Cxbx-Reloaded

Original Xbox emulator continuing the Cxbx project

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  • Cxbx-Reloaded TeamDeveloper
  • 27 Sep 2026Page Updated

Details

Developers
Cxbx-Reloaded Team
Source Code
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Supported Systems

Platform Support

  • Windows

Overview

Cxbx-Reloaded is an open source emulator for the original Microsoft Xbox, released under the GPL 2.0 licence. It continues the work of Cxbx, and like it relies mainly on high-level emulation of the Xbox kernel, with low-level emulation of the NV2A graphics chip and network hardware that came from the XQEMU project.

It runs on 64-bit Windows 7 and later and needs a graphics card that supports Direct3D 9.0c. It can also run on x86-64 Linux through Wine, although this is less reliable and does not work on macOS. Optional extras include network emulation through Npcap and USB pass-through for original Xbox controllers.

There are no stable releases. The builds here are the automatic pre-release builds the project publishes on GitHub. For most people, xemu is now the more compatible Xbox emulator.

Key Features

Hybrid Emulation

High-level kernel emulation with low-level NV2A graphics.

Network Emulation

Optional network emulation is available through Npcap.

USB Pass-Through

USB pass-through for original Xbox controllers.

Open Source

Released under the GPL 2.0 licence.

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