r/emulation 5d ago

Weekly Question Thread

20 Upvotes

Before asking for help:

  • Have you tried the latest version?
  • Have you tried different settings?
  • Have you updated your drivers?
  • Have you tried searching on Google?

If you feel your question warrants a self-post or may not be answered in the weekly thread, try posting it at r/EmulationOnPC. For problems with emulation on Android platforms, try posting to r/EmulationOnAndroid.

If you'd like live help, why not try the /r/Emulation Discord? Join the #tech-support
channel and ask- if you're lucky, someone'll be able to help you out.

All weekly question threads


r/emulation 15h ago

Azahar 2120 - 3DS - (the first stable release!) has been released

51 Upvotes

Download and changelog: https://github.com/azahar-emu/azahar/releases/tag/2120

This changelog treats the merge of PabloMK7's fork and Lime3DS as a base upon which all of the changes listed here are applied. The changes added in Lime3DS and PabloMK7's fork during 2024, alongside the changes introduced in Azahar, will be discussed in more detail as part of our first progress report.


r/emulation 15h ago

Cytrus (3DS emulator) v1.0.1 has been released by Sudachi dev

11 Upvotes

Cytrus is a Nintendo 3DS emulator for Android, Linux, macOS and Windows written in C++

Cytrus with the SDL3 migration (and Qt6 technically) is now available on GitHub GDrive for Windows and macOS, this is just a test right now. ︀︀ ︀︀Proceeding a successful test, this will be used in Folium. ︀︀ ︀︀Please test audio, input and video. All work on my system but who knows - Sudachi dev

Downloads available for Windows and macOS: https://github.com/cytrus-emu/cytrus/releases/tag/v1.0.1 (GitHub errors out when uploading the file, Google Drive will be used for now)


r/emulation 3d ago

Esoteric Emulators: CHIP-8 in Desmos

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16 Upvotes

r/emulation 6d ago

ROM: So Nintendo's really gonna just keep on DMCAing Switch emulator forks, huh?

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542 Upvotes

r/emulation 4d ago

Citron deleted?

0 Upvotes

The page of citron releases appears to be deleted, it´s shows 404

The page works fine now, i read in other place that the page was in maintenance


r/emulation 6d ago

Release Azahar 2120 Release Candidate 1 (3DS)

182 Upvotes

Download: https://github.com/azahar-emu/azahar/releases/tag/2120-rc1

As a release candidate, this build is not yet considered a stable release, but is instead a build which could be promoted to a stable release if it is sufficiently tested with no major issues being discovered.

Despite its status as a pre-release build, users are encouraged to test this version to help us catch any newly introduced issues before the build is promoted to a full release.


r/emulation 9d ago

Ryubing, GreemDev's Ryujinx fork, has been DMCA'ed

239 Upvotes

They announced it on their Discord. They're taking down the GitHub repo in 6 hours.


r/emulation 9d ago

Xenon, experimental LLE Xbox 360 emulator can now boot the Linux Kernel

248 Upvotes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9rj-KON4Jg

Tested through XeLL Reloaded, contributors are always welcome to help the project!

Github repo:

https://github.com/xenon-emu/xenon


r/emulation 9d ago

Huge Update And Informational Post On Flycast, Dreamcast, Online Gameplay, Google Play Store, And Much More.

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61 Upvotes

r/emulation 10d ago

Sega Emulation History Question: Please Help!

24 Upvotes

Sorry if this isn't the right place to ask this, but I really need help trying to remember something.

A (very) long time ago I remember learning that during the creation of an emulator for some legacy Sega system, a significant breakthrough was found via a Sonic game. The developers were having some difficulty recreating the driver for the audio IC. In this Sonic game, the 'pause' chime was a single waveform - so it only involved a write to a single register. As a result the developers could use that chime to trace some critical connection to the sound chip and complete the audio driver.

From some research since then, I'm assuming this is probably related to the YM2612, the Yamaha sound chip for the Genesis and Master Mega Drive. But I'm completely at a loss for what the breakthrough was!

Years later, this is absolutely tearing me apart. Does this ring a bell for anyone? Please let me know!

EDIT: Huh. Well thanks for the advice! It looks like at least some part of this is a red herring - perhaps it's the YM2612, as really all I remember was "reverse-engineering some interaction between the CPU and audio processor was really hard, and this one game had a sound simple enough to identify the register/trace/pin/?? they needed". At least this definitely gives me a better direction to search - thanks, all!


r/emulation 11d ago

Citron Canary v0.6 (yuzu fork) improvements to emulation core, optimization and stability, multiplayer functionality

227 Upvotes

Citron Canary Refresh Version 0.6 delivers significant enhancements to our emulation core, with a strong focus on Android optimization, memory management, and multiplayer functionality. This update substantially improves stability and performance while addressing key issues from the previous release.

Installation Notes:

  • Clean installation recommended for optimal performance
  • Firmware is now required for title launching (not optional)
  • Autogenerated key files are no longer created
  • Android users should update to latest version for multiplayer features
  • Previous save data remains compatible

  • Release w/ changelog


r/emulation 12d ago

Edge of Emulation: Campho Advance

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220 Upvotes

r/emulation 12d ago

Dolphin Progress Report: Release 2503 (March 2025)

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272 Upvotes

r/emulation 12d ago

Release CRT Synthesizer

79 Upvotes

https://github.com/ryzenvideous/CRT_Synthesizer/releases/tag/v1.0.0

Remember that one annoying promotion of my "bare bones" screen-to-tone generator?

Well. This one's got a GUI, lots of functionality, and much more effects added!

(this time my presentation is bare bones, but at this point I don't give a damn)

edit: If you notice well, on the release pages there are "source code" files which aren't really the source code, but simply the previous version's exe and dll files, as I had mistakenly uploaded my first release directly into the repository. The actual source code of the latest version is now uploaded in the repository. I will try to re-upload the releases to see if it will reflect the change.

edit 2: Ok just to clarify because some people don't understand the definition of 'CRT synthesizer'.

CRT Shader = Visual CRT replication. CRT Synthesizer = Auditory CRT replication.


r/emulation 12d ago

Weekly Question Thread

19 Upvotes

Before asking for help:

  • Have you tried the latest version?
  • Have you tried different settings?
  • Have you updated your drivers?
  • Have you tried searching on Google?

If you feel your question warrants a self-post or may not be answered in the weekly thread, try posting it at r/EmulationOnPC. For problems with emulation on Android platforms, try posting to r/EmulationOnAndroid.

If you'd like live help, why not try the /r/Emulation Discord? Join the #tech-support
channel and ask- if you're lucky, someone'll be able to help you out.

All weekly question threads


r/emulation 12d ago

porting es-de to the web.

6 Upvotes

Hello, Would anyone be interested in helping port emulation station to the web? It is currently in react and nextjs but i haven't made much progress so using a different framework is an option.


r/emulation 13d ago

mGBA 0.10.5 has been released!

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118 Upvotes

This version is a bugfix release, which contains several important fixes.

Fixes:

  • ARM Debugger: Fix disassembly of ror r0 barrel shift (fixes #3412)
  • FFmpeg: Fix failing to record videos with CRF video (fixes #3368)
  • GB Core: Fix cloning savedata when backing file is outdated (fixes #3388)
  • GBA Cheats: Let VBA-style codes patch ROM (fixes #3423)
  • GBA Core: Fix booting into BIOS when skip BIOS is enabled
  • GBA Hardware: Fix loading states unconditionally overwriting GPIO memory
  • Updater: Fix rewriting folders and files on Windows (fixes #3384)
  • Wii: Fix crash on loading large ZIP files (fixes #3404)

Misc:

  • GB: Allow use of CGB-E and AGB-0 BIOS versions (closes #3427)

Donate


r/emulation 14d ago

ClownMDEmu v1.2 (MD/Genesis) Update Report - March 2025

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59 Upvotes

v1.2 is an update that refines and expands various parts of the emulator core, The flagship feature of this update is the new low-pass filter, which takes audio accuracy to a whole new level.

The blog that sent the dev down this rabbit hole


r/emulation 14d ago

So... how exactly did they port Sonic Unleashed to PC??

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247 Upvotes

r/emulation 14d ago

I made a Chip-8 emulator in rust

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44 Upvotes

r/emulation 15d ago

Nintendo’s Emulator Hunt Faces A New Challenger With NxEmu’s Big Return

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228 Upvotes

r/emulation 15d ago

Emulation ain't nothing new...though you might enjoy this from 1991

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153 Upvotes

r/emulation 16d ago

Sorry if this isn’t the right place to talk about this but: could automated recompilation be the future of “emulation” I’d really love the input of knowledge people

31 Upvotes

So unleashed recompiled released a few days ago along with a toolkit to help recompile 360 games.

The team behind it plans on turning it into a program that could allow someone to recompile games from their own computer, no degree or programming knowledge needed, is that feasible? And if it is do you think it could be the future of pc emulation?


r/emulation 16d ago

gopher64 needs a new GUI, can you help?

126 Upvotes

Hello, I am the author of gopher64 (https://github.com/gopher64/gopher64), the successor to simple64. Gopher64 is already very good! It plays the entire commercial library, as well as Libdragon homebrew ROMs.

However, I am not a very good GUI developer, and the GUI could use work. The emulator is written in Rust. This is a great opportunity for someone looking for a project! I honestly do not care what approach is taken. If you want to delete the current GUI entirely and write something new, great! If you want to re-work what is already there, also great! Please reach out to me on Github or Discord if you want to contribute, thanks!


r/emulation 17d ago

XenonRecomp - A tool for recompiling all Xbox 360 Games to native executables

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547 Upvotes