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Citra
Developer(s)Citra team, 257 contributors [1]
Preview release
Nightly2093 / February 9, 2024; 3 days ago (2024-02-09)[1]
Canary2777 / February 10, 2024; 2 days ago (2024-02-10)[2]
[±]
Repositorygithub.com/citra-emu/citra
Written inC++[3]
Operating systemWindows,[4] macOS Big Sur,[4] Linux, Android[5]
Platform
Available in22 languages[7]
TypeVideo game console emulator
LicenseGPL-2.0-or-later[4][8]
Websitecitra-emu.org

Citra is a free and open-source emulator of the handheld Nintendo 3DS for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android. Citra's name is derived from CTR, which is the model name of the original 3DS.[4] Citra can run many homebrew games and commercial games.[9]

Citra was first made available in 2014. The core team behind it went on to develop Nintendo Switch emulator Yuzu in 2018.[10]

Development

Citra was initially created in April 2014.[11] The first commercial Nintendo 3DS game to be run by Citra was The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D.[12][13]

Citra has been able to emulate audio since May 21, 2016,[14] and has had a JIT compiler since September 15, 2016.[15] In November 2017, Citra announced networking support for the emulator.[16] The networking support emulates the 3DS's local Wi-Fi, which originally made it possible to play over local networks. Additionally, Citra allows the networking to be compatible with other users anywhere.[4] In April 2020, the Citra Team announced compatibility with New Nintendo 3DS games and support for save states,[17][18] and in May 2020, they announced a version of Citra for Android.[19] In September 2023, support for Vulkan was added as an experimental alternative to OpenGL.[20]

System requirements
Requirements
Personal Computer[4]
Operating system
CPU x86-64 CPUSingle Core Performance > 1,800 on Passmark
Graphics hardware
Android[6]
Operating system Android 9.0
CPU AArch64Snapdragon 835 or better
Graphics hardware

See also

External links

References

  1. ^ "Releases · citra-emu/citra-nightly". GitHub. Archived from the original on 2024-02-09. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
  2. ^ "Releases · citra-emu/citra-canary". GitHub. Archived from the original on 2024-02-09. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
  3. ^ "citra-emu/citra". Archived from the original on 2018-04-24. Retrieved 2020-10-10 – via GitHub.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "FAQ". Citra. Citra Team. Archived from the original on 22 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Citra Emulator - Apps on Google Play store". Google Play. Archived from the original on 2020-06-21. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  6. ^ a b "Citra Android is here! · Citra". Citra. Archived from the original on 22 May 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  7. ^ "The Citra translation project on Transifex". www.transifex.com. Archived from the original on 25 July 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Citra/License.TXT at master · citra-emu/Citra · GitHub". GitHub. Archived from the original on 2019-01-25. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
  9. ^ "Games · Citra". Citra. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  10. ^ Lilly, Paul (January 15, 2018). "Nintendo Switch 'Yuzu' Emulator Announced By Citra 3DS Developers". HotHardware. Archived from the original on 31 October 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  11. ^ "Citra Progress Report – 2015 P1". Citra Team. 23 February 2016. Archived from the original on 27 November 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  12. ^ Parlock, Joe (12 May 2015). "The first commercial 3DS game's been successfully emulated". Destructoid. Archived from the original on 7 April 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  13. ^ Orland, Kyle (12 May 2015). "Don't look now, but 3DS emulation is becoming a thing". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on 18 August 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  14. ^ "HLE Audio Comes to Citra". Citra Team. 20 May 2016. Archived from the original on 25 January 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  15. ^ @citraemu (September 16, 2016). "After much anticipation, Citra now has a JIT! Props again to @MerryMage for another massive contribution to the project!!" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 26 September 2019 – via Twitter.
  16. ^ "Announcing Networking Support". Citra Team. 4 November 2017. Archived from the original on 25 July 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  17. ^ @citraemu (March 31, 2020). "Citra's NEWEST release brings New 3DS game support! Games such as Minecraft 3DS are now playable. To celebrate, we are taking a page out of Nintendo's playbook and for a limited time, you can try out New™ Citra Canary XL" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 1 April 2020 – via Twitter.
  18. ^ @citraemu (April 2, 2020). "Accidentally fell off that cliff or killed that shiny? We've got you covered with new experimental save state support in Citra Canary. Save and reload till you finally succeed!" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 2 April 2020 – via Twitter.
  19. ^ "Citra Android is here!". Citra Team. 23 May 2020. Archived from the original on 22 May 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  20. ^ "The Vulkan-o erupts - Citra Vulkan is here! · Citra". Citra. 2023-09-15. Retrieved 2023-09-23.
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