# 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.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/cruxxxxxx/gdx-3ds>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/cruxxxxxx/gdx-3ds/blob/d8a37d560a96b27fd65c74390bd995ee5029fba8/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/gdx-3ds-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/gdx-3ds-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/gdx-3ds-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/cruxxxxxx/gdx-3ds/blob/d8a37d560a96b27fd65c74390bd995ee5029fba8/README.md>

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