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ArticBase, a tool to broadcast your 3DS games to an emulator, has been released

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Artic Base, an open source tool for broadcasting games from your Nintendo 3DS to an emulator, has been released! Artic Base allows playing your owned collection of 3DS games, physical or digital, on a compatible emulator without having to dump them first. Furthermore, the tool syncs the save data, so you can resume your progress at any time from the console. Below is the list of features this tool provides, coming from the Artic Base Server github repository.

Features​

  • Play games from your console without having to dump them.
  • Sync the savedata/extdata of the broadcasted game during the play session.
  • Load shared ext data and NCCH archives from your console.
  • Remove the need to dump AES keys, as the decryption is done by the console's OS.

Advantages over playing on real console​

  • Play your games at higher resolutions.
  • Use external controllers that may better fit your playstyle.
  • Switch between playing on your PC at home and your console on the go.
  • Reduce e-waste by reusing partially broken consoles to broadcast your games to your PC.
  • Allow museums or non-profit game preservation organizations to have a centralised database of preserved games, while using an Artic Base Server + a compatible emulator to do research as needed.
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As the tool author claims, Artic Base aims to help players enjoy their collection of Nintendo 3DS games with several advantages, such as being able to play at higher resolutions, switch between playing on a 3DS on the go and and a PC at home, and using their preferred external controllers. Furthermore, it helps reducing e-waste by allowing the use of partially broken consoles to act as a server instead of having to toss/replace them. The tool also removes the need of having to deal with classic emulator shenenigans, such as having to dump games or getting cryptographic keys. Keep in mind however that due to the network speed of the 3DS, slower loading times may be experienced.

At the time of writing, the only emulator supporting Artic Base is a forked version of the former 3DS emulator Citra, maintained by PabloMK7.

A demonstration of Artic Base was posted to PabloMK7's YouTube channel a few days ago, showcasing Shovel Knight being broadcasted to a PC.
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What do you think? Will you do another playthrough of your collected 3DS games using this tool? Leave your thoughts in the replies!

:arrow: Artic Base Server (3DS application)
:arrow: PabloMK7's Citra fork with Artic Base support
 
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Goomba28 said:
Hey man, i know this post is nearly 1 year old, but is there any chance that you remember how to fix this? Today I downloaded Artic Base and the same error appears every time I try to use it, I can't find how to fix it yet.
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The console is not in the same network as your device running the emulator.
 
The load times are not that bad, but I'm getting frequent freezes for a sec.
Is there any fix for this? Using a n2dsxl
And I'm connected to my laptop's hotspot
 
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This works great, thank you very much for your hard work.
I play mainly on the console. Though from time to time, it's nice to play on the big screen while not having to transfer saves.
 
PabloMK7 said:
Artic Base, an open source tool for broadcasting games from your Nintendo 3DS to an emulator, has been released! Artic Base allows playing your owned collection of 3DS games, physical or digital, on a compatible emulator without having to dump them first. Furthermore, the tool syncs the save data, so you can resume your progress at any time from the console. Below is the list of features this tool provides, coming from the Artic Base Server github repository.



As the tool author claims, Artic Base aims to help players enjoy their collection of Nintendo 3DS games with several advantages, such as being able to play at higher resolutions, switch between playing on a 3DS on the go and and a PC at home, and using their preferred external controllers. Furthermore, it helps reducing e-waste by allowing the use of partially broken consoles to act as a server instead of having to toss/replace them. The tool also removes the need of having to deal with classic emulator shenenigans, such as having to dump games or getting cryptographic keys. Keep in mind however that due to the network speed of the 3DS, slower loading times may be experienced.

At the time of writing, the only emulator supporting Artic Base is a forked version of the former 3DS emulator Citra, maintained by PabloMK7.

A demonstration of Artic Base was posted to PabloMK7's YouTube channel a few days ago, showcasing Shovel Knight being broadcasted to a PC.
​


What do you think? Will you do another playthrough of your collected 3DS games using this tool? Leave your thoughts in the replies!

:arrow: Artic Base Server (3DS application)
:arrow: PabloMK7's Citra fork with Artic Base support
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it sucks that it does not support homebrew games only complaint and can you dev an app that allows you to play download play game data on your pc i have some ds download play files that i want to check out but no 2 ds or 3ds to play it on
 
SooraMaru said:
Is it normal for Artic Base to run so horribly? I literally have the router in the same room as my PC and my 3DS (new), and it barely reaches 30kb/s.
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It is 30kb/s probably because it only needs to transfer that much data. Artic base is emulation not video streaming, if there are no resources to transfer then the speed drops, even to zero.
 
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It is 30kb/s probably because it only needs to transfer that much data. Artic base is emulation not video streaming, if there are no resources to transfer then the speed drops, even to zero.
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the connection is working again perfect. During the day is low speed because of lot of people using internet traffic so the best speed at dawn after supper around 5 or 6ish because people getting ready for bed. Thank you for hard work and continuing building to perfect project! :)
 
PabloMK7 said:
The 3ds itself crashes? If not, then it's an emulation issue, not a problem with artic base.
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No my Computer emulator does.
My Computer emulates it with ease, but somehow videoscenese crash the emulator on Windows...

They are outta sync alot and then crash
 
aoimatsuri said:
No my Computer emulator does.
My Computer emulates it with ease, but somehow videoscenese crash the emulator on Windows...

They are outta sync alot and then crash
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I see your internet speed does drop down and up and there is update the latest is 2123.3 you are likely behind and were you playing it during the day time because it can cause traffic jam too many people using interent. At night is mostly best high speed less traffic internet.
 

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