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'''*[https://wwwwww64.googlezippyshare.com/search?q=drastic+emulator+sitev/5gQHQEEg/file.html Latest Cracked APK (v2.5.0.4a)] No root required.*[https://forum.mobilism.org&tbs/viewtopic.php?p=qdr:0,sbd:1 5942163#5942163 Latest VersionAPK]''' - Need (Requires a rooted device, and [http://lucky-patcher.netbew.com/ Lucky Patcher and Modded ])*[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dsemu.drastic&hl=en Google Play Store] to run*[https://pandorawiki.org/DraStic_Compatibility_List Pandora] (Open-source handheld PC made between 2010-2013)
[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dsemu.drastic&hl=en Play Store download] Overview==DraStic is currently available for Android, Linux ($6on Raspberry Pi) | [https://playand Pandora.googleSome may find the asking price too high.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dsemu.drasticdemo&hl=en Demo]
==Devices==Nvidia TEGRA 2-based devices (including the Xoom and some versions of the Galaxy S2) and Intel x86-based devices will not work properly with this emulator. You may be able to run Drastic on a Zenfone, for one, but don't expect any miracles due to them being on an Atom. You will need a reasonably powerful (hopefully multi-core) ARM device for games to work full speed. Tested devices:*'''Nexus 4''': Full speed in tested games: Mario Kart, Super Scribblenauts, and Advance Wars: Dual Strike. (Scribblenauts is too difficult to play without a gamepad, though)*'''HTC Desire''': Significant lag in most (all?) games*'''Transformer Infinity''': Some slowdown in Luigi's mansion level of Mario Kart DS. Generally full speed though.*'''Lenovo A369i''', '''Blu Studio 5.0 II''' and most other '''MT6572''' devices: Most games run well with some frameskip, albeit with stuttering audio in some titles.*'''Allwinner A31s''': Some games run at full speed even on high-resolution 3D mode with the beta update. Otherwise average performance is to be expected. ==Review==Currently the only full-speed DS emulator available for Android, hands down. Some may find the asking price too high to be worth it, and while there's a cracked previous version above, buying the full version on Google Play yields more benefits, such as being able to sign up for the beta program where new features are being tested. So far the latter method's the only way to get high-resolution rendering and custom shaders prior to it being implemented on the mainline release. Contrary to what some may assume, the ARM instruction set of the DS processors' similarity are of little benefit to ARM cores the ones used on by most Android devices are actually of little benefit. 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 optimising 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>
→Overview: status update
{{Infoboxemulator|image logo = DraSticDraStic_new.png|first version = r2.5.0.3a{{DraSticVer}}|second active = Yes|third platform = [[Android emulators|Android]], Linux (on Raspberry Pi), Pandora|fourth target = [[Nintendo DS emulators|Nintendo DS]]|developer = Exophase|fifth website = [http://www.drastic-ds.com/ DraStic-DS.com]|sixth = Closed source
}}
'''DraStic''' is a paid, closed-source NDS commercial [[Nintendo DS emulators|Nintendo DS]] emulator for [[Androidemulators|Android]], Linux (on Raspberry Pi) and Pandora.
==Downloads==
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.
*If both screens are used in sync, like with Hotel Dusks's scenes, Strawberry Shortcake: The Four Seasons Cake or Etrian Odyssey's intro, the screens may be flipped and flicker. This does not flip the touch controls though.
**To fix, in most cases at least, disable multithreaded 3D.
**Supposedly improved in 2.1.
*Some games, namely Holly Hobbie and American Girl titles, run with rendering issues like flickering geometry or sprites. This was largely fixed in r2.3.0.0 and up, however.
There's also been plans to make DraStic open-source, but not until it adds support for 64-bit<ref name="DraStic releases r2.5.1.1a"> https://drastic-ds.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=5501&sid=34f924a7b66083e2b73eebeee281f36d</ref> since Android is requiring all apps to support 64-bit by August 2019. Currently, they will begin beta testing for the 64-bit support in the coming months and are expecting to open source it at the start of next year<ref name="update">https://drastic-ds.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=5680</ref>.
===Devices===
Nvidia TEGRA 2-based devices (including the Xoom and some versions of the Galaxy S2) and Intel x86-based devices will not work properly with this emulator. You may be able to run DraStic on a Zenfone, for one, but don't expect any miracles due to them being on an Atom. You will need a reasonably powerful (hopefully multi-core) ARM device for games to work full speed. Tested devices:
*'''Nexus 4''': Full speed in tested games: Mario Kart, Super Scribblenauts, and Advance Wars: Dual Strike. (Scribblenauts is too difficult to play without a gamepad, though)
*'''HTC Desire''': Significant lag in most (all?) games
*'''Transformer Infinity''': Some slowdown in Luigi's mansion level of Mario Kart DS. Generally full speed though.
*'''Lenovo A369i''', '''Blu Studio 5.0 II''' and most other '''MT6572''' devices: Most games run well with some frameskip, albeit with stuttering audio in some titles.
*'''Allwinner A31s''': Some games run at full speed even on high-resolution 3D mode with the beta update. Otherwise, average performance is to be expected.
==References==
