Citra (emulator)

Short description: Nintendo 3DS emulator

Citra

Citra Nightly 1910 running on Linux

Developer(s)| Citra team, 257 contributors [1]
Repository| github.com/citra-emu/citra
Written in| C++[1]
Operating system| Windows,[2] macOS Big Sur,[2] Linux, Android[3]
Platform|

* x86-64[2]
* ARM64[4]

Available in| 22 languages[5]
Type| Video game console emulator
License| GPL-2.0-or-later[2][6]
Website| citra-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.[2] Citra can run many homebrew games and commercial games.[7]

Citra was first made available in 2014. The core team behind it went on to develop Nintendo Switch emulator Yuzu in 2018.[8]

## Contents

* 1 Development
* 2 See also
* 3 External links
* 4 References

## Development

Citra was initially created in April 2014.[9] The first commercial Nintendo 3DS game to be run by Citra was The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D.[10][11]

Citra has been able to emulate audio since May 21, 2016,[12] and has had a JIT compiler since September 15, 2016.[13] In November 2017, Citra announced networking support for the emulator.[14] The networking support emulates the 3DS's local Wi-Fi, which originally made it possible to play over local networks.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.[2] In April 2020, the Citra Team announced compatibility with New Nintendo 3DS games and support for save states,[15][16] and in May 2020, they announced a version of Citra for Android.[17] In September 2023, support for Vulkan was added as an experimental alternative to OpenGL.[18]

System requirements

|  | Requirements

|

Personal Computer[2]
Operating system  |

* Windows 10 (64-bit) or higher
* macOS Big Sur or higher
* Modern 64-bit desktop Linux

CPU  | x86-64 CPU
Graphics hardware  |

* OpenGL 4.3
* Vulkan 1.1

Android[4]
Operating system  | Android 9.0
CPU  | AArch64
Graphics hardware  |

* OpenGL ES 3.2
* Vulkan 1.1

## See also

* List of computer system emulators
* Video game console emulator

## External links

* Citra website
* Game compatibility list

## References

1. ↑ "citra-emu/citra". https://github.com/citra-emu/citra.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 "FAQ" (in en-us). Citra Team. https://citra-emu.org/wiki/faq/.
3. ↑ "Citra Emulator - Apps on Google Play store". https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.citra.citra_emu.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Citra Android is here! · Citra" (in en-us). https://citra-emu.org/entry/announcing-citra-android/.
5. ↑ "The Citra translation project on Transifex" (in en). https://www.transifex.com/citra/citra/.
6. ↑ "Citra/License.TXT at master · citra-emu/Citra · GitHub". https://github.com/citra-emu/citra/blob/master/license.txt.
7. ↑ "Games · Citra" (in en-us). https://citra-emu.org/game/.
8. ↑ Lilly, Paul (January 15, 2018). "Nintendo Switch 'Yuzu' Emulator Announced By Citra 3DS Developers". HotHardware. https://hothardware.com/news/nintendo-switch-yuzu-emulator-announced-citra-3ds-developers.
9. ↑ "Citra Progress Report – 2015 P1". Citra Team. 23 February 2016. https://citra-emu.org/entry/citra-progress-report-2015-p1/.
10. ↑ Parlock, Joe (12 May 2015). "The first commercial 3DS game's been successfully emulated". https://www.destructoid.com/the-first-commercial-3ds-game-s-been-successfully-emulated-291974.phtml.
11. ↑ Orland, Kyle (12 May 2015). "Don't look now, but 3DS emulation is becoming a thing". https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/05/dont-look-now-but-3ds-emulation-is-becoming-a-thing/.
12. ↑ "HLE Audio Comes to Citra". Citra Team. 20 May 2016. https://citra-emu.org/entry/hle-audio-comes-to-citra/.
13. ↑ @citraemu (16 September 2016). "After much anticipation, Citra now has a JIT! Props again to @MerryMage for another massive contribution to the project!!". https://twitter.com/citraemu/status/776626520110399488.
14. ↑ "Announcing Networking Support". Citra Team. 4 November 2017. https://citra-emu.org/entry/announcing-networking-support.
15. ↑ @citraemu (31 March 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.". https://twitter.com/citraemu/status/1245130659007348736.
16. ↑ @citraemu (1 April 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!". https://twitter.com/citraemu/status/1245542495989059584.
17. ↑ "Citra Android is here!". Citra Team. 23 May 2020. https://citra-emu.org/entry/announcing-citra-android/.
18. ↑ "The Vulkan-o erupts - Citra Vulkan is here! · Citra" (in en-us). 2023-09-15. https://citra-emu.org/entry/citra-vulkan-announcement/.

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* t
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Emulators of Nintendo hardware

Handheld|

* higan
* MAME (MESS)
* Mednafen
* VisualBoyAdvance
* Citra
* Wzonka-Lad

Home console|

* FCEUX
* higan
* NESticle
* Nestopia
* Mednafen
* Snes9x
* ZSNES
* Project64
* 1964
* Mupen64Plus
* Project Unreality
* UltraHLE
* Dolphin
* Cemu
* Yuzu

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