Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Progress by JayFoxRox on XQEMU.

Okay, enough shenanigans, time for something serious! :)

In case you haven't seen them, I wanted to share a few screenshots of progress from JayFoxRox's Linux branch.  Although he says he's busy with University studies, etc., it looks like he's got more time on his hands than I do!  The screens speak for themselves, have a look!

Xbox BIOS logo:

Retail Xbox Dashboard:

4x4 Evo 2


Conker: Live and Reloaded (Demo)

Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2 (Demo)

Forza (Demo)

Rollercoaster Tycoon

Smashing Drive (looks perfect now).


Sonic Heroes (E3 Demo; ingame)


Wreckless: The Yakuza Missions (Demo)


"What else can it do?"  That's a good question.  One of these days, I should get a Ubuntu or Linux Mint installation going on my Mac Pro.  Unfortunately, I don't have a video card with a Mac compatible EFI, so I can't see the boot screen and select what OS I want to run.  My PC is in my office, so I have limited use of it right now, so I'll have to think of something later.

So, if you haven't already, take a look at his github fork: https://github.com/JayFoxRox/xqemu/wiki/Compatibility

Just want to keep you all updated on what is happening.

Shogun.

EDIT: For all of you Rare fans, now that we're getting somewhere with Conker, please... stop asking me if it can or cannot be done.  Kthnxbai!  :)

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

A Fake Cxbx Video, lol!

I normally don't pay much attention to nonsensical stuff, especially involving fake emulators, scams, trolls, attention whores, and what have you, nor do I have any interest in giving such trolls more attention than they deserve.  But THIS one is so bizarre, I just had to share this with you all for a laugh or two.

There's some kid, presumably in Russia or some other soviet country, who claims to have Cxbx running Battlefield 3.  Someone on youtube tipped me off about it, so I went in and took a look.  It was so terribly done, that anyone with an ounce of logic, experience or common sense could tell that it was fake.  Aaaaaaand, the user's responses to the comments proving that it was fake also told us everything we need to know.

So, without further adieu, here it is:


Look closely...
  1. Battlefield 3 is an Xbox 360 game.  Last I checked Cxbx does not emulate that, nor does it support the loading of .xex files, conversion of PPC64 -> x86-64, or anything related to the 360. There's one, and only one legit 360 emu, and it's not even close to emulating Battlefield 3.  That alone proves it fake, but there's more.
  2. Note how the video is intentionally blurred so you can't see if the user even loaded anything into the emulator.  Cxbx tells you if you have successfully loaded a .xbe file.
  3. It's a video placed over the window, nothing more, nothing less.  You can still see part of the Cxbx logo because it's not fully covered.  He could have at least tried to cover the entire window.
  4. You don't convert an ISO to .xbe, you extract an ISO and RUN the .xbe...
So, I responded just to see what he'd say.  After pointing out all of these, and the fact that I am an actual Cxbx dev, his responses were, "this is not fake, try it and see for yourself" and another one that was even more laughable was "can you prove that you are a dev?", well obviously I am.  So I linked this blog, as well as the SVN I spent years working on, and his response was "I don't have time".  What??  If you had time to respond to everyone proving that your video is fake, as well as create this fake video, then how come you don't have time to click two links I gave you?  I even told him you can easily google my nickname, and all the proof you need will be there.  And yet, his response was "stop talking nonsense".  So, facts are nonsense?  Right, get real...

But on a serious note, why do people make these fake emulator videos and stuff?  I don't get it.  There have been some who wrote fake emulators as trojan horses or survey scams for money, but why??  Are people this desperate and/or gullible?  I hate to say it, but anyone who falls for a fake emulator scam/trojan, I compare you to someone who falls for the "legendary trap":



I'm sorry, but that's how I honestly see it.  Anyway, for those of you who like getting a good laugh, or want to flag the hell out of it, have at it!  I think I've had my fair share of fun shredding this to pieces already.  Thanks Alex!

Shogun.

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

XQEMU Compatibility List (Updated July 21, 2015)

Okay, I've gotten a few requests/inquiries for XQEMU's compatibility, so I'm going to write and maintain a compatibility list.  Personally, I'd like to keep it focused on commercial games right now.

The following is a representation of progress made with all 3 major branches between espes, JayFoxRox, and myself.

IF IT'S NOT ON THE LIST, THEN IT'S LIKELY UNTESTED!  I CAN'T STRESS THIS ENOUGH!

Total Games: 58
Playable: 2
Ingame: 11
Menus: 14
Intros: 16
Nothing: 15


1. 4x4 Evo 2
Status: (Ingame) (*)

2. AMF Bowling
Status: (Intros) (**)

3. Conker: Live and Reloaded (Demo)
Status: (Intros)

4. Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX (Demo)
Status: (Intros)

5. Forza (Demo)
Status: (Intros) (**)

6. Rollercoaster Tycoon
Status: (Menus) (**)

7. Smashing Drive
Status: (Playable)

8. Sonic Heroes (E3 Demo)
Status: (Ingame) (*)

9. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2X (Demo)
Status: (Intros)?

10. Wreckless: The Yakuza Missions (Demo)
Status: (Ingame) (*)

11. Jet Set Radio Future
Status: (Intros)

12. Panzer Dragoon
Status: (Playable) (*)

13. Panzer Dragoon ORTA
Status: (Menus)

14. Antz
Status: (Ingame) (*)

15. Aquaman
Status: (Ingame) (*)

16. Apex
Status: (Nothing)

17. Azurik: Rize of Perathia!
Status: (Menus)

18. Blinx
Status: (Nothing)

19. Broken Sword
Status: (Nothing)

20. Brute Force
Status: (Intros)

21. Castlevania: Curse of Darkness
Status: (Nothing)

22. Cel Damage
Status: (Menus)

23. Conflict Vietnam
Status: (Menus)

24. Crazy Taxi III
Status: (Ingame)

25. DaiSenryaku
Status: (Nothing)

26. Dead to Rights
Status: (Intros)

27. DeusEx
Status: (Intros)

28. Dead or Alive 3
Status: (Nothing) (***)

29. Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball
Status: (Nothing) (***)

30. Dragon's Lair 3D
Status: (Nothing)

31. Dynasty Warriors 3
Status: (Intros?) (***)

32. EggMania
Status: (Intros?) (***)

33. Finding Nemo
Status: (Nothing)

34. Fusion Frenzy (Demo)
Status: (Menus)

35. Gun Valkyrie
Status: (Menus) (*)

36. Gun Griffon Allied Strike
Status: (Menus)

37. Halo (Demo)
Status: (Menus)

38. House of the Dead 3
Status: (Nothing) (**)

39. Innocent Tears
Status: (Ingame) (*)

40. Kameo (Beta)
Status: (Intros?) (***)

41. Lamborghini (Demo)
Status: (Nothing)

42. Mademan (E3 Demo)
Status: (Nothing)

43. Oddworld: Munch's Oddyssee (Demo)
Status: (Menus)

44. Myst III
Status: (Intros)

45. Nakashima Tetsunari no Othello Seminar
Status: (Intros)

46. Namco Museum
Status: (Ingame)

47. Otogi
Status: (Menus)

48. Outrun 2
Status: (Intros)

49. Petit Copter
Status: (Menus)

50. Pinball Hall of Fame
Status: (Intros)

51. Quantum Redshift (Demo)
Status: (Menus)

52. Rayman Arena
Status: (Ingame)

53. Shenmue II (Demo)
Status: (Nothing) (***)

54. Toe Jam and Earl III (Demo)
Status: (Nothing)

55. Unreal Championship
Status: (Ingame) (*)

56. Unreal Championship 2
Status: (Intros)

57. Whacked
Status: (Nothing)

58. Zapper
Status: (Ingame)

(*) Distorted gfx
(**) Hangs or crashes
(***) No idea what it's doing (flashy or distorted colours, etc).

Now, I won't stop anyone from making requests, but on a serious note, I can't cater to everyone's personal preferences at once.  This list will be updated periodically, so check back every so often.

Shogun.