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DeSmuME VS Drastic

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DeSmuME

DeSmuME is a freeware emulator for the NDS roms & Nintendo DS Lite games created by YopYop156.

Drastic

Drastic is a Android DS Emulator
  • DeSmuME Landing page
    Landing page //
    2022-08-04
  • Drastic Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-05-11

DeSmuME

Categories
  • Gaming
  • Emulators
  • Gaming Tools
  • Gaming Software
Website desmume.org  
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Drastic

Categories
  • Gaming
  • Emulators
  • Gaming Tools
  • DS Emulators
Website drastic-ds.com  
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DeSmuME videos

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DeSmuME: Complete Install Guide (Nintendo DS Emulator)

More videos:

  • Review - DeSmuMe: The Amazing Nintendo DS Emulator for PC! |Emulator Review| Ft. Anton Retro
  • Review - Desmume Review

Drastic videos

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|Drastic NDS| Emulator Product Review

More videos:

  • Review - Drastic DS Emulator Review on the Xiaomi Redmi Note 4X

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to DeSmuME and Drastic)

DeSmuME

Drastic

Gaming
71 71%
Gaming
29% 29
Emulators
71 71%
Emulators
29% 29
Gaming Tools
69 69%
Gaming Tools
31% 31
Gaming Software
76 76%
Gaming Software
24% 24

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Reviews

These are some of the external sources and on-site user reviews we've used to compare DeSmuME and Drastic

DeSmuME Reviews

Best DS Emulator: Are These Emulators Safe And Legal To Use?
It provides a good gaming experience with features like save states, cheat codes, and controller support. DeSmuME is also easy to use and has a simple interface.
Source: appletoo.us
5 Best Nintendo DS Emulators for PC
Although it only has handful graphic settings, you can get good game graphics comparable to DeSmuME with a few tweaks.
Source: www.partitionwizard.com
7 Best Mac Emulators For Gamers In 2022
If you are like me, and have never owned a Nintendo DS… DeSmuME can emulate the Nintendo DS and Nintendo DS Lite handheld game consoles with its Mac compatible program.
Source: retrododo.com
12 Best Gaming Console Emulators for Mac in 2022
DeSmuMe is a Nintendo emulator designed to allow users to play dual screens of Nintendo on their PC as the emulator simulates the dual-screen on the PC monitor.
Source: thebingeful.com
10 Emulators To Turn Your Computer Into A Retro Console
Nintendo’s dual screen console can be played on your computer using DeSmuME, with both screens simulated on your computer monitor. Your mouse is used as a stylus for the touch input. It even supports games that require you to play your device sideways.
Source: www.hongkiat.com

Drastic Reviews

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, DeSmuME seems to be a lot more popular than Drastic. While we know about 32 links to DeSmuME, we've tracked only 1 mention of Drastic. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

DeSmuME mentions (32)

  • any one know how to emulate a dsi game
    Citra is for 3ds games. While it should be compatible with ds games since the physical consoles are, this isn't true of the emulators. http://desmume.org/ has what you need. Source: 8 months ago
  • Looking for My Old Nintendo 3DS
    You should probably emulate the games, your 3DS is unlikely to be found Here is an Emulator r/roms is a good resource for ROMs. Source: 10 months ago
  • Scooby Doo First Frights & the spooky swamp
    You can download DeSmuME (http://desmume.org/), which is a free Nintendo emulator. Then you wanna search up "Scooby Doo First Frights ROM" in Google, and download it. Then you can open the emulator, click on File at the top, click "Open ROM", then open the ROM file you downloaded to play the game. Source: 12 months ago
  • How do you guys play?
    Emulators 100%, mGBA for GBA games (My Boy for android, sprang for the paid version a while ago and don't regret it), DeSmuME for DS and Citra for 3DS. I do technically still own copies of most DS and 3DS games but I despise nuzlocking on hardware at this point and I tend to play romhacks anyways. I personally wouldn't recommend anything other than GBA games/romhacks for a phone, but maybe someone else has a... Source: about 1 year ago
  • Rule
    You’ll need an emulator that you can load the rom into. Desmume (https://desmume.org) is a decent one. Source: about 1 year ago
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Drastic mentions (1)

  • Will Drastic (DS emulator) ever will be completed/fixed on retropie?
    So for any progress updates, you'll have to ask the author/their forum: https://drastic-ds.com/index.php. Source: over 2 years ago

What are some alternatives?

When comparing DeSmuME and Drastic, you can also consider the following products

RetroArch - RetroArch is a frontend for emulators, game engines and media players.

melonDS - A Nintendo DS emulator with support for commercial games.

Citra - Citra is a work-in-progress emulator for the Nintendo 3DS.

mGBA - mGBA is an open source emulator of the Game Boy Advance. The goals are speed and accuracy.

OpenEmu - Console and Arcade video game emulator for macOS.

VisualBoyAdvance - VisualBoyAdvance (VBA) is a free software (GNU GPL) emulator targeted for the Game Boy, Super Game...

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