Emulation Emulator DrasticDS Emulator - Switch Port

[TheStonedModder]

DrasticDS - Nintendo Switch port

This is a wrapper/port of the Android version of DrasticDS.
It loads the original Android emulator core, patches it and runs it.
It's basically as if we emulate a minimalist Android environment in which we natively run the original Android binary as is.

Features​

• Cover art— auto-download from SteamGridDB
• Region flags (US / EU / JP) and a sortable library
• Per-game settings — override options per title; rename and delete games
• Full controller remapping, stick config, deadzone, touchscreen, analog stylus, and gyro support
• In-game overlay — save states, per-title Action Replay cheats, screen layouts, filters, fast-forward, and runtime settings
• Custom screen layouts — horizontal, vertical, single-screen, hybrid, integer scaling, and a complete layout editor
• Drastic filter chain — Nearest, Linear, Quilez, Scanlines, Scale2x, HQ2x, FXAA, FXAA HQ, and SMAA
• Multiple storage sources — load games from SD, USB mass storage, or SMB shares
• LSFG 2× Frame Generation with the Vulkan renderer

Renderers​

Choose in Settings → Graphics → Renderer:

• Vulkan (NVK)— recommended; best performance and required for LSFG Frame Generation
• OpenGL — alternative if a game or filter misbehaves under Vulkan

Credits :

• Drastic developers for the emulator.
• fgsfds for the Switch so-loader groundwork reused here.
• TheOfficialFloW for the original Android so-loader lineage.
• Dantiicu - Switch Vulkan driver.
• PancakeTAS - LSFG-VK.
• Slluxx - IconGrabber.

Available here :
https://github.com/NaGaa95/DrasticDS_nx


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Great job! I always thought that drastic was closed source so this is a great surprise

At least that’s what I read when I was trying to figure out why the Android builds run poorly and havnt been optimized by anyone in years

 

[purple_bandit]

More options is great but isn't melonDS already everything you would need for DS? It's pretty goated from my experience with it.

 

[TheStonedModder]

More options is great but isn't melonDS already everything you would need for DS? It's pretty goated from my experience with it.

MelonDS for switch has also been abandoned and picked up like 3 times now already

A more active option would be amazing

 

[epicmartin7]

Oooo, the frame gen part is interesting. How likely could we see that as a sys-module or something for Switch?

 

[dragonz]

Nagaa guy needs a coffee ( AMAZING WORK! )

 

[zerofalcon]

There is already a native switch version

Yes you are right but its an old source and the android version its kind more of an up to date rev, plus it has wifi connection compatibility. Thanks for everything you are bringing to Switch HOS.

 

[GothicIII]

What is going on here... This is the first release, be happy that there is another option, no need for emulator wars.

Instead of this meaningless discussion

Maybe somebody can post results and which options were used? That would be great!