Running Windows XP is also a bad idea as all support for XP ended on April 8, 2014.

The wiki can help you find if a game works well on Citra or not.Ī: Yes, Citra will work on Mac OS X and most Linux distributions.Ī: Older versions of Citra will run and it can be compiled to run on XP, however, if your computer is so old that it cannot run Windows 7 and up, it very likely will not be able to run Citra.

Q: Some games are really laggy, slow, have bad issues, or don't even load at all, why?Ī: Keep in mind that Citra is still in active development and cannot run some games without some bad issues, and some can't work at all. Please refer to this page to figure out how to dump game cartridges to work with Citra. Vanilla, encrypted 3DS games do not work. Q: I downloaded/dumped a ROM but Citra throws a 'Could not Determine System Mode' or 'Failed to Decrypt' errorĪ: Citra requires that games be properly decrypted in order to play them. Dumping a game is really simple, just read the below page for instructions! We understand that downloading ROMs is not necessarily piracy if you own a copy of the game nonetheless it is still not going to be described here. We highly recommend using Citra as Citra is actually capable of emulating commercial games, some even at full speed.Ī: We cannot and will not tell you how to download ROMs on this wiki or page because it is illegal, piracy is against Wikia's Terms of Service, and piracy is strongly frowned upon by the Nintendo 3DS Emulator Wiki. 2.4 Q: Is there a Nintendo Switch Emulator Wiki?Įmulation Q: What emulators are available?Ī: Citra, 3dmoo, TronDS, and XDS are available emulators.2.2 Q: May I update a rating on a game?.2.1 Q: May I make an article about a game?.1.8 Q: Citra is complaining about missing DLLs.1.7 Q: Does Citra work on 32 bit operating systems?.1.5 Q: Does Citra work on Mac and Linux?.1.4 Q: Some games are really laggy, slow, have bad issues, or don't even load at all, why?.1.3 Q: I downloaded/dumped a ROM but Citra throws a 'Could not Determine System Mode' or 'Failed to Decrypt' error.

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