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Xbox Homebrew Software Releases

PLEASE NOTE: Everything on this page is non-commercial or freeware.
None of the content should contain any copyright protected code or break any other European copyright law. If that's not the case , contact me and I will (after verification) remove the content immediately.

Abombniballx is a XBOX port,which makes use of lantus' SDLx library.
The original game was made by Martin Donlon (Akawaka), so all credits go to him.
Visit his site on http://akawaka.csn.ul.ie/abombniball.php3
This game is released under the license of GPL.
Current Status:: v3 // no download (built with XDK) // Official Website

This is a port of the game Abuse–SDL. It’s a 2D action/shooting/platformer.
Current Status:: v1 // no download (built with XDK) // Official Website

This is a port of the 2D platformer Amphetamine. Pretty good stuff.
Current Status:: v1.0 // no download (built with XDK) // Official Website

A port of the Asteroids - an old arcade game made by Atari - to Xbox has been released.
The package includes full sources aswell.
In the years after Star Wars(info), anything involving outer space, speedy interstellar craft and dangerous battles was considered golden. Into this arena of sci-fi fantasy came Atari’s Asteroids, one of the most enduring hits in video game history. Atari’s recipe for addiction consisted of the following: one screen, five buttons, one ship, a few UFO’s, and several ship-smashing asteroids. Smack dab in the center of the action was your triangle-shaped spacecraft, adrift in a sea of space rocks. The Blasting large, slow-moving asteroids turned them into two medium-sized, speedier asteroids. Another blast at the medium asteroids split them into small, fast-moving asteroids, which could be vaporized with one more shot. Thus, if you started firing wildly into fields of big asteroids, you would likely end up in an even bigger mess than you started with, facing a swarm of tiny, zippy asteroids. The controls allow you to rotate left and right, thrust, warp into hyperspace, and most importantly, to fire your blaster at the rocky menaces. For a generation of video game addicts, Asteroids will always mean simple graphics, stressful and addictive gameplay, and dreams of high-scoring glory.
Current Status:: v1 // no download (built with XDK) // By unknown

Atom-X is a basic puzzle/strategy game.
Current Status:: v2 // no download (built with XDK) // Official Website

>> BBX
If you have played Tetrinet you should have a big head start. I assume you know how to play regular Tetris.
This game is Tetris with weapons. For each line you clear, a block with a letter on it will appear in your field.
These lettered blocks are weapons and can be used on your opponents or on yourself (some of them are good).
When you clear a line that has a weapon in it, that weapon will go into your inventory.
To use the current weapon on an opponent (or yourself) you press the button that appears above their field (A, B, X, Y).
You can change which weapon is current by using the right thumbstick.
The game decides how many people are playing based on how many controllers are plugged into the xbox.
Current Status:: 0.0.1 // no download (built with XDK) // By #bbx on efnet

Baku Baku is a baku baku clone written from scratch
Current Status:: v2 // no download (built with XDK) // Official Website

Ballzy has been ported by Team N'Vison to the Xbox.
Current Status:: v1.00 // no download (built with XDK) // Official Website

Barrage is a rather violent action game with the objective to kill and destroy as many targets as possible within 3 minutes. You control a gun that may either fire small or large grenades at soldiers, jeeps and tanks.
More info about Barrage on here.
Current Status:: v1 // no download (built with XDK) // By Reaper527

Battle Pong X is a port of game of same name Battle Pong. Battle Pong is a pong game with some extra features. You can view some screenshots on the official site: http://icculus.org/battlepong/.
Current Status:: v1.0 // no download (built with XDK) // By bmy6063

This is a port of OpenBOR/Beats of Rage, a fun beat-em-up game developed by the clever people at Senile (http://senile.mine.nu/beatsofrage/) and extended by the folks at www.openbor.net
Current Status:: v3 // no download (built with XDK) // Official Website

An original game developed for the xbox, simliar to Asteroids
Current Status:: v1.1 final // no download (built with XDK) // Official Website

This is a port of the game Blob Wars which is another really slick/polished game from Parallel Realities. It's a platformer similar in theme to Metal Slug where you must rescue MIAs, collect weapon power-ups, etc.
Current Status:: v2 // no download (built with XDK) // Official Website

Homebrew Xbox games made by Team XFactor.
Current Status:: v1.3 // no download (built with XDK) // Official Website

Original game was for Mac, despite popular demand to port to windows the publisher denied, denied and denied...well now it really doesnt matter because i cloned the game and its almost exactly the same (despite a few differences, eg: useless powerups ignored)
Current Status:: v1.0 // Download // By SHiZNO

Connect4 for xbox with network support.
Current Status:: v1.1 // no download (built with XDK) // Official Website

Dead Babies X is a homebrew xbox game based off of an elaborate practical joke based off of one hell of a weird SNES puzzle game. The game itself is simple and isn't meant to be taken seriously, but hopefully it can provide at least a few minutes of entertainment for you. The game itself was written as a school project (think high school here people) and within class time constraints to meet a certain level of quality.
Current Status:: eXtreme Edition // no download (built with XDK) // By parlance

This is a little shoot'em up game and aims to be an 'old school' arcade game with low resolution graphics, top-down scroll action, energy based gameplay and different weapons with several levels of power.
Visit http://www.usebox.net/jjm for more info about this game.
Current Status:: v2 // no download (built with XDK) // Official Website

This is a port of Doom Legacy to Xbox.
Features:
* All Doom games should work (Doom, Doom II, Ultimate Doom and Final Doom)
* Heretic works (Hexen isn't supported in this version of Doom Legacy)
* Two player split screen works
* Network play should work
* IWAD files shown in launcher can be adding to/changing by editing the wads\iwads.xml file
* XBOX specific in game options, including control setups
* Video mode can be set/changed from Doom Legacy options
Current Status:: v0.05.142 pre-alpha // no download (built with XDK) // By Carcharius

DoomX - a port of Doom and Doom2 for the Xbox Consoles.
Current Status:: 0.12 Alpha (unoff. v0.14, v1.1b, v2.2 Beta) // no download (built with XDK) // Official Website

Duke Nukem 3d for Xbox.
Current Status:: V0.90 alpha // no download (built with XDK) // Official Website

ExultX - Ultima 7 game engine for Xbox.
First you need to get Ultima 7. Either you own it already, or
you buy it somewhere. Then you must install it on a DOS/Windows machine to get the data files.
Alternatively, the 'Ultima Collection' already contains a
pre-installed version of U7.
For any questions / info about exult, please visit http://exult.sf.net
Current Status:: v1.0 // no download (built with XDK) // By Stealth

It was a college project on WinXP, DirectX9. It was finished early, so author got bored and decided to port it (1P only) to Xbox. The port was very rough and ready (<4hrs).
Complete sourcecode has also been released.
Current Status:: v1 // no download (built with XDK) // Source Code // By fuirippu

This is a port of the game OpenGlad which is itself a port of an old DOS game called Gladiator. It's like Gauntlet and an action-RPG. It supports up to 4 players playing competitively or cooperatively.
You start off with $5000 which you use to buy troops (soldiers, barbarians, elves, ghosts, etc). You can also spend extra money to increase their stats. After you have bought some troops, you can start the game. You have manual control over one of your troops and the rest behave via AI. You can switch between members of your group, too. The objective is to clear each board and progress through all 99 levels.
Current Status:: v1.0 // no download (built with XDK) // Official Website

GluttonX is an isometric view Pac-Man clone using graphics made in POV-Ray.
Visit http://kokido.sourceforge.net/glutton.html for more info about this game.
Current Status:: v2 // no download (built with XDK) // Official Website

Destroy a fleet of alien invaders, blast open power ups, and save the earth in this off beat vertical shooter. The action takes place top down as you blast your way through 4 action packed levels of shooting mayhem. Do you have what it takes to be a Hero of Roswell?
Game Features:
-4 Intense Levels
-4 Unique Regular Enemies
-4 Tough Bosses
-Weapon and Speed Upgrades
-3 Difficulty Levels
Visit http://www.patrickavella.com to get more info about this game.
Current Status:: v1 // no download (built with XDK) // Official Website

Hostile Territory (previously called 'Jihad') is an arcade/adventure game that represents The unProfessional's first attempt at a complete Xbox title. The game is designed to be a free, fun, multiplayer homebrew game for everyone to enjoy.
We all loved bomberman, didn't we? Well if you say no, you probably never played them... because they @#$&& rock.
Jihad involves two teams... namely Team Collective and Team Jihad. To avoid too much political crossover between the game and current events, we selected such names (Tentative, of course) =]
The two teams battle it out in an arcade-style tank simulation with all the usual goodies such as weapon power-ups, mutual enemies, and even small quests.
Multiplayer will most likely support local play. More importantly, I will be creating a PC-based server and an authorative server list to create an XBox Live-style community for the game... only free. It's alot to do, so hold your horses :)
I hope this is the homebrew game that sets the bar for amateur game programmers all over the Xbox scene.
Current Status:: not yet released // no download (built with XDK) // Official Website

A port of the classic PC game to Xbox.
Current Status:: v3.00 // no download (built with XDK) // By

You're a cute little bunny and you have to avoid the other bunnies from stomping on you and at the same time try to stomp as many opponents as possible. Jump & bump is multiplayer only with up to four players simultaneously. Gather the local crew and have a blast.
Visit http://jumpbump.mine.nu for more info about this game.
There you can also find more than 170 levels for Jump 'n BumpX.
Current Status:: v3 // no download (built with XDK) // Official Website

Kill Everything That Moves (or KETMX for short) is a sprite based top scrolling shooter, with pre-rendered 3D graphics. (much in the mould of Xenon, or Radiant Silvergun).The game looks very impressive, and is even in this early stage of development quite addictive.
Visit http://www.studio-grey.com/ketm to get more info about this game.
Current Status:: v1 // no download (built with XDK) // Official Website

It’s a puzzle bobble like.
You can find more info about Delirium on http://mhgames.cjb.net
Current Status:: v1 // no download (built with XDK) // Official Website

KMBXFormido is the second game from Kambiokika, developer of Gueux.net.
This time, in this SDLx port of Formido, you will have to resist against the invading alien insects. How long will you push them back with your machine-gun and special weapons?
Find more info about Formido on mhgames.cjb.net
Current Status:: v1 // no download (built with XDK) // Official Website

A port of SDLInvaders. This is a SDL version of the famous Space Invaders.
You can find more info about this game on the official website: http://home.snafu.de/nath/SDLInvaders/.
Current Status:: v1 // no download (built with XDK) // Official Website

An adaptation of Xgalaga on Xbox.
You can find more info about this game on http://sourceforge.net/projects/xgalaga-sdl/
Current Status:: v1 // no download (built with XDK) // Official Website

KmbxTetris is simply a Tetris Like created from scratch.
Current Status:: v1 // no download (built with XDK) // Official Website

This is a port of the game Kobo Deluxe. It's a fun 8-directional retro-style shooter.
Current Status:: v1 // no download (built with XDK) // Official Website

This game is a clone (with new shit) of a flash game called Madness Interactive www.madnesscombat.com. I didn't play very much of the game but its pretty much the same deal... you should go check out the original tho because I'm sure there is a lot of difference; besides, their version is funner.
Current Status:: v1.0 // no download (built with XDK) // Official Website

This is a port of the game Maelstrom. It's like an updated Asteroids, but includes multi-player action and DeathMatches.
Current Status:: v1 // no download (built with XDK) // Official Website

This is a port of the game LMarbles. It's a puzzle game similar to Boxxle/Sokoban where you must guide marbles around in a specific manner.
Current Status:: v1 // no download (built with XDK) // Official Website

The classic minesweeper game is now for the Xbox.
Current Status:: v1 // no download (built with XDK) // Official Website

This is a port of the game Mirror Magic. If you like puzzle games like I do, then you'll love this game.
Current Status:: v1 // no download (built with XDK) // Official Website

Miss DrillerX is a clone of the popular game 'Mr.Driller' which some of you might know from the Dreamcast and the GBA. This game looks and plays almost like the original Mr.Driller,so you should have much fun with it. This version is based on the Dreamcast-port which was made by IMR (http://imrtechnology.ngemu.com/ports.htm). Visit http://www.geocities.co.jp/Berkeley/2093/driller.htm to get more info about this game (the website is japanese).
Current Status:: v1 // no download (built with XDK) // Official Website

This is a port of the game NJam which is a multiplayer PacMan–type game.
Can play over the internet, although I have not tested it. It should work.
Current Status:: v1 // no download (built with XDK) // Official Website

The arcade game is back now on your Xbox, which is just as good as it was all those years ago since now you dont have to waste so many qtrs just to play the game when you want.
Features:
* Perfect Arcade Port, as good as the Orginal
* Custom Soundtrack of 3 Songs
* Analog Control
* Addictive Gameplay
Current Status:: v1.0 // no download (built with XDK) // By Thugsta

This is a port of the game Pachi el Marciano which is an....interesting platformer/puzzler.
Current Status:: v1.0 // no download (built with XDK) // Official Website

Play Pacman on Xbox.
Current Status:: beta1 // no download (built with XDK) // Official Website

Pig-X is a fun little game with a twirling pig that stomps things.
Current Status:: v2 // no download (built with XDK) // Official Website

This is a port of the game Powermanga. It's a fun 2D shooter.
Current Status:: v1.0 // no download (built with XDK) // Official Website

Quake 2X is a PC port of Quake 2 to our wonderful Xbox. :)
Current Status:: Beta 3 // no download (built with XDK) // By

Quake2X-LE - Quake2 for Xbox Lantus Edition. This is Quake2 for Xbox consoles ported from Quake2Forge sources. The distribution comes with the shareware PAK file to get you started.
Repi already ported Quake2 over 2 years ago. However I felt there were some things missing in his port so I decided to make my own. Repi's port contains hardware rendered graphics, which look far superior to Quake2x-LE which uses SDL based software renderer. The choice is yours.
Current Status:: v1.00 // no download (built with XDK) // Official Website

This is the Quake 3: Arena game engine ported to run on the Xbox.

So what does it do?
As it stands now it will let you play the single player game portion of Quake 3: Arena. You should also be able to play on a network and over the internet, against other Xbox players as well as people running Quake 3 for the pc. For internet play you will require a valid CD key from the pc version of Quake 3.
It also has the ability to load and run some of the many mods available for Quake 3.
But please be aware, there are some mods that will run fine whilst others won't run at all. Unfortunately this is due to limitations in the Xbox hardware (basically it's a very tight squeeze trying to get Quake 3 to run at all using 64MB). I have not tested many mods, really I've done nothing more than try a couple to make sure that the mod loading process is working properly.
If you intend to try running any mods I strongly suggest a usb keyboard and/or mouse be attached to the xbox. Without them it may prove very difficult, even impossible, to navigate through the mod's interface and get a game running. This is because none of the mods available will be setup to work properly with the xbox controller.
If any mod authors do wish to make their mods compatible with this port then please drop me a line and I can let you know what (simple) changes are needed.
Current Status:: v1 // no download (built with XDK) // Official Website

This is Quake for Xbox consoles ported from SDLQuake
Features:
- Full singleplayer
- Added TCP/IP network support.
- Experimental XLink support
- 640x480 rendering at 60fps
- Added seperate 640x480 and 320x240 builds
- Mod Menu for expansion paks/TC's etc
- Gamepad/Mouse/Keyboard support.
- Customizable inputs
- PAL60 support
- CDDA audio.
- Uses SDLx
- Source code released
Current Status:: V1.01 // no download (built with XDK) // Official Website

REminiscence-X is a port of the engine used in the game Flashback from Delphine Software. This program is designed as a cross-platform replacement for the original executable and uses the SDLx library.
More information about REminiscene can be found at:
http://membres.lycos.fr/cyxdown/reminiscence/
Please be aware that, currently, this implementation is not yet complete (music, savestates etc)
Supported Versions: Currently, only the PC DOS version is supported.
Xbox Specific: HDTV fans can enjoy REminiscence-X in 480p mode.
Current Status:: v1.0 // no download (built with XDK) // Official Website

Rise of the Triad (a 1995 Award Winner) port to Xbox (RottX)!
Current Status:: v1.2 // no download (built with XDK) // By

This is a great top down scrolling 2D shooter,which has some very nice features:
-Music playback from a playlist and sound FX
-Scrolling background,bonus items,animated explosions,2 types of weapons and 4 enemies
-5 Levels including a boss at the end of each level
visit http://mrg.risp.pl/jff/projects.php?prj_id=7 to get more info about this game.
Current Status:: v1 // no download (built with XDK) // Official Website

Get from the starting position to the Exit block destroying all blocks along the way, You may go over the animated blocks more than once, Teleporters will throw you around the level, One way blocks (blocks with solid lines running through them) will also thwart your journey. You must destroy all of the stripey Yellow blocks, including the animated ones before you can exit the level.
Current Status:: final // no download (built with XDK) // Official Website

This is the port of an highly addictive and funny space invaders clone called Shippy1984.
Shippy1984 is an exercise in retro mania! This game combines elements found in early 80's shooters and gets them together for a genuinely fun retro experience.
visit http://www.shippysite.com/manual.html to get more info about this game.
Current Status:: v1 // no download (built with XDK) // Official Website

Star Wars is our first homebrew game by Team AfterShock, it supports a short story mode, and a death match of up to 4 humans and up to 8 players (bots).
Current Status:: v1.3 // no download (built with XDK) // Official Website

This is a port of the game Starfighter which is a really slick/polished 2D shooter that includes an upgrade system.
This game requires a video mode of 800x600 - which the XBox cannot do natively. Therefore the graphics are shrunk to 640x480. When this happened, the already small font used in the game became an alien language. I had to make a new (bigger) font which resulted in some cropping in certain parts of the game. If reading all of the parts of the story is important to you, you can check out the data files in the DATA directory. They're all human-readable. You'll probably want to have a copy of the "SHOP.DAT" file handy since most of the prices in the shops are cut off.
Current Status:: v1.0 // no download (built with XDK) // Official Website

Stepmania is a rhythm game. Arrows pointing in different directions scroll up from the bottom of the screen and the player must hit the corresponding button in time to the music. The game can be played with your hands using the keyboard, but the real fun comes when using a sensor-laden "dance pad". StepMania has Game Modes similar to Konami's Dance Dance Revolution and Andamiro's Pump It Up, Amuseworld's EZ2Dancer, and Konami's Para Para Paradise.
Current Status:: Xport v12, Alex3305 v3.9 RC2a X1 CVS Build // no download (built with XDK) // Official Website

A port of the SDL Super Mario War, this game is a stomp-battle multiplayer that resembles Super Mario 3 sprites/scenery.
Super Mario War is a Super Mario Deathmatch game.
The goal is to stomp as many other Marios as possible to win the game.
It's a tribute to "Mario War by Samuele Poletto".
Features:
- Up to four players deathmatch fun
- Hilarious unreal tournament announcers (m m m monsterkill)
- Comes with the leveleditor - you can create your own maps
- The whole source code of the game is available
- Based on the jnrdev #2 tutorial example
- uses SDL+SDL_Mixer and is fully portable to windows, linux, ...
- CPU Players
- a whole bunch of game modes (featuring GetTheChicken, Domination, and and and)
Current Status:: v1.8 Beta1 // no download (built with XDK) // Official Website

This quite simply, is a video poker game based on Double Double Bonus Poker.
It was written for my personal bar setup and a custom controller with big buttons in a line, like a real video poker machine. Playing on a regular controller is a bit odd at first, but isn't too bad once you get the hang of it.
Current Status:: v1 Final // no download (built with XDK) // By ti85man

A homebrew game similar to old snakes game.
Current Status:: v1 // no download (built with XDK) // Official Website

Play Marbles on Xbox.
Current Status:: v0.05 // no download (built with XDK) // By

This is a port of the game X-Pired.
It's another fun puzzle game of a boxxle type nature.
Current Status:: v1 // no download (built with XDK) // Official Website

Inspired the Hudson-award-winning series Bomberman.
Current Status:: v1 // no download (built with XDK) // Official Website

This is a port of the game Heroes which is a multiplayer Tron/Nibbles–type game.
Current Status:: v1 // no download (built with XDK) // Official Website

Sokoban is a tricky puzzle game that has bedeviled computer gamers for years. Apparently it was invented by Hiroyuki Imabayashi in 1982.
Current Status:: v1.0 // no download (built with XDK) // By n/a

A port to Xbox of Open Transport Tycoon - an open source clone of the Microprose game "Transport Tycoon Deluxe".
Current Status:: v1.1 // no download (built with XDK) // By HCl

Xlime is based on the popular java game "Slime" by Quin Pendragon.
Find it here: http://fractal.leet.net.au/page.php?page=slimevolleyball
Xlime supports PAL, NTSC, HDTV, and is the first homebrew game to support system link play! (using XLink)
Current Status:: v1.0 // no download (built with XDK) // Official Website

The is an Xmas game made by The New XFD Team (Wishi, Noxz, MorseKode, SHiZNO).
Santa's elves have dropped all his presents! Get in the sleigh and go pick them up. But watch out, there's coal in them tha mountains!
Current Status:: v1 // no download (built with XDK) // Official Website

Play the classic PC game Pong on your Xbox game console!
Current Status:: v1.00 // no download (built with XDK) // By

It's an abstract shoot'em up game. More info about noiz2sa here.
Current Status:: v1.1 // no download (built with XDK) // By questor/fused

This is a port of rRootage by questor/fused.
Defeat autocreated huge battleships. Shootem up game, 'rRootage'.
You can find more info about this game here.
Current Status:: v1.0 // no download (built with XDK) // By questor/fused.

>> rawX
One of my favorite Amiga games in the 90's was Another World.
raw is a re-implementation of the engine used in the game Another World. This game, released under the name Out Of This World in non-European countries, was written by Eric Chahi at the beginning of the '90s. More information can be found here : http://www.mobygames.com/game/sheet/p,2/gameId,564/.
The raw homepage can be found at http://membres.lycos.fr/cyxdown/raw/
Current Status:: v1.00 // no download (built with XDK) // Official Website

Homebrew game made by team tafididi based on the popular BomberMan game.
Current Status:: v1 // no download (built with XDK) // Official Website

A port of the FPS PC-game Descent to Xbox.
This port is based on D2X-Rebirth and it was possible thanks to the SDLx libs by Lantus, Bradley Bell and the D2X team, zico and MD 2211
Current Status:: v1.1 // no download (built with XDK) // Official Website

A port of the FPS PC-game Duke Nukem 3D to Xbox.
This port is based on JFDuke3D and it was possible thanks to the SDLx libs by Lantus, Jonof and Mephisto.
Current Status:: v1.0 // no download (built with XDK) // Official Website

A port of the FPS PC-game Heretic to Xbox.
This port is based on HHeretic, UHexen and Heretic32 and it was possible thanks to the SDLx libs by Lantus.
Copy heretic.wad (full version) or heretic1.wad (shareware version) to the folder where you installed xHeretic
Current Status:: v1.1 // no download (built with XDK) // Official Website

A port of the FPS PC-game Hexen to Xbox.
This port is based on HHexen, UHexen and Hexen32 and it was possible thanks to the SDLx libs by Lantus.
Copy the full or shareware version (hexen.wad) to the folder where you installed xHexen
IMPORTANT NOTE: Don't use the 1.0 version of the full game (20.128.392 bytes) because there are some problems with it. Use instead 1.1 or 1.2 (20.083.672 bytes) versions.
Current Status:: v1.1 // no download (built with XDK) // Official Website

Way before Lara Croft, back in the 1980's and early 1990's, Rick Dangerous was the Indiana Jones of computer games, running away from rolling rocks, avoiding traps, from South America to a futuristic missile base via Egypt and the Schwarzendumpf castle.
xrick is a clone of Rick Dangerous, known to run on Linux, Windows, BeOs, Amiga, QNX...
Orignal xrick website: http://www.bigorno.net/xrick/
Current Status:: #021212 - Xbox v3 // no download (built with XDK) // Official Website

A port of the FPS PC-game Shadow Warrior to Xbox.
This port is based on JFShadowWarrior and it was possible thanks to the SDLx libs by Lantus, Jonof and Mephisto.
Current Status:: v1.0 // no download (built with XDK) // Official Website

 

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