X1 BOX

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About this game

X1 BOX is an original Xbox emulator for Android, based on xemu.

Important!
X1 BOX is resource-heavy. A device with 8 GB RAM or more is recommended.

Lower-end devices may run poorly or fail to run games correctly. Vulkan support is required.

Project Origin:
This project is forked from: https://github.com/xemu-project/xemu
Upstream xemu project: https://xemu.app

Key Features:
Setup wizard to configure required Xbox files

Game library browser with list and cover-grid views

Online box-art lookup in the game library

On-screen virtual Xbox controller for touch devices.

Automatic hide/show of on-screen controls when a physical controller is connected.

Support for physical USB/Bluetooth game controllers.

Device Requirements:
Android 8.0+ (API 26 or newer)
64-bit ARM device (arm64-v8a)
Vulkan-capable GPU/device
Recommended: 8 GB RAM or higher for better stability and performance

Setup Requirements (User Files):
To use the emulator, you must provide your own legally obtained original Xbox files, such as:

MCPX Boot ROM
Flash ROM / BIOS
Xbox hard disk image
Game files/images from your own discs

X1 BOX does not include copyrighted BIOS or game content.

License
This project inherits xemu/QEMU licensing:

Emulator code is primarily under GNU GPL v2
Some components are under other GPLv2-compatible licenses (for example BSD/MIT in parts of TCG)
https://github.com/izzy2lost/xemu/blob/master/LICENSE

Source code is available at:
https://github.com/izzy2lost/xemu

Privacy policy:
https://www.izzy2lost.com/x1box-privacy

Notes:
X1 BOX is not affiliated with Microsoft.
Compatibility and performance vary by device and game.
Original Xbox emulator for Android
Updated on
Sep 23, 2026
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Ratings and reviews

101 reviews
Nikolis Tary
June 7, 2026
Not usable on my Anbernic rg477v black model. launches games well enough after completing all the setup steps, which were kind of a hassle. launching halo, doom 3, half life 2 is fine. I can get these games to the start screen. but trying to play any of them is like 1 frame per second sluggish jittery mess. Just not playable at all.
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Ender Creed
September 8, 2026
it works very nice although would be a lot better and more worth the price if you could connect a controller. if you would let us attach a blue tooth controller I would rate 5 stars
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izzy2lost
October 3, 2026
You can connect a Bluetooth controller. It should automatically detect a controller is connected. So I get 1 star instead of 5 stars? Did you even try to connect a controller? I get sick of reviews like this. Smh
Victor Mendez
September 4, 2026
App update is pretty good with games playable. Graphical issues are still bad but playability is great. Graphic updates would be great on the next update. Thanks for this update. Running on a Retroid Pocket 4 Pro with a CPU [cortex-a78*4+cortex-a55*4(armv8.2-a)] GPU: [Mali-G77 MC9(Vulkan:1.1.177)]
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What’s new

Fix black screen on some devices with a barebones hdd. Added Chihiro arcade support. 5 games tested working. Needs Chihiro bios instead of xbox bios and games, which are not included. More compatibility and performance improvements.