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Nintendo DS emulators

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* [[DraStic]] is a closed source payware emulator for Android devices that can run games at decent speed even on potato phones, there's unsubstantiated rumors that the devs deliberately put in issues to mess with the pirated version though. It's on par or better than DeSmuMe, and emulating it through Bluestacks on PC is actually a viable and fast alternative aside from a slight input delay.
* [[No$GBA]] focuses on speed, and has major compatibility issues and glitches. As this was first a GBA emulator, the 3D added by the DS is still very poorly handled. However, it might be an option for a very low end machine but don't expect a lot of games to run perfectly, or at all. A fan program, No$Zoomer, was released for version 2.6 which increases compatibility and more setting, as well as the titular zooming option. The biggest boost is noise cancellation which will clear up the static No$GBA makes with 3d rendering. Version 2.7a isn't compatible with No$Zoomer yet but does add resizing windows options but any increase of emulating skills is not noticeable. As of v2.8 it supports DSi games, and is currently the only emulator that does. Only use No$GBA for DSi games, its debugging features (if you do translate/romhack DS/GBA games), if you value emulation speed above everything, or as a last resort.
* [[melonDS]] is a recent DS emulator by ex-DeSmuMe devs a developer who want wanted to make a better optimized emulator eventually including features the existing emulators either don't have or have but are marred with other problems. It's still very early in the works but can boot some games. A couple other new emulators are also under development.
* [[ensata]] is a leaked official DS emulator by Nintendo. It's not very usable or compatible, but does run a few games.
* [[iDeaS]] is a dead experimental DS emulator with a plug-in system. It's very slow and buggy, but some features like the camera and the slide accessory were only emulated partially by iDeaS. Not recommended.
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