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melonDS for Switch 0.8.3

melonDS for Switch

This is my port of the Nintendo DS emulator melonDS for the Nintendo Switch. To use the emulator, place your legally dumped Nintendo DS BIOS files in the sdmc:/switch/melonds directory with the names "bios7.bin", bios9.bin", and "firmware.bin".

Right now the emulator does not have a hardware renderer. This means things are slow! To combat this, there is an option to enable overclocking of the Switch processor, with a maximum frequency of 1785 MHz. However, even with this, most games do not run full speed! melonDS 0.8 will likely include a hardware renderer, so if you want better speeds wait until then.

Huge thanks to @StapleButter (Arisotura) for developing the core melonDS project and for just being a cool gal in general! :)

Source code is available on GitHub.

Screenshots:
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Gameplay video courtesy of @grabman (old version):


Check out the official melonDS website!
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Author
Hydr8gon
Downloads
6,613
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8,674
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Rating
4.17 star(s) 6 ratings

Latest updates

  1. melonDS 0.8.3 for Switch

    Changelog: -Updated to melonDS 0.8.3
  2. melonDS 0.8.2 for Switch

    Changelog: -Updated to melonDS 0.8.2 -Added OpenGL renderer (experimental and kinda broken)...
  3. melonDS 0.7.4 for Switch - Release 2

    Changelog: -Fixed crappy audio in docked mode -Improved the UI font -Added new UI selector...
General chit-chat
Help Users
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    Not your $400 car cover :ohnoes:
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    There you go, thinking with your "dickhead"
  • realtimesave @ realtimesave:
    some day the wind will blow so hard it'll rip in half
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    I think in big inches
    +1
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    @realtimesave Can you sew it back together? Or is it not worth trying.
  • realtimesave @ realtimesave:
    nah sewing it will make it come apart more :)
  • realtimesave @ realtimesave:
    that one is pretty old
  • realtimesave @ realtimesave:
    the one on my mercedes is a couple years old. these things don't last very long at all
    +1
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    Are you near sea/salt water, or in general they just don't last. Sounds like if you driving a mercedes, you need a garage. I get snow n ice here so nothing worse than clearing that shit off at 6am rushing to get to work.
  • realtimesave @ realtimesave:
    I'm a few miles away from the salt water
    +1
  • realtimesave @ realtimesave:
    ya I would garage it if there was room in the garage for a car :|
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    Immigrants took over your garage? I hate those
    swatters. Or is it Kilos waiting to be picked up by Carlos. Lol jk
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    Too bad Hitler didn't make camps for immigrants oh wait
  • Psionic Roshambo @ Psionic Roshambo:
    Isn't the latest method for slim like self right?
  • Psionic Roshambo @ Psionic Roshambo:
    Like a 1 wire mod?
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    Still two wire with resistor if you don't count the 7 wire pc probes cause hardware likes a good probing
    +1
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    2 wires left on motherboard, 7 temp soldered to a flasher, then removed after flashed
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    Technically don't even have to remove it could just keep it on
    +1
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    I don't really mess with hard mods due to neuro issues
  • realtimesave @ realtimesave:
    I tried to get a slim on a black friday once, but they ran out of stock for the $100 one
  • realtimesave @ realtimesave:
    many ages ago
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    You can find them $50-75 nowdays if catch a deal
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    Still remember grabbing this ps4 slim on black Friday for $200 when the msrp was still around 300
    +1
    K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2: Still remember grabbing this ps4 slim on black Friday for $200 when the msrp was still around 300 +1