Native Emulator & Browser Frontend
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Drop a ROM File Here

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Browser Mode

Drag & drop any ROM directly, or open the ☰ library to pick from your GitHub repo or local folder. Uses EmulatorJS — supports NES, SNES, N64, GBA, NDS, PSX, Sega, and more. For 3DS games, use the native app below.

3DS / Native Mode

Real 3DS emulation (.3ds / .elf) requires the native desktop app — SDL2 + ARM interpreter can't run in a browser. Download the build for your OS below, then run: mindworks game.3ds

Native App — Build & Run

Compile the MindWorks 3DS emulator for your OS. Requires .NET 8 SDK + SDL2 runtime.

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Linux x64
dotnet publish -c Release -r linux-x64
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Deps: apt install libsdl2-2.0-0 libopenal1
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Windows x64
dotnet publish -c Release -r win-x64
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Place SDL2.dll + OpenAL32.dll next to .exe
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macOS x64
dotnet publish -c Release -r osx-x64
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Deps: brew install sdl2 openal-soft
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macOS ARM64
dotnet publish -c Release -r osx-arm64
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Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3/M4)
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Linux ARM64
dotnet publish -c Release -r linux-arm64
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Raspberry Pi 4/5, etc.
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Browser / WASM
Native SDL2 P/Invoke ≠ WASM.
Use this site's WASM build for browser play.
Early stage, limited features.

Launch

./mindworks game.3ds  —  load a decrypted 3DS ROM
./mindworks homebrew.elf  —  load ARM11 ELF homebrew
./mindworks --test  —  SDL2 display test (no ROM needed)
./mindworks --vm  —  MindWorks VM assembler demo

Pre-Compiled Builds

Ready-to-run binaries for each platform. Extract and run directly: ./mindworks game.3ds — no .NET SDK required.

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Linux x64
Standalone binary (~12 MB)
Download
SDL2 & OpenAL required
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Linux ARM64
Raspberry Pi 4/5 (~12 MB)
Download
SDL2 & OpenAL required
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Windows x64
Console app (~25 MB)
Download
SDL2.dll + OpenAL32.dll included
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macOS x64
Intel Macs (~14 MB)
Download
SDL2 & OpenAL required
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macOS ARM64
Apple Silicon (~13 MB)
Download
SDL2 & OpenAL required

Linux Dependencies

sudo apt install libsdl2-2.0-0 libopenal1

macOS Dependencies

brew install sdl2 openal-soft

Control Map

↑↓←→D-Pad
ZA Button
XB Button
AY Button
SX Button
QL Trigger
WR Trigger
EnterStart
R ShiftSelect
ClickTouchscreen
EscQuit / Menu

Native app only. Browser (EmulatorJS) uses its own built-in touch/gamepad controls.

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