Homebrew Good emulators for the 3DS?

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I recnetly put HBL on my 3DS and it had mGBA already installed. I tried it out but it ran awful. Is this is all currently available right now?
 
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kbf said:
I recnetly put HBL on my 3DS and it had mGBA already installed. I tried it out but it ran awful. Is this is all currently available right now?
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If you have an O3DS, your best bet is using VC injected games instead of emulators (even though Quicknes and picodrive for Retroarch runs at full speed and same with BlargSnes).
 
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If you have an O3DS, your best bet is using VC injected games instead of emulators (even though Quicknes and picodrive for Retroarch runs at full speed and same with BlargSnes).
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So I imagine there's no good GBA/GBC emulators for the 3DS yet then?
 
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Latest retroarch builds of gPSP run far better than mGBA, achieving 40-50 fps on my o3DS (granted: with CFW) which is more than enough to play anything that isn't Rhythm Heaven.
 
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I'm kinda new to this stuff. but I downloaded an emulator and it came with an NDS file. I tried putting it on the root of my SD card with it's own folder path but it didn't seem to work.

Is this an emulator for flashcards only or something? I do have a DS flashcard so maybe it would work on there. But it be nice to just play it off redNAND.
 
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You want CIA or 3DSX files, as you're not using a DS to emulate, are you?
Take literally two steps into the big Retroarch thread right on the first page of this subforum as most posters in this thread already recommended.
 

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