Exophase, the developer of the DraStic Nintendo DS emulator, has made a statement regarding the future of the emulator. DraStic has been a popular closed-source DS emulator on Android that has been available for many years. However, following the fallout from both Yuzu and Citra emulator's situations, Exophase has decided to take DraStic off of the Google Play Store. According to them, DraStic was already going to be pulled from the Google Play Store, regardless of current events, but that things made the issue, "more urgent".

Before the app gets delisted, Exophase has made DraStic free to download, when it had previously cost $4.99 to buy. They plan on eventually releasing the source code for the emulator as well. You can grab DraStic DS Emulator from the Google Play Store here.

Source: The Verge

 

[eduall]

After I bought it it's free... I'm dying

 

[J-Will]

After I bought it it's free... I'm dying

What a waste of money

 

[Marc_LFD]

Good luck taking down the APK files.

 

[J-Will]

Good luck taking down the APK files.

Uploading to internet archive right away

 

[Marc_LFD]

Uploading to internet archive right away

Even when I download APKs from the Internet Archive I still verify it via Virus Total. Maybe unnecessary, but cool to see it's clean.

https://www.virustotal.com/gui/

 

[JuanMena]

I've been using the "cracked" version for years now. But it'll be nice to have the latest version for free!

After I bought it it's free... I'm dying

You never pay for software

 

[Maximo101]

when it rains, it pours...

Nintendo should sue sony and microsoft 'cause their game consoles are sort of like the Switch...

I mean, Nintendon't came first and all, every thing after that must be a copyright infringement, right?

 

[RyanTheArchivist]

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Exophase, the developer of the DraStic Nintendo DS emulator, has made a statement regarding the future of the emulator. DraStic has been a popular closed-source DS emulator on Android that has been available for many years. However, following the fallout from both Yuzu and Citra emulator's situations, Exophase has decided to take DraStic off of the Google Play Store. According to them, DraStic was already going to be pulled from the Google Play Store, regardless of current events, but that things made the issue, "more urgent".

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Before the app gets delisted, Exophase has made DraStic free to download, when it had previously cost $4.99 to buy. They plan on eventually releasing the source code for the emulator as well. You can grab DraStic DS Emulator from the Google Play Store here.

Source: The Verge

Seeing all these posts really make me realize how under analyzed the Yuzu situation was by most.

 

[Deleted member 486901]

Even when I download APKs from the Internet Archive I still verify it via Virus Total. Maybe unnecessary, but cool to see it's clean.

https://www.virustotal.com/gui/

Virus total is the best, I just wish more people wrote words alongside their reviews. It would help clear up why "File X," for example, is so poorly regarded.

 

[julio.apc16]

This is good, it will soon be ported to the Ps Vita.

 

[ShadowOne333]

Drastic going open source is an absolute win
The more emulators, the better, and certainly Drastic is up there as one of the best alongside melonDS.

Hope this allows it to come to RA soon enough.

 

[Giodude]

Wow this sucks. They really managed to set back years of progress in emulation.

 

[JaNDeRPeiCH]

After I bought it it's free... I'm dying

Sir many users of reddit feel you pain,you 're not alone lol xD

 

[Xdqwerty]

Sir many users of reddit feel you pain,you 're not alone lol xD

What do Reddit users have to do with this?

 

[Marc_LFD]

The only way companies can control what programs/apps we use is if EXE/APK/PKG/etc were no longer usable and we'd be forced to use their app stores.

Screw ya, M$. I'm not using your M$ Store.

 

[Newhouse-Estates]

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Exophase, the developer of the DraStic Nintendo DS emulator, has made a statement regarding the future of the emulator. DraStic has been a popular closed-source DS emulator on Android that has been available for many years. However, following the fallout from both Yuzu and Citra emulator's situations, Exophase has decided to take DraStic off of the Google Play Store. According to them, DraStic was already going to be pulled from the Google Play Store, regardless of current events, but that things made the issue, "more urgent".

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Before the app gets delisted, Exophase has made DraStic free to download, when it had previously cost $4.99 to buy. They plan on eventually releasing the source code for the emulator as well. You can grab DraStic DS Emulator from the Google Play Store here.

Source: The Verge

Drastic is such a great emulator, even have it on my hacked switch using Lineage android OS lol.
Thanks guys!

 

[realtimesave]

yay more emulators to play my warez. well, I just installed it on my Odin 2.

 

[J-Will]

We always have MelonDS

 

[CoolMe]

See, folks? This what i was talking about, every piece of homebrew/emulator/cfw etc projects will now follow suit.. Big N won! you'll be at their mercy and be happy.