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melonDS | citra | |
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42 | 217 | |
2,809 | 10,081 | |
6.6% | - | |
9.2 | 9.6 | |
1 day ago | 2 months ago | |
C++ | C++ | |
GNU General Public License v3.0 only | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
melonDS
Posts with mentions or reviews of melonDS.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-02.
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Mobile game recommendation
Nintendo DS Emulator (Pokemon, Mario Kart, Chrono Trigger etc.)
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We got DQIX (Sentinels of the starry skies) MULTIPLAYER on LAN (Without Parsec)
We used this version of MelonDS, which has experimental LAN capabilities and IT WORKS!
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help with bw roms
Use MelonDS instead, it's the most recommended DS emulator.
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Pokémon emulators
You mean emulators running on PC? It took some doing, but I finally got DS Download Play to work on MelonDS. First you need to get DS firmware files. I found one on Retrostic that did not work for me. Melon told me it was an old hacked dump, and trying to boot it just got me a white screen. I found another on the Internet Archive that works.
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I feel like people put down MelonDS too much here
MelonDS is actually doing a lot of really cool stuff. I can't speak too much on the Android build, but on PC they have actually gotten multiplayer too work flawlessly and they are currently working on implementing netplay. You can keep up with their progress here
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Hi, new to emulators. I had a question, can I run gba and nds games on this?
no, you can use mGBA for GBA games, and MelonDS for NDS games
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How do I turn source code to a release?
If you are on Windows you will need to install MSYS2 and this will make the process easier (which is why that's how they build it like that). Once installed open it and do: - pacman -S git (update git in MSYS2 with pacman) and then build the standalone execultable - git clone https://github.com/melonDS-emu/melonDS (clone inside the MSYS2 environment) - cd melonDS go into the folder and copy paste the last commands in the Static Builds section a few lines bellow
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Best online place to buy used games?
DeSmuME or melonDS for PC. Those are the two best ones out there. Mobile devices have nothing good at the moment, though.
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Problem with Cmake when building melonDS from Github (Could NOT find X11 (missing: X11_X11_INCLUDE_PATH) )
- I followed the step of the melonDS Github under "Linux" for archlinux : https://github.com/melonDS-emu/melonDS
- melonDS with built-in improvements added specifically for 358/2 Days (minimap, gauge progress in pause screen, widescreen hack, analog controlling the camera)
citra
Posts with mentions or reviews of citra.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-11.
- Citra Nintendo 3DS/DS emulator is gone from GitHub
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The BEST Emulators of 2023 || Modern Vintage Gamer
Doesn't cover 3DS (Citra)
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Rokid Max Review and Many Tips
Another wonderful option is to play Nintendo 3DS games with the Citra emulator. They look incredible. I would go so far as to say that if you're a fan of the console then this is the best way to experience its games, even better than on the original hardware. Again use 3840x1200 @ 60 Hz and full SBS. In Emulation -> Configure... -> Graphics -> Stereoscopy set it to "Side by Side". Also increase the renderer internal resolution to as high as your PC can handle (I used "5x Native"). We'll also have to set the display layout for our resolution and aspect ratio. Unfortunately, this has to be done manually. Browse to %APPDATA%\Citra\config and edit qt-config.ini with this in the [display] section:
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Help, so i saw on a video that to make amiibo work on citra you have to put .bin amiibo files in the amiibo folder in citra-emu folder but it isn't there
After some more research, I discovered that the Citra devs discovered and fixed this issue by allowing the Back button to open the in-emulation menu. This fix was added on Jan 22 2023. When I checked the version of Citra available on the Google Play Store on my phone, it was a very old version from May 2021, which is strange because viewing the same Play Store page on my computer shows it was updated in April 2023... maybe your Play Store version is also outdated? If so, the only solution I can think of would be to install the apk from the Citra Nightly github repo.
- Cemu Wii u emulator ios
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Do you have any tomodachi life emulators?
https://citra-emu.org/ A 3ds emulator!
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Please help me run a Rom game
You might want to consider compiling it on your Mac yourself, rather than trying to download a build, given the situation with MacOS transitioning to ARM. Beyond that, your question is related ton emulation, not ROMs specifically, so if you still need help, ask on related subreddits like r/EmulationOnMacOS and r/CitraEmulator.
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Nintendo da emulator for pc? I’m soooooo new to this whole emulation world I installed dolphin and got it running nicely but I can’t find one for the Nintendo ds can someone help me? I just wanna play Pokémon heart gold again hahhaha
https://citra-emu.org/ just typing the console + emulator on any search engine should give u the best option most of the time
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Citra mmj. Ocarina of time problem
I used the one here (you need a github account): https://github.com/citra-emu/citra/actions/runs/5078058438
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PSA: CITRA MMJ IS NOT OPEN SOURCE AND HAS BEEN COLLECTING USER DATA
There have been several recent changes merged for custom textures. Here is one of the pull requests for example: https://github.com/citra-emu/citra/pull/6452. The slow loading you're talking about was only an issue for me if preload custom textures was enabled.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing melonDS and citra you can also consider the following projects:
desmume - DeSmuME is a Nintendo DS emulator
yuzu - Nintendo Switch emulator
melonDS-android - Android port of melonDS
citra-Apple-Silicon-Build - A Nintendo 3DS Emulator
DS4Windows - Like those other ds4tools, but sexier
Ryujinx - Experimental Nintendo Switch Emulator written in C#
AM64DS_DeSmuME - Modded DeSmuME emulator with Analog Hack for SM64DS
dolphin - Dolphin is a GameCube / Wii emulator, allowing you to play games for these two platforms on PC with improvements.
Lemuroid - All in one emulator on Android!
melonDS-android-lib - Android port of melonDS
citra - A Nintendo 3DS Emulator