammer out setting emulation on my Series S, since all my systems have been collecting dust as of late. I stopped when retail mode died last year, but then I tried dev mode a few months ago. I ended up not following through because of the lack of updates to many apps. I’m glad there has been a shake up that’s led to devs wanting to update their apps. The native apps like Dark Forces 2 and Doom 3 really excites me, the same way Mario 64 excited me on 3DS did a few years ago.

  • @Filaxsan
    @Filaxsan 15 днів тому

    Great update! Thanks for this video! Keep it up 💪

  • @MrDukeeeey
    @MrDukeeeey 17 днів тому +3

    Supermodel dev here, emulation is pretty close to perfect for pretty much all games.

  • @brendanblair64
    @brendanblair64 19 днів тому +37

    Not an emulator, but it's emulator adjacent. Someone ported Ship of Harkinian to the Xbox, which is that really great Ocarina of Time PC port. It might only be hosted on the HarborMasters64 Discord right now, not sure, but I think it's worth spreading the word regardless.

    • @mysteriousmangos7245
      @mysteriousmangos7245 18 днів тому

      It's on the store in the video

    • @brendanblair64
      @brendanblair64 18 днів тому

      @@mysteriousmangos7245 Oh, that's cool! I didn't catch that.

    • @mysteriousmangos7245
      @mysteriousmangos7245 18 днів тому

      @@brendanblair64 that's fine

    • @fingerstyle9165
      @fingerstyle9165 17 днів тому

      Any hope can run steam os on it and play pc games or linux dustro ? On it we can use our xbox as a pc

    • @mysteriousmangos7245
      @mysteriousmangos7245 17 днів тому

      @@fingerstyle9165 you can use moonlight to stream it. That's about all you'll be able to do

  • @Kenjitsuka
    @Kenjitsuka 18 днів тому

    Love ya MVG! Keep up the good work! :)

  • @niveketihw1897
    @niveketihw1897 18 днів тому

    6:29 -- that VF3 footage looks luscious!

  • @itchyisvegeta
    @itchyisvegeta 18 днів тому +6

    Wow, this had made a lot of improvements. As someone who has an Xbox One X with an internal SSD, the emulation scene on dev mode was 1 of 3 reasons I bought my Series S and love it more than the One X (Destiny 2 at 60fps, and the $150 price tag from Verizon being the other 2 reasons).
    Last year before we moved into our bigger place, I had a minimalist gaming set up in the living room with only a few consoles hooked up. The Series S with emulation became my primary method of playing Playstation 2 games, as well as everything else.
    For anyone wondering how the Series S is over the One X on Xbox One games, it depends on the games you want to play. Halo MCC is dependent if you want to play at 4K or 120hz. Destiny 2 is definitely better at 1080p 60fps on Series S vs 4K 30fps on the One X. PubG is better on Series S despite being the base Xbox One version cause of the 60fps boost, and its a MUCH smoother 60fps than One X. Mortal Kombat 11 is about the same. Apex Legends is almost the same but definitely a more stable 60fps on Series S. And OMG, Xbox 360 games that support FPS Boost like Gears of War 3, they seriously feel like playing brand new games!!!

    • @rontaylor6136
      @rontaylor6136 13 днів тому

      One x is more enjoyable experience than series s with a 4k tv

    • @itchyisvegeta
      @itchyisvegeta 13 днів тому

      @rontaylor6136 I completely disagree. I like my Series S more.
      But it's also depending on one's preferences and the games they play, and the displays they have.
      The games that I mainly play (Destiny 2, Apex Legends, Halo MCC, PubG, Mortal Kombat 11), Series S with the better and more stable framerate is better.

  • @evancendrowski687
    @evancendrowski687 19 днів тому +7

    I use my series s as my main emulation device! At this point I play more emulated games on there than any xbox games 😅

  • @burprobrox9134
    @burprobrox9134 17 днів тому

    Thank you for this, much appreciated bud

  • @mmm92795
    @mmm92795 5 днів тому

    Thank you MVG! Always informative, definitely considering it!

  • @sebastiancomyns2956
    @sebastiancomyns2956 19 днів тому +280

    It will be very funny if the Xbox series consoles can run PS3 and the ps5 can't

    • @KarrasBastomi
      @KarrasBastomi 18 днів тому +36

      With latest rumor mill that Sony themselves getting problem with the PS3 emulator on PS5, this could happen.

    • @dragons_red
      @dragons_red 18 днів тому +18

      Keep dreaming. PS3 emulation affects the entire world, not just Sony. There's nothing magical about Xbox or people doing homebrew emulation on it

    • @betag24cn
      @betag24cn 18 днів тому +4

      if that thung can, the ps5 will too, it is basically the same console, it would mean just emulation and legality limitations, where xbox would get in trouble for being this careless

    • @mozzinator
      @mozzinator 18 днів тому +76

      @dragons_red why so butthurt!?? relax nothing bad would happen to your Precious Sony if Xbox would be able to emulate PS games better. lol

    • @pennywisethedancingclown7139
      @pennywisethedancingclown7139 18 днів тому +15

      Then Xbox would at least have good games to play!

  • @og_mante5138
    @og_mante5138 19 днів тому +17

    I was just watching the previous videos yesterday. I’ve been considering picking an S up solely for emulation.

    • @Pruflas-Watts
      @Pruflas-Watts 18 днів тому +6

      It's well worth it, they go on sale in the states for as little as $180 sometimes. As it stands, the emulation is absolutely amazing. Some GameCube, PS2 and Wii games can hit 4k with no issues, but all of them can definitely render at 1440p without a hitch.

    • @mysteriousmangos7245
      @mysteriousmangos7245 18 днів тому

      You totally should!

    • @m.w.2401
      @m.w.2401 17 днів тому

      I wouldn't unless you know it will be worth the effort. I never got retroarch to work right in devmode after trying for hours. Much easier to use emulators on pc. I regret giving them that $20 for devmode.

    • @mysteriousmangos7245
      @mysteriousmangos7245 17 днів тому

      @@m.w.2401 did you ever follow the video tutorials or ask around in any of the discords?

  • @trzy
    @trzy 18 днів тому +1

    Very cool to see you playing and enjoying Supermodel :) Btw, as a game dev, would love to discuss improving the analog steering controls for joypads. I have some ideas in mind but thought you might have some specific ideas about how this is typically done. I think we need to provide an option that makes steering feel more like a proper console port (as Like a Dragon's emulator does).

  • @AndrewDasilvaPLT
    @AndrewDasilvaPLT 19 днів тому

    Thank you for your work.

  • @leonhart1712
    @leonhart1712 19 днів тому +114

    I really hope we see Wii U and Switch emulation on this.

    • @Jay-jm1qt
      @Jay-jm1qt 18 днів тому +11

      it will happen eventually

    • @diego.92
      @diego.92 18 днів тому

      It won't ​@@Jay-jm1qt

    • @lolcat
      @lolcat 18 днів тому

      ​@@Jay-jm1qtWii U isn't very likely the cemu team haven't updated it in a while

    • @lpfan4491
      @lpfan4491 18 днів тому +17

      @@lolcat Do you mean a specific fork or sth? Because the last update Cemu got was...yesterday.

    • @stretch7293
      @stretch7293 18 днів тому +17

      ​@@lolcatIt's just the stable release that hasn't been updated in 2 and a half years. They're planning on a new stable build sometime soon though, so be on the lookout for that. For now, the experimental branch works and runs perfectly, no instability to find at all.

  • @Michi-go5xi
    @Michi-go5xi 17 днів тому +3

    I prefer a PC a lot more rather than a console, I can play games and also work on the same machine

  • @matthewsmith3817
    @matthewsmith3817 18 днів тому +2

    As a neat freak, I always appreciated how clean MVG keeps his gear and workspace.

  • @yuka947
    @yuka947 15 днів тому

    Thanks for the video

  • @projectikaruga
    @projectikaruga 18 днів тому +4

    Dev Mode is life

  • @bj0urne
    @bj0urne 18 днів тому +10

    I noticed that RetroArch on the Series X could access and read all files from PS2 discs just as if it were a directory (I tried it with San Andreas). Would be awesome if in the future we could use PCSX2's "play from disc" capability on the Series X!

    • @saucemasterx911
      @saucemasterx911 18 днів тому +1

      Yea let’s make use of the disc drive for no real good reason

    • @trueultimagod2465
      @trueultimagod2465 18 днів тому +2

      It'll just wear and tear the system quicker. I understand the excitement of it as a novelty but I prefer to make minimal use of the disc drive. On Xbox 360 I always install the entire game, so all the disc drive does is boot it up. Longer lasting console.

  • @Evgen13Great
    @Evgen13Great 18 днів тому

    This music in the end is just 🔥🔥🔥

  • @IceLexicon
    @IceLexicon 19 днів тому

    Excellent video thx

  • @retropuffer2986
    @retropuffer2986 19 днів тому +3

    I also think Dark Forces 2 Jedi Knight is the best of the them. The story line and level design are so awesome.

    • @RetroSmoo
      @RetroSmoo 18 днів тому +2

      Outcast and Academy had great multiplayer but df2 has the best singleplayer definitely

  • @GORO911
    @GORO911 18 днів тому +11

    Already a PS fanboy since PS1.
    Got into Xbox thanks to your previous "Emulation beast" video 3 years ago.
    Only regret now is not getting a series X to make the best use of Game Pass.
    Overall glad i own the ss.
    Now emulating great consoles i wasn't even aware of their existence like NeoGeo CD, PC Engine, 3DO.
    Best decision i made. 😊👍

  • @animeist72
    @animeist72 18 днів тому

    Appreciate the update

  • @KageMaru10g
    @KageMaru10g 17 днів тому

    Many thanks for the video! the Model 3 emulator is definitely a great reason to set up dev mode

  • @marklarz4399
    @marklarz4399 19 днів тому +128

    Can't wait for Xbox Series consoles to get "PS3 Backwards Compatibility" with RPCS3 in some years

    • @lexadams4259
      @lexadams4259 19 днів тому +19

      It’s a ways away. Thats the emulator that will probably suffer the most for using a wrapper. Plus that shader compilation is basically the ult stress test for a PC, it will thermal ceiling a Ryzen CPU quick.

    • @jimmythegamer2231
      @jimmythegamer2231 19 днів тому +20

      Nintendo Switch emulation on Xbox Series consoles would be a dream come true, even better than PS3 emulation. Only problem is something like Yuzu or Ryujinx would have to be rebuilt entirely from the ground up in order to run on Xbox. It'd technically be possible if someone actually did it.
      Edit: wait with this mesa opengl/vulkan implementation, then maybe it's now legitimately possible for someone to get Yuzu or Ryujinx running on Xbox consoles. Citra and 3DS emulation was previously unaccessible on Xbox due to the lack of OpenGL and Vulkan support, but now the emulator is running on Series X/S. Fingers crossed someone manages to find a way to bring Yuzu over using Mesa as well. Playing Zelda Breath of the Wild at 60 FPS on Xbox would be insane.

    • @DrGreenThumbNZL
      @DrGreenThumbNZL 19 днів тому +1

      There is no Vulcan support, this is why there isn't even citra/3ds on Xbox

    • @miguelamaton3684
      @miguelamaton3684 19 днів тому +16

      @@DrGreenThumbNZLas far as I know, mesa is essentially the OpenGL/vulkan implementation, so this library should support Vulkan as well, leaving the door open for both RPCS3, Ryujinx and specially Cemu 😳

    • @creamsosa
      @creamsosa 19 днів тому

      @@lexadams4259wdym wrapper, i couldnt find any reference to the use of a wrapper anywhere

  • @EhrenLoudermilk
    @EhrenLoudermilk 19 днів тому +4

    My older sister also thinks Dark Forces 2 was the series zenith. I fall into the Jadi Academy 2 group, myself.

  • @smyk3ns
    @smyk3ns 15 днів тому

    Great video !

  • @12sparks
    @12sparks 18 днів тому +2

    Dark Forces 2 is my all-time favorite from the series. Crossing fingers to get a remastered version like the first one

  • @LanceThumping
    @LanceThumping 19 днів тому +3

    5:30, We've finally reached the point where we need VKDX instead of DXVK in at least one place. Progress!

  • @Protoscherge
    @Protoscherge 18 днів тому +3

    lets Summurais... nice word play... 2:21

  • @zombiemachinery4868
    @zombiemachinery4868 16 днів тому +2

    I'm a real hardware guy but when I bought dev mode for my Series X it truly changed my mind for the better. I even bought an SSD with a USB adapter for my game roms.

  • @josh2838
    @josh2838 18 днів тому +2

    I have an xbox one with dev mode since the beginning. All i can really do is play ps1 games with duckstation. Guess i need a digital series S or X for anything else. Thanks for the update MVG.

  • @SIXminWHISTLE
    @SIXminWHISTLE 19 днів тому +8

    I wonder if someone will play with fire and port those Mario 64 or Zelda decompilations to Xbox.

    • @danprice142
      @danprice142 19 днів тому +4

      look on the site, already done

    • @mrzagalia
      @mrzagalia 18 днів тому

      @@danprice142 sorry, but what site you are referring to?

    • @SIXminWHISTLE
      @SIXminWHISTLE 18 днів тому

      ​@@danprice142 I can't get the site to load, I think this video is sending too much traffic. I have my Series S set up in dev mode but haven't checked the site in a few months.

    • @danprice142
      @danprice142 18 днів тому +1

      @@mrzagalia The Dev Store Site linked in the description

    • @mrzagalia
      @mrzagalia 18 днів тому

      @@danprice142 oh, thanks 😅✌️

  • @ThomasVvV
    @ThomasVvV 19 днів тому +6

    Emulation is in such a weird state. You need a $2000 pc to run PS3 games while Wii and everything below run on any potato.
    And PS4 emulation is still like 5-10 years away

    • @hayaokakizaki4463
      @hayaokakizaki4463 19 днів тому

      My PC is pretty out of date and it can run the games I've been playing on it

    • @Woodzta
      @Woodzta 19 днів тому +4

      Not sure where you heard that about PS3 but it isn't true at all. Even an $80 12100F can run PS3 games. Probably won't be lucky enough to have AVX512 anymore so I'd recommend at least a 12400 now.

    • @oo--7714
      @oo--7714 19 днів тому +1

      You can run pa3 games on a rog ally.

    • @ThomasVvV
      @ThomasVvV 19 днів тому +1

      @@Woodzta MVG himself commented on his recent RPCS3 video that he’s using a 4080 and a 13900k for higher frame rate and resolution output than on native PS3. And he called it a “fairly high end” setup lol

    • @advanceddarkness3
      @advanceddarkness3 18 днів тому +2

      Why wouldn't you just use a PS3.

  • @bryanjames2229
    @bryanjames2229 19 днів тому +1

    It definitely takes some work to set everything up but once you do, its amazing! I really only use my series s for emulation LOL

  • @jzilla1380
    @jzilla1380 18 днів тому

    Big fan as always, wish u can make a video on installing that stuff for the the computer challenged people like me. I would love 4 u & rgt85 to make a video on classic sega stuff together, maybe arcade model 2,3, Saturn stuff

  • @carlossaraiva8127
    @carlossaraiva8127 19 днів тому +10

    Right now ita almost impossible to buy dev mode ... Many users are reporting that, me included since January of 2024, even the page has changed but always throws errors about the banks. At bank side with their help the fault is from Microsoft

    • @ljay061
      @ljay061 18 днів тому +1

      This could be completely avoided if they let you buy dev mode with your Microsoft account balance, more convenient for people who don’t have a bank card.

    • @telerye
      @telerye 18 днів тому

      good to know this is still an ongoing problem

    • @Sivarticus
      @Sivarticus 16 днів тому

      I've literally been trying to pay for the Dev Mode fee for the past hour and I'm still getting the "insufficient funds" error. Pretty frustrating.

    • @telerye
      @telerye 16 днів тому

      @@Sivarticus yea i’m going to try again in a few weeks

    • @Sivarticus
      @Sivarticus 16 днів тому +1

      @@telerye I created a whole new MS account and it worked no problem. Might be worth a try.

  • @estevaomendes2305
    @estevaomendes2305 19 днів тому +12

    So now that Mesa was ported to UWP, would this mean that an UWP RPCS3 port could be possible? That would be hilarious, lol

    • @btwiusearch2
      @btwiusearch2 18 днів тому +10

      technically if demand is high enough it would be the funniest thing ever though that xbox supports ps3 and ps5 doesn't as a ps5 owner and series s owner

    • @Vict0rFrankenstein
      @Vict0rFrankenstein 18 днів тому +3

      Mesa only supports OpenGL to a certain version, the version used in rpcs3 is too new. Also UWP has a hard limit of 5GB memory usage, rpcs3 would need more.

    • @estevaomendes2305
      @estevaomendes2305 18 днів тому +1

      @@Vict0rFrankenstein But doesn't RPCS3 also use Vulkan and the UWP Mesa port has a Vulkan translation for DX12? Well, in any case the memory limit for UWP apps probably will turn this impossible anyway; sad :(

  • @lexlopez15
    @lexlopez15 18 днів тому +2

    i'm glad you addressed some of the mundane questions that people keep asking every time one of these dev mode / emulation videos is uploaded by someone.... for all you commenters that didn't watch the entire video, or somehow STILL don't understand.... "NO, your xbox will not get banned.".... "it's $20 to get dev mode enabled, paid directly to MICROSOFT."..... "This has been available since the 1st xbox 1 so NO, Microsoft will not be shutting it down."
    .....furthermore, there are plenty of "how to.... videos available so anything mvg did not cover here is covered elsewhere in OTHER UA-cam videos if you simply SEARCH for what you're looking for EXACTLY..... mvg simply made an update with THIS video on the further advancements in the emulation scene within dev mode.

  • @dallasmann7904
    @dallasmann7904 17 днів тому

    Glad to see people coming back to this, it's just so amazing. Great to see new updates as well. Getting PS3 emulation added would be awesome

  • @alidashti2633
    @alidashti2633 19 днів тому +6

    Could you please talk about the steam deck ?

    • @greatusername1668
      @greatusername1668 19 днів тому +3

      wonder whitch is better for emulation

    • @randomgamingin144p
      @randomgamingin144p 19 днів тому

      @@greatusername1668 the steam deck is a portable device

    • @GreenLeefMusic
      @GreenLeefMusic 18 днів тому

      ​@@greatusername1668the Xbox Series S/X will have more horsepower but the Steam Deck is a still a pretty good emulation device in it's own right, plus Steam Deck has more emulators to choose from.

  • @zanychelly
    @zanychelly 18 днів тому +16

    Being honest here, I got a PS5 for current games and a Series S for the emulators.

    • @EdwardSnortin
      @EdwardSnortin 17 днів тому +6

      All 3 PS5 games

    • @chibiemo100
      @chibiemo100 17 днів тому +4

      Why not just buy a PC lol. PS exclusive are being ported there anyways.

    • @carloscaaete
      @carloscaaete 12 днів тому

      I'm a noobie in emulation so, as far I can understand, Xbox Series S can perfectly emulates PS1, PS2, Dreamcast, N64, Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis and others? Specially PS2, my favorite console of all time?

  • @Jay-jm1qt
    @Jay-jm1qt 18 днів тому

    Bro I love you, thanks

  • @Anime_Fan_0069
    @Anime_Fan_0069 19 днів тому

    Great videos, dude! Keep up the great job!

  • @connorkiss2614
    @connorkiss2614 19 днів тому +299

    These fake spam 🌽 bots do speak the truth, always entertaining and informative videos!

    • @LN_P
      @LN_P 19 днів тому +19

      Irony

    • @randomgamingin144p
      @randomgamingin144p 19 днів тому +61

      what if you were one of them and this is all a stunt to make us agree with you

    • @MorreskiBear
      @MorreskiBear 19 днів тому +28

      @@randomgamingin144p I suspected this at first but his account is 11 years old versus theirs, both 5 days' new. And his profile pic doesn't make me gag.

    • @lifespanofafry1534
      @lifespanofafry1534 19 днів тому +1

      @LN_P That’s not irony.

    • @blisphul8084
      @blisphul8084 19 днів тому +2

      Oh great, UTTP bots again? Looks like their comments are mostly gone, so MVG seems to be on top of things

  • @JackMcSomeone
    @JackMcSomeone 19 днів тому +7

    I wonder if the Xenia devs can somehow reverse engineer the Xbox One/Series emulation for 360 games and implement it into their emulator

    • @CrossUnity
      @CrossUnity 19 днів тому +7

      Got my hands on two decrypted backwards compatibility games. I extracted them and ran the package on Xenia. I'm currently trying to replace and see if it runs, but I'm running into trouble when building the manifest. I think I should use Windows 8.1 SDK MakeAppx not 10/11 SDK.

  • @CrimKat.
    @CrimKat. 17 днів тому +1

    I love how versatile the Series S is. I have a Series X, but it's great to see that such a cheap console can do so much

  • @Alex_Power
    @Alex_Power 12 днів тому

    Would be cool for you to cover the mini pcs that you refer to in a future video

  • @JohnSmith-xq1pz
    @JohnSmith-xq1pz 19 днів тому +22

    Until certain brands go full "How DARE you!" and strike the emulators down...

    • @JackMcSomeone
      @JackMcSomeone 19 днів тому +12

      We're looking at you, Nintendo

    • @mdkos
      @mdkos 19 днів тому

      For older emulators, it's not likely. I'm talking at least GameCube and earlier as far as Nintendo is concerned. Not sure of the technicalities but Wii and Wii U MIGHT be OK to get away with, as dumping the BIOS isn't fiddling with any encryption circumvention. There's legal case law in the US, thanks to Sony V. Bleem, that makes emulation legal. What's getting into gray areas with newer emulation (ie Switch) is the fact that encryption keys stored in the hardware are required to get the games to run. Getting these keys and using them in emulation has not been tested in court against the DMCA and may or may not survive such a test as this bumps against the "circumvention" parts of the DMCA.
      This all being said, there's a TON of legit reasons to run emulators; it's not all piracy. Just one example of many: There's a huge active development community for the original NES, SNES, SMS, and Genesis hardware. Emulators allow a significant reduction in code prototype testing than having to build the rom, flash it to a prototyping cart, and then find hardware that can run the cart. Also when I'm looking at features to add to a game I'm developing, it's helpful to just insta-load a ROM from a dump of one of the games in my library that used a similar feature and use Mesen's debugger to see how something was done for that game and get insight into what I'm working on.

  • @singletona082
    @singletona082 19 днів тому +3

    Honestly Microsoft opening up dev mode is something that should've been done ages ago. 'Here you want to tinker? give us a nominal fee that is largely used to reimburse anything that needs to be shipped and we will give you a way to toggle the console between dev and customer modes. Dev mode lets you do a lot but bars you from running commerical content. Otherwise. Go. Nuts.'
    I love that the series S does that. Here pay a one time fee largely used for customer tracking and bam. Instantly get access to a lot of goodies. and you arne't giving up the official side either. A no piracy way to indulge in seeing just how far those legs streach.

    • @Cosmycal
      @Cosmycal 18 днів тому +1

      Dev mode has been available on Xbox consoles since 2016, 8 years, it's nothing new, Microsoft was really ahead with this approach.

    • @singletona082
      @singletona082 17 днів тому

      @@Cosmycal General commentary over comment on newness. So yes you are very smart have a cookie.

  • @cliffgarrett
    @cliffgarrett 18 днів тому

    Looks amazing!

  • @burningtoys5519
    @burningtoys5519 7 днів тому

    After watching this video I looked online and grabbed a used complete in box series s for $90 usd from Craigslist! I gotta get this loaded up with emulators for my kid! Thanks, MVG!

  • @AngryApple
    @AngryApple 19 днів тому +5

    3 years in and Emulation is the most exciting thing on this generation 🤣

  • @faenethlorhalien
    @faenethlorhalien 19 днів тому +13

    I'd rather emulate on my pc

    • @trueultimagod2465
      @trueultimagod2465 19 днів тому +7

      While I do most things on my pc, it is a toaster that barely plays Xbox One/PS4 era games at lowest settings, so my Series X is my emulation machine and honestly it does a great job at it and for some people is a very good option.

    • @Manic_Panic
      @Manic_Panic 19 днів тому +6

      For a 229€ machine, it's a great emulation machine that is capable of emulating up to the 6th generation of consoles on top of being able to officially play some OG Xbox/360 titles natively + gamepass + modern games.
      It's only flaw is the lack of a disc drive so delisted 360 games are impossible to purchase or claim through a physical disc.

    • @Pruflas-Watts
      @Pruflas-Watts 18 днів тому +1

      No one cares.

    • @VariantAEC
      @VariantAEC 18 днів тому

      ​@@trueultimagod2465
      My 7 year old Intel/Nvidia laptop runs PS5 games like Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart at 900p30 with medium settings and some early current gen Xbox Series games like FH5 in 1440p resolution at 30FPS max settings. What are your absolute potato PC's specs?

  • @dravenlee4473
    @dravenlee4473 15 днів тому +1

    I never thought in the world that I would get an Xbox Series S but this might make me do it. The controller is God tier to me and while I could just get a mini PC, this is a little more TV friendly.

  • @SRC267
    @SRC267 16 днів тому

    Hopefully this power and UWP support will be in the Xbox handheld

  • @thereviewden
    @thereviewden 18 днів тому

    MVG, I know it's more obscure but is there any hope for Namco's SYSTEM 21/22/Polygonizer? Apologies for a bit off topic, I love your channel and emulation talks.

  • @Wobble2007
    @Wobble2007 18 днів тому +1

    Imagine if DynaRes 2.0 was ported over to the Xbox Series consoles, and worked over Direct-video mode, this would be amazing for authentic retro emulation, and a great alternative to RGB-Pi and MiSTer, the best thing about the Xbox consoles is they have far smaller OS footprints, meaning less overheads, meaning lower latency, which means higher input fidelity, no in the same league as MiSTer, or the upcoming Replay OS with DynaRes 2.0, but if that could be ported or a fork of it, so that you could use an Xbox for emulation over direct-video with fast & accurate video/audio timings, it could be a brilliant, user-friendly way to play all the best classics, as there really isn't a simple way to get low latency retro game performance on an X86 or X64 OS, it can be done, but it's not a novice endeavour, you have to strip out all the processes you can without destabilizing the OS, setup and configure fast USB encoding and polling, make sure you are using a legacy BIOS and a GPU with an analogue BIOS and DAC (RAMDAC), use RAMDISK, configure RGBHV to RGBS 15Khz if using a CRT or configuring shaders and scanlines if using an OLED or Arcade IPS, it's a long-drawn-out process to get a decent experience that matches or comes close to the real thing as intended, and the Xbox could make that a much easier process, especially if someone figures out low latency controls and video/audio with it.
    My hope is though, that we eventually get a hybrid FPGA/ASIC/RISC-C/X86 all-in-one console one day, that has sub 1ms latency, reference audio & video quality ad timings, and is plug & play, kind of what the Polly mega promised but never came close to delivering, MiSTer gives us this up to 5th generation games, RGB-Pi on a Pi 5 gives us a halfway decent latency performance thanks to DynaRes 1.0 for up to 6th gen, I think the best combination will be an FPGA for handling all the cores for everything up to 6th gen, and ARM64 for running everything else, or would X64 be better, Apple's Silicon ARM64 SoCs have proven to be absolute powerhouses for emulation, it's whichever architecture has the best parallel processing performance, I would also think this perfect hybrid console would have a GPU also for when brute force rasterization is needed for larger resolutions and increasing internal rendering fidelity, as well as a dedicated scaler IC or ASIC for running BFI, scanline, shaders and so on. I'd also like to finally see a next gen, sub 4ms, zero jitter wireless controller tech developed, perhaps using beam forming or laser sight frequency communication, 100 thousand times faster than RF or WIFI, and the perfect candidate for next generation wireless gamepads that will finally give us even better performance than wired controllers.

  • @ichi1082
    @ichi1082 18 днів тому

    8:56 you're right about that. Jedi Outcast (Q3 engine) all day!

  • @deadadam666
    @deadadam666 19 днів тому

    can you go into a little more depth here ? i use my xbox almost exclusively for gamepass so id love to know how easy and practical it is to swap between states ? would i lose data stored internally , would i need to store roms externally and so on and so forth .
    great video as always dude

  • @slavche
    @slavche 15 днів тому

    This is incredible, I think it's time for DEV mode ROUND 2.. the OPENGL Series S Doom 3 4k emulation smooth.. wow... possibilities. Power.

  • @kaedeshirtoto
    @kaedeshirtoto 18 днів тому

    I went through the whole process setting up Dev mode for GameCube and PS2 and had a fantastic time, pretty quickly though I found myself replacing the experience with a mini PC and a batocera drive I set up. I'm glad to see this improved though. What I would be curious is how easy it is to update emulators you already have or if you should do a full delete and replace the app

  • @T38dy
    @T38dy 18 днів тому

    I think I remember playing that first game in the intro at the arcade at this restaurant/casino

  • @f1nkangel
    @f1nkangel 17 днів тому

    Thanks MVG

  • @banguseater
    @banguseater 18 днів тому +1

    If Microsoft made some official wrapper API that allows older DX to DX12 UWP and support mesa I would love for them to see them support PC store fronts and just allow any PC game to run like it’s a steam deck, even if they force gamepass ultimate to be required it would be so fucking awesome to run some steam EA indie games on this thing

  • @KianFloppa
    @KianFloppa 18 днів тому +1

    the dolphin logo has recently been updated to a more modern look

  • @nullgator8073
    @nullgator8073 18 днів тому

    Whenever rpcs3 updates their compatibility list it's worth doing another video about became performance on low tier hardware has improved a lot

  • @TheCoolDave
    @TheCoolDave 18 днів тому

    I also was big into it when it came to retail mode (I did test in Dev mode as well), I loved it in retail mode. I would be in a chat with friends they would be playing something else (that really didn't feel like playing) and I would bring up a GameCube game, or a SNES game. When it died, I kind of lost interest.
    I just built up a 70's cab with 9 consoles including a Steam Deck, I moved all emulation to the deck (and a portable, or 2). On the Deck, with EmuDeck, it's just a great interface (ES-DE) that plays up to light 360 and PS3. Most of the 360 games that have been delisted that I want to play can play on the deck, or my gaming PC.
    360 games I will play on my 360 or Series X....
    It really is great to see devs working on this again