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'''DraStic''' is a closed-source | '''DraStic''' is a free but (currently) closed-source [[Nintendo DS emulators|Nintendo DS]] emulator for [[Emulators on Android|Android]], Linux (on Raspberry Pi), [[Emulators on Pandora|Pandora]] and [[Emulators on DragonBox Pyra|Pyra]]. | ||
==Download== | ==Download== | ||
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|'''[https:// | |'''[https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/exophase/drastic-2/drastic-r2-6-0-4a-release/ Latest APK]'''<br/><small>No root or verification required</small> | ||
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|'''[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dsemu.drastic&hl=en Google Play Store]'''<br/><small> | |'''[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dsemu.drastic&hl=en Google Play Store]'''<br/><small>Not currently available</small> | ||
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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Contrarily to what some may assume, the ARM instruction set of the DS processors are of little benefit to the ones used by most Android devices. According to Exophase, running DS code straight on Android would lead to numerous issues. He also noted that the approach used in DraStic isn't any much different to other emulators, apart from implementing and optimizing it with speed and low-end devices in mind.<ref>[http://drastic-ds.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1939 DraStic • View topic - Just a question...]</ref> | |||
Just like with [[No$|No$GBA]], there are likely to be bugs to come with the speed. Please expand if you see anything broken. Posting bug reports to the author could also help later on. | Just like with [[No$|No$GBA]], there are likely to be bugs to come with the speed. Please expand if you see anything broken. Posting bug reports to the author could also help later on. | ||
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*Fear of hydra-like copycats flooding the market trying to cash in, typically forking the app ''verbatim'' and adding nothing new other than a different branding and intrusive in-app advertising, in extreme cases even getting in the way of the app itself. Given the somewhat anarchic nature of Google Play and greedy script kiddies flooding the market with low-quality shovelware and nominal "games" which were nothing more than adware being passed off as "Grand Theft Auto" or some other popular title, this has been the fate of various open-source projects for Android. Some DraStic community members have proposed a somewhat restricted but source-available license in the vein of [[FinalBurn Alpha]], as this would at least in theory give the developers even better legal footing against unauthorised forks. | *Fear of hydra-like copycats flooding the market trying to cash in, typically forking the app ''verbatim'' and adding nothing new other than a different branding and intrusive in-app advertising, in extreme cases even getting in the way of the app itself. Given the somewhat anarchic nature of Google Play and greedy script kiddies flooding the market with low-quality shovelware and nominal "games" which were nothing more than adware being passed off as "Grand Theft Auto" or some other popular title, this has been the fate of various open-source projects for Android. Some DraStic community members have proposed a somewhat restricted but source-available license in the vein of [[FinalBurn Alpha]], as this would at least in theory give the developers even better legal footing against unauthorised forks. | ||
It's long been accepted that if it were to ever be open-sourced that it would be when development has ended/when they stopped selling it, however this may be happening soon(™️). Right now the devs are trying to polish support for 64-bit<ref name="arm64">[https://drastic-ds.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=5501 DraStic release 2.5.1.1a]</ref> and other compatability issues with Android before calling it ready to open-source. This is projected to happen sometime in the future, however in the meantime they may continue to release more ports on other ARM-based systems<ref name="update">[https://drastic-ds.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=5680 Status update on next release, 64-bit and the future]</ref>. | It's long been accepted that if it were to ever be open-sourced that it would be when development has ended/when they stopped selling it, however this may be happening soon(™️). Right now the devs are trying to polish support for 64-bit<ref name="arm64">[https://drastic-ds.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=5501 DraStic release 2.5.1.1a]</ref> and other compatability issues with Android before calling it ready to open-source. This is projected to happen sometime in the future, however in the meantime they may continue to release more ports on other ARM-based systems<ref name="update">[https://drastic-ds.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=5680 Status update on next release, 64-bit and the future]</ref>. However as the emulator runs worse with each subsequent version of Android and Exophase is absent from the official DraStic forum forcing users to attempt to find workarounds to keep the software they bought at the best working state as possible, it might be implied that Exophase is not interested in this emulator anymore and open-sourcing may never happen, especially as he did not open up the source code in 2020 despite announcing it. | ||
===Devices=== | ===Devices=== | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
{{Nintendo DS emulators}} | |||
[[Category:Emulators]] | [[Category:Emulators]] | ||
[[Category:Nintendo DS emulators]] | [[Category:Nintendo DS emulators]] | ||
[[Category:Android emulation software]] | [[Category:Android emulation software]] | ||
[[Category:Raspberry Pi emulation software]] | |||
[[Category:Commercial emulators]] | |||
[[Category:Closed-source emulators]] | |||
[[Category:Active emulation software]] | |||