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Citra has progressed to the point where it would be false
to say that it can not play any commercial games whatsoever.
The FAQ has been slightly changed to reflect this fact, and the
page's meta information has also been likewise tweaked.
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<html> <html>
<head> <head>
<meta charset="utf-8"> <meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Citra - Experimental 3DS Emulator</title> <title>Citra - An Experimental 3DS Emulator</title>
<meta name="description" content="An experimental 3DS emulator that is only just beginning to run some commercial <meta name="description" content="Citra is a work-in-progress 3DS emulator that can run a wide variety of commercial
games (though very slowly)."> games (although very slowly).">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="scripts/slick/slick/slick.css"/> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="scripts/slick/slick/slick.css"/>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css" />
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<h1>About Citra</h1> <h1>About Citra</h1>
<h3>What is Citra?</h3> <h3>What is Citra?</h3>
<p>Citra is a <b>work-in-progress</b> emulator for the Nintendo 3DS.</p> <p>Citra is a <b>work-in-progress</b> 3DS emulator. Citra can currently emulate, with varying degrees of success,
a wide variety of different homebrew programs and commercial software. </p>
<h3>What can it do?</h3> <h3>Does that mean I can play &lt;insert retail game here&gt;?</h3>
<p>It can currently emulate <a href="https://github.com/smealum/ctrulib">ctrulib</a>-built homebrew <p>Citra can, ostensibly, "play" many different games, including The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, and Animal
programs, such as <a href="https://github.com/smealum/yeti3DS">Smealum's port of Yeti3D</a>.</p> Crossing. Many games, however, will not load at all, only showing a black screen. Many other games will
<p>Citra is also beginning to run some commercial games, but all are very broken and unplayable.</p> only show the title screen and then freeze, or crash.</p>
<p>You can expect almost all games to run incredibly slowly, though, and to exhibit many gameplay and graphical
<h3>Can I play &lt;insert retail game here&gt;?</h3> glitches.</p>
<p>In nice, bold letters: <b>No! Citra is not ready yet!</b>. You can <b>not</b> play Pokémon, Super <p>If you're interested in 3DS emulation as an experiment, you may gain something out of trying Citra, but if
Mario Bros., or any of your other favorite 3DS games yet. </p> you're simply looking to play games then stick to your 3DS handheld.</p>
<p>If you check back in a year or two, this may no longer be the case.</p>
<h3>What platforms does Citra support?</h3> <h3>What platforms does Citra support?</h3>
<p>We're pleased to say that Citra works on all three major desktop OSs!</p> <p>We're pleased to say that Citra works on all three major desktop OSs!</p>
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targeted as well.</p> targeted as well.</p>
<h3>What kind of specs do I need to run Citra?</h3> <h3>What kind of specs do I need to run Citra?</h3>
<p>Citra currently uses an interpreter to emulate the 3DS's CPU, as well as a software renderer for the <p>Citra currently uses (very slow!) interpreters to emulate both the 3DS's CPU and 3DS vertex shaders. Your
GPU. As one might imagine, this is very inefficient, so it is doubtful that most (if any!) consumer computer is simply not fast enough to run almost any commercial game at full speed.</p>
hardware would be fast enough to run at full-speed.</p> <p>The only <em>hard</em> requirement for Citra is a graphics chip that supports <b>at least OpenGL 3.2</b>,
<p>In short, there's no real recommended hardware, but suffice it to say that you want the fastest but you definitely want a processor with the highest possible performance per core.</p>
possible processor, and a graphics chip that supports <b>at least OpenGL 3.2</b>.</p>
<h3>Where can I download Citra?</h3> <h3>Where can I download Citra?</h3>
<p>At the moment, there are no stable versions of Citra for you to download, however, you can download <p>At the moment, there are no stable versions of Citra for you to download, however, you can download
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where a stable version becomes viable, we'll make those available for download.</p> where a stable version becomes viable, we'll make those available for download.</p>
<h3>How can I help?</h3> <h3>How can I help?</h3>
<p>Citra's source is hosted on <a href="https://github.com/citra-emu/citra">GitHub</a>, which is a <p>Citra's source code is hosted on <a href="https://github.com/citra-emu/citra">GitHub</a>, which is a
platform where developers can come together on a project, submitting pull requests with code changes.</p> platform where developers can come together on a project, submitting pull requests with code changes.</p>
<p>You probably want to check out the <a href="https://github.com/citra-emu/citra/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md">contributor's <p>You probably want to check out the <a href="https://github.com/citra-emu/citra/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md">contributor's
guide</a> and the <a href="https://github.com/citra-emu/citra/wiki/Developer-Information">developer information</a>. guide</a> and the <a href="https://github.com/citra-emu/citra/wiki/Developer-Information">developer information</a>.