Yuzu (emulator) facts for kids
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| Developer(s) | Team Yuzu |
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| Initial release | January 14, 2018 |
| Written in | C++ |
| Operating system | Windows, Linux, macOS (unofficial) |
| License | GNU GPLv2 |
| CPU | Minimum: Intel i3-6100 or AMD Ryzen 3 1200 Recommended: Intel i5-8600K or AMD Ryzen 5 3600 |
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| Memory | Minimum: 8GB RAM Recommended: 16GB RAM |
| Graphics | Minimum: OpenGL 4.5 support or Vulkan 1.1 such as an Intel HD Graphics 530 or Nvidia GeForce GT 710 Recommended: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB or AMD Radeon RX 470 8GB |
Yuzu, stylized as yuzu, is a free and open-source emulator of the Nintendo Switch. Yuzu was announced to be in development on January 14, 2018, 10 months after the Nintendo Switch came out. It is developed in C++.
The emulator is made by the developers of the Nintendo 3DS emulator Citra. Both programs use a lot of the same code. At first, Yuzu only supported test programs and homebrew, but as of July 2019, a small amount of games work without any issues. A list of games that work with Yuzu is updated on Yuzu's official website.
Features
Yuzu uses a network service called Boxcat instead of Nintendo's BCAT dynamic content network.
Yuzu allows the resolution to be changed to that of docked mode or undocked mode, or even higher than any of them.
In December 2019, Yuzu added an experimental Vulkan renderer to its Early Access build. As of April 2020, this Vulkan renderer is being used with MoltenVK to continue making Yuzu for MacOS because Apple discourages the use of OpenGL in MacOS.
On May 9, 2020, the development team announced an update that included experimental multi-core CPU emulation.
Related pages
See also
In Spanish: Yuzu (emulador) para niños
