Switch Homebrew

Welcome to the fun and exciting world of Switch homebrew! Things here are brand new and highly technical, so we highly recommend that you don’t proceed unless you’d like to get your hands dirty. If so, here are the best resources for getting started:

Available homebrew demos:

Name License Notes Source Download
EasyRPG GPL-3.0 RPG Maker 2000/2003 game interpreter. Uses LibNX https://github.com/EasyRPG/Player Download
FCEUmm GPL-2.0 An NES emulator for RetroArch. ROMs need to be provided separately. Uses LibTransistor https://github.com/libretro/libretro-fceumm Download
Kgdoom MIT Homebrew DOOM port for the Switch. Doesn’t work because of unimplemented BSD services https://github.com/kgsws/kgdoom Download
mGBA MPL-2.0 GameBoy Advanced emulator. Versions after 0.8.4 do not work. UI does not render.
OpenGL renderer does not work. Software renderer can play games at full speed.
https://github.com/mgba-emu/mgba Download
Oxidgb MIT No controls, no audio. Contains https://github.com/svendahlstrand/10-print-game-boy/ http://github.com/j-selby/oxidgb/tree/libtransistor Download
pFBN Unlicensed Portable Final Burn Neo, a watered-down version of MAME. Uses LibNX https://github.com/Cpasjuste/pemu/tree/master/pfba Download
Pixel Paint MIT A pixel paint application with 7 colors to choose from. Uses LibNX https://github.com/16BitWonder/Pixel-Painter-Switch Download
Push A NX Unlicensed Push the A button as fast as you can! Uses LibNX https://github.com/Maschell/PushA_NX Download
Snes9x-2010 Unlicensed An SNES emulator for RetroArch. ROMs need to be provided separately. Uses LibTransistor https://github.com/libretro/snes9x2010 Download
Spacenx MIT A port of Space Game, a Wii U homebrew. Download the NRO file. https://github.com/vgmoose/spacenx Download
Tic Tac Toe Unlicensed A simple tic-tac-toe game. Uses LibNX https://sh3rlock.ch/ttt.zip Download
Ultimate Mod Manager MIT A Switch homebrew application for installing mods for Smash Ultimate. https://github.com/ultimate-research/UltimateModManager Download

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