Alternatives to xemu
Original Xbox emulator for Windows, macOS and Linux. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
xemu
Original Xbox emulator for Windows, macOS and Linux.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as xemu.
Cxbx-Reloaded
An open-source emulator for running original Microsoft Xbox games on Windows and under Wine.
Cxbx-Reloaded also runs original Xbox games, but it needs 64-bit Windows 7 or later and reaches Linux only through Wine, with no macOS build.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Xenia
An open-source research emulator that runs Xbox 360 games on modern PCs.
PCSX2
The PlayStation 2 emulator, twenty years in development, now running most of the library at full speed.
Dolphin
The GameCube and Wii emulator, running those games at higher resolutions than the consoles ever managed.
RPCS3
The PlayStation 3 emulator, and the only free and open source one that actually plays the games.
Flycast
Emulate Dreamcast and related Sega arcade hardware.
shadPS4
Early PlayStation 4 emulator for Windows, macOS and Linux.
