Nintendo DS emulation is the act of emulating the Nintendo DS on non-native hardware. With the NDS emulators, you can play Nintendo DS ROMs on your computer. Sometimes, an emulator on your computer is extremely useful when your Nintendo DS is out of batteries or is charging. Following is the list of some of the best Nintendo DS emulators available.
1) iDeaS is a free Nintendo DS emulator for Microsoft Windows and Linux. The touch screen is fully emulated with a mouse cursor instead of a stylus, and a keyboard can be used to emulate the DS buttons. iDeaS uses a plugin system for further support.
1. RTC: Real Time Clock is emulated.
2. Keys: All keys are emulated.
3. The touch screen works with the adc sets to 12 bitsTimers only.
4. All timers are emulated in both prescalar and count-up mode.
5. Interrupts: Vblank, Hblank, VCounter, DMA, FIFO, 3D FIFO and timer interrupts are emulated.
6. Real sync emulation for HBlanks and VBlanks.
iDeaS 1.0.3.2 (Windows) | iDeaS 1.0.3.2 (Linux)
2) DeSmuME (also known as YopYop DS) is a free software emulator for the Nintendo DS. It has also been ported to other systems such as the PlayStation Portable. It can play Nintendo DS homebrew and commercial roms. Later versions are multiplatform and contain multiple user interfaces. DeSmuME now supports save states and the ability to increase the size of the screen.
DeSmuME v0.9.4 Universal (Mac) | DeSmuME v0.9.4 (Windows)
3) Dualis is a plugin-based DS emulator for x86/Win32 computers. Dualis is not able to run dumps of NDS cartridges. The emulator also has the capability to record videos using the VFW encoding system, outputting in AVI containers.
Download – Dualis
4) Ensata is an official Nintendo DS emulator Ensata has emulated the ARM7 and ARM9 dual screen processor at 100% with some software exceptions. The touch screen is fully emulated with a cursor and works with a keyboard.
Ensata Emulator Web Links
Nintendo.com | Nintendo Software Development Support Group Home Page
5) NeonDS is a Windows-based Nintendo DS emulator. The emulator lacks touch-screen and sound support. For more information on compatibility lists visit the official site.
Download – NeonDS
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