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! Game/System | ! Game/System | ||
! Working? | ! Working? | ||
+ | ! Old 3ds | ||
! class="unsortable"|Notes | ! class="unsortable"|Notes | ||
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| rowspan="5" style="text-align: center;" | [[Arcade emulators|Arcade]] | | rowspan="5" style="text-align: center;" | [[Arcade emulators|Arcade]] | ||
| {{✓}} | | {{✓}} | ||
+ | | {{✗}} | ||
| <ul><li>Uses FBA v0.2.97.30 ROM sets</li><li>Main core (fbalpha2012_libretro) does not work, but platform-specific cores run at full speed</li><ul> | | <ul><li>Uses FBA v0.2.97.30 ROM sets</li><li>Main core (fbalpha2012_libretro) does not work, but platform-specific cores run at full speed</li><ul> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[FinalBurn Neo]] NeoGeo | | [[FinalBurn Neo]] NeoGeo | ||
| {{✓}} | | {{✓}} | ||
+ | | {{✗}} | ||
| A few games are unable to be loaded due to memory constraints | | A few games are unable to be loaded due to memory constraints | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[FinalBurn Alpha]] CPS1 | | [[FinalBurn Alpha]] CPS1 | ||
| {{✓}} | | {{✓}} | ||
+ | | {{✗}} | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[FinalBurn Alpha]] CPS2 | | [[FinalBurn Alpha]] CPS2 | ||
| {{✓}} | | {{✓}} | ||
+ | | {{✗}} | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[FinalBurn Alpha]] CPS3 | | [[FinalBurn Alpha]] CPS3 | ||
| {{~}} | | {{~}} | ||
+ | | {{✗}} | ||
| most games are too slow to run even on New 3DS, though JoJo runs almost full speed | | most games are too slow to run even on New 3DS, though JoJo runs almost full speed | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Gambatte]] | | [[Gambatte]] | ||
| [[Game Boy/Game Boy Color emulators|Game Boy / Color]] | | [[Game Boy/Game Boy Color emulators|Game Boy / Color]] | ||
+ | | {{✓}} | ||
| {{✓}} | | {{✓}} | ||
| | | | ||
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| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | [[Game Boy Advance emulators|GameBoy Advance]] | | rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | [[Game Boy Advance emulators|GameBoy Advance]] | ||
| {{✓}} | | {{✓}} | ||
+ | | {{✗}} | ||
| acceptable with Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire, but some games are slow to use, even on New 3DS, at present | | acceptable with Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire, but some games are slow to use, even on New 3DS, at present | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[gpSP]] | | [[gpSP]] | ||
| {{✓}} | | {{✓}} | ||
+ | | {{✗}} | ||
| ~50-60 FPS with dynarec | | ~50-60 FPS with dynarec | ||
|- | |- | ||
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| [[Virtual Boy emulators|Virtual Boy]] | | [[Virtual Boy emulators|Virtual Boy]] | ||
| {{~}} | | {{~}} | ||
+ | | {{✗}} | ||
| ~25-30 FPS | | ~25-30 FPS | ||
|- | |- | ||
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| [[PC Engine (TurboGrafx-16) emulators |PCE / CD / SuperGrafx]] | | [[PC Engine (TurboGrafx-16) emulators |PCE / CD / SuperGrafx]] | ||
| {{✓}} | | {{✓}} | ||
+ | | ? | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
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| [[Neo Geo Pocket emulators|NeoGeo Pocket / Color]] | | [[Neo Geo Pocket emulators|NeoGeo Pocket / Color]] | ||
| {{✓}} | | {{✓}} | ||
− | | | + | | {{~}} |
+ | | Old 3ds 20-30 FPS, Use Race! Instead | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Mednafen]] WS | | [[Mednafen]] WS | ||
| [[WonderSwan emulators|WonderSwan / Color]] | | [[WonderSwan emulators|WonderSwan / Color]] | ||
| {{✓}} | | {{✓}} | ||
+ | | ? | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
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| rowspan="3" style="text-align: center;" | [[Nintendo Entertainment System emulators|NES / FDS]] | | rowspan="3" style="text-align: center;" | [[Nintendo Entertainment System emulators|NES / FDS]] | ||
| {{✓}} | | {{✓}} | ||
− | | | + | | {{✗}} |
+ | | Old 3ds 10-20 FPS | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Nestopia]] | | [[Nestopia]] | ||
| {{✓}} | | {{✓}} | ||
+ | | {{✗}} | ||
| ~55-60 FPS, use FCEUmm instead | | ~55-60 FPS, use FCEUmm instead | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[QuickNES]] | | [[QuickNES]] | ||
| {{✓}} | | {{✓}} | ||
+ | | {{✗}} | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
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| Cave Story | | Cave Story | ||
| {{✓}} | | {{✓}} | ||
+ | | ? | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
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| [[PlayStation emulators|PlayStation]] | | [[PlayStation emulators|PlayStation]] | ||
| {{✓}} | | {{✓}} | ||
+ | | {{✗}} | ||
| ~50-60 FPS at standard resolution | | ~50-60 FPS at standard resolution | ||
|- | |- | ||
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| MD / Gen / SMS / CD / 32X | | MD / Gen / SMS / CD / 32X | ||
| {{✓}} | | {{✓}} | ||
+ | | {{~}} | ||
| 2D games run full speed, 3D games run about 30 FPS or less | | 2D games run full speed, 3D games run about 30 FPS or less | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Genesis Plus GX]] | | [[Genesis Plus GX]] | ||
| MD / Gen / SMS / CD / 32X / SG-1000 | | MD / Gen / SMS / CD / 32X / SG-1000 | ||
+ | | {{✓}} | ||
| {{✓}} | | {{✓}} | ||
| Redbook audio hangs when suspending or pausing RetroArch | | Redbook audio hangs when suspending or pausing RetroArch | ||
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| rowspan="4" style="text-align: center;" | [[Super Nintendo emulators|SNES]] | | rowspan="4" style="text-align: center;" | [[Super Nintendo emulators|SNES]] | ||
| {{✓}} | | {{✓}} | ||
+ | | {{✗}} | ||
| less compatible than CATSFC, but can actually run many special chip games at full speed | | less compatible than CATSFC, but can actually run many special chip games at full speed | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Snes9x]] 2005 ([[CATSFC]]) | | [[Snes9x]] 2005 ([[CATSFC]]) | ||
| {{✓}} | | {{✓}} | ||
+ | | {{✗}} | ||
| ~55-60 FPS on standard games, ~50 FPS on Super FX games | | ~55-60 FPS on standard games, ~50 FPS on Super FX games | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Snes9x]] 2005+ ([[CATSFC]] Plus) | | [[Snes9x]] 2005+ ([[CATSFC]] Plus) | ||
| {{✓}} | | {{✓}} | ||
+ | | {{✗}} | ||
| Same as Snes9x 2005 but with better sound, at the cost of a few FPS, has more accurate audio, slower | | Same as Snes9x 2005 but with better sound, at the cost of a few FPS, has more accurate audio, slower | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Snes9x]] 2010 ([[Snes9x]] Next) | | [[Snes9x]] 2010 ([[Snes9x]] Next) | ||
| {{✓}} | | {{✓}} | ||
+ | | {{✗}} | ||
| Most accurate but slowest SNES core (~40 FPS),too slow to use even on New 3DS at present | | Most accurate but slowest SNES core (~40 FPS),too slow to use even on New 3DS at present | ||
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! Game/System | ! Game/System | ||
! Working? | ! Working? | ||
+ | ! Old 3ds | ||
! class="unsortable"|Notes | ! class="unsortable"|Notes | ||
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| Game Boy / Color | | Game Boy / Color | ||
| {{✓}} | | {{✓}} | ||
+ | | | ||
| ~60fps | | ~60fps | ||
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| Game & Watch | | Game & Watch | ||
| {{✓}} | | {{✓}} | ||
+ | | ? | ||
| ~58fps | | ~58fps | ||
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| ZX Spectrum | | ZX Spectrum | ||
| {{✓}} | | {{✓}} | ||
+ | | ? | ||
| ~60fps | | ~60fps | ||
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| Vectrex | | Vectrex | ||
| {{✓}} | | {{✓}} | ||
+ | | ? | ||
| ~55fps | | ~55fps | ||
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| Odyssey ² | | Odyssey ² | ||
| {{✓}} | | {{✓}} | ||
+ | | ? | ||
| ~60fps | | ~60fps | ||
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| Atari2600 | | Atari2600 | ||
| {{✓}} | | {{✓}} | ||
+ | | {{~}} | ||
| ~60fps | | ~60fps | ||
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| Atari5200 | | Atari5200 | ||
| {{✓}} | | {{✓}} | ||
+ | | {{~}} | ||
| ~60fps | | ~60fps | ||
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| Atari7800 | | Atari7800 | ||
| {{✓}} | | {{✓}} | ||
+ | | {{~}} | ||
| ~60fps | | ~60fps | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Handy]] | | [[Handy]] | ||
| Atari Lynx | | Atari Lynx | ||
+ | | {{✓}} | ||
| {{✓}} | | {{✓}} | ||
| ~60fps | | ~60fps | ||
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| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | [[Arcade emulators|Arcade]] | | rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | [[Arcade emulators|Arcade]] | ||
| {{~}} | | {{~}} | ||
+ | | {{✗}} | ||
| ~35fps/~50fps | | ~35fps/~50fps | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[FinalBurn Neo]] NeoGeo | | [[FinalBurn Neo]] NeoGeo | ||
| {{~}} | | {{~}} | ||
+ | | {{✗}} | ||
| ~40fps/~50fps | | ~40fps/~50fps | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Virtual Jaguar | | Virtual Jaguar | ||
| Atari Jaguar | | Atari Jaguar | ||
+ | | {{✗}} | ||
| {{✗}} | | {{✗}} | ||
| ~10fps (Technically works but is unplayably slow) | | ~10fps (Technically works but is unplayably slow) | ||
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| [[Yabause]] | | [[Yabause]] | ||
| Sega Saturn | | Sega Saturn | ||
+ | | {{✗}} | ||
| {{✗}} | | {{✗}} | ||
| ~5fps (Technically works but is unplayably slow) | | ~5fps (Technically works but is unplayably slow) | ||
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| [[4DO]] | | [[4DO]] | ||
| 3DO | | 3DO | ||
+ | | {{✗}} | ||
| {{✗}} | | {{✗}} | ||
| ~8fps (Technically works but is unplayably slow) | | ~8fps (Technically works but is unplayably slow) |
Revision as of 01:29, 11 March 2023
Developer | Nintendo |
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Type | Handheld game console |
Generation | Eighth generation |
Release date | 2011 |
Discontinued | 2020 |
Predecessor | Nintendo DS |
Emulated | ✓ |
- For software that emulates the 3DS, see Nintendo 3DS emulators.
Because of the homebrewing scene the 3DS has had, you can install a variety of emulators. Currently, the New 3DS is capable of running much faster than the older models, making it a much more ideal platform for emulation, but despite this there are still some emulators that have issues regardless. For more information on how to homebrew your 3DS, visit here 3ds.hacks.guide.
Contents
Multi-Systems
RetroArch
There are preliminary 3DS ports
BIOS : Download
Cores | Game/System | Working? | Old 3ds | Notes |
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FinalBurn Alpha 2012 | Arcade | ✓ | ✗ |
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FinalBurn Neo NeoGeo | ✓ | ✗ | A few games are unable to be loaded due to memory constraints | |
FinalBurn Alpha CPS1 | ✓ | ✗ | ||
FinalBurn Alpha CPS2 | ✓ | ✗ | ||
FinalBurn Alpha CPS3 | ~ | ✗ | most games are too slow to run even on New 3DS, though JoJo runs almost full speed | |
Gambatte | Game Boy / Color | ✓ | ✓ | |
mGBA | GameBoy Advance | ✓ | ✗ | acceptable with Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire, but some games are slow to use, even on New 3DS, at present |
gpSP | ✓ | ✗ | ~50-60 FPS with dynarec | |
Mednafen VB | Virtual Boy | ~ | ✗ | ~25-30 FPS |
Mednafen PCE fast | PCE / CD / SuperGrafx | ✓ | ? | |
Mednafen NGP | NeoGeo Pocket / Color | ✓ | ~ | Old 3ds 20-30 FPS, Use Race! Instead |
Mednafen WS | WonderSwan / Color | ✓ | ? | |
FCEUmm | NES / FDS | ✓ | ✗ | Old 3ds 10-20 FPS |
Nestopia | ✓ | ✗ | ~55-60 FPS, use FCEUmm instead | |
QuickNES | ✓ | ✗ | ||
NXEngine | Cave Story | ✓ | ? | |
PCSX-ReARMed | PlayStation | ✓ | ✗ | ~50-60 FPS at standard resolution |
PicoDrive | MD / Gen / SMS / CD / 32X | ✓ | ~ | 2D games run full speed, 3D games run about 30 FPS or less |
Genesis Plus GX | MD / Gen / SMS / CD / 32X / SG-1000 | ✓ | ✓ | Redbook audio hangs when suspending or pausing RetroArch |
Snes9x 2002 (PocketSNES) | SNES | ✓ | ✗ | less compatible than CATSFC, but can actually run many special chip games at full speed |
Snes9x 2005 (CATSFC) | ✓ | ✗ | ~55-60 FPS on standard games, ~50 FPS on Super FX games | |
Snes9x 2005+ (CATSFC Plus) | ✓ | ✗ | Same as Snes9x 2005 but with better sound, at the cost of a few FPS, has more accurate audio, slower | |
Snes9x 2010 (Snes9x Next) | ✓ | ✗ | Most accurate but slowest SNES core (~40 FPS),too slow to use even on New 3DS at present |
Using current exploits, the New 3DS is capable of running most of these cores at or nearly at full speed on most games. The only cores the older 3DS can reliably run at full speed are 2048, Gambatte, QuickNES, NXEngine, and some older Sega games using PicoDrive. Opposed to normal use of RetroArch, these are all self-contained emulators, albeit sharing the same automatic configuration. Screenshot-taking is broken. Upon exiting RetroArch 3DS, press the Start button.
RetroArch (unofficial)
Unofficial 3DS builds
Core | Game/System | Working? | Old 3ds | Notes |
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TGB Dual | Game Boy / Color | ✓ | ~60fps | |
GW | Game & Watch | ✓ | ? | ~58fps |
FUSE | ZX Spectrum | ✓ | ? | ~60fps |
VecX | Vectrex | ✓ | ? | ~55fps |
O2EM | Odyssey ² | ✓ | ? | ~60fps |
Stella | Atari2600 | ✓ | ~ | ~60fps |
Atari800 | Atari5200 | ✓ | ~ | ~60fps |
ProSystem | Atari7800 | ✓ | ~ | ~60fps |
Handy | Atari Lynx | ✓ | ✓ | ~60fps |
FinalBurn Alpha CPS3 | Arcade | ~ | ✗ | ~35fps/~50fps |
FinalBurn Neo NeoGeo | ~ | ✗ | ~40fps/~50fps | |
Virtual Jaguar | Atari Jaguar | ✗ | ✗ | ~10fps (Technically works but is unplayably slow) |
Yabause | Sega Saturn | ✗ | ✗ | ~5fps (Technically works but is unplayably slow) |
4DO | 3DO | ✗ | ✗ | ~8fps (Technically works but is unplayably slow) |
Ultimate 3DS emupack
Version | git | FLOSS | ✓ Recommended |
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Supported Emulators | |
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Nintendo
NES
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Citra | Recommended |
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VirtuaNES for 3DS | git | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ (New3DS) | ✓ |
3DNES | git0.2 | Low-Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
FCEUmm3DS | 2015/05/07 | Low | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
SNES
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Citra | Recommended |
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SNES9x for 3DS | git | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ (New3DS) | ✓ |
blargSNES | 1.3bgit | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
SNES9x for 3DS | |
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blargSNES | |
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Game Boy / Color
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Citra | Recommended |
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PlutoBoy | git | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
GameYob 3DS | 1.0.8 | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
Cinoop | git2015 | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
GameYob | |
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Game Boy Advance
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Citra | Recommended |
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mGBA | git | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ (New3DS) |
CitrAGB (based on gpSP) | 1.0git | Low | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
GBARunner2 | git | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ~ |
GBARunner2 | |
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Native firmware
The 3DS does include native firmware for a GBA mode which was mainly used to run ambassador releases instead of having to develop an emulator for them. Because it's technically running a "virtual" GBA, it can't provide features that are normally available on other emulators, such as savestates, screen filtering, or sleep mode, however it does have high compatibility with the exception of cartridges with special hardware. If you're using an old 3DS/2DS, this is the best option to play GBA games. There are two ways to take advantage of this firmware:
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Citra | Recommended |
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New Super Ultimate Injector (NSUI) | Beta 27 | Native | ? | ? | ✗ | ✓ |
open_agb_firm | git | Native | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
NSUI | |
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Open agb firm | |
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Virtual Console Injection
Some have tried injecting alternate ROMs in the available Virtual Console releases (MD, GG, NES, GBA Ambassador, GBC, Japanese emulated SFC compilations) with varying degrees of success. The emulators used for Virtual Console are not as accurate as other emulators so compatibility isn't perfect (the only exception is GBA since it runs it natively, not emulation), Sega systems in particular have high compatibility however.
There's an easy tool that will convert and inject any supported ROM file as its associated VC application called New Super Ultimate Injector. It's an all in one tool and can even remotely install the injection provided your 3DS is connected to the same network. It's currently in beta, but it's still really useful.
Nintendo 64
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Citra | Recommended |
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DaedalusX64 3DS | git | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ~ |
DaedalusX64 | |
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Nintendo DS
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
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TWiLight Menu++ | git | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
DeSmuME | git | Low | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Flashcart | N/A | High | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
TWiLight Menu++ | |
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Includes a bunch of popular emulators, and can be found in The list includes:
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DeSmuME | |
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Flashcart | |
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DSiWare
Because the firmware that the 3DS uses for backwards-compatibility is actually the same as the DSi, it's possible to inject DSiWare as an installable .cia
file.
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
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GodMode9 | git | Native | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
FBI | 2.6.1 | Native | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
TWiLight Menu++ | git | High | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
DSiWare Conversion Script | Script | Mid | ? | ✗ | ~ |
GodMode9 | |
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FBI | |
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TWiLight Menu++ | |
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DSiWare Conversion Script | |
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Virtual Boy
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Citra | Recommended |
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r3Ddragon | git | Low | ✓ | ✗ | ~ (slow) | ✗ |
r3Ddragon | |
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Pokémon Mini
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Citra | Recommended |
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PokeMini 3DS | git | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
Game & Watch
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Citra | Recommended |
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Game & Watch 3DS | V1 | Low-Mid | ? | ? | ~ | ✗ |
Sony
PlayStation
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
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PCSX-ReARMed (RetroArch) | Nightly | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ (New 3ds) |
CTRX | git0.9 Alpha | Low | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
PCSX-ReARMed | |
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SEGA
Name | Version | MD/Gen | SMS/GG | 32X | CD | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Citra | Recommended |
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PicoDrive for 3DS | git | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ (New3DS) | ✓ |
3DSSMS | 0.3 | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | Mid | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ~ |
Atari inc.
Atari 2600
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Citra | Recommended |
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Z26 3DS | 2.0git | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
Atari 5200 / 800
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Citra | Recommended |
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Atari800 3DS | 0.3.4 | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
Atari Lynx
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Citra | Recommended |
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Handy 3DS | 1.1bgit | Mid | ? | ✗ | ✓ | ~ |
NEC
PCE / CD / SuperGrafx
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Citra | Recommended |
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TemperPCE for 3DS | git | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ (New3DS) | ✓ |
PC9801
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Citra | Recommended |
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NP2/21 3DS | 0.1.3 | Mid | ? | ✗ | ✓ | ~ |
GCE
Vectrex
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Citra | Recommended |
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Vex3DS (based on vecx) | 0.4git | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ~ |
SNK Playmore
Neo Geo Pocket / Color
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Citra | Recommended |
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NeoPop-SDL 3DS | git0.4 | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
NeoPop 3DS | 0.2git | Low | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
Microsoft
DOS
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Citra | Recommended |
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3DOS | 1.0 | Low | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
3DOS | |
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Apple
mac 2.x
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Citra | Recommended |
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Mini vMac 3DS | git | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
Sinclair
ZX Spectrum
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Citra | Recommended |
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3DS Spectrum | 0.1 | Low-Mid | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ~ |
ZXDS 3DS | 2.2.1 | Mid | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Commodore
Commodore 64 / 128
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Citra | Recommended |
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VICE3DS | git | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
VICE3DS-C128 | 0.1 | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Bread Box | 1/06/16 | Low-Mid | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ~ |
Amiga
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Citra | Recommended |
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UAE3DSsng | git | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ? | ? |
Amiga 500
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Citra | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UAE3DS | git | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ~ |
Game engines
Name | Latest Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Citra | Recommended | Supported game(s) |
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OpenLara | git | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ? | ~ | Tomb Raider 1–4 |
ScummVM 3DS | 2.2.0 | High | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ✓ | LucasArt games |
EasyRPG 3DS | 0.6.2.3 | High | ✓ | ✓ | ? | ✓ | RPG Maker games |
OpenBOR 3DS | git | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | .pak mod games |
RPG Maker | git | Low | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ✗ | RPG maker games |
Lua Engine
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
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CtrµLua 3DS | git | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ~ |
LÖVE Potion 3DS | git | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ~ |
Lua Player Plus 3DS | git | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ~ |
Source ports
Name | Latest Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Citra | Recommended | Old 3DS | Supported games |
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Action | ||||||||
C-Dogs3DS | git | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✓ | Cyberdogs |
Minicraft - 3DS Homebrew Edition (original) |
git | Low | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ? | Minicraft |
Minicraft3DS (fork based on The Multiplayer Update) |
git | Low | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ? | ? | Minicraft |
Minicraft3DS - The Multiplayer Update (fork based on the original) |
git | Low | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ? | ? | Minicraft |
Action-Adventure | ||||||||
ZeldaOLB | git | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ? | ? | The Legend of Zelda: Oni-Link Begins |
ZeldaROTH | git | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ? | ? | The Legend of Zelda: Return of the Hylian |
Zelda3T | git | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ? | ? | The Legend of Zelda: Time to Triumph |
FPS | ||||||||
ctrDoom2D | git | Low | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ? | ? | Doom 2D |
ctrHexenII | git | Low | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ? | ? | Hexen II |
ctrQuake | git | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✓ | Quake |
ctrWolfen | git | Low | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ? | ? | Wolfenstein 3D, Spear of Destiny |
DXX-3DS | git | Low | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ✗[N 1] | ? | Descent, Descent II |
EDuke3D | git | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ? | Duke Nukem 3D |
JFShadowWarrior | git | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ? | Shadow Warrior[N 2] |
PrBoom 3DS | git | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ? | ? | Doom I–II, Final Doom |
PrBoom3DS | git | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ? | Doom I–II, Final Doom |
Quake2CTR | git | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ? | Quake II |
Wolf4SDL-3DS | git | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ? | Wolfenstein 3D |
Horror | ||||||||
FNaF 1 3DS -old/obsolete- FNaF 1 3DS -remastered-[N 3] |
0.2.3 0.3.1-pre1 |
Mid | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ? | Five Nights at Freddy's |
FNaF 2 3DS[N 3] | beta 1.0 | Low | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ? | Five Nights at Freddy's 2 |
FNaF 3 3DS[N 3] | beta 0.1.3 | Low | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ? | Five Nights at Freddy's 3 |
FNaF 4 3DS[N 3] | beta 0.3 | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ~ | ? | Five Nights at Freddy's 4 |
Platform | ||||||||
Abbaye Des Morts 3DS | git | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ? | ? | L'Abbaye Des Mort |
Amphetamine | git | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ? | ? | Amphetamine |
Cave Story Engine 2 | git archive |
? | ✗[2] | ✗[N 4] | ~[N 5] | ✓[N 4] | ? | Cave Story |
ccleste | git | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ? | ✓ | ✓ | Celeste Classic |
MazeOfGalious-3DS | git | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ? | ? | The Maze of Galious remake |
OpenTitus 3DS | git | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✓ | Titus the Fox/Moktar |
Sonic 1 and 2 3DS | git | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ~ | Sonic the Hedgehog 1 (2013)[N 6], Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2013)[N 6] |
Sonic CD 2011 3DS | git | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓(HW) | Sonic the Hedgehog CD (2011)[N 6] |
Sonic Mania 3DS | git | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ~[N 7] | ✗[N 8] | Sonic Mania (Encore DLC optional but the user must compile the port to access it) |
Super Mario 64 Port | gitfix | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ~[N 9] | Super Mario 64 |
Pinball | ||||||||
SpaceCadetPinball | git | Mid-High | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ | 3D Pinball for Windows – Space Cadet |
Puzzle | ||||||||
Hex-a-Hop | git | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ? | ? | Hex-a-Hop |
OpenSupaplex | git | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ? | ✓ | ? | Supaplex |
RPG | ||||||||
DevilutionX | git | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ~[N 10] | Diablo, Diablo: Hellfire |
Meritous | git | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ? | ? | Meritous |
RSC-C | git | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ~[N 5] | ✓[N 11] | ? | RSC Preservation (OpenRSC) |
Sandbox | ||||||||
RE3 3DS | wip | Low | ? | ✗ | ? | ~[N 12] | ✗ | Grand Theft Auto III |
Visual novel | ||||||||
DDLC-LOVE | git | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ~[N 5] | ✓ | ✓ | Doki Doki Literature Club! |
- ↑ Controls are unstable, causing the player to uncontrollably bank to the right after moving.
- ↑ Versions of Shadow Warrior supported for JFShadowWarrior include: Shadow Warrior Registered Version 1.2 (MS-DOS), Shadow Warrior Shareware Version (MS-DOS), Shadow Warrior Classic (GOG.com, Steam), and Shadow Warrior Classic Redux (GOG.com, Steam, Humble).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Five Nights at Freddy's 1 3DS -remastered- is an updated version of Five Nights at Freddy 1's 3DS by the same developer FreDev, also known as BumboDEV and BaseDEV. The developer also attempted Nintendo 3DS ports of Five Nights at Freddy's 2, 3, and 4 but development stopped after the developer lost the source code for Five Nights at Freddy's 2 and would have to reverse engineer it again.[1] Those ports were only in a state of demonstration and were not fully playable, having incomplete A.I., gameplay, and missing screens. Download links to the latest versions can be found on the old Discord server.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 There is also an official Nintendo 3DS remake called Cave Story 3D with 3D graphics and more gameplay features that may be more recommendable depending on the user's preference. Cave Story Engine 2, or CSE2 for short, is a source port of the classic Cave Story by Daisuke "Pixel" Amaya. CSE2 came with a portable version and an enhanced version of the original freeware but in November 2020, the CSE2 source port has received a DMCA cease and desist notice from Nicalis, the current IP owner of Cave Story.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Audio for these games does not output in Citra, but other than that, it is playable.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Sega Forever classics version on Android or iOS can also be used.
- ↑ As of v1.0, the Sonic Mania 3DS port has long load times booting up the game and transitioning between screens but other than that, it's playable at a good frame rate on a New Nintendo 3DS. The audio is slightly delayed but not too bad. There are some frame drops during the giant ring special stages but it's arguably bearable.
- ↑ Old Nintendo 3DS is planned to be supported for Sonic Mania 3DS in a future update.
- ↑ New Nintendo 3DS/2DS is highly recommended to use any of the Super Mario 64 3DS ports (sm64ex-alo, sm64-minimap, etc.) and can use 800px but even then, using certain graphical settings such as No Drawing Distance when building a custom version can greatly reduce frame rate even on a New Nintendo 3DS/2DS. On older Nintendo 3DS/2DS models, use the 400px version.
- ↑ The Asian translations of Diablo on DevilutionX 3DS are not recommended on older Nintendo 3DS/2DS models as they can crash due to not having enough memory to hold all the symbols in memory.
- ↑ The RSC Preservation 3DS port of OpenRSC (a RuneScape Classic private server) has frame rate issues when Interlace Mode is off. Toggling Interlace Mode on by pressing SELECT restores the frame rate.
- ↑ While RE3 3DS is playable and only playable on New Nintendo 3DS/2DS, it will also suffer frame rate drops and graphical glitches but it is still playable depending on the user's frame tolerance.
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Game Creation Systems (GCS)
Name | Latest Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Citra | Recommended |
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MegaZeux | git | N/A | ✓ | ✓ | ? | ~ |
Fantasy Computers
Pico-8
Name | Latest Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Citra | Recommended |
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Fake-08 | git3DS-pico-8 | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
TIC-80
Name | Latest Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Citra | Recommended |
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TIC-80 | git | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Others
Amiibo
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Citra | Recommended |
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Wumiibo | git | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Wumiibo | |
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Uzebox
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Citra | Recommended |
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Cuzebox 3DS | 0.0.1 | Low | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ~ |
CC800 Simulator
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Citra | Recommended |
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Sim800CTR | git | Low | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ? |
CHIP-8
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Citra | Recommended |
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Chip-3DS | 1.0 | Mid | ? | ✗ | ✓ | ~ |
Chip8-2DS | git | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ~ |
Chip8-CTRU | 2014 | ? | ? | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
3DS-Chip8 | 0.1 | ? | ? | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
octochip-8 | git | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ? |