Survey: Emulators and patching software
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For GBA I use VBA (visual Boy advance on PC, and "My Boy" on Android)
For NDS I use Desmume on my PC.
Now for 3DS, there is Citra which is still "under construction, however you can try it.
For Patching IPS I use Lunar IPS, it's very simple to use it.
I usually patch UPS from my android phone: The app is called "ROM Patcher". It's very easy and it can patch IPS and UPS.
These are some very simple emulators and patchers and I think that these are the easiest to use for everyone.
For NDS I use Desmume on my PC.
Now for 3DS, there is Citra which is still "under construction, however you can try it.
For Patching IPS I use Lunar IPS, it's very simple to use it.
I usually patch UPS from my android phone: The app is called "ROM Patcher". It's very easy and it can patch IPS and UPS.
These are some very simple emulators and patchers and I think that these are the easiest to use for everyone.
Satoshi Ookami
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I'm pretty sure it's much less than "under construction" since you can't use it to play anything.
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For Gba
myboy and Vba link
For NDS
Desmume
Patching
Lunar ips and NUPS
best softwares that's all
3DS
Found one working? tell me then
myboy and Vba link
For NDS
Desmume
Patching
Lunar ips and NUPS
best softwares that's all
3DS
Found one working? tell me then
I think that you're wrong here, you can load and play games on Citra, but it's like you are playing in slow motion. There are a lot of videos in Youtube, But to tell you the truth I haven't tried it yet.
Satoshi Ookami
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That depends on your definition of play =D
I mean yea, you can load things, but if you can't play it properly, at least as DeSmuME handles DS games, it can hardly be called "play" =)
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GBA: MyBoy (Android); Before MyBoy I was playing with GameBoid, but MyBoy has some additional feature & serves better then others. VBA for Pc.
DS: There's only 1 good DS emulator for Android, that is , Drastic. Played all the 4th/5th Gen game with it. Never tried DSEmu/$Nogba
3DS: There's no such emulator lol
IPS/UPS: Usually MyBoy's Patching System but for some, Unipatcher.
Other Patches (xdelta & stuffs): Rom Patcher.
DS: There's only 1 good DS emulator for Android, that is , Drastic. Played all the 4th/5th Gen game with it. Never tried DSEmu/$Nogba
3DS: There's no such emulator lol
IPS/UPS: Usually MyBoy's Patching System but for some, Unipatcher.
Other Patches (xdelta & stuffs): Rom Patcher.
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VisualBoYAdvance for GBA.
No$GBA for DS. (Because my computer is laggy, do not kill me)
Lunar IPS and NUPS for Patching
xDelta for others.
______ for 3DS. (Are there any yet?)
No$GBA for DS. (Because my computer is laggy, do not kill me)
Lunar IPS and NUPS for Patching
xDelta for others.
______ for 3DS. (Are there any yet?)
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For GBA:No$GBA
For NDS: DeSmuME
For 3DS: Plz tell me one!
For NDS: DeSmuME
For 3DS: Plz tell me one!
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For GBA, I use VBA in pc and MyBoy in android
For DS, I use Desmume in pc and Drastic & MyDS in android
For 3ds, I am so unlucky that my pc is 32 bit and it needed 64 bit to start the CITRA and I got my sister's laptop for it now I cant find the roms for 3ds. ;-;
I use Lunar IPS or I sometime do that, putting both the ips files by same name, one rom and the ips in one folder and voila.
For DS, I use Desmume in pc and Drastic & MyDS in android
For 3ds, I am so unlucky that my pc is 32 bit and it needed 64 bit to start the CITRA and I got my sister's laptop for it now I cant find the roms for 3ds. ;-;
I use Lunar IPS or I sometime do that, putting both the ips files by same name, one rom and the ips in one folder and voila.
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Emulators:
Patching:
- GB/GBC/GBA
- PC: VBA-M
- Android: John GBC and John GBA, respectively
- NDS
- PC: DeSmuMe
- Android: I don't, but I once tried nds4droid
- 3DS
- I don't
Patching:
- IPS
- PC: Lunar IPS
- Android: UniPatcher
- UPS/PPF/DPS
- PC: I don't, but if I had to use UPS, I'd use Tsukuyomi UPS
- Android: UniPatcher
- xDelta
- PC: Delta Patcher (duh)
- Android: I don't
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Info for Apple Fanboys:
vba-sdl-h for my computer (because plain old VBA no longer works on my Mac, and I can't find any source code that does, lol). I think OpenEmu is meant to be good too, though. Just haven't had the need to get it.
GBA4ios on my phone.
DeSmuMe for NDS, though I basically never use it. Nothing on NDS for my phone.
Didn't even realize how many people use NDS emulators. I pretty much only play gba games.
vba-sdl-h for my computer (because plain old VBA no longer works on my Mac, and I can't find any source code that does, lol). I think OpenEmu is meant to be good too, though. Just haven't had the need to get it.
GBA4ios on my phone.
DeSmuMe for NDS, though I basically never use it. Nothing on NDS for my phone.
Didn't even realize how many people use NDS emulators. I pretty much only play gba games.
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Emulators
Patching
- I use VBA-M on my computer, and the old GameBoid app on my phone
- DeSmuME has been my go-to DS emulator for years, and as for my phone, I haven't tried at all, actually
Patching
- As an advocate of the BPS patching format (which is intended to replace contemporary formats) I use a patcher called Flips (floating ips). It not only does BPS patching, but IPS as well. I still keep Lips around though
- For UPS patches, I use NUPS
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wow, this is so cool
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I am also using the VBA-visual Boy advance for GBA.
For nds, I just use flashcart, and no others.
For nds, I just use flashcart, and no others.
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Umm. Quick question, is there any legit 3ds emulator for Android floating around.
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