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Hacking GBA/NDS Emulator cheats?

[WIP/Release] ds_mangaman - Turning the Nintendo DS into the Ultimate Vertical Book-Style Manga Reader!

Hwongfish · 2026-06-09T00:33:11+00:00

Hi everyone! I’ve always felt that the Nintendo DS is criminally underrated when it comes to being a dedicated manga-reader. Think about it: it has two screens built right into the form factor, one of them has a precise (not quite most of the time though) touchscreen, and when you rotate the console 90 degrees counter-clockwise, it perfectly mimics the ergonomics of holding a real physical tankobon (manga volume). When held vertically, the D-pad sits perfectly on the bottom, and the shoulder keys (L/R) are in the ideal position for switching chapters. Plus, the touchscreen can be used to magnify for reading the text or inspecting details. Such interactions are the ultimate form factors that modern smartphones just can't match. To prove this, I built ds_mangaman — an open-source, highly optimized homebrew manga viewer for the NDS/NDSL. Download and learn how to build in Github release: :teach::teach::teach: GitHub Repository: https://github.com/hwfish-error408/ds-mangaman :grog::grog::grog: Looking for Contributors! The compiler engine and core state machine are now fully functional and running smoothly on real hardware and emulators (like melonDS). However, I want to take this project further and could really use the community's help! I’m looking for developers, testers, and retro-enthusiasts to help with: A, Implementing a cleaner UI/Main Menu. B, Adding Bookmark support (saving states to SRAM/FAT .sav). C, Further optimizing the DMA memory copy speeds during page and chapter transitions. Feel free to download the source, check out the build pipeline, test it on your flashcarts, and open Issues or Pull Requests on the GitHub repo! Let's make the NDS the ultimate retro manga machine.

Thread starter haddad
Start date Oct 10, 2010
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Replies 5

haddad

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Oct 10, 2010

^ title is wrong! I mean GBA and SNES!

How do I add cheats to the gba and snes emulator on the ds2? plz and thank u in advance

Terminator02

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Oct 10, 2010

NDS cheats

just place that inside the _dstwo folder

haddad

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Oct 10, 2010

dstwo folder? dstwo plugin folder? or shouldn't I put 2 separate cheat files in each of the NDS and SNES foldor? cuz I want gba/snes, not the regular nds game cheats

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I already got that exact file in my dstwo foldor >_< that is for nds games, I want cheats for the GBA and SNES emulator plz

Terminator02

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Oct 10, 2010

GBA cheats

inside NDSGBA in a folder named gamechts or something like that

haddad

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Oct 10, 2010

how about snes?

thaddius

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Oct 10, 2010

The SNES cheat files are supposed to be .cht as far as I know, but the .cht files I found online do not show any cheats when selected. It's possible the emulator uses a different format than the .cht files that are out there, or it's possible that the cheat function is not active yet.