citra VS xenia

Compare citra vs xenia and see what are their differences.

citra

A Nintendo 3DS Emulator (by citra-emu)

xenia

Xbox 360 Emulator Research Project (by xenia-project)
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citra xenia
217 139
10,081 7,616
- 2.1%
9.6 4.1
about 1 month ago about 1 month ago
C++ C++
GNU General Public License v3.0 only GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
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citra

Posts with mentions or reviews of citra. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-11.
  • The BEST Emulators of 2023 || Modern Vintage Gamer
    3 projects | /r/Games | 11 Dec 2023
    Doesn't cover 3DS (Citra)
  • Rokid Max Review and Many Tips
    5 projects | /r/rokid_official | 21 Jul 2023
    Another wonderful option is to play Nintendo 3DS games with the Citra emulator. They look incredible. I would go so far as to say that if you're a fan of the console then this is the best way to experience its games, even better than on the original hardware. Again use 3840x1200 @ 60 Hz and full SBS. In Emulation -> Configure... -> Graphics -> Stereoscopy set it to "Side by Side". Also increase the renderer internal resolution to as high as your PC can handle (I used "5x Native"). We'll also have to set the display layout for our resolution and aspect ratio. Unfortunately, this has to be done manually. Browse to %APPDATA%\Citra\config and edit qt-config.ini with this in the [display] section:
  • Help, so i saw on a video that to make amiibo work on citra you have to put .bin amiibo files in the amiibo folder in citra-emu folder but it isn't there
    2 projects | /r/Roms | 12 Jul 2023
    After some more research, I discovered that the Citra devs discovered and fixed this issue by allowing the Back button to open the in-emulation menu. This fix was added on Jan 22 2023. When I checked the version of Citra available on the Google Play Store on my phone, it was a very old version from May 2021, which is strange because viewing the same Play Store page on my computer shows it was updated in April 2023... maybe your Play Store version is also outdated? If so, the only solution I can think of would be to install the apk from the Citra Nightly github repo.
  • Cemu Wii u emulator ios
    2 projects | /r/emulators | 30 Jun 2023
  • PSA: CITRA MMJ IS NOT OPEN SOURCE AND HAS BEEN COLLECTING USER DATA
    4 projects | /r/emulation | 28 May 2023
    There have been several recent changes merged for custom textures. Here is one of the pull requests for example: https://github.com/citra-emu/citra/pull/6452. The slow loading you're talking about was only an issue for me if preload custom textures was enabled.
  • Vulkan for Citra Official is here!
    2 projects | /r/EmulationOnAndroid | 9 May 2023
    https://github.com/citra-emu/citra/actions/runs/4923300572 the link for those who might want to give it a try.
    2 projects | /r/EmulationOnAndroid | 9 May 2023
    There has been a new version posted today and doesn't seem to have the crashing issues of the older version https://github.com/citra-emu/citra/actions/runs/4933706946
  • 3DS emulation on Mac M2?
    4 projects | /r/macgaming | 5 May 2023
    I just followed the build-it-yourself instructions here https://github.com/citra-emu/citra/wiki/Building-for-macOS and it was easy-peasy.. tried a game and it works great
    4 projects | /r/macgaming | 5 May 2023
    Just used the instructions here https://github.com/citra-emu/citra/wiki/Building-for-macOS to build it myself. I can open it but I also get the error as soon as I try to run anything.. that my system doesn't support OpenGL. Looked in the settings but there isn't any way yet to switch to Vulkan. I think Vulkan support is coming very soon but hasn't landed yet.
  • You guys like 3ds emulation
    2 projects | /r/SteamDeck | 8 Apr 2023
    That's weird, since it was implemented in November 2022 (I only know this because I was looking it up yesterday for another use case)

xenia

Posts with mentions or reviews of xenia. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-08-17.
  • Welcome to r/OnlinePreservation!
    6 projects | /r/OnlinePreservation | 17 Aug 2023
    Xenia (Xbox 360) Emulator: https://xenia.jp/
  • Xenia: Xbox 360 Emulator
    4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 12 Jul 2023
  • RDR Re-Master coming for PC?
    2 projects | /r/PCRedDead | 28 Jun 2023
    I wish they could be fixed but they can't. You're thinking of the audio latency problem that Canary can fix with a config edit. There is no cure for these issues: https://github.com/xenia-project/xenia/issues/1515
    2 projects | /r/PCRedDead | 28 Jun 2023
    Then you aren't paying attention. These are documented bugs in the emulator. https://github.com/xenia-project/xenia/issues/1515 but sure all you guys are just so oblivious to it you genuinely believe there are no issues. Users are useless when it comes to diagnosing problems. I can't imagine how frustrating it must be to actually code for these things.
  • Emulators
    4 projects | /r/linux_gaming | 21 Jun 2023
    You can monitor Linux-related issues here: https://github.com/xenia-project/xenia/labels/platform-linux
    4 projects | /r/linux_gaming | 21 Jun 2023
  • Skate 3 keeps crashing
    2 projects | /r/EmulationOnPC | 6 May 2023
  • list of your preferred core to use for each system on retroarch?
    2 projects | /r/RetroArch | 11 Apr 2023
    I don't use standalone cores to play (at the moment), so cannot assist in any way with that. But I have interest in near future to try something that is either not available on RetroArch or is strongly limited. But that is something we don't discuss here, as it gets off topic (and often lead to fights amongst passionate users if you know what I mean). But before I hand wave this, have a look at the topic at https://github.com/xenia-project/xenia/issues/1754 , as Xenia seem to support reading ISO files according to the replies. I don't want discuss it here, so just leaving the link for your further investigations (I don't emulate on my Series S).
  • Gold Edition Split-Screen?
    3 projects | /r/Disney_Infinity | 10 Apr 2023
    - Wait for someone to create a Xenia Emulator game-patch / CEMU Emulator game-patch for the Xbox 360 / Wii U version of Disney Infinity 3.0 (Requires Reverse Engineering, in case anyone is interested in doing that). I know someone has reversed engineered the Wii version of Disney Infinity 1.0, but it has yet to fully release. If these patches are ever created, it would be the definitive way to play 3.0, besides the missing Toy box shared levels and online multiplayer.
  • Any actually useful uses for Raspberry Pi and alternative sbc?
    11 projects | /r/homelab | 24 Mar 2023
    Also I just run retro gaming on my windows pc since i'm always on it. I use SNES, Gameboy, PS1, PS2, PS3, XBox, and XBox 360. If sure it's not efficient to run them all separately but it works for me

What are some alternatives?

When comparing citra and xenia you can also consider the following projects:

yuzu - Nintendo Switch emulator

xenia-canary - Xbox 360 Emulator Research Project

rpcs3 - PS3 emulator/debugger

game-compatibility

xemu - Original Xbox Emulator for Windows, macOS, and Linux (Active Development)

citra-Apple-Silicon-Build - A Nintendo 3DS Emulator

Ryujinx - Experimental Nintendo Switch Emulator written in C#

melonDS - DS emulator, sorta

desmume - DeSmuME is a Nintendo DS emulator

Lemuroid - All in one emulator on Android!

citra - A Nintendo 3DS Emulator

OpenEmu - 🕹 Retro video game emulation for macOS