DS/GBA games on the N3DSXL?

[RoaringMdog]

Hi all, its been a couple of years since i used my N3DSXL but i've been wanting to play some older titles lately and was wondering what the optimal way is to play DS games on there. Is there a hack available, or is this only possible with a flashcard of some sort. And is there a way to play both gba games and ds games on there, or would it be one or the other depending on the method? Thanks for help!

 

[Olmectron]

Checkout TwilightMenu++

https://gbatemp.net/threads/ds-i-3d...-ds-i-games-and-ds-i-menu-replacement.472200/

 

[Kwyjor]

the optimal way is to play DS games on there.

Buy the carts and use them in the slot.

For GBA games, you will either want to use virtual console injections made with New Super Ultimate Injector, or open_agb_firm. They both fundamentally work the same, but have different interfaces.

TWiLightMenu provides access to GbaRunner2, but it is not as good as either VC injections or open_agb_firm. mGBA is another alternative, but its performance is very poor (especially on "old" 3DS units) and it is only of interest because it offers emulation features like fast-forward and savestates.

 

[BETA215]

For playing DS games you have three options:

1. Use original cartridges
2. Use TWiLightMenu++
3. Use a flashcard

A good flashcard might give you more compatibility in some games, but TWLM++ is free.

Besides all that, you need to use TWPatch for searching the way you find best to scale DS games to the 3DS screen - even not scaling it by default, or using other interesting features.

For GBA, the best is OPEN_AGB_FIRM. Second place comes GBA Virtual Console injections, in case you want to open those games from main menu. And mGBA comes at the third place (only recommended for New 2|3DS models), for playing rom hacks that don't work on original hardware.

 

[Lv44ES_Burner]

Everyone else has said the things I concur with. But hell, I'll chime in anyway.

The definitive way to play DS games on the N2DSXL and N3DSXL is to use TwilightMenu++ to load the games. As for GBA games, the best way is to run them with Open_AGB_Firm and install a launcher for it to boot into OAF from the Home Menu.