Borked3DS

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Runs on Android, Linux, Mac, Windows.

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Borked3DS is ranked #10 of 14 in Nintendo 3DS emulators on The Geeks Club. It runs on Android, Linux, macOS, Windows.

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Supported platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux, Android

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The record

Purpose: Borked3DS is a Citra-derived project that continues Nintendo 3DS emulation development.
Experimental status: The project describes itself as experimental, with limited testing and minimal support, and says bugs may go undiscovered or unfixed.
Desktop and Android features: The project says its Desktop and Android versions have near-feature parity for applicable settings and functions, with Offset Time as an exception.
Skylanders support: The Desktop version has built-in Skylanders IR portal support for most compatible 3DS games.
Shader options: On Desktop and Android, users can customize SPIR-V shader optimization for size, performance, or turn it off, and can enable validation or legalization.
Android logging: The Android version supports log-level selection and regex filtering.
Desktop frontends: Desktop releases include a Qt GUI frontend and an SDL command-line frontend, which can take command-line options.
Android requirements: The project says its APK supports 64-bit Android 9 or later devices with ARM or x86 hardware, and recommends Vulkan 1.3 or later for the best experience.
macOS requirements: The unified Mac binary supports 64-bit x86 and ARM Macs; the stated minimum is macOS 13 for x86 and macOS 14 for ARM.
Linux builds: The project offers 64-bit Linux AppImages based on Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04, and 24.04, including a GCC option based on Ubuntu 24.04.
Known Android issue: The release notes warn that LLE audio may fail or crash on some Android hardware and recommend using HLE audio as a workaround.
License: The repository lists the GPL-2.0 license.
Project maintainer: A release page identifies Reg Tiangha as a release contributor.
Product: Borked3DS is an experimental Nintendo 3DS emulator based on Citra.

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Sources

github.com/Borked3DS/Borked3DS· checked 4 Oct 2026
github.com/Borked3DS/Borked3DS/releases· checked 4 Oct 2026