Has anyone tried the latest release of the Citra Nintendo 3DS emulator on the Quest?

Discussion

I don't have any ROMs, but I'm wondering if it works at all and how the performance is. It sure would be awesome if it worked and the developers added in 3D support (probably unlikely to happen).

Edit: Oops forgot a link:

https://youtu.be/JkTIJ1wLC90

Posted May 23, 2020, 10:23 PM UTC

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Ceno•

Ah. Interesting. I might give this a try. Last build I tried was back in January and both performance and compatibility were bad. There wasn’t a single 3DS game I tried that was actually playable. The closest one was Fire Emblem.

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imacmillOP•

If you do try it, I'd love to hear your results, even if it's just a yay or nay.

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Ceno•

Any game you’re particular interested in?

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Chocolate2890•

i'm not OP, but i'd like to see someone try Rhythm Heaven Megamix, as that's a mostly 2D game and in recent updates has been fixed to work perfectly. beforehand the music was always offsync

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imacmillOP•

How about Super Mario 3D Land?

Thanks!

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Ceno•

No dice! Citra have upped their minimum requirement. This latest version requires Android 8.0, and the Quest's one is 7.1 :-( Really sucks, as their minimum graphics cards is precisely the quest's 835.

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piepokemon•

Dolphin already is a barely running decently (in some games)

The Snapdragonn835 while compatible with Citra, it's a longshot definitely. Even with an 845 it's still not close to playable in most stuff.

Will say there's the chance the emulator optimizes and improves and at least some easier games end up playable. But it's going to mostly be a Quest 2 type thing.

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imacmillOP•

The posted video indicates that the latest release has had a significant increase in speed.

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piepokemon•

Yeah of course, I've seen the new improvements but still. The 835 will chug along in most titles. Who knows, might have some success with smaller stuff though. 2d and all that

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imacmillOP•

OK, thanks.

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