Recomp / OS & system / Xbox
xemu
Low-level original Xbox emulator based on QEMU that runs the console's own system software.
Rewrite Human-led wipFacts
- Original
- Original Xbox (2001)
- Platform
- Xbox
- Method
- Rewrite
- Provenance
- Human-led · Built by Matt Borgerson and contributors on QEMU what this means
- Status
- wip
- Licence
- GPL-2.0
- Team
- mborgerson, xemu-project
- Started
- 2020
- First release
- 2022-04
- Runs on
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Needs the original
- Yes: you supply your own legally obtained copy
How to get it legally
This project ships code only. Build or download it from the official repository, then supply data from a copy of Original Xbox you own. Recomp never links to ROMs, discs or game data.
This project was rebuilt by mborgerson, xemu-project. Facts last checked 2026-10-13.
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