Hrt-3ds

hrt-3ds
General
Author	vinegar77
Type	Racing
Version	1.1.2
License	MIT License
Last Updated	2025/10/23
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Recreation of Horse Race Tests by Blake Andrews using LÖVE Potion.

Features

• Faithful remake of Horse Race Tests, now on 3DS.
• Features all 9 regular horses + 7 evil(?) horses, all with individual winscreens and win music.
• Customizable horse lineups with multiple maps (3) and BGM (3).
• Race up to 15 horses at once, or try a 1v1 duel.
• Custom or random races, set up the race of your dreams.
• Low-res remake of e1m3t4/e1m6t2 bg theme and 2 custom bg themes.
• Enjoy the crisp 400x240px 3DS resolution as the arm11 struggles with all the wall collisions.

Installation

Download the latest release:

• 3DSX - Place hrt3ds.3dsx in the /3ds/hrt3ds/. Run it from the Homebrew Launcher.
• CIA - Install hrt3ds.cia via FBI.

Load times may be better on new CIA version for Old3ds.

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Known issues

All 3DS models:

• Wall-hitting sfx do not always play at right times.
• Pressing home while a race is running may cause horses to leave map.
• Glitches/crashes may occur if intentionally spamming buttons while screens are loading, but this is rare.

Old 3DS/Old 2DS exclusive:

• Issues arise when racing many horses at once:
• BGM will often stutter while gameplay appears stable, recommended to race with music off when many horses present.
• All sounds may stop playing until a horse wins.
• A horse can sometimes clip into/through walls if the fps drops enough.

Changelog

v1.1.2 2025/10/23

• Updated internal engine to latest version.
  • Load times are faster on all 3DS models, especially with CIA build.
  • Improved framerate/reduced audio lag on o3DS models during races.
• Slight updates to collision thread to reduce table iterations.
• Updated music toggle to resume rather than restart the bgm.

v1.1.1 2025/10/18

• A minor audio patch to fix issues detailed in #1:
  • Fixed a bug where toggling audio on and off during a race led to a crash.
  • Added an option to run a custom race without music
    • Win Songs will still play at the end of the race.
  • Adjusted BGM audio type to greatly reduce audio stutter on Old3DS.
    • BGM with the default number of horses (6) may occasionally still stutter slightly, but is closer to performace pre-1.1.0 update.
    • More complex maps like map 3 have worse performance than others.
    • Further improvements may come in a future version.

v1.1.0 2025/10/16

• New Evil Horse "Truck Stop Highway" (from Season 2).
• New map "map3" (the horse yuri map).
• New custom background song, plus titled old custom one.
• Attempts at Old3DS performance improvements.
• Oft-requested CIA release! Enjoy the horses on your homescreen, and with slightly faster load times.

v1.0.0 2025/05/16

• Updates:
  • 6 Nightmare Horses (AMF, BIN, NGT, OOB, FF8, and FFF).
  • Likewise, increased horse cap to 15 on map 1.
  • New map (map 4), supports 1 to 7 horses at once.
  • New custom background music, plus update to the old bg track.
  • Each horse now has their own respective win theme.
  • Updated Yellow's name to Lightning Strikes Thrice.
  • Added a main menu.
  • Ability to set up custom races (choose horse lineup, map, and bg track).
  • Huge code rewrite behind-the-scenes to allow for much better performance on both old and new 3ds models with many horses.
• Bugfixes:
  • Game should load in slightly faster.
  • Wall-hit sfxs will no longer occasionally play twice per collision.
  • Horses clip through walls much less often than before on old 3ds models.
  • Properly rescaled Place Your Bets box should no longer take as long to load/update.
  • Overall performance should be much better in most regards, despite some new audio glitches on old 3ds.
  • Icon corners now properly blend into Homebrew Launcher menu.

v0.1.0 2025/05/03

• Initial Release!
• Still under development. Old3DS models may lag significantly with more than 5 horses racing at once.
• No main menu, takes a second to load assets when first opened.

Credits

• Blake Andrews (snakesandrews) for Horse Race Tests.
• Made using LÖVE2D with LÖVE Potion.
• Anibal Bley (anibalbley) for original e1m3t4/e1m6t2 background track.
• lexycat for horse win tracks.
• 100 gecs for stupid horse (as was featured in the tournament).
• HC 2D Collision Detection module.

External links

• GitHub - https://github.com/vinegar77/hrt-3ds
• Reddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/HorseRaceTests/comments/1kdoej4/horse_race_tests_on_3ds/