While RetroArch covers most bases when it comes to emulation, you have the option to install standalone emulators listed below. There are two main types of emulators: XEX and LibXenon emulators. Keep in mind that ones that sound "too good to be true" likely will run very poorly on the system.
- For information regarding the Xbox emulator, see this page.
XEX Emulators
XEX emulators can be launched just like any other installed Xbox 360 game launching the default.xex in a file manager, or clicking a shortcut made by a custom dashboard. A video demonstration of how to install XEX emulators can be found on Modded Warfare's channel.
List of Emulators
Many found in this archive of Xbox 360 Emulators and the Emulation General Wiki. All the XEX format emulators are also on the ConsoleModsRepo Emulators.ini database file that comes with the Homebrew Store by default.
| Name | Author | System(s) Emulated | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salvia 360 | esvenco | Megadrive/Genesis/Sega CD, Sega 32X,Master System/Game Gear/SG-1000, Super Nintendo/Super Famicom, Nes/Famicom, GameBoy/GameBoy Color, Game Boy Advance, PC Engine/Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD, PC Engine SuperGrafx, WonderSwan/WonderSwan Color, Virtual Boy, Atari Lynx, Neo Geo Pocket, FBNeo/FBANext/mame-2003-plus, Play Station 1, MS-DOS, Commodore 64, Atari 8-bit computers (400/800/XL/XE), Atari 5200, 3DO, Quake, Doom | A custom made frontend based on libretro for multiple emulators |
| RetroArch 360 | LibRetro | Various | An official port of RetroArch 1.0.0.2. Frontend for multiple emulators. |
| RetroArch 360 (Unofficial V3) | cmkn1983 | Various | An unofficial port of RetroArch 0.9.8. Frontend for multiple emulators. |
| 3DOx | Freedo Team | 3DO | A port of the FreeDO/FourDO/3dox emulator. |
| Amiga360 | Lantus | Commodore Amiga | A port of P-UAE 2.3.3. Use Amiga360-Dev.xex on a devkit for analog stick + real mouse support. |
| Amiga360 1.0 Refresh 2026 – Feature Edition (source) | V. B. Monti-Condesnitt | Commodore Amiga | Controller-first, feature-enhanced parallel refresh of the original Amiga360 1.0 P-UAE 2.3.3 port. |
| CPx3 | ElSemi | Capcom Play System III | A port of an unnamed CPS-3 emulator. |
| DOSXbox360 | Lantus | DOS | A DOSbox 0.74 port that improves on the Team XeLove release. Use DOSBox-Dev.xex on a devkit for analog stick & real mouse support. |
| DOSBox | Team XeLove | DOS | A port of DOSbox. |
| MAME 0.72 | Lantus / Arcadez | Various (Arcade) | A port of Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator (MAME).
Originally known as MAME360. |
| FBNeo | Team FBNeo / spleen1981 | Various (Arcade) | A port of Final Burn Neo. |
| FBANext | Team FB Alpha / Lantus / MagicSeb | Various (Arcade) | A port of Final Burn Alpha. |
| XeBoyAdvance | Team XeLove | Nintendo Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance | A Visual Boy Advance based GBA emulator. |
| Visual Boy Advance 360 | Unknown | Nintendo Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance | A Visual Boy Advance based GBA emulator (separate from XeLove builds). |
| DSon360 | Yoshihiro | Nintendo DS | A port of DeSmuME. |
| FCE360 | Ced2911 | NES/FC | Port of the FCEUX emulator. |
| FCE360-Enhanced | frankischilling | NES/FC | A fork of FCE360, which is itself based on the FCEUX emulator. This version focuses on modern quality-of-life and console-modding features for Xbox 360: improved UI responsiveness and navigation with time-based scrolling, smoother menu input, ROM search, favorites, recent ROMs, and reliable battery-backed saves. It adds full Game Genie support and a rich Lua scripting engine with an extensive API for drawing, memory inspection and patching, audio analysis, file I/O, input mapping and recording, state management, ROM and palette utilities, and multiple callbacks for per-frame, input, and audio hooks. |
| Snes360 | Unknown (likely Yoshihiro) | SNES/SFC | Unknown if it's a port. Safe version with homebrew achievements patched out. |
| Snes360-Enhanced | frankischilling | SNES/SFC | Confirmed port of Snes9x 1.51. This build removes the old Xbox Live achievement system from the source and introduces a complete Favorites system for organizing ROMs. Focuses on stability, Direct3D rendering, and usability improvements while keeping the Snes9x core intact. Many more features are planned for upcoming releases. |
| ScummVM | A600 | SCUMM | A port of ScummVM. |
| PCE360 | Yoshihiro | NEC TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine | Native emulator written by Yoshihiro. Supports HuCard and CD games. |
| FreePSX | Logic Sunrise Team | Sony PlayStation | A native PS1 emulator. |
| PCSXR-360 | Ced2911 | Sony PlayStation | A port of PCSX-Reloaded. |
| PPSSPP | Ced2911 | Sony PlayStation Portable | Experimental port of PPSSPP 0.91. |
| SMS360 | Yoshihiro | Sega Master System & Game Gear | Unknown if it's ported or original emulator. |
| Genesis360 | Yoshihiro | Sega Genesis/Mega Drive | A port of Genesis Plus GX. |
| Sega Genesis Plus 360 | Ced2911 | Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, Master System, & Game Gear | A port of Genesis Plus GX. |
| Vecx-360 | chemone and Mac1512 | GCE/MB Vectrex | A port of Vecx. |
| Virtual JaguarX | MagicSeb | Atari Jaguar | Experimental port of Virtual Jaguar 1.0.5. |
| XeFu | Microsoft | Microsoft Xbox | Microsoft's in-house high level emulator of the Xbox console that installed onto Xbox 360 hard drives for backwards compatibility.
Installation guide can be found on this page. |
Standalone RetroArch Cores
- Game Boy Advance
- Game Boy
- Mame2003
- Neo Geo Pocket
- FCEUltra (NES)
- Nestopia
- Super Nintendo
- Virtual Boy
- Quake
- Genesis
- TurboGrapfx-16
- Wonderswan
- Cave Story
- PrBoom (Doom)
- Final Burn Alpha
LibXenon Emulators (.elf)
Emulators made with LibXenon must be launched from within XeLL. To do this, place the emulator's .elf file on the root of a flash drive and boot into XeLL by turning on the console with the eject button. You can also use TFTP to push the ELF file to XeLL over your network instead. XeLL should detect the ELF file and automatically launch it, putting you into the emulator's menu. A video demonstration for ELF emulators can be found on Modded Warfare's channel.
List of Emulators
| Name | Author | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Mupen64-360 | GliGli | Nintendo 64 emulator. It is a port of Wii64, which is a port of Mupen64. Installs to a USB drive. |
| NullDC | GliGli | Experimental Dreamcast emulator; port of NullDC. Updated source available on GitHub. |
| Snes9x GX | tmbinc | A port of Snes9x GX. Installs to a USB drive. |
| SMS Plus | Ced2911 | LibXenon port of SMS Plus; a Sega Master System & Game Gear emulator. Installs to a USB drive. |
Adobe Flash Emulator
The official Adobe Flash emulator for Xbox 360 found on a kiosk disc. See the Flash Emulator page.
NESCafé
NESCafé (mirror) is an experimental NES/FC emulator that, uniquely, is run through the Xbox 360's Media Center Extender feature. This allows it to function on unmodded consoles.
Original Xbox Emulators
The following emulators created for the original Xbox work on Xbox 360 with varying success. List originally created by fulltimehustler on RealModScene.
| Emulator Name | Version | System Emulated | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| MednafenX-NES | v15 | NES | Playable. |
| NeoGensPlusGX | v1b06 | Sega Game Gear, Master System, Genesis, Sega CD | Cartridge based games work perfectly; Sega CD lacking sound in most games, but may be a format issue. |
| Supervision | v4 | Watara Supervision, QuickShot Supervision | Playable. |
| Snes9xbox | 1.51 | SNES | Playable when running 151.xbe. |
| xboyadvance | v10 | GB, GBC, GBA | All systems working. No movie previews. |
| xboyadvance | v24b6 | GB, GBC, GBA | GBA works, but must increase frame rate to play correctly. GB/GBC does not load and freezes. |
| mednafenx-pce | v6b | PC Engine, PC Engine CD | Playable. |
| mednafenx-lynx | ? | Lynx | Playable. |
| surreal64 | ? | N64 | Freezes when loading ROMs. |
| pcsx | v4 | PS1 | Crashes when loading ROMs. |
| Atarixlbox | ? | Atari 800, 2600, 5200, XL | Starts to load ROM, but returns to directory after a few seconds. Controller issues. |