| 3DeSmume | An experimental port of Desmume. No longer in development. | Handheld | 0.1-confandselect | MasterFeizz, shutterbug2000, RocketRobz | 2016/06/28 |
| 3DNES | A NES emulator, without sound support. No longer under development. | Console | 2015 | st4rk, gdkChan | 2015/03/29 |
| 3DOS | An emulator based off 8086tiny by Adrian Cable (demo). | Computer | 2015 | shutterbug2000 | 2015/10/04 |
| 3DS-Pico8 | Play Pico-8 cartridges on your 3DS. | Computer | 0.3 | Pixel-Pop | 2020/06/09 |
| 3DSSMS | SMSPlus to the 3DS. | Console | 0.3 | cpasjuste | 2015/10/01 |
| Atari800 for 3DS | Atari 8-bit computer and 5200 console emulator. | Console | 0.3.10 | asiekierka | 2024/01/20 |
| blargSnes | SNES emulator for the 3DS. | Console | 1.4 | StapleButter (Arisotura) | 2022/03/01 |
| Bread Box | Commodore 64 emulator. Port of Frodo DS. | Computer | 2017 | spinal_cord | 2017/01/28 |
| CHIP8-2DS | Play chip8 games on your 3ds. | Computer | 1.0 | nopy4869 | 2016/07/15 |
| Chip8-CTRU | Chip8 emulator. | Computer | 2014 | YourNerdyJoe | 2014/07/27 |
| Cinoop | A minialist Gameboy emulator. | Handheld | 2015 | CTurt | 2015/11/15 |
| CitrAGB | A GBA emulator ported from gpsp. | Handheld | 2014 | Shiny Quagsire | 2014/12/19 |
| CTRX | PSX emulation research/development for 3DS. | Console | 0.9-alpha | machinamentum | 2015/10/05 |
| cuzebox3DS | Uzebox emulator; port of cuzebox by Jubatian. | Console | 0.0.1 | ry755 | 2018/09/17 |
| DaedalusX64 | Nintendo 64 emulator for 3DS, Linux, PSP, and PS Vita. | Console | 1.0 | MasterFeizz | 2022/10/16 |
| DOSBox 3DS | Port of DOSBox-SVN for Nintendo 3DS. | Computer | 0.0.3 | MrHuu | 2023/05/11 |
| fake-08 | A Pico 8 player for homebrew consoles. | Computer | 0.0.2.20 | jtothebell | 2023/03/11 |
| FCEUMM3DS | Nintendo Entertainment System; port of FCEUMM | Console | 2015 | Steveice10, updated by witheld | 2015/08/23 |
| fMSX3DS | MSX/MSX2/MSX2+ emulator with new feature for 3DS. | Computer | 1.3.1 | Tomioka | 2024/03/27 |
| Game and Watch | Game & Watch emulator. | Handheld | 2015 | DogParty | 2015/10/03 |
| GameYob | GameYob is a Game Boy emulator currently being developed by Drenn. | Handheld | 0.5.2 & 1.0.8 | Drenn, Steveice10 | 2017/02/24 |
| GBARunner2 3DS | GBARunner2 is a hypervisor that runs GBA games on DS/DSi/3DS in DS mode. | Handheld | 20200812-131430_6e4ce45 | Gericom | 2020/08/12 |
| GNUBoy 3DS | GNUBoy GameBoy Color Emulator to the 3DS. | Handheld | 0.5.3 | RetroGamer02 | 2023/07/14 |
| Handy 3DS | Atari Lynx | Handheld | 1.1 | nop90 | 2016/03/24 |
| MegaZeux | A port of the MegaZeux GCS to the 3DS. | Computer | 2.93 | MegaZeux developers | 2024/01/02 |
| mGBA | An open-source Game Boy Advance, Game Boy and Game Boy Color emulator. | Handheld | 0.10.3 | endrift (Vicki Pfau) | 2024/01/08 |
| Mini vMac | Macintosh Plus and Macintosh II emulator. | Computer | 3.0pre2 | TaraHoleInIt | 2020/05/12 |
| Neopop 3DS | A quick port of NeoPop Emulator (Neo Geo Pocket/Color). | Handheld | 0.2 | Seagal (seagal112) | 2015/01/30 |
| NeoPop SDL | NeoPop-SDL is the SDL port of NeoPop, a portable NeoGeo Pocket emulator. | Handheld | 0.4 | nop90 | 2017/06/14 |
| NP2 for 3DS | Japanese NEC PC-9801 series computer emulator. Port of Neko Project II. | Computer | 0.1.3 | raima | 2017/08/04 |
| OldSNES | SNES Virtual Console for Old 3DS users. | Console | 1.00 | Ryuzaki-MrL | 2017/02/12 |
| open_agb_firm | A bare metal app for running GBA homebrew/games using the 3DS builtin GBA hardware. | Handheld | alpha_2023-10-06 | profi200 | 2023/10/06 |
| Phoenix Arcade Emulator | Phoenix Arcade Emulator | Arcade | 0.2 | seagal112 | 2015/03/05 |
| PicoDrive 3DS | Sega Master System/MegaDrive/Sega CD emulator; port of PicoDrive by notaz. | Console | 0.94 & CHX fix | bubble2k16, fix by sleepingkerby | 2021/10/17 |
| PokeMini 3DS | Pokemon Mini emulator. | Handheld | 1.0 | nop90 | 2017/02/17 |
| r3Ddragon | A Virtual Boy emulator for the N3DS. | Handheld | 0.87 | mrdanielps | 2017/02/03 |
| Red Viper | A Virtual Boy emulator for the 3DS. | Handheld | 0.9.3 | Floogle, danielps, and others | 2024/04/11 |
| RetroArch | A multisystem emulator (GB, GBA, SNES, Genesis, CPS1, CPS2, and more). | Console | 1.16.0 | libretro | 2023/09/21 |
| ScummVM 3DS | SCUMM game engine virtual machine. | Other Emulators | 2.7.0 | ScummVM Team | 2023/02/27 |
| Sim800 | CC800 portable dictionary. | Other Emulators | 0.2 | banxian | 2015/04/03 |
| Snes9x Fork | SNES9x Port for 3DS / 2DS. | Console | 1.45 | bubble2k16, willjow, matbo87, Xeddius-Network | 2022/01/26 |
| SNES9x 3DS | SNES9x Port for 3DS/2DS. | Console | 1.30 | bubble2k16 | 2018/03/24 |
| TemperPCE 3DS | Port of Exophase's Temper (TurboGrafx/PC-Engine) emulator to the old 3DS and old 2DS. | Console | 1.02 | bubble2k16 | 2018/03/19 |
| TIC-80 | A fantasy computer port to the (New) 3DS. | Computer | 1.1.2837 | nessbox, asiekierka | 2023/10/22 |
| uae3DS | Amiga 500 Emulator for Nintendo 3DS. | Computer | 1.0 | Badda | 2020/06/23 |
| uxnds 3DS | Uxn (retro-style fantasy computer) ported to 3DS. | Computer | 0.4.9 | asiekierka | 2023/12/17 |
| Vex3DS | Vectrex emulator. | Console | 0.4 | nop90 | 2016/04/15 |
| Vice3DS-C128 | An experimental VICE C128 emulator to 3DS. | Computer | 2.4.2 | Badda | 2023/02/12 |
| Vice | C64 Emulator. | Computer | 2.4.2 | Badda | 2023/02/12 |
| VirtuaNES 3DS | A NES emulator with high compatibility for your Old 3DS or 2DS. | Console | 1.02 | bubble2k16 | 2018/03/21 |
| Z26 3DS | Atari 2600 emulator. | Console | 2015 | nop90 | 2015/10/12 |
| ZX Spectrum EMU | ZX Spectrum | Computer | 0.1 | seagal112 | 2015/03/25 |
| ZXDS | Sinclair ZX Spectrum that support WiFi multiplayer. | Computer | 2.2.1 | Patrik Rak | 2022/01/20 |
