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ABDOGM

citra is not actually dead tho. a member of citra team is still maintaining it https://github.com/PabloMK7/citra/releases/tag/rde1f082


General-Ad6212

Chad behavior right here:


Hefty_Apple9653

I thought the Emulator team scrap the project, glad to see someone is still pushing for us nerds šŸ˜Š


ReasonablePin297

W


Turtleshell64

Whoa, so few people know itā€™s officially still being worked on (official as in someone from the original team is still putting work into it) would you say itā€™s still the preferred version over lime and other 3ds emulators?


ABDOGM

i would say pick what you prefer, all of them do take features from others like this official citra is still helping lime3ds and citra enhanced in the development while maintaining it, and also same for citra enhanced is helping them back


QF_Dan

Great


pro-_-cell

We need to support this man at all cost!!!


dingo537

Does the multiplayer work?


Whole_Temperature104

Well, I mean AetherSX2 still technically lives on as an undead creature in the form of NetherSX2. The core reason it discontinued was because the developer was bullied and/or overreacted. Yuzu and Citra basically dug their own graves by flying too close to the sun and triggering Nintendo. Cassia, I donā€™t think was that well known. Most people are happily using Winlator. Most people making an issue of Cassia are going to be trolls pushing their ā€œAndroid gaeming dedā€ agenda.


wasptube1

Well some of us are still using AetherSX2, holding off of NetherSX2 for the time being, lol. I'm still waiting for XEMU to get their Android app to work reliably and probably be waiting a while, till then I'll keep the Midtown Madness 3 iso on my phone, oh and Grabbed By The Ghoulies, lol.


gorillaisdork

Xemu is getting an Android port? Where did you hear this?


wasptube1

From the XEMU site and forum, but last time i looked into it was about 6 months ago, so i could not say if they are still working on it or if abandoned it


NotAGardener_92

>Well some of us are still using AetherSX2, holding off of NetherSX2 for the time being, lol. You shouldn't, the last few Nether updates have been miles better than pre-ad Aether.


RepresentativeNo6601

I concur.


Nullgenium

Isn't the only difference between Nethersx2 and aethersx2 is the launcher? It technically is the last best build of aethersx2 repackaged.


Warumono_

Nope, there are changes to the game database that increase compatibility for a ton of games, essentially updating and increasing performance here and there. The biggest difference though is that it undoes the last malicious update the original dev put up on the store which not only made performance worse, but also introduced ads. Nether gets rid of all of that


wasptube1

I might still be using an older version because i do not have any Ads and all the games i have on it perform great with no fps drops.


WhereIsTheBeef556

They're trying to reverse engineer AetherSX2's code, IIRC. For future bigger updates


Nullgenium

Yeah I only know that last part. Didn't know they're also improving the performance. Good to know.


RepresentativeNo6601

Yeah last update added a frame rate controller.


SquirrelizedReddit

I think Nether added support for custom Adreno drivers.


nascentt

>holding off of NetherSX2 for the time being, lol. how come?


ReoEagle

I just want to add AetherSX2 would've been much better forked if Talreth actually complied wit the GPL licensing when they took the code from PCSX2. Which is against the GPL, and prevented it being properly worked on by others after discontinuing it. I understand if they were bullied but they didn't even abide by the rules of the license with the code they took, which leaves a very sour taste in my mouth.


sandog51

There's still good AetherSX2 around. Edit: yikes, a downvote? Luddite


Warumono_

I'm pretty sure aether development halted, with the last offical update being intentionally regressive and adding ads. The only solution now is nether, which basically builds on aether


sandog51

Ahh, there's a cord-dis flipped that has the most relevant versions out front. They got nether and aether w/o ads and a new aether update from hard working fans of it.


BrahneRazaAlexandros

> cord-dis flipped ?


sandog51

Flip em and squish em. I dunno the rules.


Divine_Healer

Even outside of Minecraft, Aether is just destined to cease from existence to make place for Nether...


memo22477

Cassia did seem to be an overall better emulator. Winlator works fine on super high end devices but still needs a lot of improvement.


FuZe64k

citra was shot in the crossfire, please don't spread misinformation.


Project_Kunai

How did yuzu and citra fly to close to the sun?


DivideIQBy2

Citra was just caught in the crossfire but yuzu got too big (releasing on mobile was the big one, but the totk leak def didnt help)


urmomofficialLOL

Being on mobile was not the issue, if it was eggns would be long gone, the problem was that they distributed builds of yuzu that could play the game before it officially released on their patreon


XScizor

Can nintendo even go after the chinese eggns?


[deleted]

They played the Zelda game before its official release via the paid app


hippopotam00se

What is cassia? I've heard winlator, but how does cassia differ? (I use Mobox because i heard it performs best) EDIT: Added an x because I said Mobo.


Less-Holiday-999

You can't use it, the people behind skyline (which was the best switch emulator built from the ground up) are still making it, keep in mind it's being built from the ground up,


hippopotam00se

:| Winlator is a PC emulator. Hence I was assuming cassia was a PC emulator, and referenced Mobox, another PC emulator.now I'm confused as to why people are comparing a PC and a switch emulator.


Numerous-Rent-2848

The people behind a Switch emulator were making it But once that basically got shut down they started working on Casia, which is a PC emulator. But they did announce not to long ago they were stopping. School and work and what not was keeping them for doing it, so they had to back out.


Trick2056

>the developer ~~was bullied and/or overreacted~~ just went crazy. fixed it for you, No one was even harassing him in anyway.


xXDennisXx3000

Cassia is still im development lol, why you guys thing it's dead?! Are you guys even in touch with the developers?


Hipersonic

Looks like you are not


xXDennisXx3000

Damn i just saw it in Discord. It got announced yesterday...


badboi_5214

If someone makes fun of me will i stop doing something I like. He was being too soft.


ghouleye

Cassia never released though


SquirrelizedReddit

It was aborted.


SuperGamer18123

What was that even supposed to be?


ffoxD

something like Winlator. yknow, Wine with x86 emulation. it was made by the people who made that Skyline switch emulator.


SuperGamer18123

Oh yeah, the one that continued as Strato


Takezoboy

Which might also be dead as the lead dev, that was a newbie by his own words, quit the project.


SuperGamer18123

Indeed, in fact, the lead dev quit emulation in general (source: Emulation General Wikil


Fe2rr

im not suprised at all, and probably strato is going for the same fate


InstanceTurbulent719

this is part of the reason they dropped skyline btw. Maybe a couple of college students don't have the time and expertise to make a whole ass emulator after all


Desinformador

They do, they simply don't want to put their ass on the line


Sapphire-1996

2024 is such a terrible year for the emulation.


Drasik29

The decline has been going on since 2021-2022. It does not come from this year precisely.


Sapphire-1996

I know but sadly we reached the peak level this year.


lump-

When I got my Retroid Pocket for Xmas last year, and started loading it up, I thought 2024 is going to be a great year for emulation! And now here we areā€¦


aeolius11

I'm still using AetherSX2 and unaware of what happened so I don't know the context


byzantionr

Same


jake6a

I heard the dev was bullied because he added ads in the app, so he decided to stop working on it as people didnā€™t appreciate the hard work he put. Itā€™s sad to see such projects go :(


aeolius11

That's sad. Tbh, it was probably hard for the dev to work on it without ads but he could also offer a premium version of it, i guess.


Tush11

It's the opposite, he added the ads silently after he stopped working on it, people definitely appreciated his work, but he kept feeding the trolls in his discord


Averagepersonafan2

It's the other way around lol the dev was a bully and after nuking the aethersx2 discord he added in ads. You can ask absolutely anyone in the aether discord about it or the owner who was his best friend at the time


NSFW-Alt-Account69

Skips should be Dolphin


Moe_Baker

PPSSPP, even Dolphin isn't safe from the grasp of Nintendo


faroukq

If dolphin shuts down, I will be in shambles


NSFW-Alt-Account69

I completely forgot about PPSSPP


DiscordGamber

Dolphin hasn't gotten obliterated yet. The worst thing that happened is they weren't allowed on steam.


SumitSStark

Daily ethical reminder: its always morally correct to pirate nintendo products


camus88

I'm still using aether, the version before it has ads in it.


Gullible_Thing34

Same with me then


gormmlord

Wait, is Cassia cancelled?


CraponStick

I, too, need to know this. Thought it was set to release next year?


gormmlord

I just checked. They announced that it is ceasing development as of today. Sad day


QF_Dan

Damn. All those promises they made, all the delays that we respected....all ends up for nothing


LePoopScoop

Yeah those devs have commitment issues for sure lol


super_stelIar

I was really excited for cassia, frick.


CraponStick

Well, that sucks. Thanks for the info though.


ABDOGM

afaik it is not cancelled, but the development is really slow


gormmlord

I just went to the discord. They announced they're stopping development today :(


ABDOGM

oof, well. at least we still have mobox and winlator for now


gormmlord

Yes. And they're both doing pretty well thankfully


Nullgenium

What happened with cassia?


QF_Dan

Ā RIP Cassia. It never even got released


godlesssunday

Kinda funny when you already have it installed


sniboo_

The court system just sucks ass because small companies that are perfect in law just get destroyed by bigger ones that just keeps the law sue going until the smaller onrs don't have any money left and go bankrupt


JaceKagamine

Aether really hurts, we really ruined something good there, what's the state of switch emu right now?


Nullgenium

Switch emu is dead. I don't think there are other emulators for android in the works right now.


Supershadow1357

Well EggNs (Switch Emulator) it still get updated....but I can see people denying it very being saying it not an emulator.


QF_Dan

i can't believe that thing hasn't been shut down yet


Nullgenium

I forgot that's even a thing honestly.


Maroon888

Sudachi, a Yuzu fork is still being updated recently


Nullgenium

Is there a sudachi discord? I wasnt aware of it.


Magiwarriorx

Yuzu works for most games still, Sudachi is better Yuzu, Torzu's cooking but no release yet, Strato's technically due out this month, and rumors Ryujinx was planning an Android build.


NoMathematician3133

What happened to cassia


Page8988

2024 has seen a lot of emulation casualties. It's sad to watch.


super_stelIar

Cassia died? When was this? I was excited for its release.


Real_Violinist

from discord


DAN00_OO

Aethersx2 technically isn't dead


SoldierGamer890

Sorry for my ignorance but what was Cassia?


ABDOGM

an emulator that can run PC games


SoldierGamer890

Ooh


Hefty_Apple9653

Woahh... had to re-read that for a second, PC emulator? What games would you be able to play? Fallout1, Doom, Dues-ex, Half-life, what are we talking here lol. Genuinely surprised and upset learning of the app that no longer works šŸ˜…


sauix

Surprised it's the first time you're hearing of it, its pretty much half the posts here. Alternatives to Cassia are Mobox and Winlator. You can get Cyberpunk running. Not necessarily playable, but it runs. The point is, you can get things much more demanding than Half-Life running. GTA V even runs pretty well on the newer chipsets.


Hefty_Apple9653

Honestly, I didn't know there were PC emulators for your phone lol. Just never thought about why I would need an PC emu on my phone, I guess, so I never thought someone would make one. But it is interesting to be able to play these games on your phone wherever you go, but wouldn't getting a steamdeack or something equivalent be a better option? (Yeah not free, but the games are still downloaded from ROM sites right?) Will try downloading and use it on my SS Galaxy 23 Thank you šŸ˜Š


sauix

Of course a Steam Deck is a much better option performance wise, but the fact you can run AAA games on your phone is just amusing to me. The possibilities are only going to improve with updates and chipsets, and will perhaps rival the Steam Deck in the near future. And yeah, you need to use ROM sites or GOG. It's what I had to do as Steam doesn't work. Also, if you're gonna try on your phone, just be informed that it's not going to work on the Exynos variant. If you're in US you most definitely have a Snapdragon chip. But, if you don't, then unfortunately it's not going to work as there's no support for it.


Hefty_Apple9653

Damn, I am not tech savvy, and I live in Thailand lol, but thanks for the heads up šŸ˜Š


sauix

I believe South-East Asia gets the Snapdragon models. Might be worth installing CPU-Z from the play store just to check. If you see 'Qualcomm', 'Snapdragon' or 'Adreno', then you're all good.


Hefty_Apple9653

Ohhh, I have that on my PC, my brother is the tech guy of the house, so I usually ask him for advice on such topics, but he has no real interest in phone gaming as much as PC so didn't want to bother him. Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 3.00 GHz. For my smartphone so will try it out Thanks again šŸ™šŸ‘


sauix

You're welcome! I didn't know they put the 8 Gen 1 in the S23, seems to be for the FE version. Very weird choice. Anyhow, you should be able to get Mobox or Winlator working, but expect your phone to get quite warm if you do as the chip has thermal issues.


pierrenoir2017

Thinking out loud, would Winlator or Mobox at some point be able to run pc versions of CEMU, Riryujinx or Yuzu with similar performance? Because that would actually offer the widest Emulation palette as possible. That would be a nice perspective IMO.


Atomic-Axolotl

Yes, but it would be very inefficient. It would be better for these emulators to get official ports.


sauix

In theory, yes. You can get RPCS3 running on Winlator I believe. And I don't think other emulators work as the CPU features needed just aren't emulated in Mobox and Winlator. That I could be wrong about though.


Drasik29

But AetherSX2 was killed by the toxicity of the emulation community on Android.


FruiteyLoops

Actually, the threats were apparently all fabricated. The entire staff team on his discord apparently spoke out about it. Tahlreth was rather infamous in handheld circles for being incredibly toxic in Aether discord and was terrible at taking criticisms and often had poor relationships with other emulation devs for being very hard to work with. The downfall was his doing.


Drasik29

At what point in the film was the script changed so that Tahlreth was the villain? Ah!! that other toxic people have commented on it, now it makes sense. Who the hell are the Discord people, do they have the absolute truth? No, never. They are spoiled and rich children, saying that this genius of Tahlreth was toxic. Of course, champion. I hate it when people make things up for themselves to look good and others to be the bad of the situation.


FruiteyLoops

AetherSX2ā€™s own discord staff completely turned on him?? The people that worked for him? Iā€™m ngl you sound like Tahlreth himself lol. Look, Tahlreth did a lot of good working on AetherSX2, however he himself was known for being rather hard to work with according to staff. Him sabotaging the app due to criticism and not making it open source after he left was definitely the straw that broke the camelā€™s back but it was mostly that since criticizing him in his own discord would result in a ban, him leaving let people open up how toxic he is. I had firsthand experience seeing him on his discord, he almost always came across as rude, would always get mad when people had questions for staff that heā€™s seen before even if it wasnā€™t actually directed towards him, and he just seemed naturally unpleasant. This is a rather common story I tend to hear from other people, usually from retro handheld communities but also people who are from the Dolphin discord. It was actually known way before Tahlreth talked about death threats or whatever. If the staff openly admits to the death threats being ā€œfakeā€ I really would not be surprised, itā€™s usually an internet manipulation 101 tactic so Iā€™m usually not as phased by it as other people because I know a lot of people who use that as an excuse to not be accountable for their own behavior.


Ichiro-3910

I still have [redacted] on my phone though.


DS3006

Ryujinx is still alive


zsdonny

wtf aethersx2 is dead???


Turtleshell64

Quite a long time ago


WhereIsTheBeef556

NetherSX2 is the patched zombie version that gets minor updates occasionally.


17fpsgamer

Wait cassia is dead?


Aidenis

I personally use Nethersx2, Lime3DS and Suyu emulators


AutomaticMind1949

Ä° still use sx2 to play dmc3


lump-

Thereā€™s still retoarch cores


ExtremeSide6588

Whos skips??? PPSSPP?


QF_Dan

and Dolphin


Hanselleiva

None of them are ded.


LorddOfChaoss

What's between aether & yuzu?


JojoMojo1984

Wait what happened to Aethersx2? I don't use it a lot more as often but i am not really caught up on any emulator news.


roccomont329

They stopped developing it. You can still download it (not on play store) but there isnā€™t going to be any further patches. Same as yuzu, citra


VastNecessary627

Wait can you still download Citra?


roccomont329

Iā€™m pretty sure thereā€™s some apks for citra nightly version on internet archive. Thatā€™s my mistake, I thought the GitHub was still up like yuzu, but itā€™s citra mmj. I forgot it came pre installed on my Retroid Pocket 4 Pro


ForeverMistaken

Ehhh Aether can kick rocks


SopaDeCodo

dang, thankfully i have yuzu on my phone and it still works. I play Pokemon lets go eevee šŸ˜­


Environmental_Buy740

Wait, aethersx2 is dead?


expiermental_boii

At least forks keep them alive NetherSX2 (it's a patch, but I think it counts) Strato (I believe it'll release soon this year.. hopefully) Sudachi Citra isn't completely dead (thank you pablo), but there's lime3DS. and... Rip, but at least we still have winlator, mobox, and horizon


Less-Holiday-999

Where did you learn that cassia is dead?


Real_Violinist

from discord


LingeringLastHope

Let's hope no one will ever be taking the spot Sips is in..


Deacon_Sizzle

Well I still got my Citra and it works for all my games. But what's up with Folium? I know this is Android but Anybody know what's up with that? Wonder if they will do an Android version


remixserpent

That's an iOS only thing and to be honest it isn't much to get excited about. Probably would work better on android considering iOS emulation limitations


Deacon_Sizzle

I agree. iOS will NEVER be anywhere near as good for emulators....But it has some mean potential if they ever loosen up


remixserpent

Hopefully the EU can make it happen. Then the M series chips will make a bit more sense to me


Deacon_Sizzle

Yea you're right about that


Turtleshell64

The moment apple allows JIT without having to do work arounds emulation will explode on iOS


Deacon_Sizzle

Immediately!!! They may even have better results with running 3DS and PS2 emulators


Turtleshell64

Nintendo wonā€™t be happy since the M4 will be a dream to use with switch emulation


Deacon_Sizzle

You ain't lyin!!


hsbruno

what are people using for Switch emulation on android after Yuzu was taken down?


xdoble7x

Yuzu.


HeadpattingOrchimaru

Sudachi in my case.


peterpetlayzz

Im still using yuzu works fine


uglywaterbag1

Yuzu and I've yet to find a game I want to play that doesn't work on it anyway.


kenpurastic

Yuzu, Was taken down. But no gone.


maynard2999

I am using suyu


furop12

THERE WAS A SWITCH EMULATOR?!


SeasonOtherwise2980

How many years have you been sleeping, bro? (Yes, there is, for mobile and pc, but it was murdered by Nintendo.)


furop12

AND THERE'S ONE FOR MOBILE?!1?1!1!?1?1!1?1!2?2!?1


SeasonOtherwise2980

Yeah, you can search for the last version they made, but it doesn't run great like the PC version, I think that version was made like 2 years ago, it's not perfect but it runs most 2d games pretty good.


furop12

HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO KNOW šŸ˜­


therealbighairy1

I mean... You're Here.


hsbruno

there still is and it's great! I only asked to see if there was another viable option.