Hacking Official Xbox One Retroarch Thread

[ploggy]

Hope all you guys kept the faith

We've bit the bullet and will commit to releasing an Xbox One port of RetroArch for early 2019! Might require Developer Activation and might not be available on the Store but will be possible for anybody with an Xbone to obtain nonetheless! pic.twitter.com/hcZpiPBCPg

— libretro (@libretro) December 28, 2018

 

[the_randomizer]

To be honest, I would much rather have an Xbox One and hack that to use RetroArch, than to sacrifice my Switch to run the same app.

Edit: Setting up and loading homebrew on switch is such a PITA.

 

[ploggy]

To be honest, I would much rather have an Xbox One and hack that to use RetroArch, than to sacrifice my Switch to run the same app.

Edit: Setting up and loading homebrew on switch is such a PITA.

It's much easier to get Retroarch running on Xbox one compared to Switch since there is no need to hack the Xbox one, although you could argue reloading into dev mode everytime you want to load homebrew is a PITA

 

[wakabayashy]

retroarch is almost same as retrix, right ?

 

[ploggy]

retroarch is almost same as retrix, right ?

It's true they both share the same base but with an official Retroarch port comes all the bells and whistles.

 

[the_randomizer]

It's much easier to get Retroarch running on Xbox one compared to Switch since there is no need to hack the Xbox one, although you could argue reloading into dev mode everytime you want to load homebrew is a PITA

Is it though? I don't own one, but I assume it's a helluva lot easier.

 

[ploggy]

Is it though? I don't own one, but I assume it's a helluva lot easier.

It's not too bad but it does tend to grate if you do it multiple times a day. Maybe I've been spoiled with fully exploited Consoles?

 

[the_randomizer]

It's not too bad but it does tend to grate if you do it multiple times a day. Maybe I've been spoiled with fully exploited Consoles?

But if you set it to dev mode, and keep it there permanently for RA, then it's a nonissue, no? I mean, I've completely lost faith in the Switch hacking scene and a 100% softmod ever being a reality.

 

[wakabayashy]

ok thanks @ploggy

 

[ploggy]

But if you set it to dev mode, and keep it there permanently for RA, then it's a nonissue, no? I mean, I've completely lost faith in the Switch hacking scene and a 100% softmod ever being a reality.

You cant play Xbox one games while in dev mode so you have to reboot back to official mode to play them.
As for the Switch, Is it a pain? sure but its the best we have for now :/

 

[the_randomizer]

You cant play Xbox one games while in dev mode so you have to reboot back to official mode to play them.
As for the Switch, Is it a pain? sure but its the best we have for now :/

I mean, hmm, I just don't know, you can't go online, people get banned, RCM has its own set of risks. There's no good solution like there was on Wii U =/

 

[ploggy]

I mean, hmm, I just don't know, you can't go online, people get banned, RCM has its own set of risks. There's no good solution like there was on Wii U =/

I have no use for Nintys online functionality, so being banned means nothing to me and while its not ideal if I ever did get the itch to play online I could always try the new Xlink Kai with Switch support..

 

[the_randomizer]

I have no use for Nintys online functionality, so being banned means nothing to me and while its not ideal if I ever did get the itch to play online I could always try the new Xlink Kai with Switch support..

I just fear that somehow, the connector pins (used with tat RCM dongle), will get damaged/Switch will get ruined, something will go horribly wrong, etc. See, now, if I could somehow get a secondhand Switch, I would definitely be more than willing to use it as a guinea pig

 

[kingtut]

That is really why I wanted retroarch on xbox one. You do not need to homebrew your console or risk anything just to run it. This is awesome news and I heard about it on xbox reddit page.

 

[ploggy]

Progress

 

[kingtut]

Progress

They released it already?

 

[ploggy]

They released it already?

Doesn't look like it, just a video showing progress I think. The vid was just posted on the retroarch discord.

Exciting times..

Especially with it running Psx already..

Edit.. looks like this isn't being ported by the retroarch devs but by someone else..
Here's a Link to the guys git..
https://github.com/krzys-h/RetroArch

Many thanks to krzys-h for porting retroarch

 

[kingtut]

Doesn't look like it, just a video showing progress I think. The vid was just posted on the retroarch discord.

Exciting times..

Especially with it running Psx already..

I was about to say, it looks much better already. All I need is to figure out how to speed up my dev mode conversion and this will be perfect. It would be cool if Microsoft allows it officially

 

[aerios169]

Doesn't look like it, just a video showing progress I think. The vid was just posted on the retroarch discord.

Exciting times..

Especially with it running Psx already..

it could be cool to play gc or wii on them but i think it wil ltake along

 

[ploggy]

it could be cool to play gc or wii on them but i think it wil ltake along

Yeah I think it's a while off too. Would be great tho
For now I'm more excited to see psx working.