Citra

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An experimental open-source Nintendo 3DS emulator/debugger written in C++. At this time, it only emulates a very small subset of 3DS hardware, and therefore is only useful for booting/debugging very simple homebrew demos. Citra is licensed under the GPLv2. Refer to the license.

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Free
Open Source (GPL-2.0)

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Game Emulator

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Discontinued

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Discontinued

Citra has been officially discontinued and its source code removed from GitHub following a lawsuit settlement with Nintendo: Nintendo has won once again: Yuzu and Citra emulators are being discontinued immediately

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Mauricio B. Holguin published news article about Yuzu
over 2 years ago
Nintendo has won once again: Yuzu and Citra emulators are being discontinued immediately
Last week we reported that Nintendo was filing a lawsuit against the creators of Yuzu, a well-known...
Mar 4, 2024

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Game Hopper liked Citra
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Open Source (GPL-2.0) and Free product.
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C++
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What is Citra?

An experimental open-source Nintendo 3DS emulator/debugger written in C++. At this time, it only emulates a very small subset of 3DS hardware, and therefore is only useful for booting/debugging very simple homebrew demos. Citra is licensed under the GPLv2. Refer to the license.txt file included. Please read the FAQ before getting started with the project.

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