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{{Infobox console
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|title = Xbox 360
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|logo = Xbox_360.png
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|developer = [[:Microsoft]]
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|type = [[:Category:Consoles|Home video game console]]
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|generation = [[:Category:Seventh-generation video game consoles|Seventh generation]]
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|release = 2005
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|discontinued = 2016
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|predecessor = [[Xbox emulators|Xbox]]
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|successor = [[Xbox One emulators|Xbox One]]
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|emulated = {{~}}
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The '''[[Wikipedia:Xbox 360|Xbox 360]]''' is a seventh-generation console released by Microsoft on November 22, 2005 and retailed for {{inflation|USD|399|2005}}. It had a triple-core PowerPC-based CPU called Xenon that ran at 3.2 GHz with 512 MB of RAM, and an ATI Xenos GPU. The console's life saw several updates to its OS to alter its appearance, as well as the option of a motion-sensing camera called the [[wikipedia:Kinect|Kinect]].
  
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the video game market experienced an explosion of products hoping to capitalize on the success of the Odyssey and Atari. From the nigh-infinite Pong clones to the suspiciously similar consoles, consumers had far more options than they do today. This is a list of those first and second generation machines. Not all of them can be emulated or preserved, though some that can't be emulated have simulations instead. See also [[Strange and Forgotten Console emulators]], a similar page for the 90s and 2000s. Amazingly, over 900 first-generation home video game consoles are known to exist. More than 200 different companies were involved in the first generation, and while more than half only released one console, it's still a large number of companies compared to the 20 that partook on the second generation.
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==Emulators==
 
 
==First Generation (Pong Consoles)==
 
It's [[wikipedia:Pong|Pong]]. You can play it [http://www.ponggame.org/ anywhere]. Emulating first generation systems like these can be tricky, as the games were heavily tied to their hardware, and most were just variations of Pong.
 
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* [[wikipedia:APF TV Fun series|APF TV Fun]]
 
* [[wikipedia:Video Pinball series|Atari Video Pinball]]<ref group=N name="vps">These 3 bizarre Atari models made use of bumper controllers to control some games. Other 2 models were "Sears Tele-Games Pinball Breakaway (99713)" and "Epoch TV Block" (Japan).</ref>
 
* [[wikipedia:Binatone|Binatone TV Master Series]]
 
* [[wikipedia:Binatone|Binatone Color TV Game Series]]
 
* [[wikipedia:BSS 01|BSS 01]]
 
* [[gametech:Coleco_Telstar|Coleco Telstar]]
 
* [[wikipedia:Coleco Telstar Arcade|Coleco Telstar Arcade]]<ref group=N name="cta">Only 4 cartridges were released for this triangular abomination, but because of the console's design they can't be dumped and "emulated." They're more like activation discs for data already in the console. No known emulators.</ref>
 
* [[wikipedia:Colorsport VIII|Colorsport VIII]]<ref group=N name="cviii">The VIII model is based on the same chip as the Coleco Telstar Arcade. It features eight (4x2) different sport games including a gun-shooting game.</ref>
 
* [https://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=3&c=676 Commodore TV Game 2000K/3000H]<ref group=N name="commodoretv">Aesthetically different but same console hardware. Their chip is also the base for other consoles such as the Coleco Telstar Arcade. Allows to play Pong-like & other games such as ''Target shooting'' (optionally playable with the optical gun), ''Tennis, Football'' & ''Squash''.</ref>
 
* [[wikipedia:Gameroom Tele-Pong|Entex Gameroom Tele-Pong]]<ref group=N name="egt-p">The Entex model is similar to the first Japanese video game console, Epoch's TV Tennis Electrotennis, released a year prior. There was an UK version marketed by Binatone called the TV Game Unit.</ref>
 
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* [[Magnavox Odyssey emulators|Magnavox Odyssey/Series]]<ref group=N name="mo#">Besides the normal Odyssey and Odyssey² consoles released in 1972 and 1978 respectively, Magnavox also produced the [[wikipedia:Magnavox Odyssey series|X00 and X000 series (1975-1977) of home Pong consoles]]. Released models were: 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 2000, 3000 and 4000. Then owner Philips also released three Odyssey variants in Europe between 1976-1978. They played "Ball and Paddle" games such as ''Hockey'', ''Tennis'', ''Smash'', ''Squash'' and others. No known emulator exists for any of these machines.</ref>
 
* [[wikipedia:PC-50x_Family|PC-50X]]<ref group=N name="pc-50x">There were over 200 variations of the PC-50X home game consoles family. The units were made in various countries and were marketed by Creatronic, Hanimex, ITMC, Rollet, GrandStand, Soundic and plenty other manufacturers.</ref>
 
* [[wikipedia:TV Scoreboard|Radio Shack TV Scoreboard]]<ref group=N name="rstvs">The TV Scoreboard is an handheld Pong with dials or paddles made by Tandy, with support for 10 games. Also released in Germany under the name Universum Multispiel. Hanimex Model 666 & Model 677 are very similar.</ref>
 
* Ricochet<ref group=N name="rs">4 different Ricochet models? MT-1A, MT-5A, MT-1A8, MT-4A with their own names.</ref>
 
* [[wikipedia:Atari_2600#Sears_Video_Arcade|Sears Tele-Games]]<ref group=N name="stg">There were about 18 models in Sears' Tele-Games line, bar for one linked to Atari's Visual Pinball line. Many models were licensed from Atari and APF</ref>
 
* [[wikipedia:TV Tennis Electrotennis|TV Tennis Electrotennis]]<ref group=N name="tvte">Epoch's unit is the first Japanese home video game console ever & released in 1975, a few months before Atari's home Pong console.</ref>
 
* [https://diamondminerstudios.fandom.com/wiki/TV-4_Four-Way_Video_Game TV4 Four Way Video Game]<ref group=N name="tv+4wvg">This TV+4 unit plays [https://www.mobygames.com/game/tv4-four-way-video-game 4 Pong variants].</ref>
 
* [[wikipedia:Unisonic Products Corporation|Unisonic series]]<ref group=N name="upc">Unisonic released a series of 10  dedicated consoles between 1976-1978.</ref>
 
* [https://diamondminerstudios.fandom.com/wiki/Volley_VI Volley VI]<ref group=N name="vvi">Volley VI is a dedicated console actually made by company Roberts from Korea. Plays [https://www.mobygames.com/game/dedicated-console/ricochet_____ 4 coloured Pong variants].</ref>
 
* [[wikipedia:Wonder Wizard (7702)|Wonder Wizard]]<ref group=N name="ww7702">The W.W. model 7702 is basically a Magnavox Odyssey 300 with a different case.</ref>
 
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* [[gametech:Color TV Game|Nintendo Color TV-Game]] (5 different versions)
 
:* Color TV-Game 6
 
:* Color TV-Game 15  [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjnfLwUdEjI JPN Commercial]
 
:* Color TV-Game Racing 112
 
:* Color TV Block Kusure  [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWFtplNmtxM JPN Commercial]
 
:* Computer TV Game
 
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==Second Generation (Cartridge Consoles)==
 
Best-selling game consoles:  Atari 2600, Intellivision, Magnavox Odyssey², ColecoVision.
 
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
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! scope="col"|Name
 
! scope="col"|Name
! scope="col"|[[MAME]] support
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! scope="col"|Platform(s)
! scope="col"|No-intro collection
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! scope="col"|Latest Version
! Internet Archive
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! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
! scope="col"|Description
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! scope="col"|Active
|-
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! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
|[[APF MP1000 emulators|APF Imagination Machine/MP1000]]
 
|[http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/system.php?machine=apfm1000 Good]
 
|✗
 
|[https://archive.org/details/apfm1000_library ✓]
 
|A PC with a game console mounted on top of it [[Sega Genesis emulators|32X-style]] (take that, master race!) Only 25 games were released (15 cartridges), one being built-in, and a lot of homebrews. ROMs are [http://www.theoldcomputer.com/roms/index.php?folder=APF/Imagination-Machine here].
 
|-
 
|[[Atari 2600 emulators|Atari 2600]]
 
|[http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/system.php?machine=a2600 Good]
 
|✓
 
|[https://archive.org/details/atari_2600_library ✓]
 
|[http://www.atarimania.com/rom_collection_archive_atari_2600_roms.html ROM Hunter v15 Collection]
 
|-
 
|[[Atari 5200 emulators|Atari 5200]]
 
|[http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/system.php?machine=a5200 Good]
 
|✓
 
|[https://archive.org/details/atari_5200_library ✓]
 
|[https://archive.org/details/Atari5200_201602 No-intro]
 
|-
 
|[[gametech:Bally Astrocade|Bally Astrocade]]<ref group=N name=mame>Emulated by [[MAME]] only.</ref>
 
|[http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/results.php?list=astrocde Decent]
 
|✗
 
|[https://archive.org/details/bally_astrocade_library ✓]
 
|[https://ia801700.us.archive.org/zipview.php?zip=/17/items/Bally_Professional_Arcade_and_Astrocade_TOSEC_2012_04_23/Bally_Professional_Arcade_and_Astrocade_TOSEC_2012_04_23.zip TOSEC]
 
|-
 
|[[wikipedia:Bandai Super Vision 8000|Bandai Super Vision 8000]]<ref group=N name=mame />
 
|[http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/system.php?machine=sv8000 Good]
 
|✗
 
|[https://archive.org/details/sv8000_library ✓]
 
|Only 7 games.
 
|-
 
|[[ColecoVision emulators|ColecoVision]]<ref group=N name="cv">The ColecoVision was sold as NTSC and PAL variants in different regions. Clones: Spectravideo SVI-603 Coleco Game Adapter (For hooking up to the [http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/results_sys.php?publisher=Spectravideo SVI-318 or SVI-328] computers), Bit Corporation's [[wikipedia:Dina (video game console)|Dina]] (AKA "Chuang Zao Zhe 50". Taiwan. 1986.), [[wikipedia:Telegames#Telegames_Personal_Arcade|Telegames' The Personal Arcade]] (1988. Clone of [https://segaretro.org/Dina_2_in_one Dina 2 in 1].).</ref>
 
|[http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/system.php?machine=coleco Good]
 
|
 
|[https://archive.org/details/coleco_colecovision_library ✓]
 
|Coleco marketed different add-ons for their console, with one of them being the fast-selling Atari VCS adapter which enables the ColecoVision to play Atari cartridges! Atari sued them, but lost the case. [https://archive.org/details/ColecoColecoVision_201602 No-intro]
 
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|[[wikipedia:Commodore MAX Machine|Commodore MAX Machine]]
 
|[http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/system.php?machine=vic10 Good]
 
|✗
 
|✗
 
|Also known as Ultimax (USA) and VC-10 (DEU), though it was only briefly sold in Japan. It's a cut-down console version of the C64 hardware family (Later used in C64) with limited computing capability & a membrane keyboard. TOSEC: ([https://archive.org/details/Commodore_Max_Machine_and_Vic_10_TOSEC_2012_04_23 2012]), ([https://archive.org/details/tosec-20161111-commodore-max-machine-vic-10 2016]).
 
|-
 
|[[Emerson Arcadia 2001 emulators|Emerson Arcadia 2001]]<ref group=N name=arcadia2001>Clones and variants: Advision Home Arcade, Arcadia, Cosmos, Dynavision, Ekusera, Hanimex MPT-03, HMG-2650, Home Arcade Centre, Intelligent Game MPT-03, Intercord XL 2000 System, Intervision 2001, ITMC MPT-03, Leisure-Vision, Leonardo, Ormatu 2001, Palladium Video-Computer-Game, Polybrain Video Computer Game, Poppy MPT-03 Tele Computer Spiel, Prestige Video Computer Game MPT-03, Robdajet MPT-03, Rowtron 2000, Schmid TVG-2000, Sheen Home Video Centre 2001, Soundic MPT-03, Tele Brain, Tele-Fever, Tempest MPT-03,Tobby MPT-03, Trakton Computer Video Game, Tryom Video Game Center, Tunix Home Arcade, UVI Compu-Game, Video Master.</ref>
 
|[http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/system.php?machine=arcadia Decent]
 
|✓
 
|[https://archive.org/details/emerson_arcadia_library ✓]
 
|[http://adb.arcadeitalia.net/dettaglio_mame.php?game_name=arcadia&search_id= Over 50 games] made for it. The graphic quality is similar to that of the [[Intellivision emulators|Intellivision]] and the [[Magnavox Odyssey emulators|Odyssey]]. Sound still imperfect in games. [https://archive.org/details/Emerson_Arcadia_2001_TOSEC_2012_04_23 TOSEC]
 
|-
 
|[[gametech:Entex_Adventure_Vision|Entex Adventure Vision]]
 
|[http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/system.php?machine=advision Decent]
 
|✓
 
|[https://archive.org/details/adventurevision_library ✓]
 
|Like the Vectrex, this console had its own screen and operated like a miniature arcade cabinet. Only four games were released for it. [https://archive.org/details/Entex_Adventure_Vision_TOSEC_2012_04_23 TOSEC]
 
|-
 
|[[wikipedia:Cassette Vision|Epoch Cassette Vision]]
 
|None
 
|✗
 
|✗
 
|Only 12 games exist for this console, and some have been dumped. Seanriddle has succeded to dump the graphic sprites of Kikori no Yosaku. Apparently, the BIOS for the console is inside each cart. Latest MAME forum [http://forums.bannister.org//ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=102087&page=4 thread].
 
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|[[Fairchild Channel F emulators|Fairchild Channel F]]
 
|[http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/system.php?machine=channelf Good]
 
|✓
 
|[https://archive.org/details/channelf_library ✓]
 
|[https://archive.org/details/FairchildChannelF No-intro]
 
|-
 
|[[gametech:Fairchild_Channel_F|Fairchild Channel F II]]
 
|[http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/system.php?machine=channlf2 Good]
 
|NA
 
|
 
|An update to the Channel F, with no exclusive games.
 
 
|-
 
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|[[gametech:Interton_VC_4000|Interton VC 4000]]<ref group=N name="vc4000">Clones: Radofin 1292 Advanced Programmable Video System, Jeu Video TV, Super Play Computer 4000, etc.</ref>
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! colspan="6"|PC / x86
|[http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/system.php?machine=vc4000 Decent]
 
|
 
|
 
|Has 40 games. ROMs are [http://www.theoldcomputer.com/roms/index.php?folder=Interton/VC-4000/Various here]
 
 
|-
 
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|[[Magnavox Odyssey² emulators|Magnavox Odyssey²/Videopac]]<ref group=N name="odyssey²">Clones: Jopac JO7400, Odyssey 3 Command Center (prototype), Videopac G7000/C52, Videopac Plus G7400.</ref>
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|[[Xenia]]
|[http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/system.php?machine=odyssey2 Good]
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux}}
|✓
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|[https://github.com/xenia-project/xenia git]
|[https://archive.org/details/library_magnavox_odyssey2 ]
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|{{}}
|[https://archive.org/details/MagnavoxOdyssey2 No-intro]
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|{{}}
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|{{✓}}
 
|-
 
|-
|[[Intellivision emulators|Mattel Intellivision]]<ref group=N name="mi1">Extra models with: Keyboard Component (Unreleased. 1981.), IntelliVoice expansion (1982), Entertainment Computer System + Intellivoice expansions (1983). Clones: Sears' Super Video Arcade (1982), Intellivision II (1982).</ref>
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! colspan="6"|Consoles
|[http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/system.php?machine=intv Good]
 
|✓
 
|[https://archive.org/details/intellivision ✓]
 
|[https://archive.org/details/Mattel_Intellivision_TOSEC_2012_04_23 TOSEC]
 
 
|-
 
|-
|[[gametech:Intellivision#Intellivision_II|Mattel Intellivision II]]
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|[[Fission]]
|[http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/system.php?machine=intv2 Good]
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|align=left|{{Icon|XB1|SXS}}
|NA
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|Patch based
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|{{✗}}
|An update to the Intellivision, with no exclusive games.
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|{{}}
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|{{}}
|[[gametech:RCA_Studio_II|RCA Studio II]]
 
|[http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/system.php?machine=studio2 Decent]
 
|✓
 
|
 
|[https://archive.org/details/RCA_Studio_2_TOSEC_2012_04_23 TOSEC]. [https://github.com/ajavamind/rca-studio2 rca-studio2 programmer emulator]. [https://www.emma02.hobby-site.com/studio.html EMMA 0.2].
 
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|[[Vectrex emulators|Vectrex]]<ref group=N name="vectrex">Clone: Spectrum I+ (1984. Roy Abel & Associates.).</ref>
 
|[http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/system.php?machine=vectrex Good]
 
|
 
|[https://archive.org/details/vectrex ✓]
 
|[https://archive.org/details/GCEVectrex No-intro]
 
|-
 
|[[wikipedia:VTech CreatiVision|VTech CreatiVision]]<ref group=N name="vtech">Clones and variants: Educat 2002 (Israel), Dick Smith Wizzard (Australia/New Zealand), FunVision Computer Video Games System (Oceania), Hanimex Rameses (Oceania), VZ 2000 (Oceania), etc.<br />Computers: Laser 2001, Salora Manager (Finland).</ref>
 
|[http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/system.php?machine=crvision Good]
 
|✓
 
|[https://archive.org/details/vtech_creativision_library ✓]
 
|This [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VTech_CreatiVision hybrid computer and console] were [https://computer.wikia.com/wiki/VTech_CreatiVision distributed to many different countries around the world and some variants were rebadged units with different names]. [http://www.madrigaldesign.it/creativemu/emulators.php Emulators list]. [https://archive.org/details/VTech_Laser_2001_and_CreatiVision_TOSEC_2012_04_23 TOSEC].
 
 
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===Comparisons===
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;[[Xenia]]
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:The emulator that's made it the furthest. About 15% of titles can be played through from start to finish and another 60% have functional gameplay. Though the devs say Windows 7 is compatible, the most significant progress is being made on the newer DirectX 12 branch (DX12 is unavailable on anything older than Windows 10).
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;[[Fission]]
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:The official emulator on the [[Xbox One emulators|Xbox One]] and [[Xbox Series X and Series S|Xbox Series X/S]] consoles, supports [[wikipedia:List of Xbox 360 games compatible with Xbox One|632 out of 2085 games]]. Load times are faster, but emulation suffers from input lag due to forced [[vsync]]. Beyond this, playback is incredibly faithful to the original system. Xbox One X and Xbox Series X improves on the emulation further with better framerate, texture filtering, higher resolution and auto HDR in some games. Note that an Internet connection is required on the first run of each game to download.
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==Emulation issues==
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<blockquote>[Xenos] was a playground for experiments — it was developed near the end of the Direct3D 9 era, but still before Direct3D 10, and contained many features not standardized or even available at all on the PC, but when they ended up on the PC, the actual implementation could be significantly different; it also included completely unique features. [...] Contrary to a common misconception, the Xbox 360 [isn't] just a “DirectX 9 box”. It essentially contains a [tile-inspired] mobile-like GPU, though with much more raw power than a comparable mobile GPU. If you compare the registers of the Xenos and the Qualcomm Adreno 200, you can see that most of them are the same, as they are almost the same GPUs — the Adreno 200 was called the AMD Z430 before having been acquired by Qualcomm, and was even referred to as the "mini-Xenos"!"<br>-Triang3l<ref>Triang3l (April 27, 2021). [https://xenia.jp/updates/2021/04/27/leaving-no-pixel-behind-new-render-target-cache-3x3-resolution-scaling.html Leaving No Pixel Behind: New Render Target Cache, 3x3 Resolution Scaling & Three Years in Xenia’s GPU Emulation]. Xenia.</ref></blockquote>
  
'''Further info:'''
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Due to requiring a large number of resources (see [[Dolphin]] and [[PCSX2]] for specifications for their respective consoles), as well as the hardware not being properly documented yet, '''Xbox 360 emulation currently isn't at a point where people can reliably emulate games.''' However, Xenia is quickly making progress on that front. That, plus the fact that Microsoft has implemented their own official emulation of the system through the Xbox One brings much promise to successfully emulating the system in the future.
* [http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/sysset.php www.progettoemma.net's Systems list] (ProjectMESS' list of computer & console systems & their overall emulation status in MAME/MESS)
 
* [http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/lsset.php www.progettoemma.net's Software list] (ProjectMESS' list of computer & console systems & their emulation levels of all games in MAME/MESS)
 
  
==Handhelds==
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==Kinect==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
 
! scope="col"|Name
 
! scope="col"|[[MAME]] support
 
! scope="col"|No intro collection
 
! scope="col"|Description
 
|-
 
||[[wikipedia:MicroVision|Milton Bradley MicroVision]]
 
|Good
 
|✗
 
|12 games were made and all are dumped except for some revisions.
 
</br>These games are: Block Buster, Connect Four, Bowling, Star Trek: Phaser Strike (aka Shooting Star in Europe), Pinball, Vegas Slots, Mindbuster, Baseball, Sea Duel, Alien Raiders (aka Space Blitz or Blitz in Europe), Cosmic Hunter, Super Blockbuster
 
</br>A Windows emulator that is front-end friendly can be found [https://www.raphkoster.com/2017/05/07/microvision-emulator-release/ here], with all known games included.
 
  
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The [[wikipedia:Kinect|Kinect]] was Microsoft's version of the [[PlayStation_2_emulators#EyeToy|EyeToy]], a camera that also doubled as a motion tracker and microphone capable of detecting gestures and voices in order to play games without a controller. This was in contrast to the [[Wii_emulators|Wii]] and its Wiimote, and the [[PlayStation_3_emulators|PS3]] and its PlayStation Move. Despite getting native support on Windows, users have made [https://openkinect.org/wiki/Main_Page open-source drivers] for it.
||[[wikipedia:OMNI Entertainment System|Milton Bradley OMNI]]
 
|None
 
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|Released in 1980, The OMNI was a weird hybrid of a portable console, Mono 8-track player and a Tabletop game, graphics were limited to four 2-character seven segment displays, 8-track tapes were used to store the games instead of cartridges and because of its massive limitations, most of the games for it were trivia games, it's unknown how many units were sold or when it was discontinued, only 13 games are known to be released for it.
 
|-
 
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==Encyclopedia==
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[[Xenia]] doesn't support the Kinect and the team doesn't plan to add support for it anytime soon.
* [[wikipedia:List of first generation home video game consoles|List of first generation home video game consoles]] (Amazingly exhaustive wiki list. 888 listed consoles, but over 900 existed.)
 
* [[wikipedia:First generation of video game consoles|First generation of video game consoles]] (Wikipedia page. History and major competitors plus a small sector on handheld systems.)
 
  
==External Links==
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==References==
* [https://gamebroscentral.com/first-generation/ 1972-1977: The Home Gaming Revolution] at Game Bros Central ([https://web.archive.org/web/20200722010641/https://gamebroscentral.com/first-generation/ Web Archive] on July 22, 2020. Brief history of 7 major companies behind the first generation, plus a small list of other first-gen home consoles)
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[[Category:Consoles]]
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[[Category:Xbox 360 emulators]]

Revision as of 18:59, 16 November 2021

Xbox 360
Xbox 360.png
Developer Microsoft
Type Home video game console
Generation Seventh generation
Release date 2005
Discontinued 2016
Predecessor Xbox
Successor Xbox One
Emulated ~

The Xbox 360 is a seventh-generation console released by Microsoft on November 22, 2005 and retailed for $399. It had a triple-core PowerPC-based CPU called Xenon that ran at 3.2 GHz with 512 MB of RAM, and an ATI Xenos GPU. The console's life saw several updates to its OS to alter its appearance, as well as the option of a motion-sensing camera called the Kinect.

Emulators

Name Platform(s) Latest Version FLOSS Active Recommended
PC / x86
Xenia Windows Linux git
Consoles
Fission Xbox One Xbox Series X/S Patch based

Comparisons

Xenia
The emulator that's made it the furthest. About 15% of titles can be played through from start to finish and another 60% have functional gameplay. Though the devs say Windows 7 is compatible, the most significant progress is being made on the newer DirectX 12 branch (DX12 is unavailable on anything older than Windows 10).
Fission
The official emulator on the Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S consoles, supports 632 out of 2085 games. Load times are faster, but emulation suffers from input lag due to forced vsync. Beyond this, playback is incredibly faithful to the original system. Xbox One X and Xbox Series X improves on the emulation further with better framerate, texture filtering, higher resolution and auto HDR in some games. Note that an Internet connection is required on the first run of each game to download.

Emulation issues

[Xenos] was a playground for experiments — it was developed near the end of the Direct3D 9 era, but still before Direct3D 10, and contained many features not standardized or even available at all on the PC, but when they ended up on the PC, the actual implementation could be significantly different; it also included completely unique features. [...] Contrary to a common misconception, the Xbox 360 [isn't] just a “DirectX 9 box”. It essentially contains a [tile-inspired] mobile-like GPU, though with much more raw power than a comparable mobile GPU. If you compare the registers of the Xenos and the Qualcomm Adreno 200, you can see that most of them are the same, as they are almost the same GPUs — the Adreno 200 was called the AMD Z430 before having been acquired by Qualcomm, and was even referred to as the "mini-Xenos"!"
-Triang3l[1]

Due to requiring a large number of resources (see Dolphin and PCSX2 for specifications for their respective consoles), as well as the hardware not being properly documented yet, Xbox 360 emulation currently isn't at a point where people can reliably emulate games. However, Xenia is quickly making progress on that front. That, plus the fact that Microsoft has implemented their own official emulation of the system through the Xbox One brings much promise to successfully emulating the system in the future.

Kinect

The Kinect was Microsoft's version of the EyeToy, a camera that also doubled as a motion tracker and microphone capable of detecting gestures and voices in order to play games without a controller. This was in contrast to the Wii and its Wiimote, and the PS3 and its PlayStation Move. Despite getting native support on Windows, users have made open-source drivers for it.

Xenia doesn't support the Kinect and the team doesn't plan to add support for it anytime soon.

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