Citra was an open source Nintendo 3DS emulator coded in C++ which was first released on April 24, 2014 for Windows XP and above, and later released for Mac OS X, Linux, and Android. It is licensed under the GPLv2 License.
It was the first Nintendo 3DS emulator that has the capability to play commercial 3DS games, some eShop games, and homebrew games. Basic and some commercial games are playable at acceptable speeds, while bigger games do struggle, they are somewhat playable. Citra supports texture upscale and HD output.
Support for Citra by the Yuzu team was dropped on March 3, 2024, following a $2.4 million settlement reached with Nintendo of America.
System Requirements[]
- Windows 10 (64-bit)(1) or above
- Linux, Android, and Mac OS X 64-bit are also supported
- Graphics card that supports OpenGL 4.3 or above
- A processor that has at least a core, but a processor with the highest possible performance per core is highly recommended(2).
How To[]
- Decryption or Decryption-Ja
- Building Citra from source on Windows
- Building Citra from source on Linux
- Building Citra from source on Mac OS X
External links[]
Changelog[]
- See Citra/Changelog.
Notes[]
- 1: Citra officially dropped support for 32-bit OSes on April 8, 2015. Some older versions made after then can be built for 32-bit.
- 2: There are no official processor requirements (obviously don't expect to be running this on your 486), but performance may be impacted if your CPU is very old or isn't very powerful.