Compatiblity can be a hit-or-miss but isn't that bad.

GBARunner2 - a GBA hypervisor made for the DS(i), can only be ran through TWiLight Menu++ and is included by default with the program (see below).

✓ (New3DS is ok except for only a few resource-intensive titles. The original DS version is actually more polished than the 3DS port, so some of the more hardware pushing games won't work as well as the DS port. Emulates the Game Boy and Game Boy Color.

GameYob - forked from a popular emulator used on the DS.

Old3ds runs well GB but may be slow at GBC)

blargSNES - It works well, but lacks compatibility for games that require enhancement chips (SA1, SuperFX, etc.).It's recommended to use a New 3DS if you want to run games that uses the SuperFX or SA-1 chip properly Snes9x for 3DS - runs a good majority of games well, even on old 3DS/2DS's.MasterSystem/MegaDrive/Sega CD/32x : PicoDrive 0.94.~5fps (Technically works but is unplayably slow) ~10fps (Technically works but is unplayably slow) Upon exiting RetroArch 3DS, press the Start button. Opposed to normal use of RetroArch, these are all self-contained emulators, albeit sharing the same automatic configuration.

The only cores the older 3DS can reliably run at full speed are 2048, Gambatte, QuickNES, NXEngine, and some older Sega games using PicoDrive. Using current exploits, the New 3DS is capable of running most of these cores at or nearly at full speed on most games. ~8fps (Technically works but is unplayably slow) Most accurate but slowest SNES core (~40 FPS),too slow to use even on New 3DS at present Same as Snes9x 2005 but with better sound, at the cost of a few FPS, has more accurate audio, slower ~55-60 FPS on standard games, ~50 FPS on Super FX games Less compatible than CATSFC, but can actually run many special chip games at full speed Redbook audio hangs when suspending or pausing RetroArch ~60fps new3ds, unstable GBC framerate in old3dsĪcceptable with Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire, but some games are slow to use, even on New 3DS, at presentĢD games run full speed, 3D games run about 30 FPS or less Most games are too slow to run even on New 3DS, though JoJo runs almost full speed Main core (fbalpha2012_libretro) does not work, but platform-specific cores run at full speedĪ few games are unable to be loaded due to memory constraints.

Nintendo 3ds homebrew to run ds roms