How to Play XBox Games on PC
The Xbox game console was Microsoft’s first foray in the video game market. The Xbox system was released in November of 2001 in North America and was in direct competition with the Playstation 2 system from Sony, Nintendo’s Gamecube and Sega’s Dreamcast. The Xbox console contains an Intel CPU, NVIDIA GPU and MCP-X, in addition to different hard drive developers. The Xbox has also has networking support, a hard drive that is built in as well as built in broadband capabilities. There is currently only one way in which you can play Xbox games on the personal computer: emulators. Emulators are free and are available online. At present, only two Xbox emulators are available, Xeon and Cxbx.
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Things You'll Need
- Personal Computer
- Internet Access
- Windows XP
- Latest Version of Direct X
- Pentium 4.2.0 Ghz
- 1024MB Ram
- Radeon 9200 Pro or GeForce FX or higher video cards
- WinRar
- Turok Evolution
- Smashing Drive
- Futurama
- Halo NTSC
- Xbox Demos
Instructions
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Find and download the Xbox emulator you want to use (Xeon and Cxbx). Both are available on the website Emulator-zone.com.
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Left click the zip file with your mouse and select the “extract files” option, then choose destination for extracted files.
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Start the emulator by running the appropriate emulator executable
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Take your Xbox Halo NTSC game and insert the disc into your PC disc drive.
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Select “File” on the Xeon toolbar and then select “Load xbe." Find your game in your disc drive and select “open” in the dialog box.
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Configure the game to play on your system.
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Take either your Turok Evolution, Smashing Drive, Futurama or Xbox demo game disc and insert it into your PC disc drive.
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Choose “File” and the “Open xbe” on the Cxbx toolbar.
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Find your game in the “Open” dialog box, and choose “Open” and run the game.
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Tips & Warnings
If you are attempting to run Halo on your computer through the Xeon emulator, be prepared, the game will not run smoothly. The frame rate will be slow and the overall game performance will be rough. Also, many Xbox games will stop at the menu screen in the Cxbx emulator--you can only use the games mentioned. These emulators run off the game disc itself, not roms.
