Emulators on DS

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Nintendo DS
DSlitewhite.png
Developer Nintendo
Type Handheld game console
Generation Seventh generation
Release date 2004
Discontinued 2013
Predecessor Game Boy Advance
Successor Nintendo 3DS
Emulated ✓
For software that emulates the NDS, see Nintendo DS emulators.

This page can help you turn your tiny NDS handheld into an emulation device. NDS is underpowered compared to PSP, but here's what you can take out of it. Compatibility information isn't accurate on here as of now.

Contents

Arcade[edit]

MAME (ports)[edit]

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
DSPack 1.96 Mid ✗ ✗ ✓
MAME4All 1.0 Mid ✗ ✗ ✓
MAME4All
Port of MAME 0.37b5 emulator for Supercard DS Two only.

Game-specific ports[edit]

1942 DS: emulates 1942 (all sets).
1943 DS: emulates 1943 (3 sets).
AemioDA: Acronym for "Arcade Emulator Made In One Day", Asteroid.
BombJack DS: BombJack arcade game emulator.
Canyon DS: Canyon Bomber (prototype set also) emulator.
DSInvaders: A Space Invaders Arcade Emulator.
Ghosts'n Run: Arcade emulator for one game: Ghosts 'n Goblins.
GreenBeretDS: Green Beret, Rush'n Attack & Mr. Goemon Arcade Emulator.
MarcaDS: An arcade emulator.
MrDo DS: Mr.Do!, Mr.Do's Castle, Do!Run Run & Mr.Do's Wild Ride arcade emulator.
Pang DS: Pang and Super Pang Arcade Emulator.
PuzzleKlax: Arcade emulator for Klax and Tetris.
SnowBrosDS: Snow Bros., Nick & Tom (all sets), Arcade Games.
Solomon's Key DS: Solomon's Key (US and Japan) Arcade Emulator.

Personal computers[edit]

Amstrad CPC[edit]

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
AmeDS 4.0 Mid ✗ ✗ ✓
CrocoDS 2.0 Mid ✓ ✗ ✓

Apple II[edit]

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
A2DS 2008 Mid ✓ ✗ ✗
Grape 2014 Mid ✓ ✗ ✗
PomDS 2.0 Mid ✗ ✗ ✓

Apple Macintosh[edit]

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
Mini vMac DS R3 2008 Mid ✗ ✗ ✓

Atari 8-bit[edit]

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
A8DS 3.8a Mid ✓ ✓ ✓
Atari800 0.2.0 Mid ✓ ✓ ✓
PokeyDS 1.1 Mid ✗ ✗ ~

Atari ST[edit]

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
StyxDS 0.2a Mid ✗ ✗ ~

Commodore 64[edit]

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
FrodoDS Complete v20230108a Mid ✓ ✓ ✓

DOS[edit]

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
DSx86 0.43beta Mid ✗ ✗ ✓
DSx86
PC emulator that can run old DOS games. Has a custom configuration variant, DSx86Cfg.

Dragon 32/64[edit]

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
XRoar 1.5.5 Mid ✓ ✓ ✓

Infocom Z-Machine[edit]

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
DS-Frotz 2.0 beta-1 20080815 Mid ~ ✗ ✓
GLK POGO 1.0 Mid ✗ ✗ ~

MegaZeux[edit]

Name Latest Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
DSMZX 2009 N/A ✓ ✗ ✗
MegaZeux 2.93 N/A ✓ ✓ ~

Microsoft MSX[edit]

Name Version MSX 1 MSX 2 MSX 2+ Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
FmsxDS 0.09 ✗ ✓ ✗ Mid ✓ ✗ ~
MSX DS 0.94 ✓ ✓ ✓ Mid ✗ ✗ ✓
PenkoDS 0.2a ✗ ✓ ✓ Mid ✗ ✗ ~

In addition, both ColecoDS and S8DS can run msx1 games.

ScummVM[edit]

Name Version FLOSS Active Recommended
ScummVM 1.2.1 (for ds mode flashcarts) 2.8.1 (for dsi mode) ✓ ✓ ✓

Sinclair[edit]

Name Version ZX81 ZX Spectrum Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
DS81 1.3 ✓ ✗ Mid ✓ ✗ ✓
DSpec Preview ✗ ✓ Mid ✗ ✗ ✗
SpeccyDS 0.3 ✗ ✓ (48k only) Mid ✗ ✗ ✗
SpectrumDS 2009 ✗ ✓ (48k only) Mid ✗ ✗ ✗
ZXDS 1.4.1 ✗ ✓ Mid ✗ ✓ ✓
ZXDS
By far the most accurate and feature-packed DS ZX Spectrum emulator. Has WiFi multiplayer support.

Tangerine Oric[edit]

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
DSOric 1.0 Mid ✗ ✗ ✓

Texas Instruments[edit]

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
DS994a 2.1 Mid ✓ ✓ ✓

Thomson MO5[edit]

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
ThomDS 3.0 Mid ✗ ✗ ✓

ZZT Engine[edit]

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
DreamZZT 3.1.500 Mid ✓ ✗ ~

Home consoles[edit]

Atari[edit]

Name Version 2600 5200 7800 Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
A5200DS 3.6 ✗ ✓ ✗ Mid ✓ ✓ ✓
A7800DS 4.5 ✗ ✗ ✓ Mid ✓ ✓ ✓
StellaDS 7.2 ✓ ✗ ✗ Mid ✓ ✓ ✓

ColecoVision[edit]

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
ColecoDS 9.7 Mid ✓ ✓ ✓

S8DS can load colecovision games too.

ColecoDS
Includes support for the following 8-bit systems: Colecovision, ADAM, Casio PV-2000, MSX1, Sord-M5, Memotech MTX, Spectravision SVI, Hanimex Pencil II, Tatung Einstein, SG-1000/SC-3000 and the Creativision.

GCE Vectrex[edit]

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
VectxDS 0.1 Mid ✗ ✗ ✓

Magnavox Odyssey[edit]

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
Magnavox Odyssey DS 2010/06/25 Low ✗ ✗ ~

Mattel Intellivision[edit]

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
NINTV-DS 5.0a Mid ✓ ✓ ✓

NEC PC-Engine/TurboGrafX-16[edit]

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
NitroGrafx 0.7 Mid ✓ ~ ✓

Nintendo NES[edit]

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
Midori 1.3a Mid ✗ ✗ ✗
NesDS 1.3d+ Mid ✓ ~ ✓
NesterDS/+ 0.3.9 Mid ~ ✗ ~
RetroBoxDS 2005 Mid ✗ ✗ ✗

Nintendo SNES[edit]

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
BAG SFC r3 Low ✗ ✗ ✗
CATSFC git Low ✓ ✗ ✗
lolSnes 1.1 Mid ✓ ✗ ✗
SNEmulDS 0.6a0.6d Low ✓ ✓ ~
SnesDS 2005 Low ✗ ✗ ✗
SnezziDS 0.28a Low ✓ ✗ ✗
lolSnes
the precursor to BlargSNES. Very barebones.
SNEmulDS
port of the DOS SNES emulator SNEmul. Has the best compatibility and speed.
SnezziDS
port of the GBA-based SNES emulator Snezziboy (in its GBA incarnation, while functional it's less than ideal).

Sega Dreamcast VMU[edit]

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
NDS_VMS 20100214 Mid ✗ ✗ ✓
VirtuaMUnstaz demo Low ✗ ✗ ✗

Sega Master System / Game Gear[edit]

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
Apprentice MinusDS 0.4.0 Mid ✗ ✗ ✓
DSMasterplus 1.3a Mid ✗ ✗ ~
DSMS 0.2 Mid ✗ ✗ ✗
S8DS 1.1.7 Mid ✓ ✓ ✓

In addition, there is ColecoDS which can run SG-1000/SC-3000 games.

S8DS
Includes support for the following 8-bit systems: SEGA SG-1000 / SG-1000 II, SEGA SC-3000, SEGA Mark III, SEGA Master System J, 1 & 2, SEGA Game Gear, SEGA System-E, Coleco, MSX 1, Sord M5.

Sega Megadrive / Genesis[edit]

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
jEnesisDS 0.7.4 Mid ✗ ✗ ✓
PicoDriveDS git Mid ✓ ✗ ~

SNK Neo Geo AES/MVS[edit]

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
NeoDS 0.2.1c Mid ✓ ✗ ✓

Multi-Console[edit]

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
TWiLight Menu++ 27.0.0 Mid ✓ ✓ ✓ (CFW) ~ (Flashcart)
TWiLight Menu++
Includes a bunch of popular emulators, and can be found in \_nds\TWiLightMenu\emulators\.

The list includes:

  • A5200DS - (Atari 5200)
  • A7800DS - (Atari 7800 ProSystem)
  • A8DS - (Atari800XL/XEGS)
  • AmEDS - (Amstrad CPC)
  • ColecoDS - (ColecoVision)
  • CrocoDC - (Amstrad CPC)
  • GameYob - (GB/GBC)
  • GBARunner2 - (GBA)
  • jEnesisDS - (Sega Megadrive/Genesis)
  • nesDS - (NES)
  • NGPDS - (Neo Geo Pocket)
  • Nintellivision - (Intellivision)
  • NitroGrafx - (PC-Engine)
  • NitroSwan - (WonderSwan)
  • PicoDriveTWL - (Genesis/Megadrive)
  • PokeMini - (Pokémon Mini)
  • S8DS - (GG/MS/SG-1000)
  • SNEmulDS - (SNES)
  • StellaDS - (Atari 2600)

Handheld consoles[edit]

Bandai Tamagotchi v1[edit]

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
Tamaboy DS 2024 Mid ✓ ✓ ✓

Bandai WonderSwan[edit]

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
DualSwan 1.2.1 Mid ✗ ✗ ~
NitroSwan 0.6.4 Mid ✓ ✓ ✓
NitroSwan
can emulate Benesse PocketChallenge V2, besides wonderswan. Larger WS games won't load from a standard flashcard without additional RAM. Alternatively, for dsi and 3ds systems, you can use twilightmenu++ to use all available RAM.

Java ME[edit]

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
Pstros NDS 0.7.2r6 Low ✓ ✗ ~

Nintendo Game Boy[edit]

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
DS Boy 0.75 Mid ✗ ✗ ✗
DS_GBC 0.1 Mid ✗ ✗ ✗
GameYob git Mid-High ✓ ~ ✓
Lameboy 0.12 Mid ✗ ✗ ~

Nintendo Game Boy Advance[edit]

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
Gbaemu4ds git Low ✓ ✗ ✗
GBARunner2 git N/A ✓ ~ ~
GBARunner3 git N/A ✓ ✓ ~
GBARunner2
Unlike other attempts at running GBA on the DS, GBARunner2 is a hypervisor rather than purely on emulation, meaning it runs partially on present GBA hardware found within the DS itself.

Nintendo Pokémon Mini[edit]

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
PokeMini DS 0.60 Mid ✓ ✗ ✓

SNK Neo Geo Pocket (Color)[edit]

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
NGPDS 0.5.7 Mid ✓ ✓ ✓
RACE! DS FIXED Mid ✓ ✗ ✗

TimeTop Gameking[edit]

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
Gamekengu 0.01 Low ✗ ✗ ✗

Watara Supervision[edit]

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
WasabiDS (山葵DS) 0.2.4 Mid ✓ ✓ ✓
Watari 0.4 Mid ✗ ✗ ~

Virtual and fantasy consoles[edit]

Chip-8[edit]

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
chip-8 0.2 Mid ✗ ✗ ~
chip-84-ds 1.0.0 Mid ✓ ~ ~
chip8me 1.0 Mid ✗ ✗ ~

Pico-8[edit]

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
fake-08 0.0.0 alpha Mid ✓ ✓ ✓

UXN/Varvara[edit]

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
uxnds 0.4.9 Mid ✓ ✓ ✓

XY-MINI[edit]

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
Xyds 0.2 Mid ✓ ✗ ✗

External links[edit]

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