Disclaimer - As always I encourage you to only use backups of games you actually own in your library. I do not support piracy. Neither I or any member of gbatemp is responsible for your misuse of the emulation software

Prerequesites- Xbox One (With Dev Mode Activated) More info here https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/xbox-apps/devkit-activation
Windows 10 PC
Winrar or a similar program for extracting files


A few days ago I had discovered a way to get the popular psp emulator "PPSSPP" running on the Xbox One Console. I wrote a tutorial for how to get it running on the Xbox One which you can still find here
https://gbatemp.net/threads/how-to-run-psp-emulator-on-the-xbox-one.467686/

However installing it was anything but easy as it required you to download different pieces of software, mess around with settings,dive into a shell, and re-compile PPSSPP from plain source code. I am pleased to announce that I have successfully built a .appx package for easy installation. Now you can install PPSSPP in just a few minutes. I'll link to videos below at the end of the tutorial to showcase what the performance is like.


[1.] Download ProjectPegasus
https://github.com/wiired24/ProjectPegasus/raw/master/ProjectPegasusSetup.exe

[2.] Select "PPSSPP" once it finishes downloading, go ahead and extract the archive. Go to your Xbox One console and restart it into developer mode

[3.] Click on settings and you will see a menu that looks like this

Make sure and Tick the option that says "Enable Xbox Device Portal"
In addition you make sure "Require authentication to access Xbox Device Portal" is checked you will want to set up a username and a password.


[4.] Once finished go back to Dev Home and make note of your Xbox IP Address along with the port number listed at the bottom right corner it will look something like 192.168.37.8:11224 (Yours may be different) Open up your web browser and type in https:// followed by your IP and port number so for example https://192.168.37.8:11224alternatively you can also enter https://XboxOne:11224 for example. Once you log in you may receive a warning about the security certificate. Go ahead and proceed anyways.

[5.] You will now be greeted with a menu that looks like this

From Here it's rather simple just click Add and choose file

You will then select the .appx file that you extracted from the archive earlier.

PPSSPP Has no required dependencies so you can go ahead and install.


PPSSPP will now deploy and install onto your Xbox One

To play your backups just load them off a USB thumdrive or external storage device.
If you ever run into any issues with save states just uninstall and reinstall and it will work fine.

Thanks to the wonderful team at PPSSPP for making this UWP Port without your hard work this would not be possible.


NOTE: To enable full screen go to Settings --> Display and Sound --> Video output
Then deselect the option that says "Apps can add a border" Credit goes to
GbaTemp user DamienNuez for the tip




PERFORMACE

Crisis Core FF VII - Constant 30 FPS (Full Speed)




Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep - Constant 30 FPS (Full Speed)




Games that are confirmed working -

Final Fantasy VII Crisis Core

Persona 3 Portable

Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep

Star Ocean Second Evolution

Super Robot

Mega Man Powered Up

Metal Slug xx

Crash of the Titans

Burnout Dominater

Tekken 6 (With Frameskip to 1)

Street Fighter 3 Alpha

Lego Batman (With Frameskip to 1)

Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops,

Mega Man Maverick Hunter X

Tactics Ogre Let Us Cling Together,

Final Fantasy Tactics

hatsune miku project diva at 8x

Loco Roco

Little Big Planet

Ultimate Ghosts & Goblins

Toy Story 3

Bonberman

Metal Gear Acid

SoulCalibur: Broken Destiny

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (some menus are invisible but it's still playable)

Fate/Unlimited Codes Portable

The Sims 2 Castaway

Fifa Street 2

Valkyria Chronicles 3



Games that do not work -

Assassins Creed Bloodlines

Dissidia Final Fantasy & Dissidia 012 (Crashes when starting new game)

DBZ Shin Budakai I & DBZ Shin Budakai Another Road

Metal Slug Anthology

Monster Hunter Portable 3rd

Tales of the World Radiant Mythology

Gran Turismo

Jeanne Darc

Metal Slug Anthology

Obscure The Aftermath

Gangs Of London

MTX Mototrax

Enjoy

 

[wakabayashy]

can you port dremcast, saturn and Nintendo 64 ? o.O

 

[wiired24]

can you port dremcast, saturn and Nintendo 64 ? o.O

I'll do my best. Nintendo 64 may be coming very soon

 

[dominater01]

yea i didnt know going in dev mode required money nvm i'll stick with my free emulators on my pc,tablet,xbox original,ps2,xbox one browser all free and works fine seriously people need to make these free its ridiculous that they charge for these emulators

 

[wiired24]

yea i didnt know going in dev mode required money nvm i'll stick with my free emulators on my pc,tablet,xbox original,ps2,xbox one browser all free and works fine seriously people need to make these free its ridiculous that they charge for these emulators

The Emulators are complelety free though. At least in terms to all of the ones you can sideload for developer mode. And to be honest it's not bad, it's just a one time fee that you never have to pay again. You pay 3x as much for a year of Xbox Live subscription.

 

[dominater01]

y

The Emulators are complelety free though. At least in terms to all of the ones you can sideload for developer mode. And to be honest it's not bad, it's just a one time fee that you never have to pay again. You pay 3x as much for a year of Xbox Live subscription.

yeah im not paying for live tho so theres that

 

[Xeroyamil]

Thanks for the guide, I will try in a few minutes and I will let you know . At least for me, $20 for the Dev is not a bad deal. This is the beggining of homebrew, I can imagine other apps coming up later.

PS. Last week I just downloaded FreeMovie@HD. Is like netflix but free. I'm thinking that it use the same format as Popcorn time. Is in the Store, under apps.

 

[dominater01]

can a dev center account be shared or is it unique?

 

[Xeroyamil]

One account can unblock (make it DevMode) up to 3 XboxOne

 

[dominater01]

does it delete everything still when going back from dev mode?

 

[Ecko3351]

This looks pretty awesome. Will definitely give this a shot tomorrow

 

[wiired24]

Thanks for the guide, I will try in a few minutes and I will let you know . At least for me, $20 for the Dev is not a bad deal. This is the beggining of homebrew, I can imagine other apps coming up later.

PS. Last week I just downloaded FreeMovie@HD. Is like netflix but free. I'm thinking that it use the same format as Popcorn time. Is in the Store, under apps.

This really is the start of the homebrew scene for the Xbox One and I'm very excited about where we go from here. Also FreeMovie@HD is a good one for shows I like it quite a lot.

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does it delete everything still when going back from dev mode?

No you still get to keep all of your games and applications. If you do end up getting dev mode make sure and when you wanna switch back to "Retail Mode" that you deselect the option that says "Delete Sideloaded apps". You'll obviosuly want to keep all of your hombrew and emulators

 

[DavidRO99]

This really is the start of the homebrew scene for the Xbox One and I'm very excited about where we go from here. Also FreeMovie@HD is a good one for shows I like it quite a lot.

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No you still get to keep all of your games and applications. If you do end up getting dev mode make sure and when you wanna switch back to "Retail Mode" that you deselect the option that says "Delete Sideloaded apps". You'll obviosuly want to keep all of your hombrew and emulators

Holy Crap, that universal emulator looks cool, what does it emulate?

 

[wiired24]

Holy Crap, that universal emulator looks cool, what does it emulate?

Nintendo, Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, Game boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance. All Games I've tested so far with it run flawlessly

 

[DavidRO99]

Nintendo, Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, Game boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance. All Games I've tested so far with it run flawlessly

If, in the future, it runs PS1 and N64 then it will be soo cool!

 

[wiired24]

If, in the future, it runs PS1 and N64 then it will be soo cool!

Expect those emulators within the week

 

[DavidRO99]

Expect those emulators within the week

HOLY SHIT. NOW I REALLY WANT A DEV ACC XD

 

[wakabayashy]

I'll do my best. Nintendo 64 may be coming very soon

if you do those 3, i'll be at sky XD

 

[OllieD]

Does DevMode cost money now?
It was supposed to be free! (I know i didn't pay anything, i am an however an Xbox community ambassador and in the tech preview but doubt that changes anything)
Did they change anything else?

Dev Mode to me did not seem worth it, AFAIK it blocks achievements and access to Xbox live taking away the core features of your console.
It takes time to activate and deactivate Devmode if i remember correctly.
You only get a limited number of activations so de-activating to use live/acheivements and re-activating uses another activation if i read correctly.
it therefore seems like a very expensive way to play retro games. you can probably get a raspberry pi for cheaper than $20 in the USA?
Retropie, Lakka or something on a Pi is probably a better alternative than crippling your Xbox One?

 

[DavidRO99]

Does DevMode cost money now?
It was supposed to be free! (I know i didn't pay anything, i am an however an Xbox community ambassador and in the tech preview but doubt that changes anything)
Did they change anything else?

Dev Mode to me did not seem worth it, AFAIK it blocks achievements and access to Xbox live taking away the core features of your console.
It takes time to activate and deactivate Devmode if i remember correctly.
You only get a limited number of activations so de-activating to use live/acheivements and re-activating uses another activation if i read correctly.
it therefore seems like a very expensive way to play retro games. you can probably get a raspberry pi for cheaper than $20 in the USA?
Retropie, Lakka or something on a Pi is probably a better alternative than crippling your Xbox One?

Dev Mode doesnt disable live and achivements... you can switch between dev mode and retail with a button in the dev mode dashboard.

 

[OllieD]

Dev Mode doesnt disable live and achivements... you can switch between dev mode and retail with a button in the dev mode dashboard.

It must have just been the fact that i could only have Dev Mode or Insider Preview and not both.
As a Community Ambassador its better for me to have access to the latest features.