Homebrew Xbox 360 NES Emulator

January 28th, 2007 Posted in Business

zelda.pngA developer with a lot of free time on his hands, has developed a homebrew NES emulator for the Xbox 360 using the XNA framework. However, you need to be a member of the XNA creator’s club and also have a PC running Windows (of course).

“It runs at 60% or 70% of normal speed on the 360, so it’s playable but slow. There’s probably some very easy optimizations and cleanups to be done still”

Although that is good for a “few hours” work, it does beg the question as to why anyone would do this instead of just running the emulator on the PC. It does however serve as an interesting tech demo. You can keep up with development at the Google code page.

6 Responses to “Homebrew Xbox 360 NES Emulator”

  1. Zac Says:

    Or you could just wait till it’s out on the Wii VC..



  2. Anuban Says:

    PS3 stomps the junkbox 360 anyday!! junkbox 360 doesnt even have bluray or anything good its all old outdated and crap! they should make a ps3 emulator for junkbox 360 because noone wants to play junkbox 360. as for nintendo wii, take the wii remote out of ur butthole zac



  3. Zac Says:

    Hahahaha! Good one.



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  5. psp emulator Says:

    Very cool post, I’m familiar with emulator for all types of consoles and handhelds but I had not seen the NES emulator for Xbox360.

    I might have to try this on my 360 :)
    Cool post !



  6. Indecipherable Says:

    Hm, Interesting.
    Alternatively, Saving $60.00 a year for an XNA membership.
    You could use the NesCafe MCE Xbox 360 port.
    I couldn’t stand to play contra at 70% of the speed.



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