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|platform = Multi-platform
|target = [[Nintendo DS emulators|Nintendo DS]]
|developer = YopYop156<br/>[http://wiki.desmume.org/index.php?title=DeSmuME:About#DeSmuME_current_team DeSmuME teamTeam]
|website = [https://desmume.org/ DeSmuME.org]
|source = [https://github.com/TASVideos/desmume GitHub]
}}
'''DeSmuME''' is a [[Nintendo DS emulators|Nintendo DS emulator]]. It is the most accurate Nintendo DS emulator and is actively developed. It can be run from the command line directly or as a graphical program.
The regular version now allows for increasing internal resolution.
At some point in 2010, development on these features was permanently discontinued due to ''creative differences'', and the developers distanced themselves from the above-mentioned forks. The official team stance on this is as follows, and is as clear as it can get:
::''As you may have come to find, Release versions and WIP builds distributed by DeSmuME developers do not have the WIFI Wi-Fi menu enabled, while builds provided by dodgy scener sites or the one your best friend in the whole wide world has handed to you on a USB key does.''::''Officially, DeSmuME DOES NOT support the use of builds with WIFI Wi-Fi support.''
::''As such, though it may come as a shock to you, requests for help or information about it are thus NOT likely to obtain a response to your satisfaction.''
::''The developers have no current interest for furthering the development of the EXPERIMENTAL_WIFI, and the current state of the DeSmuME source code might have even completely broken it.''
===Internal Resolution and DeSmuME X432R===
====X432R Fork====DeSmuME X432R is DeSmuME fork with the option to increase internal resolution. Be warned that this option is very system-intensive. There Mainline DeSmuME didn't offer any options for higher internal resolution than native, at first, due to ''creative differences''. However, DeSmuME X432R is DeSmuME fork with the option to increase internal resolution. Be warned that this option is very system-intensive. There have been reports of people who can run [[Dolphin ]] and [[PCSX2 ]] at a perfect pace but can't run this at full speed using increased internal resolution, however newest versions are much faster.
While generally more accurate, the SoftRasterizer is massively CPU-intensive in this mode, whereas the OpenGL renderer shares the load with your GPU. This can be considered a '''speedup''' option, but it also boasts an MSAA option unavailable to SoftRasterizer.
====Official Implementation====
After the increased internal resolutions were implemented in the X432 fork (originally contributed to main but rejected due to ''creative differences''), as well as in Drastic [[DraStic]] and even the barebones official Nintendo Virtual Console DS emulator on Wii U, the mainline DeSmuME project developers decided to reconsider their ''creative differences'' and include their own implementation of higher internal resolution.
Official dev builds now have the option to render at a higher resolution as well, and filter textures to boot. Overall, it's more hardware intensive than X432R's implementation.
==Review==
DeSmuME is currently the best available Nintendo DS emulator on PCs. It is far better than [[No$|No$GBA]] when it comes to accuracy, though not flawless. However, it's more hardware intensive than any other DS emulator (either NONo$GBA or emulated [[DraStic]]) and many features are not supported.
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