Beat'n Groovy (Exclusive) | xenia Emulator (2x Resolution) | Microsoft Xbox 360
9Beat'n Groovy XBLA game (still only playable via the Xbox 360) gameplay using the xenia Microsoft Xbox 360 emulator (version canary / 34da16828 / 01/08/2025) for Windows.
http://www.freeemulator.com/xenia-xbox-360-emulator/
Official xenia website: https://xenia.jp/
I plan on testing out games that are still only available on the Xbox 360 via the xenia emulator on my Windows 11 PC. With my specs (see below), games I have tested so far run well at 2x resolution (3x resolution, i.e. 4K, maxes out my GPU to 100% usage and causes slowdowns).
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Want to keep up with my xenia gameplay progress notes and links to the videos I've done so far? All you have to do is click the Google Spreadsheets link below!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15x0w0FjqMrBcVLe2rJGzL5vtqZu0TR8oGAjR_A-1qkc/
My xenia YouTube Playlist link:
http://bit.ly/1litJCW
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Below you'll find my PC build/specs (updated Jan. 1, 2025) with Amazon affiliate links.
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AMD Ryzen 7 9700X AM5 CPU (37,152 multithread / 4,654 single thread PassMark score)
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NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB GPU (Emulation is mostly CPU reliant--this GPU still does well)
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MSI B650 Gaming Plus WiFi AM5 ATX Motherboard
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32GB DDR5 6000MT/s G.SKILL Ripjaws S5 Series Desktop Memory
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2TB Samsung 980 Pro NVMe SSD
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be quiet! Pure Base 500DX ATX Midi Tower PC case
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-be quiet! Pure Rock 2 FX 150W TDP CPU Cooler | ARGB
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Windows 11 (I finally updated from Windows 10 after I got my 9700X CPU on Jan. 1, 2025)
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SETTINGS:
There's not much GUI configuration that you can really adjust with this emulator. You can, however, make some adjustments to a config file located under your computer's "Documents\Xenia" folder (if using the "master" builds--if using "canary" builds then it is located in the emulator's install directory). Open the file named "xenia.config.toml" in a text editor, such as Notepad, and you'll see a lot of things you could adjust... although I don't mess with anything besides two options:
license_mask = 1 -- This unlocks XBLA games (no more "demo" only mode!)
draw_resolution_scale_x = 2 -- You can try 1 (native), 2, or 3 here. 3 renders in 4K, but as noted earlier it maxes out my GPU to 100% usage and causes slowdowns. xenia is the only emulator I've tested that comes anywhere close to maxing out my GPU--all the others are way more CPU reliant.
draw_resolution_scale_y = 2 -- See above.
I am using my Xbox One controller, and everything is mapped/just works out of the box with xenia.
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This video is meant for educational purposes. Voltex, Inc., Konami, and Microsoft are the authors of this game for the purpose of copyright. All rights reserved.
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