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melonDS for Switch
This is my port of the Nintendo DS emulator melonDS for the Nintendo Switch. To use it, place your legally dumped Nintendo DS BIOS files in the sdmc:/switch/melonds directory with the names "bios7.bin", bios9.bin", and "firmware.bin".
The emulator does have a hardware renderer, but it is currently broken on the Switch and in most cases actually runs slower than the software renderer. To get better performance, there is an option to enable overclocking of the Switch processor, with a maximum frequency of 1785 MHz. However, even with this, most games will not reach full speed!
Huge thanks to @StapleButter (Arisotura) for developing the core melonDS project and for just being a cool gal in general!
My releases are available on GitHub. Source code is available as well. However, @catlover007 has released a build with an ARM64 JIT, resulting in much better performance. It is recommended to use this build instead; find it here.
If you'd prefer to launch directly from the home screen, an optional .nsp forwarder by @OkazakiTheOtaku is attached. You'll still need the .nro in place to use it!
Screenshots:
Gameplay video courtesy of @grabman (old version):
Check out the official melonDS website!
This is my port of the Nintendo DS emulator melonDS for the Nintendo Switch. To use it, place your legally dumped Nintendo DS BIOS files in the sdmc:/switch/melonds directory with the names "bios7.bin", bios9.bin", and "firmware.bin".
The emulator does have a hardware renderer, but it is currently broken on the Switch and in most cases actually runs slower than the software renderer. To get better performance, there is an option to enable overclocking of the Switch processor, with a maximum frequency of 1785 MHz. However, even with this, most games will not reach full speed!
Huge thanks to @StapleButter (Arisotura) for developing the core melonDS project and for just being a cool gal in general!
My releases are available on GitHub. Source code is available as well. However, @catlover007 has released a build with an ARM64 JIT, resulting in much better performance. It is recommended to use this build instead; find it here.
If you'd prefer to launch directly from the home screen, an optional .nsp forwarder by @OkazakiTheOtaku is attached. You'll still need the .nro in place to use it!
Screenshots:
Gameplay video courtesy of @grabman (old version):
Check out the official melonDS website!
