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'''melonDS''' is a free and open-source [[Nintendo DS emulators|Nintendo DS]]/[[Nintendo DSi emulators|DSi emulator]] aiming for better performance than [[DeSmuME]] and to emulate Wi-Fi and local multiplayer capabilities. It Its developer is developed by Arisotura (formerly known as StapleButter/Luigi__), a former contributor to DeSmuME, and has been it is available as a [[libretro]] core since version 0.6. It's Its first commit on GitHub was on May 15, 2016.

As of 0.9.45, melonDS offers:* Nearly complete core (CPU, video, audio, ...)

* Various Many display position/sizing/rotation modes* (WIP) WifiWi-Fi: local multiplayer, online on-line connectivity* DSi emulation* Camera support (WIPDSi only) DSi emulation

Though it's is not as mature as DeSmuME in some areas, it's is a relatively simple emulator to use and has potential.

The OpenGL renderer is still being worked on, meaning that there's is a slight small chance some models/textures may not render correctly.

On October 15, 2019, Arisotura released [http://melonds.kuribo64.net/comments.php?id=103 the beta version of an emulator called melonDSi], an experimental melonDS branch for DSi emulation. So far, it's able to boot into the home screen of the DSi's firmware and boot some DSiWare, DSi-Enhanced games and other features (cameras, DSP, new wifi, etc.) aren't supported yet. It used to have required require a lot of files to be dumped in order to work (most of which were console-unique), however but it has been reworked to require less files (namely, the DSi ARM7 & and ARM9 BIOS, the DSi Firmware, and a NAND dump). It has since been merged into the master branch and is available on melonDS 0.9.

:''melonDS Firmware boot (not direct boot) requires BIOS/firmware copies from a DS. Files required:'':*''bios7.bin, 16KB: ARM7 BIOS'':*''bios9.bin, 4KB: ARM9 BIOS'':*''firmware.bin, 128/256/512KB: firmware'':''Firmware boot requires a firmware dump from an original DS or DS Lite. DS firmwares dumped from a DSi or 3DS aren't bootable and only contain configuration data, thus they are only suitable when booting games directly.'':'''''Possible firmware sizes''''':*''128KB: DSi/3DS DS-mode firmware (reduced size due to lacking bootcode)'':*''256KB: regular DS firmware'':*''512KB: iQue DS firmware'':''DS BIOS dumps from a DSi or 3DS can be used with no compatibility issues. DSi BIOS dumps (in DSi mode) are not compatible. Or maybe they are. I don't know.'':''As for the rest, the interface should be usable toopretty straightforward. If you have a question, don't hesitate to ask, provided they were dumped properly.though!''

These files can be found [[Emulator_Files#Nintendo_DS_.2F_DSi|here]]. If you do choose to look elsewhere online for system files, be warned that there are old hacked dumps floating around that breaks if the WFC configurations are altered.

In order to To use the OpenGL renderer, you must have at least OpenGL 3.1.