Dosbox running on Xbox One
A Video on youtube is showing DosBox running on the XBox One. This is impressive and is not runnning on a hack. Rather, it’s using Microsoft’s Universal Windows Platform, the Microsoft Application architecture that lets people create applications for Windows 10 and a bunch of other platforms, including Windows Mobile and, well, the Xbox One.
Developer vcfan has not released any binary at this point. Nevertheless, this looks pretty cool, despite the awful framerate. The Author says this can be improved though. Vcfan says: “Its slow for now because it’s only using the cpu interpreter. The dynarec still needs work since it produces crashes on 64bit, but it flies with it.”
In the video, we can see the developer running Windows 95, Duke Nukem 3D, and a tiny bit of an SNES emulator (but no SNES games).
That’s pretty cool, and it would be interesting to see where this goes. This could quickly make the Xbox One a more interesting platform for enthusiast devs than the PS4.
In some of the youtube comments, vcfan has promised he will publish the sources in the days to come, so stay tuned.
Thanks to @ita360com
I can’t help but feel envious, comparing this with the Vita’s counterpart (PSM, or whatever’s left of it).
As expected, Xbone turning into PC from the console has its own upsides.
Oh my, he’s running zsnes as well. That’s a nice little bonus for xb1 owners.
Xbox One = OtherOS
Early days as it might be, but this is brilliant. When it’s up to speed a lot of people are going to jump on it.
This reminds me more of the difference between the Vita and the 3DS, where Sony has the tough security and system lockdown where the 3DS can be exploited at a very low level, except here there’s no need for an exploit at all. People who used to use Linux on PS3 before it got taken away are likely to be happy.
Coming from a guy who use to use PS3 Other OS, I’m focused on Linux on PS4. Not a Windows framework on Xbone, Windows isn’t even my main OS. Why would I be happy about taking steps backwards instead of pushing for something else, something different?
Because Windows/DOS or not, it still allows the use of tools and emulators only possible on the PS4 with an old firmware and losing all the online features of the console. Windows isn’t my main OS either (well, only at work which I have no control over) but I would find that incredibly useful if I chose to buy an Xbox One in future, for emulator support especially when the speed is up. Makes it more useful as an “entertainment centre” type device.
Almost every device out there can run emulators, so I have to wonder why people still think it’s useful when a new device can run them.
Wow you are really dumping on this idea. I guess the simple fascination with taking a device beyond what it was meant to do and re-purposing it for something else isn’t enough for some…
only an Xbone….move along nothing to see here 😛
Ohhhh yessssssssss.
You can also boot Windows 95 in javascript on XBOX One http://playdosgamesonline.com/Windows-95-4-00-950.html
How is this news? what a joke this site is really starting to suck. Go outside and get some fresh air!
That’s too bad people complaining about no news on the scene (and not impressed at all when something pops up) are not the same providing fresh ideas/approaching to help improving the hole community they’re supposedly part of.