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Cxbx-Reloaded (Xbox Emulator):
Cxbx-Reloaded is an Xbox emulator you can use to play xbox games including Panzer Dragoon Orta on Windows. Main Site: https://cxbx-reloaded.co.uk/ Setup Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hPP5iXq3JA
Download and install the latest version and check to see if you have the system requirements to run the emulator as follows: Windows 7 or later (64 bit only) or X86-64 Linux with Wine GPU: Direct3D 9.0c/Pixel Shader Model 2.X and Vertex Shader Model 3.0 32-bit (x86) Visual C++ 2019 Redistributable (Link)
Setup: Once you have the emulator downloaded run the cxbx.exe file. It's recommended to run the program in portable mode to keep everything contained in one place. Once this is complete you will be in the emulator main menu. Next, go to setting and configure input. This is where you will setup your controller. In the dropdown menu next to port one select MS Gamepad S and map your gamepad buttons. Next, go to settings config video. Make sure your graphics card is selected in the first field and your using Direct 3D HAL (hardware accelerated) for the second field. For display resolution set the resolution that matches your monitor. The field called Render Resolution is where you can upscale the game. Select what your CPU can handle. In order to run a game properly you might have to go into settings/hacks/speed hacks and set it to run xbox threads on all cores. You can also install the Xbox Dashboard. This isn't a requirement for most games but some games do indeed require it. The version of the dashboard I Installed was 4920. Once you have the file, go to your main cxbx-Reloaded installation folder. Go to the EmuDisk folder and put all the dashboard files in Partition2. To run a game, go to file/open xbe. Select your game file/ISO. Any game file will be named default.xbe. Then, go to emulation/Start or F5 to launch the game. If the game runs properly the emulator will create a file called EEPROM.bin. Once it does this go back into the emulator settings and select config eeprom. Go to video settings and select Widescreen. This will stop games from stretching that can properly run in fullscreen. If you want to run games in full screen go back into settings/config video and check off use exclusive fullscreen mode. You can also use F10 to toggle fullscreen on or off.
Ripping game ISO's: You can use a program called XDVDMulleter to rip your legally owned games for use with this emulator. You can also do a google search for "Archive.org xbox iso's" to find them as well.
Compatibility and Issues: Currently Panzer Dragoon Orta on Cxbx-Reloaded is unstable at most. You will experience sound skipping and random crashes during gameplay.
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