Homebrew List of emulators for use on the NDS (UPDATED 2010)

[Overlord Nadrian]

Well, since the old sticky topic hasn't been updated for 2 years now, I decided to make a new one. I will only list the latest versions of the best emulators for each console, with a link to their FileTrip download page (or, if there is no FileTrip download, I will for now post a link to the author's site, in time I will change all links to FileTrip though). I won't post direct links, because sometimes there's useful info on the page itself too. If you notice I forgot about an emulator, feel free to send me a PM about it or post about it in this topic. All emulators should work on every flashcart. Installation instructions are included in the files.

So, here's the list:

Amstrad - CPC

CrocoDS

Apple II

Apple 2 DS

Apple Macintosh

Mini vMac DS

Arcade

MarcaDS

Atari 2600

Stella DS

Atari ST

StyxDS

Atari 8-bit

PokeyDS

Chip-8

nds-8

Colecovision

ColecoDS

Commodore 64

FrodoDS

Dragon 32/64

XRoar

Dreamcast VMU

VirtuaMUnstaz DS

Gameking

Gamekengu

GameBoy (Colour)

Lameboy DS

GameBoy Advance (ONLY WORKS ON iPLAYER AND SUPERCARD DSTWO)

NDS-GBA

GameGear/SEGA Master System

S8DS

Genesis/Mega Drive

jEnesisDS

Java

Pstros NDS

MSX

msxDS

MSX2

Penko DS

NeoGeo

NeoDS

NeoGeo Pocket (Colour)

RACE!

NES

nesDS

PC-Engine/TurboGrafx16

NitroGrafx

ScummVM

ScummVM DS

SNES

SNEmulDS

Thomson MO5

ThomDS

TI-83+

WabbitDS

TI-85

DS85

Vectrex

VectxDS

Watari Supervision

Watari

Wonderswan

dualSwan

x86

DSx86

ZX81

DS81

ZX Spectrum

SpectrumDS


Arcade (individual machines)

Spoiler

Bomb Jack DS
http://www.dev-fr.org/index.php?fe&topic=4229

DS-Pack
http://www.dev-fr.org/index.php?topic=4004

DSinvader
http://www.dev-fr.org/index.php?topic=3991

MrDo DS
http://www.dev-fr.org/index.php?topic=4246

Pang DS
http://www.dev-fr.org/index.php?topic=4430

Solomon's Key DS
http://www.dev-fr.org/index.php?topic=4256

DS1942
http://www.dev-fr.org/index.php?topic=4032

DS1943
http://www.dev-fr.org/index.php?topic=4645

Snowbros DS
http://www.dev-fr.org/index.php?topic=4518

Thanks to Normmatt for creating the original topic, to be seen here, and luke_c, for helping out with FileTrip mirrors for all files and pointing out a small mistake!

 

[KOman]

Very helpful; thanks!

 

[luke_c]

Mini vMac DS - FileTrip Mirror
Marca DS - FileTrip Mirror (Latest version uploaded.)
Stella DS - FileTrip Mirror (You also linked to a older version, FileTrip mirror is latest.)
Styx DS - FileTrip Mirror
Pokey DS - FileTrip Mirror
nds-8 - FileTrip Mirror
Frodo DS - FileTrip Mirror
XRoar - FileTrip Mirror
VirtuaMUnstaz DS - FileTrip Mirror
Gamekengu - FileTrip Mirror
Pstros NDS - FileTrip Mirror (Latest version uploaded.)
Penko DS - FileTrip Mirror
ScummVM DS - FileTrip Mirror (Latest version uploaded.)
Thom DS - FileTrip Mirror (Latest version uploaded.)
DS85 - FileTrip Mirror (Latest version uploaded.)
Vectx DS - FileTrip Mirror
Watari DS - FileTrip Mirror
WonDerS (Now known as 'dualSwan', you might want to change that.) - FileTrip Mirror

You also missed quite a few Emulators out, although most of them are just different Emulators for Systems you have already linked.

Amstrad CPC: AmeDS
Apple II: pomDS
Chip-8: Chip8Me
Gameboy: DSBoy, DS_GBC, gnuboyDS
Genesis / Sega CD / 32X: GPNDS, PicoDriveDS
MSX: fMSX DS
Neo Geo Pocket: NDS Pop
NES: Midori, NesterDS, RetroBox DS - Reminesce
Oric Computers: DSOric
PC (DOS/Windows/Linux): HexenDS
Sega Master System / Game Gear: ApprenticeMinusDS, DSMS, DSMasterPlus
Sinclair Spectrum/QL: DSpec, SpeccyDS, ZX DS
SNES: SnesDS, SnezziDS
TI Calculators: CalcEmu
Watara Supervision: PotatorDS

If I get chance later/tommorow i'll upload them all, but it's going to take a while.

 

[Overlord Nadrian]

Yeah, I said I would only list the best emulators, not all of them, because that is IMHO useless.

 

[luke_c]

Yeah, I said I would only list the best emulators, not all of them, because that is IMHO useless.

I wasn't too sure on that as you did say "So, here's the list of every possible emulator for the DS there is:" in the thread but "Best" in the title

 

[Overlord Nadrian]

Oops, didn't notice that mistake, thanks for pointing it out!

 

[Xarsah16]

the Atari 2600 emu StellaDS is gone - it's not on filetrip. I keep getting an error of it not being found.

EDIT: The power of google search.

http://filetrip.net/f599-StellaDS-0-71.html

 

[Overlord Nadrian]

Oh, thanks, I'll change the link to that one then!

 

[Bri]

Spinal's version of FrodoDS is newer and has some improvements over the original:

http://filetrip.net/f11713-FrodoDS-Spinal-build-1-0.html

I also have a version with an improved interface by congoblase, but I don't see it in the download area.

-Bri

 

[psywolf]

 

[supercarte]

msxDS is a MSX, MSX2 and MSX2+ emulator. It is the best.
(msxDS has been updated to v.0.85 yesterday.

)

http://www.alternate-fmsxds.webs.com/index.html


Some emulated arcade games on DS by Copper:

Bomb Jack DS
http://www.dev-fr.org/index.php?fe&topic=4229

DS-Pack
http://www.dev-fr.org/index.php?topic=4004

DSinvader
http://www.dev-fr.org/index.php?topic=3991

MrDo DS
http://www.dev-fr.org/index.php?topic=4246

Pang DS
http://www.dev-fr.org/index.php?topic=4430

Solomon's Key DS
http://www.dev-fr.org/index.php?topic=4256

DS1942
http://www.dev-fr.org/index.php?topic=4032

DS1943
http://www.dev-fr.org/index.php?topic=4645

Snowbros DS
http://www.dev-fr.org/index.php?topic=4518

 

[Overlord Nadrian]

Er, well, I don't need anything of what you just suggested, because they're games, and this is a topic for all emulators on the DS.

 

[supercarte]

These are individual emlators of arcade games from Mame! They are individually emulated to get the best quality on DS.

Marca DS is same but not individual.

 

[Overlord Nadrian]

Yeah, but it still comes down to basically the same: it's only one game each, instead of an emulator that can run all games.

 

[supercarte]

So that ?

The title is not 'List of emulators for use on the NDS' ?

 

[Overlord Nadrian]

The point of an emulator is that it allows all (or at least most) games of a console to be played. The things you posted are, again, not really emulators in the most commonly used sense of the word, because they only allow for one single game to be played. Nothing more.

 

[supercarte]

An arcade machine contains usually only one game.
There are also emulators of calculator without game.
Your definition of 'emulator' is strange.

 

[Overlord Nadrian]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emulator
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=emulator
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-video-game-emulator.htm
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&def...mp;ved=0CBQQkAE

I'd say your definition of emulator is strange.

 

[SixtySixHundred]

An arcade machine contains usually only one game.
There are also emulators of calculator without game.
Your definition of 'emulator' is strange.

I'm with you...

The word 'Emulation' doesn't just apply to video games systems, it basically means, 'mimic' so the emulators of the single game arcade boards are emulators because they emulate a specific set of hardware.

A person who wants to be like someone else so badly that they copy their dress sense and mannerisms can also be called an emulator, in the traditional sense though...

EDIT: I forgot the actual reason for replying !.. It was to say thank you for updating the list of emulators. It needed doing!

 

[Overlord Nadrian]

Well, I'm still not going to add them, as no one is going to use them anyway (and I think you can play those games with other emulators as well, so there really is no point to it).