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Emulation never dies! it changes and moves forward!
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Lime is the rebith project for Citra the world's most popular, open-source, Nintendo 3DS emulator.
+Lime is the rebirth project for Citra the world's most popular, open-source, Nintendo 3DS emulator.
It is written in C++ with portability in mind and builds are actively maintained for Windows, Linux, Android, and macOS.