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[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 yokomoko
Start date Jun 15, 2010
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Replies 4

yokomoko

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Jun 15, 2010

Quick question: Can anybody with a Real/Sakura play Chinatown Wars multiplayer mode without it freezing? If you can PLEASE tell me what you did.

I think this may be an M3 Real wide problem though...

ShadowXY

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Jun 15, 2010

No, there isn't any fix for the mp. Try 'race' with a friend, no freeze yet!

yokomoko

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Jun 15, 2010

Yeah, it sucks the M3 team never bothered to fix this. Thanks for responding and for the tip about race mode, I'll try that. Thanks again!

Porobu

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Jun 16, 2010

is your game patched?

yokomoko

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Jun 17, 2010

Porobu said:
is your game patched?

Thanks for the reply. I've been using a clean untrimmed rom. I've also tried different patched versions claiming to have working multiplayer and I've pretty much tried all the different options available on Real/Sakura I think. I've searched a good many forums and gotten some ideas off those, like replacing the ARM7 and 9 files using DSlazy. As far as I know there's no workaround.