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Compounded to this There is the high level entry for the effort involved: emulating a complex (and partially undocumented) x86 CPU from scratch, undocumented NVIDIA graphical and sound components (the Nouveau project for Linux may be of help, but the GeForce architecture is notoriously complicated), and obscure BIOS for each hardware revision posing problems with many things, including video rendering. ([http://ngemu.com/threads/why-is-xbox-emulation-premature.132032/ More]) There's progress nevertheless. Progress is beginning to pick up, but it's very slowthough.
Update on Xbox emulation, more information on BC with Xbox 360. In case the 360's BC isn't actually emulation, but instead recompilation as others have said, make special note of it.
[[File:Xbox-and-Controller-S.png|thumb|250px|The Xbox console and controller]]The '''Xbox''' is a 6th generation console produced by Microsoft in 2001. Known originally as the DirectXbox, this console is notable for essentially being a PC, as a result of using components from both Intel and Nvidia, as well as being [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86 x86]-based. It was is the most powerful console released in from the 6th generationGeneration.
==Emulators==
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===Comparisons===
*Cxbx can boot around 61 games, with around a dozen in a playable state ([http://shogun3d-cxbx.blogspot.com/2009/11/cxbx-compatibility-list-updated.html List])
*XQEMU is an LLE emulator which is slowly gradually advancing. As of now, it can emulate the BIOS and many games at very slow speeds. Nothing playable yet.
*Xeon can emulate Halo CE to the point where the first stage is semi-playable. The walls and ground are pitch black and the game crashes after you complete first stage (or right after you select the difficulty on modern versions of Windows.)
'''Consoles'''*The Xbox 360 is backwards compatible, but it is not 100% like the [[Wii emulators|Wii]] is with the [[GameCube emulators|GameCube]]fully accurate. While some games work off the bat, some many need patches downloaded and even to play properly. This requires one's Xbox 360 to have system storage. Even then there are still issues with many games from graphical glitches and slowdown to errors that can make gameplay impossible.
==Emulation issues==
Due to a lack of interest, or in some case very toxic behavior or potential legal threats towards devs, the Xbox emulation scene is almost has remained dormant at the momentuntil recently.
==References==
