Homebrew List of all emulators for the 3DS

[SLiV3R]

I know there is a Wiki about this. But I thought this would be more n00b-friendly This thread is like a copycat of the "List of all emulators for DS", but with 3DS emulators instead.

There are many different factors that will depend on how the emulator will perform, like if you use an ordinary 3DS or N3DS, if you use .3DSX, .CIA or something else. The best performance for emulators right now is to use a N3DS and .3DSX.

There are four emulators that needs to be mentioned special because they are so great! (on the N3DS at least).

- BlargSnes
- FCEUMM3DS
- Handy 3DS
- Gameyob 3DS

You, Tempers, will have to help me though as I dont know everything =)




Computers:

- 3dsspectrum

• Emulated computer: ZX Spectrum
• Developer: Seagal
• Development status: Last update 2015-04-07
• Comment: No sound. Compatibility?
• Download Link: http://www.mediafire.com/download/d1sl4hcdol60loh/3dsspectrum01.rar
• Video:
• Discussion: https://gbatemp.net/threads/testing-zx-spectrum-emu.385292/
• Formats: 3dsx

Game Consoles:

- blargSnes

• Emulated game Console: SNES / Super Famicom
• Developer: StapleButter & DiscoStewSM
• Development status: Last update 2015-01-18
• Comment: Very good, accurate & fast SNES emulation. No special chip emulation yet.
• Download Link: http://blargsnes.kuribo64.net/material.html
• Video:
• Discussion: https://gbatemp.net/threads/blargsnes-snes-emulator-for-the-3ds-wip.369900/
• Formats: 3dsx, 3ds, cia (CTR-P-BLRG) & bin/elf

- FCEUMM3DS

• Emulated game Console: Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
• Developer: Steveice10
• Development status: Last update 2015-05-07
• Comment: The best NES emulator for the 3DS so far!
• Download Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/rkibxltphcag40q/FCEUMM3DS.zip?dl=0
• Video: -
• Discussion: http://gbatemp.net/threads/release-fceumm3ds.388305/#post-5483311
• Formats: 3dsx

- 3DNES

• Emulated game Console: Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
• Developer: St4rk
• Development status: Last update 2014-09-13
• Comment: No sound.
• Download Link: http://filetrip.net/3ds-downloads/homebrew/download-3dnes-1-2-f32931.html
• Video:
• Discussion: https://gbatemp.net/threads/3dnes-nes-emulator.369236/
• Formats: 3ds

- Nestopia3DS

• Emulated game Console: Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
• Developer: Steveice10
• Development status: Last update 2014-09-13
• Comment: Promising NES emulator for the 3DS!
• Download Link: https://github.com/Steveice10/Nestopia3DS
• Video: -
• Discussion: https://gbatemp.net/threads/w-i-p-nestopia-port.383882/
• Formats: 3dsx

Handheld Game Consoles:

- Handy 3DS

• Emulated game Console: Atari Lynx
  
• Developer: nop90
• Development status: Last update 2015-08-26
• Comment: VERY NICE Atari LYNX emulator. Has some freezing issues. But will be fixed!
  
• Download Link: http://gbatemp.net/threads/release-handy-3ds-atari-lynx-emulator.394329/
• Video:
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• Discussion: http://gbatemp.net/threads/release-handy-3ds-atari-lynx-emulator.394329/
• Formats: 3dsx

- 3DSGBA

• Emulated game Console: Game Boy Advanced (GBA)
• Developer: Steveice10
• Development status: Last update 2014-09-13
• Comment: GBA emulator
• Download Link: https://github.com/Steveice10/3DSGBA
• Video:
• Discussion: https://gbatemp.net/threads/3dsgba.375553/
• Formats: 3dsx

- CitrAGB

• Emulated game Console: Game Boy Advanced (GBA)
• Developer: shinyquagsire23
• Development status: Last update 2014-09-13
• Comment: GBA emulator
• Download Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/sxb7x34u58g4zo2/3ds.3dsx?dl=0
• Video:
• Discussion: https://gbatemp.net/threads/citragb-3ds-gba-emulator-wip.376438/
• Formats: ?

- Gameyob 3DS

• Emulated game Console: Game Boy (Super & Color)
• Developer: Drenn & Steveice10
• Development status: Last update 2015-04-25
• Comment: Very great Game Boy emulator!!
• Download Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ms1kes4jhrb3meg/gameyob.zip?dl=0
• Video:
• Discussion: https://gbatemp.net/threads/gameyob-3ds-gb-c-emu.372523/
• Formats: 3dsx, 3ds, cia (CTR-P-GYOB) & bin/elf

- Neopop 3DS

• Emulated game Console: Neo Geo Pocket (Color)
• Developer: Seagal
• Development status: Last update 2015-01-30
• Comment: No sound, Plays Only one ROM, slow
• Download Link: http://www.mediafire.com/download/86b3vkf5f4rc8a5/neopop02.rar
• Video:
• Discussion: https://gbatemp.net/threads/neopop-port-neo-geo-pocket-emu.376830/
• Formats: 3dsx

- r3Ddragon

• Emulated game Console: Virtual Boy
• Developer: Mrdanielps
• Development status: Last update 2015-01-01
• Comment: No sound, Very slow
• Download Link: https://github.com/mrdanielps/r3Ddragon
• Video:
• Discussion: https://gbatemp.net/threads/r3ddragon-wip-virtual-boy-emulator.374568/
• Formats:-

Arcade:

- Phoenix Arcade Emulator

• Emulated arcade: Phoenix & Pleaids
• Developer: Seagal
• Development status: Last update 2015-03-14
• Comment: Will support six or more games in time!
• Download Link: https://gbatemp.net/threads/release-phoenix-arcade-emulator.383123/
• Video: -
• Discussion: https://gbatemp.net/threads/release-phoenix-arcade-emulator.383123/
• Formats: 3dsx, 3ds

 

[Celice]

Nice! but PLEASE fix your font color choices, the purples and blacks are difficult to read on the dark skin.

 

[SLiV3R]

Nice! but PLEASE fix your font color choices, the purples and blacks are difficult to read on the dark skin.

Yep. Will change the colors later! This list is like a W.I.P. Any moderator has full freedom to change things if you please

 

[gamesquest1]

all your download links are messed up, most lead to
http://filetrip.net/file.php?id=2557
and the last few lead to gameyob

 

[SLiV3R]

Aahh. Ok. Something went wrong. Will fix it tonight!

 

[Warft]

Great list, but incomplete:
http://wiki.gbatemp.net/wiki/List_of_3DS_homebrew_emulators

 

[Rinnegatamante]

Great list, but incomplete:
http://wiki.gbatemp.net/wiki/List_of_3DS_homebrew_emulators

Great list but incomplete anyway

 

[SLiV3R]

I fixed all links so they should be correct now!

I think like Rinnegatamante. Neither this list or the Wiki list will be complete. (I should perhaps change the topic name?) So I guess this thread will focus on the more popular platforms. On the Wiki page there are for example 5 different Chip8 emulators for the 3DS. These emulators are probably great and all, but I have never seen a discussion thread on gbatemp about Chip8 emulators. So I chose to exclude them. But if someone feels an great emulator is missing: enlighten me and I will update the list! =)

 

[Jiro2]

Chip-8 shouldn't count as an emulator at all. Chip-8 is an interpreted programming language that runs on a virtual machine. You could never walk into a store and buy a Chip-8, but you could run Chip-8 on something else.

 

[DarkFlare69]

Chip-8 shouldn't count as an emulator at all. Chip-8 is an interpreted programming language that runs on a virtual machine. You could never walk into a store and buy a Chip-8, but you could run Chip-8 on something else.

"Emulating" doesn't have to be a game console. It means reproducing the functions or action of something, software or hardware.

 

[DarkFlare69]

OP, keep updating, it looks like a useful thread to find them all in one place.

And thanks for using my videos

 

[Rinnegatamante]

"Emulating" doesn't have to be a game console. It means reproducing the functions or action of something, software or hardware.

So my Lua interpreter should be called Lua emulator? Interpreter != Emulator.

 

[daxtsu]

So my Lua interpreter should be called Lua emulator? Interpreter != Emulator.

Chip8 is sort of an exception to the rule: when you program an interpreter for it, it has its own registers, address space, stack, and drawing instructions, like a real computer/console would. Does Lua require those things as well?

 

[DarkFlare69]

So my Lua interpreter should be called Lua emulator? Interpreter != Emulator.

No, read the guy above me.

 

[Rinnegatamante]

Chip8 is sort of an exception to the rule: when you program an interpreter for it, it has its own registers, address space, stack, and drawing instructions, like a real computer/console would. Does Lua require those things as well?

A interpreter has always its own stack ( http://www.lua.org/pil/24.2.html ), proper drawing instructions and so on.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHIP-8
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lua_(programming_language)

 

[SLiV3R]

OP, keep updating, it looks like a useful thread to find them all in one place.

And thanks for using my videos

Thank you for uploading videos

 

[raulpica]

Hi thanks for your list! It seems the colours you chose didn't go well on our dark theme, so I've just gone ahead and removed all colour styles (they looked like default colours anyway, but forcing them to a "light scheme" breaks them on dark while they SEEM to work on light) that way everything will work on both themes.

Cheers!

 

[SLiV3R]

I know most of you are busy with Pasta Cfw And that we are able to play nes, gb, gbc & a couple of gba games with pasta. But here are some arguments why this kind of emulators is still useful:

- GBA library are only 10 games in virtual console and Pasta. There are more on gb, gbc & nes. But for a retro gamer there are MANY great games missing in virtual console / pasta.
- There are no button mapping in virtual console.
Playing SMB and similar games in vc are awful.
- There are no screen options in vc.
- It's easier and faster to scroll through a game library of 100s of games within an emulator.
- A vc nes rom is like 4000-7000 kb. Standard nes roms are like 50-300 kb. Its The same size difference on the other consoles as well.
- There are many consoles that aren't in vc. Like snes, neo geo, genesis/megadrive etc..

So hopefully there will be more updates in this thread

 

[Asia81]

dead link for Nestopia3DS

 

[Shadowtrance]

dead link for Nestopia3DS

That would be because it has been replaced with https://gbatemp.net/threads/release-fceumm3ds.388305/ And first post obviously hasn't been updated to reflect that.