Now that I have your attention...it's true! Yup, I shit you not, I have indeed found a working DS emulator for the PC that plays a lot of commercial games at full speed! Sounds too good to be true? That's what I thought before trying it, but now I can assure you that it's true!
I didn't find a compatibility list, but so far I've tried New Zealand Story Revolution, Rub Rabbits, Elite Beat Agents (yeah!) and they all work like a charm! Even New Super Mario Bros and Super Mario 64 DS run at almost 100%, with only minor sound glitches and a framerate at about 80-90%, so for a work in progress this emulator is already made of WIN and GOD!
Even the lovely text adventures that gnome posted the other day work!
So, where can you find this incredible piece of software? Here's the official site but there you'll only find version 2.5, since 2.6 is exclusive for donators. Of course there are links on the interwebz for the latest version, but since we're trying to run a respectable blog here you'll have to google for it. Don't worry, it's easy enough to find, and if you're to lazy to search for it why don't just donate to the awesome guy that developed it? He sure deserves it. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have some ROMs waiting to be played...
Even the lovely text adventures that gnome posted the other day work!So, where can you find this incredible piece of software? Here's the official site but there you'll only find version 2.5, since 2.6 is exclusive for donators. Of course there are links on the interwebz for the latest version, but since we're trying to run a respectable blog here you'll have to google for it. Don't worry, it's easy enough to find, and if you're to lazy to search for it why don't just donate to the awesome guy that developed it? He sure deserves it. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have some ROMs waiting to be played...
Update: Already tried some more games and here are the results:
Jam Sessions - Fully playable
Goldeney: Rogue Agent - Playable, but the framerate sucks
Pac-Pix - Playbale, has sound glitches
Tetris DS - Fully playable
The Simpsons Game - Fully playable
Contra 4 (!) - Fully playable (fucking win!)
Orcs & Elves - Fully playable (oh yeah!)
Any suggestions about what I should try next? :P
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You, Sire, are a god among people! Excellent stuff, excellent! On behalf of every GtgG reader, I thank you! And it runs GBA carts too! Zelda too!
ReplyDeleteOh, and there was supposed to be a pic towards the beginning of the post, right?
I have been using IdeaS, but I had not tried this one. Thanks for the suggestion.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.starfeeder.com/blog/archives/starcraft_on_the_nintendo_ds/
ReplyDeleteI love the DS :)
And I adore Starcraft :)
ReplyDeleteOh, and guttertalk thanks for the idea.. heh.
ReplyDelete(horrible pun, I know)
Great find Nebacha! But pray tell... How do you play Rub Rabbits on a PC?
ReplyDeleteActually that's a typo, I meant Project Rub instead of the sequel, Rub Rabbits. Well, I play it...how can I explain...by playing it?
ReplyDeleteIf you're wondering about the controls, I use the keyboard as the buttons and the mouse as the stylus to touch the screen. This emulator also supports a mic, but I don't have one. Fortunately few games require it.
Thank you. Thank you so much. This is perfect. 100% perfect. Or, I should say, 99.9% perfect because I can't seem to get Jam Sessions working, but this is probably my own fault and can't take away from the perfectitude of this emulator.
ReplyDeletedoes anything run phantom hourglass? i have tried like 5 emulators and none of them work, including this one. data could not be read. tried a couple roms from different sites and no luck...
ReplyDeleteNO emulator is gonna run phantom hourglass. The game utilizes all components of the ds.
ReplyDeleteAnyone have any luck running castlevaynia
ReplyDeleteWell, i tried Drawn to Life 2, and it said it could not load save data.
ReplyDeletesee no$gba is good, but it takes forever like twice a year they come out with an update. So whenever u want 2 play a new game, like Pokemon Soul Silver or Explorers of Sky it wont work. Desmume never has any problems but very few can get it to run at full speed. Ds emulation has a bit more to go.
ReplyDeletenot sure if its too late but final fantasy tactics a2 is pretty good
ReplyDeleteI have never tried this emulator in factI have never heard of it but do you know if it runs the new pokemon games.Its just i have had a hard time with DS emulators and Im not sure weather it will work.
ReplyDeletetry kingdom hearts 358/2 days
ReplyDeleteso where can i find it?
ReplyDeleteSooo ummm yea Whats the Emulator called exactly?
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