Microsoft Xbox Manual

2024/02/12 00:57
Microsoft Xbox
The Xbox is a sixth-generation console released by Microsoft on
November 15, 2001. Known as the DirectXbox during
development, it is notable for the specs having similarities to a
PC, namely as a result of using familiar components around the
x86 architecture. It had a custom Pentium III CPU at 733 MHz with
64 MB of RAM, and a custom Nvidia GPU codenamed NV2A at 233
MHz. The Xbox was often said to be the most powerful console
from the sixth generation, and Sega later designed the Chihiro
arcade system with the same components. It retailed at $299.99.
This system scrapes metadata for the "xbox" group(s) and loads
the xbox set from the currently selected theme, if available.
Quick reference
Emulator: xemu
Folder: /userdata/roms/xbox
Accepted ROM formats: .iso, .squashfs
BIOS
The following BIOS files are required:
MD5 checksum
d49c52a4102f6df7bcf8d0617ac475ed bios/mcpx_1.0.bin
39cee882148a87f93cb440b99dde3ceb bios/Complex_4627.bin Flash ROM Image (BIOS)
That's all that's required to boot into games.
In addition to these, it is also possible to use the HDD image of the Xbox itself (the Xbox came with a
HDD which it would store its firmware on, starting a trend that would soon become common) in place
of the pre-installed dummy drive.
Fortunately, the original Xbox uses a bog-standard hard-drive that you can just connect to your
computer and clone:
1. Unlock your drive
2. Connect it to a computer
3. Use a cloning application like dd to clone the entire contents of the drive straight to a file
This file can be used as-is.
These instructions have been summarized from Xemu's official documentation on it.
Alternatively, you can use a dummy
Batocera.linux - Wiki - https://wiki.batocera.org/
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Share file path
hard-drive image. Games can still be launched using this, though
Microsoft Xbox
Description
MCPX Boot ROM Image