At this point, there are many, many examples of video game emulation. Between a bevy of PC emulators that can capably play games from past console generations to current-gen console applications, the market for emulators, if there is one, is saturated with them. To saturate it even further, YouTuber Voxel9 has shown gamers how original Xbox simulator XQEMU performs on the Nintendo Switch in a YouTube video.

For those unaware, XQEMU was developed in recent years as a prominent emulator for original Xbox games. While only available for PC, as the Xbox 360 and Xbox One can play original Xbox games in backward compatibility format, YouTuber and modder Voxel9 has found a way to make XQEMU work on Nintendo Switch. This includes both the Xbox console's Home functions, as well as a couple of its game releases.

Voxel9 starts the video by launching the XQEMU emulator, presenting the Switch as it emulates the original Xbox's Home functions, which include managing memory, music, Xbox Live, and settings. After briefly illustrating the Switch's somewhat seamless ability to copy an original Xbox console in this mode, Voxel9 later continues with a short framerate test.

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Voxel9 follows up the framerate test with two demonstrations of original Xbox games Halo: Combat Evolved and Jet Set Radio Future. According to the video, the two play decently, but there are some flaws and hiccups in the framerate, as is the nature of the beast that is video game emulation. Voxel9 abruptly ends the video during the Switch gameplay segment of Jet Set Radio Future.

Overall, the XQEMU emulator performs fairly well on the Nintendo Switch. Much has to be forgiven, as Nintendo's hybrid console simply wasn't made to be compatible with original Xbox games, but ultimately, viewing gameplay of the original Halo on a Nintendo console has an endearing element to it. In fact, this appears to be a sort of role reversal of a situation a few years back where there was an N64 emulator on the Xbox Games Store, which had been removed shortly thereafter. At the end of the day, even if the video isn't indicative of any forthcoming game or application releases, the thought of playing Halo on the go is always an enticing one.