3DS Emulator Citra Boots First Commercial Game

Awesome. I'm glad there's a future for these games. I recently sold my 3DS because of arthritis in my hands and wrists. I love the system. It's just a lot easier for me to play games on a screen with a controller.
 
Really excited for this, also, it seems to be progressing fast. :D

Just need a way to rip my 3DS library until then, maybe my SMS4 can do it, never tried it yet for 3DS games.
 
Seik said:
Really excited for this, also, it seems to be progressing fast. :D

Just need a way to rip my 3DS library until then, maybe my SMS4 can do it, never tried it yet for 3DS games.
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You should be able to use the gateway exploit to rip your gamecarts to your SD card then can back them up on your PC.

You don't actually need a gateway card to utilize the exploit, only for actually launching backups and stuff.
 
Man, when this thing hits Android phones either (a) Nintendo is going to be in some deep shit or (b) we'll already have the 3ds' successor.

Considering how well ppsspp already runs, I'd say the two pieces of hardware are similar in specs.

Exciting times, can't wait to load this up on the nvidia shield one day.
 
Seventy70 said:
Can't wait to play 3DS games in HD with a controller. I wonder how easily their progress can be transferred to New 3DS emulation.

I'm going to bet that it's going to be playable by the end of 2015. Now that the major hurdles are being jumped over, I could see development attracting more and more people to contribute.
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Shouldn't New 3DS emulation pretty much be a clockspeed bump and a flag? Plenty of emulators that allow you to overclock the virtual cpu already :P

Really nice to see this progress. I want to see comparison shots of Mirror of Fate/HD :lol
 
Sorry to be the partypooper but its certainly not a good thing (for Nintendo) when an emulator hits this state at the peak of the system's life.

and yes, I'm talking about piracy and, yes. I also know/assume that most of GAF do not pirate but rip their own games.
99.9% of the other emulator users don't, though
 
iamaustrian said:
Sorry to be the partypooper but its certainly not a good thing (for Nintendo) when an emulator hits this state at the peak of the system's life.

and yes, I'm talking about piracy and, yes. I also know/assume that most of GAF do not pirate but rip their own games.
99.9% of the other emulator users don't, though
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The 3DS is already past its peak, and we're still a bit ways off from this being able to conveniently run most commercial games. The 4DS will be on the horizon by then.
 
iamaustrian said:
Sorry to be the partypooper but its certainly not a good thing (for Nintendo) when an emulator hits this state at the peak of the system's life.

and yes, I'm talking about piracy and, yes. I also know/assume that most of GAF do not pirate but rip their own games.
99.9% of the other emulator users don't, though
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This is pretty common, it happened with the N64, SNES (I think), Wii and many of their handhelds. In the end they can't really stop it, and it gives consumers more options on how to use their software they legally bought, nevermind software posterity.
 
iamaustrian said:
Sorry to be the partypooper but its certainly not a good thing (for Nintendo) when an emulator hits this state at the peak of the system's life.

and yes, I'm talking about piracy and, yes. I also know/assume that most of GAF do not pirate but rip their own games.
99.9% of the other emulator users don't, though
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not much you can do but shrug.
 
SparkTR said:
This is pretty common, it happened with the N64, SNES (I think), Wii and many of their handhelds. In the end they can't really stop it, and it gives consumers more options on how to use their software they legally bought, nevermind software posterity.
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At least here it's coming towards the end of the 3DS' lifespan, not earlier like with many other consoles/handhelds.
 
SparkTR said:
This is pretty common, it happened with the N64, SNES (I think), Wii and many of their handhelds. In the end they can't really stop it, and it gives consumers more options on how to use their software they legally bought, nevermind software posterity.
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GBA was also emulated very early. If I remember right there was an emulator able to run GBA demos before the system was even released.
 
iamaustrian said:
Sorry to be the partypooper but its certainly not a good thing (for Nintendo) when an emulator hits this state at the peak of the system's life.
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There's a world of difference between playing on an early emulator that's bound to crash and fail, and one that is stable and well tested. If you actually care for the games, you are are not going to spend your time with Citra. (Also if you're not somewhat "tech-savvy")

Additionally, even today with the Nintendo DS, some games can never be enjoyed the same way with Keyboard and Mouse. Case in point: The one in my avatar: Hotel Dusk. Plays like you're the detective, holding a notebook in your hand. Completely unreproducable on PC. Never going to feel the same wy.

Also, if you are really worried: It's not like Nintendo is shy with DMCA and other legal action. I don't see them having any legal standing with this, but they can sure try and make it as arduous as possible for the developers.
 
iamaustrian said:
Sorry to be the partypooper but its certainly not a good thing (for Nintendo) when an emulator hits this state at the peak of the system's life.

and yes, I'm talking about piracy and, yes. I also know/assume that most of GAF do not pirate but rip their own games.
99.9% of the other emulator users don't, though
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Sorry to be a postpooper but how about you let Nintendo worry about it instead of concern trolling? Rom kiddies didn't kill your favorite Nintendo franchises in the 90s-00s and they aren't going to do it now.
 
ILoveBish said:
Ever since the PSP, you dont need to emulate the hardware anymore, you can just emulate the api calls instead, which is orders of magnitudes easier. Its why the ps3, 360 and 3ds emus are playing retail games so quickly already. Wii u will be the same when the time comes for that.
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Not emulating the hardware? I don't know any emulator that doesn't at least have emulation for the CPU op codes.
 
iamaustrian said:
Sorry to be the partypooper but its certainly not a good thing (for Nintendo) when an emulator hits this state at the peak of the system's life.

and yes, I'm talking about piracy and, yes. I also know/assume that most of GAF do not pirate but rip their own games.
99.9% of the other emulator users don't, though
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then why tell this to people on GAF
 
iamaustrian said:
Sorry to be the partypooper but its certainly not a good thing (for Nintendo) when an emulator hits this state at the peak of the system's life.

and yes, I'm talking about piracy and, yes. I also know/assume that most of GAF do not pirate but rip their own games.
99.9% of the other emulator users don't, though
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Sorry to counter your party pooping but emulators have been doing this since the dawn of reverse engineering...its not going to be any different this time. Nothing happens to the systems, if they did then Nintendo would've gone bankrupt long ago.
 
iamaustrian said:
Sorry to be the partypooper but its certainly not a good thing (for Nintendo) when an emulator hits this state at the peak of the system's life.

and yes, I'm talking about piracy and, yes. I also know/assume that most of GAF do not pirate but rip their own games.
99.9% of the other emulator users don't, though
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Read Duckroll's post on the second page and ponder on the necessity of your post following his warning
 
Ten eighty peas. Wow.

In a few years, I expect to be using this to play MH4U at 4K while I wait for the next one to come out on the 3DS' successor.
 
c0de said:
Not emulating the hardware? I don't know any emulator that doesn't at least have emulation for the CPU op codes.
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Instead of emulating the CPU, GPU, memory and their interactions, you emulate what the games try do do. You emulate the communication between the game and the OS. Instead of emulating how a hardware interacts to draw something, you get the API calls to the OS and emulate those instead which makes emulating a lot faster.

A bad analogy may be: You have a lightbulb. You can try to copy it by using the exact same metals, wiring, components etc. The other way, is to emulate the light from the bulb, using different materials but they all will produce a lightbulb making the same light.
 
iamaustrian said:
Sorry to be the partypooper but its certainly not a good thing (for Nintendo) when an emulator hits this state at the peak of the system's life.

and yes, I'm talking about piracy and, yes. I also know/assume that most of GAF do not pirate but rip their own games.
99.9% of the other emulator users don't, though
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Using emulators for piracy is a big problem. I bet loads of people on GAF pirate games to play on emulators all the time. But it doesn't mean every single goddamn emulation thread needs to be filled with this piracy discussion.

It is possible to use emulators with ROMs you personally ripped. I like ripping my own games for archival purposes all the time.

So can we please just have a thread that doesn't devolve into this nonsense?
 
Sitrus said:
Instead of emulating the CPU, GPU, memory and their interactions, you emulate what the games try do do. You emulate the communication between the game and the OS. Instead of emulating how a hardware interacts to draw something, you get the API calls to the OS and emulate those instead which makes emulating a lot faster.

A bad analogy may be: You have a lightbulb. You can try to copy it by using the exact same metals, wiring, components etc. The other way, is to emulate the light from the bulb, using different materials but they all will produce a lightbulb making the same light.
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I know what you are trying to describe (hle) but still every emulator for a different architecture emulates at least the cpu.
 
Aeana said:
By the time this is actually usable to play games, the 3DS won't even be an active platform anymore. On the other hand, preservation of the libraries of older systems through emulation is incredibly valuable, and I'm cheering it on so these games can live forever.
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Yup, think about how much of today's games will be lost because they're developed under the "games as a service model". Seems like we lose out on some XBLA and PSN stuff all the time now that the 360 and PS3 era is over.
 
sir_kevith said:
Yup, think about how much of today's games will be lost because they're developed under the "games as a service model". Seems like we lose out on some XBLA and PSN stuff all the time now that the 360 and PS3 era is over.
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Luckily, that's being preserved in various underground, private collections.
 
Any word on Ace Attorney or Touch Detective playability? I'd imagine VN style games should be simpler to emulate
 
Aquamarine said:
Using emulators for piracy is a big problem. I bet loads of people on GAF pirate games to play on emulators all the time. But it doesn't mean every single goddamn emulation thread needs to be filled with this piracy discussion.

It is possible to use emulators with ROMs you personally ripped. I like ripping my own games for archival purposes all the time.

So can we please just have a thread that doesn't devolve into this nonsense?
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But then we wouldn’t be able to try to bait people in to a ban!
 
I'm loving Persona Q, so imagining the fantastic art direction upres'd makes me appreciate the hell out of the people working on Citra. Reminds me of when I first ripped a game to dolphin and cranked up some settings. My jaw dropped.
 
Some new updates:

Super Monkey Ball 3D now boots.

And apparently so does Bravely Default.

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