Dataminers Confirm Xbox PC Emulator Runs Xbox 360 Games, Beyond 4 Original Xbox Releases
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Updated · Kotaku · Jul 25
Dataminers Confirm Xbox PC Emulator Runs Xbox 360 Games, Beyond 4 Original Xbox Releases
3 articles · Updated · Kotaku · Jul 25
Summary
XWine1 has run several original Xbox and Xbox 360 ROMs on Microsoft’s new Xbox Backward Compatibility emulator, confirming the PC tool can handle 360-era games with mixed results.
Dataminers found the software is effectively an Xbox 360 emulator running Xefu—the layer Xbox 360 hardware used for original Xbox compatibility—creating an emulator-inside-an-emulator setup.
Microsoft has officially released only 4 original Xbox games on the PC service so far, but the discovery suggests Xbox 360 titles could follow in future official rollouts.
That matters for games such as Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon and potentially Fable 2, which remain largely confined to console and could gain wider PC availability.