Awesome Xbox Development

Contents

• Community
• Documentation
• Toolchains
• Emulators
• Tools and Libraries
  • Development Tools
  • Reverse Engineering

Community

• XboxDev - Xbox development and emulator development on Discord
• CXBX-Reloaded - Xbox emulation chat on Discord, particularly related to Cxbx-Reloaded
• Xbox Homebrew - Xbox homebrew chat on Discord

Documentation

• xbdev.net - Documentation on how to get started developing with with the Microsoft XDK
• Xbox Architecture - An overview of the console architecture
• xboxdevwiki.net - Hardware documentation
• Hacking the Xbox: An Introduction to Reverse Engineering (PDF) - Andrew “bunnie” Huang’s book detailing the reverse engineering of Xbox security mechanisms

Toolchains

• Microsoft XDK - A page detailing the versions of the Microsoft Xbox Development Kit have leaked over the years
• nxdk - A cross-platform, open-source SDK to develop for original Xbox
• OpenXDK - An open source alternative to the official Microsoft XDK

Emulators

• cxbx - An open source High Level Emulator for Windows XP/2000/2003. No longer maintained.
• Cxbx-Reloaded - An open source emulator for running Xbox games on Windows 7 x64 and later
• dxbx - A open source High Level Emulator written in Delphi. No longer maintained.
• XQEMU - An open-source emulator to play original Xbox games on Windows, macOS, and Linux

Tools and Libraries

Development Tools

• XboxDev - A GitHub organization hosting a collection of tools, firmware, and some reference material
• XBEpy - A library for viewing, extracting, and validating data inside the Xbox executable file

Reverse Engineering

• xbox-board-re - Board level reverse engineering and research
• dump-dvd-kit - A tool to dump the ROM of the Xbox DVD Movie Playback Kit dongle