# Panda3DS

> High-level Nintendo 3DS emulator written in C++. The README says it can play some games and mentions Lua scripting. On PC it offers a minimal SDL frontend without a GUI and an experimental Qt 6 frontend.

- Type: Tool
- Targets: Game
- Category: Game analysis tools
- Relationship: Foundation tool
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/wheremyfoodat/Panda3DS>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/wheremyfoodat/Panda3DS/blob/92e53d26b898eb89d865f8407460900a88e7c0fa/readme.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/panda3ds/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/panda3ds/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/panda3ds/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- The README points to release builds and nightly builds for Windows and macOS.
- The README names no license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/wheremyfoodat/Panda3DS/blob/92e53d26b898eb89d865f8407460900a88e7c0fa/readme.md>

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