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Emulation issues: Added old playlist. Some corrections.
==Emulation issues==
[[File:Xbox_looking-good.png|thumb|250px|The pratfalls of Xbox emulation]]Due to a lack of interest, a lack of console-exclusive games, or in some case very toxic behavior or potential legal threats towards developers, the Xbox emulation scene has remained dormant until recently. For the projects currently available, there is a high barrier to entry for the effort involved. In spite of its very PC-like hardware, the Xbox has enough proprietary elements to make emulation non-trivial. Many aspects of the Xbox's CPU, GPU, audio and BIOS are undocumented and not fully understood<ref name="ngemu">{{cite web|url=http://ngemu.com/threads/why-is-xbox-emulation-premature.132032/|title=Why is XBOX emulation premature?|publisher=ngemu|accessdate=2017-05-22|date=2010-02-15}}</ref><ref name="Microsoft1">{{cite web|url=https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/xbf3tbeh(v=vs.140).aspx|title=/LTCG (Link-time Code Generation)|publisher=Microsoft|accessdate=2017-05-22}}</ref><ref name="Microsoft2">{{cite web|url=https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb985904.aspx|title=Under The Hood: Link-time Code Generation|publisher=Microsoft|accessdate=2017-05-22}}</ref>. Reddit threads with more links to other threads & many detailed comments by JayFoxRox, which ''strongly'' recommends with the explanations that XQEMU as is the sole best suited emulator for all devs developers to focus onin terms of improving accuracy and portability: <ref name="Reddit1">{{cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/6dl94y/why_is_there_a_lack_of_original_xbox_emulation/|title=Why is there a lack of Original Xbox emulation?|publisher=Reddit|accessdate=2017-06-11|date=2017-05-29}}</ref><ref name="Reddit2">{{cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/6f31na/do_you_prefer_low_level_emulation_or_high_level/|title=Do you prefer low level emulation or high level?|publisher=Reddit|accessdate=2017-06-11|date=2017-06-04}}</ref>.
However, as of May of 2017, serious strides have been happening in the Xbox emulation scene with CXBX-Reloaded and XQEMU making some games run at half a stable framerate or at a stable framerate with the game ''Smashing Drive''. CXBX-Reloaded was also able to go ingame in ''Jet Set Radio Future'' with a somewhat decent framerate. Things are looking up for the Xbox emulation scene.
JayFoxRox, coa contributor to the open-author of the source XQEMU emulator team and main communicator regular commenter for that emulator's foundation and progress, has set up appeared at a Reddit thread<ref name="Reddit">{{cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/6c93rg/xqemu_more_games_ingame/dhuakqc/|title=XQEMU - more games ingame|publisher=Reddit|accessdate=2017-06-11|date=2017-05-23}}</ref> stating the fact that many more original Xbox games have been able to get in-game and, in some cases, at decent speeds on XQEMU. The first of the many bullet points on that original post has a link to the extremely large and growing [http://xboxdevwiki.net/XQEMU XQEMU compatibility list].
'''CXBX-Reloaded's example videos:'''
<ref name="Bahax PC Gaming_1">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_5dIUPs0_I|title=Cxbx Reloaded (Xbox Emulator) - Jet Set Radio Future (Semi-Playable / 35~60 FPS)|publisher=Youtube|accessdate=2017-05-22|date=2017-05-10}}</ref>
'''XQEMU's example videos:''' (John GodGames keeps making so many new XQEMU recordings. Please be sure to check them out at his channel<ref name="John GodGames_PL">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiOt7bsZBDptPXdo150a3Wq9u3H14aAOp|title=XQEMU Xbox Emulator / Testing / Gameplays / Progress|publisher=Youtube|accessdate=2017-06-13|date=2016-03-27}}</ref>.)
<ref name="John GodGames_1">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FrOVUIzgvo|title=XQEMU Xbox Emulator - 187 Ride or Die Ingame - realtime! (5cf8131)|publisher=Youtube|accessdate=2017-05-22|date=2017-05-17}}</ref>
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