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Need for Speed: NITRO System Requirements

Electronic Arts Montreal Game page

Need for Speed: NITRO has never been released for PC, so it has no PC system requirements. It came out on Nintendo DS, Wii. Released in 2009.

Running Need for Speed: NITRO on a computer

A console game runs on a computer through an emulator, so the hardware it needs is the emulator's. You still need your own copy of the game.

melonDS

melonDS emulates Nintendo DS.

Supported systems

OS
Windows (x64, ARM64), Linux (x64, ARM64), macOS (Universal), FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD (x64)

Source: https://melonds.kuribo64.net/downloads.php, read on 2026-09-12.

Dolphin

Dolphin emulates Wii.

Minimum

OS
Windows 10 (1903 or higher), Linux, or macOS 11 Big Sur or higher
Processor
A CPU with SSE2 support
Graphics
A reasonably modern graphics card (Direct3D 11.1 / OpenGL 3.3)

Recommended

Processor
A modern CPU (3 GHz and dual core, not older than 2008)
Graphics
Direct3D 11.1 / OpenGL 4.4

Source: https://github.com/dolphin-emu/dolphin, read on 2026-09-08.

Games of the same series that run on PC

Where Need for Speed: NITRO can be played

Platforms: Nintendo DS, Wii.

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