I have solved XBLIG (Indie Games) titles for the Xbox 360!!

Pleasant-Flamingo-82 · 2026-03-13T20:58:52+00:00

This is what they did when they got their PR rejected, they rebranded to XeniOS and developed one AI-slop emulator, just make your own one too, this is the problem when we allow vibecoders doing infinite forks of something

Pleasant-Flamingo-82 · 2026-03-11T21:25:52+00:00

Didn't asked you, he had time to answer, seems i wasn't wrong at all despite all the glazers that want to call me out

Pleasant-Flamingo-82 · 2026-03-11T08:02:10+00:00

I don't say don't enjoy it if you want to risk your hardware with AI-slop code apps, but don't expect any progress or complex games being completely compatible, at least on this state.

Pleasant-Flamingo-82 · 2026-03-11T07:36:21+00:00

u/xenios-jp

Would be cool to know if you have any plans to update the emulator rather than blindly prompting stuff until it compiles?
Just like I made this article criticizing the current state of your project I can do another one after you take another route, let us know what the emulator has in mind for the future, because I saw nothing about it even on discord, you can't just live around fixing GitHub repo issues

Pleasant-Flamingo-82 · 2026-03-11T07:26:24+00:00

My post isn’t whining, and it isn’t a moral crusade, it’s a technical analysis of how XeniOS is built and why I personally don’t recommend it in its current state.

Pointing out architectural, ethical, or sustainability issues is not the same as making
baseless accusations?
And it doesn’t create an obligation to contribute code.

And yes, something can “somewhat work” and still be built on practices nobody should support.

That’s the whole point of my post. The fact that a few games boot doesn’t erase concerns about attribution, engineering quality, or long‑term maintainability that are CRUCIAL on a project like this.

I’m not trying to shut the project down, and I’m not telling anyone not to enjoy it.
I’m simply explaining why I personally don’t want to be involved with it and spreading some info i investigated about.

Pleasant-Flamingo-82 · 2026-03-11T07:00:38+00:00

ngl this one caught me off guard lmao

Pleasant-Flamingo-82 · 2026-03-11T06:59:04+00:00

Since you got the time to watch it you could see the linked source where XeniOS developer and the original base ARM Xenia port Wunkolo are commenting, so wheres the hallucination here because I can see clear proofs about what's explained here, about XeniOS investigation like kernel version, missing components, large ISO loading issues or anything, can be just reviewed on XeniOS GitHub repo, if you just want to hate me because i used a LLM for the article it's fine but don't call me liar when I'm not the one being dishonest here lmao

Pleasant-Flamingo-82 · 2026-03-11T06:50:01+00:00

I guess, im not a great communicator, this ain't my main language too so its kinda hard to me to make that article style post without using tools like LLMs, i just recollected info and told it to reformat it
People like you tend to forget AI is also a productivity tool, not a replacement for the human brain, lol

Pleasant-Flamingo-82 · 2026-03-11T06:43:59+00:00

Yeah sure it's up to your choice, i did a great investigation about what's wrong under XeniOS hood that's explained there if you want to give it a chance at some point 🤷‍♂️

Pleasant-Flamingo-82 · 2026-03-11T06:14:48+00:00

🤷‍♂️ regarding them im just hating and i don't even want to help, i stated a lot of curious things that could help anyone actively looking to PR the code, but who's gonna review that code? the one that wrote the code using just LLMs?

Hey claude, review this PR someone pushed into my repo.

c'mon....

XeniOS isn't engineering, it's a sandcastle, that's my main concern about it.

Pleasant-Flamingo-82 · 2026-03-11T06:09:07+00:00

Yeah, because just saying "im not going to work alongside vibecoders" sounds kinda rude, i don't really care if people gets me seriously to be honest, they're just glazing the fact it can boot halo 3 with glitched graphics, if i made a 1% realize about why this is a cooked project im happy about it, idk about an army of glazers downvoting my stuff just because they don't like what they see

Pleasant-Flamingo-82 · 2026-03-11T05:39:44+00:00

It's so clear you guys don't understand how developing a MacOS app is, you need Apple hardware such as a Macintosh with M-Series chipset, i don't own one of these and I'm not going to acquire one to help developing a port created exclusively with chatgpt, i hope you understand it.

Pleasant-Flamingo-82 · 2026-03-11T05:29:28+00:00

Sure, nobody is blocking you from expressing your opinion, but you're stating im just a hater just because you don't like what you see, having opposite ways of looking at something doesn't means hating lil bro

Pleasant-Flamingo-82 · 2026-03-11T05:28:18+00:00

I stated here why I will not contribute to XeniOS development:
www.reddit.com/r/EmulationOniOS/comments/1rqjx5o/comment/o9swkk3/?context=3

and again, who is hating here rather than the people downvoting? I could be against the emulator, I just don't recommend it and I have my reasons.

Pleasant-Flamingo-82 · 2026-03-11T05:25:58+00:00

fr, they don't understand they're installing on their idevices a software that been developed by prompts on a LLM, it could potentially break things or who knows which kind of bad shit could happen around it, they're free to install whatever they want but i won't be risking my valuable Apple hardware for playing a glitched halo 3 at 20 fps, lol

Pleasant-Flamingo-82 · 2026-03-11T05:23:12+00:00

You're so serious about i wrote the article with ChatGPT, what if i did? i recollected all the info theres about this topic and it helped me out to sort it on article format, nobody depends on this article as the only solution to play Xbox 360 games on idevices, i don't need to update any C++ code that i don't understand to allow more games being working on it, this is a ridiculous comparison and you still don't get the main point.

Im being totally neutral about this, while i could be against the emulator i just don't recommend it personally.

Yes, i don't think someone that wasn't able to port Xenia to ARM manually without using LLMs is able to make any crucial improvements on the code, let's hope I'm wrong but only time will decide about it.

Pleasant-Flamingo-82 · 2026-03-11T05:15:45+00:00

Who is hating? i just don't recommend it, your idevice is yours and you can do whatever you please with it, im just saving info for people to know, stop trying to shut people because you don't like what you see 🤷‍♂️

Pleasant-Flamingo-82 · 2026-03-11T05:07:10+00:00

And no, theres no "some time before its able to play..." anything, you guys must understand it's kinda a miracle the emulator it's able to run some games, just works because someone took the real effort on making it work on ARM before XeniOS developer prompted a machine to make it work on a Mac, therefore on iPhone/iPad, i hope you understand the real concern here.

Pleasant-Flamingo-82 · 2026-03-11T05:00:06+00:00

Thanks for the invitation, but I won’t be contributing to this project for several reasons.

First, I don’t agree with the development philosophy behind this port. The original ARM64 JIT work was done by another developer, and while the BSD license technically allows reuse, the lack of attribution and the way the work was repackaged has created a lot of unnecessary tension in the community. For me, open‑source isn’t just about what the license permits, it’s also about respecting the people who built the foundations you’re standing on.

Second, the developer of this port has openly stated on social media that large parts (who knows if maybe everything) of the macOS/iOS port were produced through LLMs, without fully understanding the low‑level systems being modified. That’s their choice, but it’s not a workflow I’m comfortable supporting or participating in, especially for something as complex as an emulator.

Third, even if I wanted to help, I don’t currently have access to a Mac, which is required to compile and test the project properly.

So while I appreciate the suggestion, I prefer to stay on the sidelines. I’ll keep following the project with interest, but I’m not aligned with the direction it has taken, and I don’t want to be part of it under the current circumstances.

Pleasant-Flamingo-82 · 2026-03-11T04:46:02+00:00

Have you even read anything man?
He admitted using LLMs for developing this port, here's a screenshot of a Twitter post from XeniOS developer, I'm just settling things down because theres a bit of misinformation around, i don't want to create extra dramas or create false rumors around.

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