Case study
G-Diffuser 3DS: F-Zero X port for Nintendo 3DS
G-Diffuser 3DS is a native port of the F-Zero X decompilation to Old and New Nintendo 3DS, built on the G-Diffuser PC port. It has stereoscopic 3D and full audio. Optional Expansion Kit builds stream 64DD content from the SD card.
- Targets
- Game
- Category
- Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship
- Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed
- Evidence class
- C1 partial scope or analysis entry
- Stars
- 55
- Last commit
- 2026-11-04
- Language
- C
GitHub data as of 2026-11-10
Evidence

- Observed
- Download and demo observed; the case covers part of the target software.
- Scope
- Partial
- Checked
- 2026-11-09
Requirements & limits
- The player dumps their own USA revision 0 cartridge. tools/prebake/prebake.py writes fzerox.o2r and gdiffuser.o2r. Audio needs a one-time DSP firmware dump, dspfirm.cdc.
- O3DS and N3DS builds are separate. Expansion Kit builds also need the player's own 64DD disk image.
- The README names no license.
Cite
BibTeX
@misc{gdx-3ds-case,
title = {{G-Diffuser 3DS: F-Zero X port for Nintendo 3DS}},
howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/cruxxxxxx/gdx-3ds}},
url = {https://github.com/cruxxxxxx/gdx-3ds},
urldate = {2026-11-07},
note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/gdx-3ds-case/}}
}Plain text
G-Diffuser 3DS: F-Zero X port for Nintendo 3DS. https://github.com/cruxxxxxx/gdx-3ds (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/gdx-3ds-case/
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About this entry
The description was reviewed against primary sources.
Primary sources
- README.md GitHub · cruxxxxxx/gdx-3ds · Revision d8a37d5
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