Homebrew Citra 3DS Emulator booting The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D

[FAST6191]

You do realize how complex and how hard the 3DS is to emulate, right? The four years could have been much longer.

Hardware akin to a middle-slightly higher end of the range phone at the time of launch? Ones that were more or less emulated at the time and have long since been emulated quite well.

 

[Shadow#1]

whats the point "it's not 3D"

 

[RevPokemon]

whats the point "it's not 3D"

A lot of people don't use the 3d of the 3ds

 

[2ndApex]

whats the point "it's not 3D"

 

[RevPokemon]

Actually thats what a lot of people said about the 2ds although the 2ds is basically a kiddie 3ds

 

[DigitalJosee]

So we could call it "Citra 2DS Emulator"?

 

[Shadow#1]

A lot of people don't use the 3d of the 3ds

Can't use that argument

 

[the_randomizer]

Hardware akin to a middle-slightly higher end of the range phone at the time of launch? Ones that were more or less emulated at the time and have long since been emulated quite well.

You can thank poorly documented hardware for making it so hard. Apples to oranges, comparing other portable emulators to other machines is a bad comparison. Just because one console can be emulated in X time doesn't mean another will be emulated in the same time frame.

whats the point "it's not 3D"

You can thank people like me for not being able to see 3D effects due to a visual defect. An emulator would be a lot better than a crappy 2DS.

Can't use that argument

Actually they can. So are you saying that people who can't see 3D shouldn't be allowed to have a 3DS when a 2DS is too small and cramped? Screw 3D. It's a fad.

 

[RevPokemon]

Can't use that argument

Well its true
Either way we probably could add 3d compatibility via glasses latter on although I'm getting ahead of myself...

 

[Arras]

Nintendo first party, give or take Advance Wars, Starfy and their efforts at Tetris, rarely do all that much for me. Most of those I could probably play something similar for on older systems as well, though I will give you I said games worth playing rather than something new and exciting for the 3ds. Generally though the 3ds library is pitiful compared to the things that came before.

Is Kid Icarus Uprising included in that list too? Pretty much everything else first party for the 3DS I could see, but that game's at least something kinda new.

 

[Silentsurvivor]

crappy 2DS

Watch your language

 

[FAST6191]

You can thank shittily documented hardware for making it so hard. Apples to oranges, comparing other portable emulators to other machines is a bad comparison.

The need for an RE project and some security fiddlings on top of things certainly did not make things easier, and yes comparing hardware can be tricky. However in this case I would argue it holds with regards to what needs to be done.

Is Kid Icarus Uprising included in that list too? Pretty much everything else first party for the 3DS I could see, but that game's at least something kinda new.

Once I bother to put together a 3ds hacking setup my first task after figuring out the ropes is to alter the controls so they do not murder my hands and/or require that stupid stand. New... it is a 3d shmup/rail shooter, granted the first person/over the shoulder stuff is not the most common flavour but starting with space harrier, going into panzer dragoon, having a little aside in things like Gunvalkyrie and going on in various rail shooters since then. Sitting here though I can not think of that many which I played for the GBA and DS so there might be that.

 

[DiscostewSM]

whats the point "it's not 3D"

And yet many say 3D is pointless and a useless gimmick, so what's your point?

 

[jonthedit]

Congrats guys! I have seen this project grow from the very beginning... It is impressive to see such a breakthrough!

 

[the_randomizer]

And yet many say 3D is pointless and a useless gimmick, so what's your point?

So, what about those who have a 3DS, and can't see 3D but don't want a smaller more eye-straining 2DS? The 2DS design is too small for my hands and the screen strains my eyes trying to read? Sure, Nintendo considered those who can't see 3D effects...?

 

[RevPokemon]

So, what about those who have a 3DS, and can't see 3D but don't want a smaller more eye-straining 2DS? The 2DS design is too small for my hands and the screen strains my eyes trying to read? Sure, Nintendo considered those who can't see 3D effects...?

Probably with 2ds is despite the lack of 3d it really wasn't made for people who can't see 3d rather for kids under 7 (age Nintendo recommends to use 3d)

 

[WiiCube_2013]

Amazing. Can't wait to see the finalised version!

pefully it will be near perfect by 2017 or 18 it will run fawlessly. 3ds emulation shouldnt be that hard considering it is about the same in specs as the gc which runs great on dolphin.

It is? Graphically the 3DS looks quite inferior to the NGC.

 

[DiscostewSM]

So, what about those who have a 3DS, and can't see 3D but don't want a smaller more eye-straining 2DS? The 2DS design is too small for my hands and the screen strains my eyes trying to read? Sure, Nintendo considered those who can't see 3D effects...?

What I meant to say is that whether the emulator does 3D or not, it's doing something everyone can appreciate, and the inclusion of 3D is not important. Sorry if my earlier remark sounded like an attack on those that can't or prefer not to see 3D with a 3DS. It wasn't my intention. Even if I couldn't see the depth, the fold-design of the 3DS rules over the 2DS.

 

[the_randomizer]

What I meant to say is that whether the emulator does 3D or not, it's doing something everyone can appreciate, and the inclusion of 3D is not important. Sorry if my earlier remark sounded like an attack on those that can't or prefer not to see 3D with a 3DS. It wasn't my intention. Even if I couldn't see the depth, the fold-design of the 3DS rules over the 2DS.

It's all good, man, that was entirely my fault, just too many bad experiences I've had in owning a 3DS.

 

[Huntereb]

It is? Graphically the 3DS looks quite inferior to the NGC.

Only because Nintendo chokes 3D down game developer's throats. Without rendering two screens at once, the 3DS is a lot more capable.