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Android Authority
02-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Android Authority
The best Nintendo 3DS emulator on Android just got even better
Andy Walker / Android Authority TL;DR Azahar version 2122 Alpha 1 brings huge performance and compatibility gains to 3DS emulation. Significant improvements have been made to Luigi's Mansion 2, Star Fox 64 3D, and The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth. The update is in alpha, so it may have minor bugs. Just last week the leading Nintendo 3DS emulator Azahar pushed an update to fix a security vulnerability, but over the weekend another update dropped with huge performance and compatibility gains. Azahar version 2122 Alpha 1 brings a long list of optimizations, but the end result is that all games should play more smoothly. One specific implementation of SIMD operations has reduced GPU processing time, but it also removes compatibility for older x86_64 CPUs. Android is unaffected by this, and unless you're still using a CPU from 2011 or earlier, you should be fine. The update brings performance and compatibility gains on all platforms. A few other changes are listed as improving performance for a few specific games, most notably Luigi's Mansion 2, Star Fox 64 3D, and The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth. It also fixes an error that caused The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth to crash when starting a run. On Android, you can now display additional statistics in the overlay via the Layout settings menu, although only FPS is enabled by default. You can also adjust the aspect ratio in the single-screen setting, and the initial setup process has been streamlined with fewer pages. You can download the update via the official GitHub, but it's worth noting that this is an Alpha release. That means it could have some bugs that need fixing before final implementation. As a result, it has not yet been pushed to the main Google Play Store listing, which replaced the Lime3DS listing earlier this year. However, it has been pushed to the public beta channel for the same Google Play listing if you've signed up. Either way, it should clear the testing phase in about a week if all goes well. Got a tip? Talk to us! Email our staff at Email our staff at news@ . You can stay anonymous or get credit for the info, it's your choice.
Android Authority
28-05-2025
- General
- Android Authority
PSA: You need to update this 3DS emulator to avoid a security risk
Andy Walker / Android Authority TL;DR Azahar 3DS emulator released a minor update that fixes a security flaw in the RPC server setting. Previously, other users on your network could read and write data to the emulated application's memory. Online capabilities added in recent updates make the feature more risky than before. Nintendo 3DS emulation is better than ever thanks to the merging of Lime3DS and PabloMK7's Citra forks into the new Azahar emulator, but if you have the emulator installed on your device you need to update it right away. Previous versions of the app have the RPC server enabled by default, which can be useful for external game displays or integrations with streaming tools. However, it also poses a risk, since other devices on your local network can read from and write to the emulated application's memory. There was no option to turn it off in settings. This feature has existed since the days of Citra, but with all the updates made to the original code since it was shut down in the wake of the Yuzu case, new risks have emerged. PabloMK7 points specifically to 'online functionality and account login support' and states that the team believes it's 'no longer ideal to have the RPC server enabled by default' in a post on Discord. Find the full text of the post below. As a result, the team has released update 2121.2, which turns the RPC server off by default and adds a toggle to turn it back on. There are no known instances of the feature being used maliciously in the wild, but it's worth updating right away. The update has a few other minor fixes across platforms, but nothing that will affect performance. You can download the latest version from the official GitHub page for all platforms. The update has also been pushed to the Google Play Store version to make the process even easier on Android devices. Got a tip? Talk to us! Email our staff at Email our staff at news@ . You can stay anonymous or get credit for the info, it's your choice.
