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 citra emulator
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+An open-source Nintendo 3DS emulator/debugger written in C++. At this time, it only emulates a very small subset of 3DS hardware, and therefore is only useful for booting/debugging very simple homebrew demos. 
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+For development discussion, please join us @ #citra on [freenode](http://webchat.freenode.net/).
+
+### Development
+
+If you want to contribute please take a took at the [Coding Style](https://github.com/bunnei/citra/wiki/Coding-Style), [Roadmap](https://github.com/bunnei/citra/wiki/Roadmap) and [Developer Information](https://github.com/bunnei/citra/wiki/Developer-Information) pages. You should as well contact any of the developers in the forum in order to know about the current state of the emulator.
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+### Building
+
+* __Windows__: Install *Visual Studio 2013*. Then open the *.SLN* file, and press *Build* > *Rebuild Solution*.
+* __Linux__: *TODO*