Emulation Homebrew melonDS for Switch — continuation part 2

[Bellzz]

Thank you very much for your work. MelonDS for switch is so barebones i couldn't really transition out of PC emu cores, i'm very hyped for the filtering and upscaling options you mentioned, as MelonDS natively overblown colors and simple bilinear filter just won't do lol, as great an emulator it is otherwise.

Might i suggest an LCD grid + nds color filter option? RA and Drastic if i'm not mistaken have these filters, not sure how simple it would be to port them but it would be a game changer for sure.

 

[Deleted member 671446]

Thank you very much for your work. MelonDS for switch is so barebones i couldn't really transition out of PC emu cores, i'm very hyped for the filtering and upscaling options you mentioned, as MelonDS natively overblown colors and simple bilinear filter just won't do lol, as great an emulator it is otherwise.

Might i suggest an LCD grid + nds color filter option? RA and Drastic if i'm not mistaken have these filters, not sure how simple it would be to port them but it would be a game changer for sure.

I'll try

 

[Taffer]

Thank you for the work!

 

[nicogd]

well @Gheovgos thanks for all the work. waiting for the wfc asap !!! it'll be a total game changer and i bet creators will cover it

 

[DragonMastax]

@Gheovgos hopefully you can add upscaling options in the future.

 

[Deleted member 671446]

well @Gheovgos thanks for all the work. waiting for the wfc asap !!! it'll be a total game changer and i bet creators will cover it

Thanks! I think next stable update will be for hardcore mode and buttons remapping. I made some progress for hardcore mode

 

[tehrzky]

Thanks! I think next stable update will be for hardcore mode and buttons remapping. I made some progress for hardcore mode

I've been waiting for the button remapping. Please also add analog stick remapping support and allow screen mode selection to be remapped. Tnx.

 

[Deleted member 671446]

I've been waiting for the button remapping. Please also add analog stick remapping support and allow screen mode selection to be remapped. Tnx.

yes, I'm working for remap every button. I think it will be completed in the next week

 

[LordCha]

Thanks. New version works on pokemon games. Old versions wasn't inside save and crushed.

Upscale filter is nice. Would be alternative some filters?
.I tried Emu4V,ta+++gpsp and has a lot of cool filters. I know, DS and gba emualtors are not same but I just want to ask.

 

[zhuhang95]

Are we near shaders and upscaling? Or still a long way?

 

[Deleted member 671446]

Are we near shaders and upscaling? Or still a long way?

Still long way

 

[bibliomon]

In the Set-Up instruction, why do you link to RSDuck's one and not yours with the latest work?

 

[Deleted member 671446]

In the Set-Up instruction, why do you link to RSDuck's one and not yours with the latest work?

Do you mean the readme? Probably I forgot to update it

 

[froggy55]

this is awesome to see it being worked on again i am really hoping you could implent the ability to use cheats that would be awesome and thanks for your hard work

 

[bibliomon]

Setup​

For those coming from older versions of my port, using the /melonds directory located at the sd card root is still possible.

Since Release 5 the JIT recompiler isn't enabled by default, so make sure to enable (under Emulation Settings), since the interpreter is pretty slow.

Atmosphere title replacement to launch the hbmenu is the only supported method of running melonDS!
If you don't know what that means: press R while starting any game from the Switch's main menu to enter the hbmenu, don't use the album!

• Download the latest release from here: https://github.com/RSDuck/melonDS/releases

I meant here, the first post of the thread

 

[Deleted member 671446]

I meant here, the first post of the thread

I left the old thread because it is also catlover's work, so also the old link is here. But you should see the new one on the top, the first one

Post automatically merged: Aug 5, 2025

this is awesome to see it being worked on again i am really hoping you could implent the ability to use cheats that would be awesome and thanks for your hard work

Sure! I'll add cheats sooner or later. This week I'll release a new stable version for buttons remapping (and also other bug fixes)

 

[froggy55]

I left the old thread because it is also catlover's work, so also the old link is here. But you should see the new one on the top, the first one

Post automatically merged: Aug 5, 2025

Sure! I'll add cheats sooner or later. This week I'll release a new stable version for buttons remapping (and also other bug fixes)

awesome thank you again for your hard work

 

[Deleted member 671446]

Hi guys! I've released a new version, mainly focused on the possibility of remapping keys, which you can find in the Input section in the settings. Other improvements have been made, such as notifications, although there is still more work to be done.



Here is the link, while I have listed all the new changes in the main thread.

Release 7.2

Unfortunately, I haven't solved all the reported issues, but I hope to fix them all in the future. Thanks to everyone who supports me, I am always grateful!

 

[Lucerion]

Hi, First thank you so much for this fork and improving on MelonDS, This is the only way i'm able to play Phantasy Star Zero on switch since it has jit compiler options, I'm wondering if theres any news on hardcore progress? I'm checking a few times a week and got a flip grip to grind out some games soon, Thanks again!

 

[Deleted member 671446]

Hi, First thank you so much for this fork and improving on MelonDS, This is the only way i'm able to play Phantasy Star Zero on switch since it has jit compiler options, I'm wondering if theres any news on hardcore progress? I'm checking a few times a week and got a flip grip to grind out some games soon, Thanks again!

Yes, I should be able to integrate it with the next stable one