TicoDL+ → homebrew for harnessing archive collections for emulation

Chrono Trigger - Switch port

Nagaa · 2026-06-23T02:12:02+00:00

Chrono Trigger - Switch Port This is a wrapper/port of the Android version of Chrono Trigger (v2.1.5) It loads the original game binary, patches it and runs it. It's basically as if we emulate a minimalist Android environment in which we natively run the original Android binary as is. Credits : TheOfficialFloW & fgsfds for the vita so-loader Thanks to @angelhp for testing Available here : https://github.com/NaGaa95/ct_nx

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Full disclosure: This app was built entirely with AI (Claude Code) and its open source. It fulfulls exactly what I wanted to have in a tool, so I thought I'd share incase others found it useful as well. I understand there is alot of AI code negativity, and I get it. Feel free to call it AI slop

It does what I want, so I'm happy with the tool I have now.

TicoDL+ is a Nintendo Switch homebrew that browses and files from archive directly to your Switch. It drops them into the folder layout used by the TICO emulator. It decompresses archives automatically so you just download and play.

This project was inspired by TicoBro by TheStonedModder, a fantastic all-in-one TICO management app. TicoBro is awesome and does a lot, but I wanted something focused specifically on the download experience with some features of my own such as concurrent downloads, queue management, and resume capabilities. Big thanks to TheStonedModder for the inspiration.

Disclaimer: This project does not condone piracy or copyright infringement in any form. Discussion of piracy, ROM sources, or copyrighted content will probably have your post deleted.

Features:

Browse and manage multiple archive collections per console
Background download queue with up to 5 simultaneous downloads
Automatic extraction of .zip, .7z, .rar, and .tar archives (some RAR3-compressed cannot be decompressed)
Download resume and queue persistence across app restarts
File integrity checks (size + MD5)
Auto-detects TICO emulator and reads its ROM path config
Installed file browser with multi-select and bulk delete
Dark-themed tabbed UI built on Plutonium/SDL2

No ROMs, no collections, and no credentials are bundled, its an empty downloader. You add your own archive item IDs and optionally your own S3 keys for restricted items.

Lets call this a "beta" version, I welcome feedback and bug report via Git issues. Language support is next on my list. The highest firmware I've been able to test against is 19.1.

GitHub: https://github.com/digdat0/ticodlplus
Release: https://github.com/digdat0/ticodlplus/releases/tag/v1.0.1-beta

Mods: I think I did everything right, if not please let me know

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