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|title = Sega Genesis / Mega DriveNintendo 3DS|logo = RS39200_Megadrive3ds.png|image = Sega-Genesis-Mk2-6button.jpg|image2 = Sega-Nomad-Front.jpg|imagecaption = '''Top:''' Sega Mega Drive.<br/>'''Middle:''' Sega Genesis Model 2 with 6-button controller.<br/>'''Bottom:''' Sega Genesis Nomad, portable variation.|developer = [[:Sega]]Nintendo|type = [[:Category:ConsolesEmulators on handheld consoles|Home video Handheld game console]]|generation = [[:Category:FourthEmulators on eighth-generation video game consoles|Fourth Eighth generation]]|release = 19882011|discontinued = 19972020|predecessor = [[Master System emulators|Master System]]|successor = [[Sega Saturn emulatorsEmulators on DS|SaturnNintendo DS]]

The Sega CD was released on October 15Because of the homebrewing scene the 3DS has had, 1992 and retailed for {{Inflation|USD|299.99|1992}} and had you can install a Motorola 68000 CPU at 12variety of emulators.5 MHz and 64 kbit Currently, the New 3DS is capable of RAMrunning 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. The Sega 32X was released For more information on November 21how to homebrew your 3DS, 1994 for {{Inflation|USD|159visit [https://3ds.hacks.guide/ 3ds.99|1994}}hacks. It had 2 SH-2 RISC CPUs at 23 MHz with 256KB of RAM and 256KB of VRAMguide].

==Multi-Systems=====[[RetroArch]]=== There are [https://gbatemp.net/threads/retroarch-emulation-thread-nightly-builds-included.400913/ preliminary 3DS ports] <B><code> [http://buildbot.libretro.com/stable/ Stable]</B></code> <B><code> [http://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/nintendo/3ds/ Nightly]</B></code> <B><code> [https://github.com/libretro GitHub]</code></B> BIOS : <code><B> [https://github.com/Abdess/retroarch_system Download] </code></B> {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"|+ Available cores! Cores! Game/System! Working?! class="unsortable"|Notes|-| [[FinalBurn Alpha]] 2012| 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> |-| [[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/Game Boy Color emulators|Game Boy/GameBoy Color]]| {{✓}}| |-| [[mGBA]]| 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|-| [[gpSP]]| {{✓}}| ~50-60 FPS with dynarec|-| [[Mednafen]] VB| [[Virtual Boy emulators|Virtual Boy]]| {{~}}| ~25-30 FPS|-| [[Mednafen]] PCE fast| [[PC Engine (TurboGrafx-16) emulators |PCE/PCECD/SuperGrafx]]| {{✓}}||-| [[Mednafen]] NGP| [[Neo Geo Pocket emulators|NeoGeo Pocket/Pocket Color]]| {{✓}}||-| [[Mednafen]] WS| [[WonderSwan emulators|WonderSwan/WonderSwan Color]]| {{✓}}||-| FCEUmm| rowspan="3" style="text-align: center;" | [[Nintendo Entertainment System emulators|NES/FDS]]| {{✓}}| |-| [[Nestopia]]| {{✓}}| ~55-60 FPS, use FCEUmm instead|-| [[QuickNES]]| {{✓}}|-| NXEngine| Cave Story| {{✓}}| |-| PCSX-ReARMed| [[PlayStation emulators|PlayStation 1]]| {{✓}}| ~50-60 FPS at standard resolution|-| [[PicoDrive]]| MegaDrive/Genesis/MasterSystem/GameGear/CD/32X| {{✓}}| 2D games run full speed, 3D games run about 30 FPS or less|-| [[Genesis Plus GX]]| MegaDrive/Genesis emulation /MasterSystem/GameGear/CD/32X/SG-1000| {{✓}}| Redbook audio hangs when suspending or pausing RetroArch||-| [[Snes9x]] 2002 (PocketSNES)| 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|-| [[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)=== <B>Unofficial <code> [https://gbatemp.net/threads/unofficial-3ds-retroarch-builds.462252 3DS builds]</B></code> {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"|+ New3DS performance! Core! Game/System! Working?! class="unsortable"|Notes|-| [[TGB Dual]]| GameBoy/GameBoy 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| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | [[Arcade emulators|Arcade]]| {{~}}| ~35fps/~50fps|-| [[FinalBurn Neo]] NeoGeo| {{~}}| ~40fps/~50fps|-| Virtul 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 very unplayably slow)|} ====Ultimate 3DS emupack==== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"! class="unsortable"|Version| [https://github.com/NinjaWeedle/NW-U3DSemupack git]! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>| <B>{{✓}}</B> Recommended|} {| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" style="width: 100%;"! colspan=2 width="250"| Supported Emulators|-| * Nintendo 64 : DaedalusX64 0.2* SNES : Snes9X 1.30* NES : VirtuaNES 1.02* TurboGrafx/PC Engine : TemperPCE 1.02* MasterSystem/MegaDrive/Sega CD/32x : PicoDrive 0.94* CHIP-8 : CHIP-3DS* Atari 2600 : z26 3DS* GB/GBC : GameYob 1.0.8* GBA : mGBA 0.8.4|} =<B>Linux OS</B>= {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"! scope="col"|Name! scope="col"|Version! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]! scope="col"|Active! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]|-| Linux 3DS| [https://www.homebrewgeneral.net/2020/09/linux-3ds-updated.html?m=1 Update]| ?| {{~}}| {{~}}|} =Nintendo= ===NES=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"! scope="col"|Name! scope="col"|Version! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]! scope="col"|Active! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]|-| VirtuaNES for 3DS| [https://github.com/TBirdSoars/VirtuaNES/releases git]| Mid| {{~}}| {{✓}}|-| 3DNES| [https://github.com/st4rk/3DNES git]| Mid| {{✗}}| {{~}}|} ===SNES=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"! scope="col"|Name! scope="col"|Version! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]! scope="col"|Active! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]|-| SNES9x for 3DS| [https://github.com/bubble2k16/snes9x_3ds/releases git]| Mid| {{~}}| {{✓}}|-| blargSNES| [http://blargsnes.kuribo64.net 1.3b]| Mid| {{~}}| {{✓}}|} {| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" style="width: 100%;"! colspan=2 width="250"| SNES9x for 3DS|-| * Snes9x for 3DS - runs a goodmajority of games well, with even on old 3DS/2DS's. It's recommended to use a high degree of game New 3DS if you want to run games that uses the SuperFX or SA-1 chip properly|}{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" style="width: 100%;"! colspan=2 width="250"| blargSNES|-| * blargSNES - It works well, but lacks compatibility for games that require enhancement chips <i>(SA1, SuperFX, etc.)</i> |} ===Nintendo 64=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"! scope="col"|Name! scope="col"|Version! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]! scope="col"|Active! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]|-| [[DaedalusX64]] 3DS| [https://github.com/masterfeizz/daedalusx64-3DS/releases git]| Mid| {{✓}}| {{~}}|} {| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" style="width: 100%;"! colspan=2 width="250"| DaedalusX64|-| [[DaedalusX64]] - N64 has always been known to be a hard system to emulate, which is why many were skeptical about how feasible it would be to have an emulator for the system on the 3DS. While still in its beta stage, it has shown a lot of improvements thanks to using a dynamic recompiler, with some games running at a playable state. It also supports using stereoscopic 3D (at the cost of slower performance), which isn't a feature a lot of emulators have.|} ===Game Boy=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"! scope="col"|Name! scope="col"|Version! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]! scope="col"|Active! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]|-| GameYob| [https://github.com/Drenn1/GameYob git]| Mid| {{✗}}| {{~}}|-| Cinoop| [https://github.com/CTurt/Cinoop git]| Mid| {{✗}}| {{~}}|} {| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" style="width: 100%;"! colspan=2 width="250"| GameYob|-| * GameYob - forked from a popular emulator used on the DS. Emulates the Game Boy and Game Boy Color. The original DS version is actually more polished than the 3DS port, so some of them claiming nearly the more hardware pushing games won't work as well as the DS port.|} ===Virtual Boy=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"! scope="col"|Name! scope="col"|Version! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]! scope="col"|Active! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]|-| r3Ddragon| [https://github.com/mrdanielps/r3Ddragon git]| Low| {{✓}}| {{~}}|} {| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" style="width: 100% compatibility with commercial ;"! colspan=2 width="250"| r3Ddragon|-| * r3Ddragon - It's kind of surprising that Nintendo never released a Virtual Console for the Virtual Boy on the 3DS, especially given how small the library of gameswere for the system and how both utilize 3D effects <strike>and cause eyestrain</strike>. What makes this emulator stand out is the fact that it's able to display the graphics in 3D the way it was intended, including Virtua Racing)something that is almost impossible to do on other platforms, unfortunately compatibility is still low and requires a New 3DS to run. Development has since opened.|} ===Pokémon Mini=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"! scope="col"|Name! scope="col"|Version! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]! scope="col"|Active! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]|-| PokeMini 3DS| [https://github.com/nop90/Pokemini/releases git]| Low| {{✗}}| {{~}}|} ===Game Boy Advance=== 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. They Because it's technically running a "virtual" GBA, it can't provide features that are normally available on many platforms. Many Genesis other emulators also feature , 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: {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"! scope="col"|Name! scope="col"|Version! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]! scope="col"|Active! scope="col"|[[Master System emulatorsRecommended Emulators|Sega Master SystemRecommended]] |-| New Super Ultimate Injector (SMSNSUI)| [https://gbatemp.net/threads/discussion-new-super-ultimate-injector-nsui.500376 Beta 27]| Mid| {{✓}}| {{✓}}|-| open_agb_firm| [https://github.com/profi200/open_agb_firm git]| Mid| {{✓}}| {{✓}}|-| [[GBARunner2]]| [https://github.com/Gericom/GBARunner2 git]| Mid| {{✓}}| {{✓}}|} {| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" style="width: 100%;"! colspan=2 width="250"| NSUI|-| * New Super Ultimate Injector - There are other programs that can do injections, but this one is nice as it can do other Virtual Console injections and some forwarders for emulators. The only problem is each ROM must be injected and installed individually, including the [https://3ds.hacks.guide/godmode9-usage.html#restore-gba-vc-saves save files], which makes the number of titles that can be installed restricted to the max the 3DS title limit (300 titles, not including pre-installed system titles).|} {| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" style="width: 100%;"! colspan=2 width="250"| Open agb firm|-| * open_agb_firm <i>(Name not finalized)</i> - A custom FIRM payload that takes advantage of the built-in GBA firmware, it's still in early development but has an alpha build available. The major advantages of this compared to VC injection is that it performs faster and there aren't any issues with the sound, it utilizes the native hardware (even with VC injection there are issues with the sound, ex.: "Fire Emblem"). It can load the ROM through the SD card instead of having to convert and install them, but needs to be launched on boot instead of being able to use the 3DS HOME Menu (there's ways to make a forwarder for in on the HOME menu, but requires additional setup to get it to work). One major issue is there's a chance that it may not detect the correct save format or will corrupt the existing save file so make sure to backup your saves beforehand (they are currently trying fix it by having a better database for save detection, if you're interested [Master System emulatorshttps://github.com/profi200/open_agb_firm/issues/9 you can help]).** To install, simply put the .firm file in the <code>/luma/payloads/</code> folder and hold START to load up the chainloader to launch it. There's no way of exiting out once the program starts, so you will need to turn it off and redo the step to load it if you wanted to change games.|} {| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" style="width: 100%;"! colspan=2 width="250"| GBARunner2|-|Game Gear* [[GBARunner2]] - a GBA hypervisor made for the DS(i), can only be ran through [[TWiLight Menu++]] and is included by default with the program (GGsee below) . Compatiblity can be a hit-or-miss, but it's still in active development with plans to include interesting features such as well as earlier Sega consolesgyro control emulation and local wireless multiplayer in the future.|} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"! scope="col"|Name! scope="col"|Version! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]! scope="col"|Active! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]|-| [[mGBA]]| [https://github. Genesiscom/mgba-emu/mgba/releases git]| Mid| {{✓}}| {{✓}}|-| CitrAGB <small> (based arcade boards on [[gpSP]])</small>| [https://gbatemp.net/threads/citragb-3ds-gba-emulator-wip.376438 1.0]| Low| {{✗}}| {{~}}|} ===Nintendo DS=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"! scope="col"|Name! scope="col"|Version! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]! scope="col"|Active! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]|-| [[TWiLight Menu++]]| [https://github.com/DS-Homebrew/TWiLightMenu git]| Mid| {{✓}}| {{✓}}|-| DeSmuME| [https://github.com/shutterbug2000/DeSmuME/releases git]| Mid| {{✗}}| {{✗}}|} {| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" style="width: 100%;"! colspan=2 width="250"| TWiLight Menu++|-|*[[TWiLight Menu++]] - Not technically an "emulator", rather it's a frontend for a separate program, [[nds-bootstrap]], which allows for an NDS ROM to be loaded from an SD card. The program is originally designed for the DSi, however it's able to work on the 3DS by utilizing the virtual DSi (aka the TWL_FIRM or "DS Mode") that the 3DS has for backwards-compatibility. Compatibility isn't the same as using a flashcart, however it's still pretty high with only a few games having issues or triggering anti-piracy protections (newer versions now come with AP patches for most games and will patch them if needed at launch). It also comes pre-bundled with a variety of emulators used on the DS and a work-in-progress GBA hypervisor, [[Sega PicoGBARunner2]] are still sketchy, howeverthat works to some degree. **[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LRTkXOUXraTMjg1eedz_f7b5jiuyMv2x6e_jY_nyHSc/edit#gid=0 Compatiblity List].|} {| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" style="width: 100%;"! colspan=2 width="250"| DeSmuME|-| * DeSmuME - an experimental port of DeSmuME that has since been abandoned, it wasn't very compatible.|} ===Nintendo 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 <code>.cia</code> file. There's two ways to do this:

! scope="col"|Platform(s)Version! scope="col"|Latest Version[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]! scope="col"|<abbr titleActive! scope="Genesis col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]|-| GodMode9| [https://github.com/d0k3/GodMode9/releases git]| Mid| {{✓}}| {{✓}}|-| DSiWare Conversion Script| [https://gbatemp.net/ Mega Drivethreads/scripts-dsiware-conversion-easily-convert-to-nds-and-cia-files.478575 Script]| Mid| {{✗}}| {{~}}|} {| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" style="width: 100%;"! colspan=2 width="250"| GodMode9|-|* Version 1.8.0 and above has a script that can convert <code>G.nds</MDcode> to <code>.cia</abbrcode>, [https://3ds.hacks.guide/godmode9-usage 3ds.hacks.guide] has more information on how to update to the latest version if needed.|} {| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" style="width: 100%;"! scopecolspan=2 width="250"| DSiWare Conversion Script|-|* This script can be used to convert <code>.bin</code> files from your DSi's SD card to <code>.nds</code> which can then be used to convert into <code>.cia</code>.|} These scripts will <b>ONLY</b> work for DSiWare, <font style="colcolor:red"><b>NOT NDS GAMES</b></font>. [[TWiLight Menu++]] has support for two DSiWare as of v15.1.1 with a special preview of [[nds-bootstrap]], Pop Island and Pop Island: Paperfield. These can also run on the DS. =Sony= ===PlayStation=== {|CDclass="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"! scope="col"|32XName! scope="col"|PicoVersion! scope="col"|[[LibretroEmulation Accuracy|Libretro CoreAccuracy]]

!colspan="10"|PCPCSX-ReARMed <small> (RetroArch)</small>| [https://www.libretro.com/index.php/retroarch-3ds-full-speed-ps1-now-possible-with-pcsx-rearmed-w-unai-renderer/ Nightly]| Mid| {{✓}}| {{✓}}

| CTRX|[[Genesis Plus GX]https://github.com/machinamentum/CTRX git]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}Low|{{GenPlusGXVer✗}}|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{ {✓}} |class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" style="width: 100%;"! colspan=2 width="250"|{{✓}} ||{{✓}}PCSX-ReARMed

|[[BlastEm]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}|* PCSX-ReARMed (RetroArch) - Thanks to the work of many developers, it is now possible to have full speed 60 FPS emulation for a majority of games and support for .CHD compression formats. Generally, 2D games will perform better than 3D, however you can get some better performance by tweaking the settings if necessary. The nightly builds have seen major improvements since the initial release and can even play some of the more demanding games at full speed ([https://www.retrodevreddit.com/blastemr/changes3dshacks/comments/jvkotb/full_speed_psx_finally_here_on_new_3ds_new_2ds_xl/ See here] for some tips), so it's better to use that until the next stable release. NOTE: This emulator is mainly targeted for the New 3DS so don't expect the o3DS to run well if at all.html {{BlastEmVer}}]|{{✓}} || =SEGA= ===MegaDrive/Genesis/MasterSystem/32X/Sega CD=== {{✗}} |class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"! scope="col"|{{✗}} Name! scope="col"|Version! scope="col"|{{✗}} [[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]! scope="col"|{{✓}} Active! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|{{✓}} ||{{✓}}Recommended]]

|[[Kega Fusion]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}PicoDrive for 3DS|[httphttps://www.carpeludumgithub.com/kega-fusionbubble2k16/picodrive_3ds/ 3.64releases git]|{{✓}} |Mid|{{✓✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} |class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" style="width: 100%;"! colspan=2 width="250"|{{✗}} ||{{✓}}PicoDrive for 3DS

|[[FinalBurn Neo]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}* PicoDrive for 3DS - 32X and Sega CD are playable on the original 3DS, but works better on New 3DS. Sega CD requires BIOS in order to play, they must be named:"bios_CD_U.bin", "bios_CD_J.bin", and "bios_CD_E.bin" based on the respective regions. BIOS need to be in the <code>/3ds/picodrive_3ds/bios</code> folder. |NOTE: PicoDrive does not support .gg file format. There is no stable Game Gear emulator currently available for the original 3DS either. (I know this because I looked through the past update logs and tested it out to make sure. After installing everything and testing the other emulators, I tested Game Gear games on RetroArch as well and while they did eventually run, it was often virtually unusable [black screening without any image and crashing]). To install and run your favorite Game Gear games on the original 3ds, utilize this .gg VC injector found here: https://githubgbatemp.comnet/finalburnneothreads/FBNeorelease-WIPultimate-Storagegg-Facilitygame-gear-vc-injector-for-3ds.437226/releases/tag/appveyor-build WIP builds]. |{{✓}} ||{ =Atari inc.= ===Atari 2600=== {✗}} |class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"! scope="col"|{{✗}} Name! scope="col"|Version! scope="col"|{{✗}} [[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]! scope="col"|{{✗}} Active! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|{{✓}} ||{{✓}}Recommended]]

|[[MAME]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}Z26 3DS|[httphttps://wwwgbatemp.mamedevnet/threads/preview-z26-3ds-atari-2600-emulator.org/release397827 2.html {{MAMEVer}}0]| Mid|{{✓✗}} ||{{✓~}} ||{} ===Atari 5200=== {✓}} |class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"! scope="col"|{{✓}} Name! scope="col"|Version! scope="col"|{{✓}} [[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]! scope="col"|{{✓}} Active! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|{{✗}}Recommended]]

|[[PicoDrive]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}Atari800 3DS|[http://notazwww.atari.gp2xorg.depl/forum/picoviewtopic.php {{PicoDriveVer}}?id=13871 0.3.4]| Mid|{{✓✗}} ||{{✓~}} ||}  ===Atari Lynx=== {{✓}} |class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"! scope="col"|{{✓}} Name! scope="col"|Version! scope="col"|{{✓}} [[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]! scope="col"|{{✓}} Active! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|{{✗}}<ref group=N name=PicoDrive>Only for the 32X as a cross-platform alternative to Kega Fusion.</ref>Recommended]]

|[http://segaretro.org/Gens/GS Gens/GS]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}Handy 3DS|[httphttps://www.dusersgbatemp.drexel.edunet/gitwebthreads/gitwebrelease-handy-3ds-atari-lynx-emulator.cgi/~korth/gens394329 1.git r71b]| Mid|{{✓✗}} ||{{✓~}} ||{} =NEC= ===PCE/PCECD/SuperGrafx=== {✓}} |class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"! scope="col"|{{✗}} Name! scope="col"|Version! scope="col"|{{✗}} [[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]! scope="col"|{{✗}} Active! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|{{✗}}Recommended]]

|[[Exodus]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}TemperPCE for 3DS|[httphttps://www.exodusemulatorgithub.com/index.phpbubble2k16/downloadstemperpce_3ds/current-release releases git]| Mid| {{ExodusVer✗}}]|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} || =GCE= ===Vectrex=== {{✗}} |class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"! scope="col"|{{✗}} Name! scope="col"|Version! scope="col"|{{✗}} [[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]! scope="col"|{{✓}} Active! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|{{✗}}Recommended]]

|[http://dgen.sourceforge.netVex3DS<small> (based on vecx)</ DGen]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}small>|[httphttps://sourceforgegbatemp.net/projectsthreads/dgen/files/dgen/ 1release-vex3ds-vectrex-emulator.420721 0.334]| Mid|{{✓✗}} ||{{✗~}} ||} =SNK= ===Neo Geo Pocket/Pocket Color=== {{✗}} |class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"! scope="col"|{{✗}} Name! scope="col"|Version! scope="col"|{{✗}} [[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]! scope="col"|{{✗}} Active! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|{{✗}}Recommended]]

|[[Genecyst]]|align=left|{{Icon|DOS}}NeoPop-sdl 3DS|[https://web.archivegithub.org/web/20070205202050/http:/com/www.zophar.netnop90/genecystNeopop-SDL/gcystxxx.zip x.xxreleases git]| Mid|{{✓✗}} ||{{✗~}} ||} =Microsoft= ===DOS=== {{✗}} |class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"! scope="col"|{{✗}} Name! scope="col"|Version! scope="col"|{{✗}} [[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]! scope="col"|{{✗}} Active! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|{{✗}}Recommended]]

|[[GENS]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|BeOS}}3DOS|[httphttps://gensgbatemp.menet/downloadsthreads/wip-demo-3dos-8086-dos-emulator-for-the-3ds.shtml 2394455 1.140]| Mid|{{✓✗}} ||{{✓~}} ||{} * 3DOS - Based on 8086tiny. Can only emulate 8086 CPUs. =Apple====mac 2.x=== {✓}} |class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"! scope="col"|{{✗}} Name! scope="col"|Version! scope="col"|{{✗}} [[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]! scope="col"|{{✗}} Active! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|{{✗}}Recommended]]

|[[higan]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}Mini vMac 3DS|[httphttps://byuugithub.orgcom/emulationTaraHoleInIt/higan/ {{higanVer}}minivmac-3ds git]| Mid|{{✓✗}} ||{{✗~}} ||{} =Sinclair= ===ZX Spectrum=== {✗}} |class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"! scope="col"|{{✗}} Name! scope="col"|Version! scope="col"|{{✓}}<small>(bsnes)</small> [[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]! scope="col"|{{✓}} Active! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|{{✗}}Recommended]]

|Megado|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux}}3DS Spectrum|[https://githubwww.mediafire.com/merwaaanfile/megado Gitd1sl4hcdol60loh/3dsspectrum01.rar/file 0.1]| Mid|{{✓✗}} ||{{✗~}} ||} =Commodore= ===Commodore 64=== {{✗}} |class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"! scope="col"|{{✗}} Name! scope="col"|Version! scope="col"|{{✗}} [[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]! scope="col"|{{✓}} Active! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|{{✗}}Recommended]]

|Regen|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux}}Bread Box|[httphttps://aamirmgbatemp.hackingnet/threads/release-cultbread-box-c64-emulator.org397602 1/www06/regen.html 0.97216]|{{✓}} |Mid|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗~}}

| VICE3DS| [https://github.com/badda71/vice3ds git]| Mid| {{✗}}| {{~}}|} ===Amiga=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"! scope="col"|Name! scope="col"|Version!colspanscope="10col"|Mobile / ARM[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]! scope="col"|Active! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]

| UAE3DS|[[Genesis Plus GX]https://github.com/badda71/uae3DS git]|align=leftMid|{{Icon|Android|iOS|Linux|Pandora✗}}|{{GenPlusGXVer~}}|{{✓}} || =Other= ===Uzebox=== {{✓}} |class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"! scope="col"|{{✗}} Name! scope="col"|Version! scope="col"|{{✗}} [[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]! scope="col"|{{✓}} Active! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|{{✓}} ||{{✓}}Recommended]]

|[[PicoDrive]]|align=left|{{Icon|Android|iOS|Linux|Pandora}}Cuzebox 3DS|[httphttps://notazweb.gp2xarchive.deorg/web/pico20181031230535/https://github.php {{PicoDriveVer}}com/ry755/cuzebox3DS/releases git]|{{✓}} |Low|{{✓✗}} ||{{✓~}} ||{{✓}} || =Multi game engine= {{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}<ref groupclass=N name"wikitable" style=PicoDrive />"text-align:center;"

!colspanscope="10col"|ConsolesName! scope="col"|Latest Version! scope="col"|Active! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]! scope="col"|Supported game(s)

|[[Genesis Plus GXhttp://xproger.info/projects/OpenLara/ OpenLara]]|align=left|{{Icon|GCN|Wii}}|[https://bitbucketgithub.orgcom/ekeXProger/genesis-plus-gxOpenLara/downloads {{GenPlusGXVer}}releases git]|{{✓}} ||{{✓~}} |Tomb Raider 1-4|} ===ScummVM=== {{✗}} |class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"! scope="col"|{{✗}} Name! scope="col"|Version! scope="col"|{{✓}} [[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]! scope="col"|{{✓}} Active! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|{{✓}}Recommended]]

|[[PicoDriveScummVM]]|align=left|{{Icon|PSP}}3DS|[httphttps://notazwww.gp2xscummvm.deorg/picodownloads 2.2.php {{PicoDriveVer}}0]| High|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||} ===EasyRPG=== {{✓}} |class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"! scope="col"|{{✓}} Name! scope="col"|Version! scope="col"|{{✓}} [[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]! scope="col"|{{✓}} Active! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|{{✓}}Recommended]]

|[[Virtual ConsoleEasyRPG]]3DS|align=left|{{Icon|Wii}}[https://easyrpg.org/player/downloads/#snapshot-other 0.6.2.3]|N/AHigh|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}

===ComparisonsOpenBOR===;[[Genesis Plus GX]]:A very solid emulator for the Sega Genesis / Sega Master System / Sega CD / Game Gear. The only things it lack are 32X and Pico support, and a native desktop port; the only way to get this emulator on the desktop is to use the libretro core, which allows for all the benefits of RetroArch like shaders, dynamic sync, and other enhancements. The version used in [[BizHawk]] adds features for speedrunners.;[[Kega Fusion]]:The project of an employee with previous experience at Sega. Kega Fusion has high compatibility, is easy to use and has plugin-based filter support but it has some issues on newer versions of Windows which can be solved with compatibility settings.;[[PicoDrive]]:Strongly prioritizes performance over accuracy. Compatibility and accuracy isn't as good as Genesis Plus GX but it's useful on very underpowered systems like the Raspberry Pi Zero. Currently the first and only cross-platform option for 32X and Pico games.;[[Exodus]]:Think bsnes but for the Genesis. Even though higan is also getting into the Genesis game, Exodus has already achieved cycle-accuracy at the familiar cost of high system requirements. It is the newest Genesis emulator and is far from complete.;[http://aamirm.hacking-cult.org/www/regen.html Regen]:A focus on accuracy as earned it high compatibility with games, but it does not emulate the Sega CD and 32X. It also allows [[overclocking]].;[[BlastEm]]:Aims for cycle-accuracy but unlike Exodus, aims for lower system requirements. It has substantially higher compatibility than Exodus and is catching up to Genesis Plus GX.;[[GENS]]:Close to Kega Fusion in features and compatibility, but has largely been surpassed by better emulators. There are many different forks and iterations of Gens, so your experience will differ quite a lot depending on which version you use.;[[higan]]:Also developing cycle-accurate Genesis emulation, akin to its very own [[Super Nintendo emulators|SNES emulator]] bsnes. It's promising but incomplete. However, it can be used in the latest builds.;[[MAME]]:Has the parent drivers <code style="color:green">genesis</code>, <code style="color:green">sms</code>, <code style="color:green">gamegear</code>, <code style="color:darkred">segacd</code>, and <code style="color:darkred">32x</code>. Green drivers are reported as OK, where red ones are reported as not working as of version 0.200.

{| class="wikitable" style=Lock"text-On align:center;"! scope="col"|Name! scope="col"|Version! scope="col"|[[EmulationAccuracy|Accuracy]]! scope="col"|Active! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]Lock|-On Technology is a unique feature found on Sonic & Knuckles cartridges for the Sega Mega Drive| [[OpenBOR]] 3DS| [https://Genesis that allowed a player to connect an older game to the cartridge's passgithub.com/MrHuu/openbor-through port for extended or altered gameplay.3ds/releases git]| Mid| {{~}}| {{✓}}|}

The Sonic & Knuckles cartridge can lock on to other cartridges{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"! scope="col"|Name! scope="col"|Version! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]! scope="col"|Active! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]|-| CtrµLua 3DS| [https://github.com/ctruLua/ctruLua/releases git]| Mid| {{✗}}| {{~}}|-| LÖVE Potion 3DS| [https://github.com/TurtleP/LovePotion/releases git]| Mid| {{✗}}| {{~}}|-| Lua Player Plus 3DS| [https://github.com/Rinnegatamante/lpp-3ds/releases git]| Mid| {{✗}}| {{~}}|}

Most emulators don't support Lock{| class="wikitable" style="text-On save for Genesis Plus GX, but there are prealign:center;"|-combined ROMs for the Sonic trilogy available online that can be played as a regular Megadrive ROM on any emulator and still work! scope="col"|Name! scope="col"|Latest Version! scope="col"|Active! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]|-|[https://www.digitalmzx. The Sonic 3 Complete romhack also achieves the same purposecom/ DigitalMZX]|[https://github.com/AliceLR/megazeux git]|{{✓}}|{{~}}|}

The following files need to be under the directory for BIOS files (usually {| class="systemwikitable")style="text-align:center;"! scope="col"|Name! scope="col"|Version* sk.bin (Sonic & Knuckles (2 MiB) ROM)! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]! scope="col"|Active! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]|-| Wumiibo* sk2chip.bin (Sonic & Knuckles UPMEM (256 KiB) ROM)| [https: If you can't find it online, extract it with a hex editor from a pre-combined Sonic 2 & Knuckles ROM from offset 00300000 to the end of the ROM//github.com/hax0kartik/wumiibo git]| Mid| {{✓}}| {{✓}}|}

For GG/AR{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" style="width: 100%;"! colspan=2 width="250"| Wumiibo|-|* Wumiibo - Emulates Amiibo functionality on the 3DS without needing an NFC reader or using tags. You can even use your own Amiibo data, after it's been decrypted, or a generic AmiiboID which are freely available and explains how to get them on the files needed are areplayproject page.|} ===CHIP-8=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"! scope="col"|Name! scope="col"|Version! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]! scope="col"|Active! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]|-| Chip-3DS| [http://www.mediafire.bin and ggeniecom/?y94yjhzf70fsfsi 1.bin, but most emulators support cheat codes from these natively0]| Mid| {{✗}}| {{~}}|-| Chip8-2DS| [https://github.com/nopy4869/CHIP8-2DS/releases git]| Mid| {{✗}}| {{~}}|}

==Mega Drive Plus / Genesis Plus=Super Mario 64===

The Mega Drive Plus / Genesis Plus (sometimes abbreviated as MD+) is a special mode for certain Genesis games that use enhanced CDDA tracks with a Sega CD. This was not used in any official games, however, the mode itself was first used in the first batch of Pier Solar releases. This feature was been {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"! scope="col"|Name! scope="col"|Version! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]! scope="col"|Active! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]|-| SM64 3DS| [https://downloads.terraoniongithub.com/publicsm64-port/MegaSD_DEV_Manual.pdf documentedsm64_3ds git] to be used on Terraonion's Mega SD flash cartridge, to give similar effects for Genesis games in a way how MSU-1 does in patched SNES games.| Mid| {{✓}}| {{✓}}|}

Currently{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" style="width: 100%;"! colspan=2 width="250"| SM64 3DS port|-|* SM64 3DS Port - Thanks to the decompilation project, no Genesis + Sega CD emulators feature this functionyou can now enjoy SM64 on the 3DS with ''*analog*'' support and native rendering (compared to the official DS port). Works pretty much at full speed on the New 3DS, the original model apparently has some slow downs but still playable. You can either build it yourself, although or try finding pre-compiled build online (there is are multiple versions, you can find some [https://web.archive.org/web/20200924080151/https://gist.github.com/ekeekestranno/Genesis2609a82f75ce346d1f1a5b99af94590c here] but it's no longer up-to-Plusdate or a more up-GXto-date version with 3D support [https://archive.org/issuesdetails/297 plans to be addedsm64-port-3ds-mkst-7b56b78 here] in Genesis Plus GX).|}

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