Installing RetroArch on your Xbox One or Series X/S allows you to emulate a wide range of retro consoles and arcade machines, enhancing your gaming experience with classic titles.

Of course, RetroArch is just the software and it needs hardware to run on. Another strength of the software is that it can almost run on anything, including consoles. But there's a catch.

How to turn your Xbox Series X/S into an emulation powerhouse Console “Developer Mode” offers a way in for RetroArch’s dozens of emulation cores.

RetroArch's developers have announced that an Xbox One version of their emulator front-end is coming.

Microsoft cracks down on emulation and now blocks RetroArch from running in retail mode on Xbox Series X/S, can now only run in Dev Mode with restrictions.

So it’s not too surprising that enterprising hackers got the Playstation 2 emulator of RetroArch running on an Xbox Series X|S game console despite Microsoft’s attempts to stop them.

How one developer is sneaking emulators through a hole in the Xbox Store 1,500 Xbox users have downloaded the “retail” version of RetroArch, dev says.

A video released by Digital Foundry shows that it’s possible to run Windows 98 on an Xbox Series console thanks to RetroArch, DOSBox Pure, and some good old-fashioned tinkering.

However, putting the Xbox into Developer Mode sidesteps that restriction. We've bit the bullet and will commit to releasing an Xbox One port of RetroArch for early 2019!