


Delta An open source application for iOS with the ability to emulate many consoles and handhelds including the Nintendo DS. At the very least, you shouldn't expect any support from Exophase and company if you use a pirated copy, though it is available for free on the Raspberry Pi and Odroid via RetroPie. Some rumors have spread around that the developers deliberately put in issues to mess with pirated copies, though this is considered unsubstantiated. It's on par with (or in some cases better than) DeSmuME, and emulating it through BlueStacks on PC may actually be a viable and fast alternative aside from a slight input delay. DraStic A payware, closed-source emulator for Android devices that can run games at a decent speed even on potato phones. If you do run into issues on the v0.9.13 build, then try switching back to the v0.9.11 build (see Common Problems and Solutions for tips). OpenEmu uses a shallow fork of the v0.9.11 build and should be avoided as well. v0.9.13 from May 2022 is the first "Stable" build in over 7 years and is highly recommended over all previous builds. DeSmuME DeSmuME has had significant improvements since 2018 new features since that time include the use of less CPU/GPU resources and high-resolution 3D rendering, though WiFi capability remains neither emulated nor supported. Switching to OpenGL in core options may give a performance boost.

(Example) While the developers of No$GBA had documented the Wi-Fi capabilities first, melonDS is the first and only emulator that's gotten as far as it has and it has been found to work reasonably well with a handful of games. Both can display the two screens in a variety of ways, but melonDS has a hybrid mode. Both can run games at a higher internal resolution (sharper 3D objects) and can open roms inside an archive (zip, rar, 7z). Has similar DS game compatibility as DeSmuME. In terms of being user-friendly, options in melonDS are more simplified. Comparisons melonDS Unlike DeSmuME, melonDS can use wifi, and has some DSi support.
