how can i get......

[shiznitdaniel]

SNEmulDS to work on my super card lite rumble? i really want to play snes games on my DS. and i am clueless.

[Azariel]

Snes emulators are not good enough still, some games are categorized as 'playable" and are a few, with many glitches, no sound, synchronization, etc. Coders are doing what they can to update a Emulator that can fit the DS chip set, but is hard. The best on my POV is the SNEmulDSv05a I don't know if there is a working version for slot-2 devices...they are patched with DLDI for slot-1 devices already.

[bgmnt]

Okay, hold up. You're making it out to be a lot worse than it actually is. Compatibility isn't all that bad considering the methods they must use to maintain fullspeed. There is sound on all three emulators, which is usually pretty good, and synchronization has been improved with SNEmulDS v0.5 Beta (which is newer than Alpha 2). SNEmulDS will work on any device that supports DLDI, whether it's slot-1 or slot-2.

Regardless, to install SNEmulDS, follow the instructions at http://wiki.pocketheaven.com/SNEmulDS making sure that you patch it with DLDI correctly.

[Azariel]

I didn't said was bad, but comparing with a PC emulator like Znes, , with filers, full speed, etcetc.. I use to play Snes and GBA on PC ( muych better with Video filters ). You can play on NDS, if you are fine with sound glitches, sprites missing, backgroudns cutted, etcetc, is jsut a matter of choice. I just said what I see in an overall, ... I support thsoe guys making miracles coding emulators for NDS :)

[bgmnt]

The problem is that the DS isn't powerful enough to emulate the system like PC emulators do, calculating everything in software and then painting the final output to the DS screen pixel by pixel. Instead, since the DS 2D hardware and SNES hardware is similar, the emulators map most graphics functions to similar DS functions. This is why the graphics get screwed up and why you sometimes have to rearrange the layers. However, this also makes it very quick to update the screen, so only about 5% of the CPU time is spent drawing the screen (hence why there's no frameskip option, as it would be pointless).

The SNES emulators for the PSP have more resources to work with, so they work like the PC ones do.

I do agree that if you want flawless SNES emulation, you should stay far away from the DS, but for casual gaming it works pretty well if you're willing to change a few options sometimes.

[shiznitdaniel]

ok, thanks, BUT....i need 1 more thing, according to that website i need the correct DLDI patcher......wich one should i use to get it?

[bgmnt]

Download and install DLDIrc, which should be very easy to use. Just right-click the *.nds file and choose the new patching option that appears.

[Azariel]

Actually, the R4DS and M3 Firmware are coming with DLDI built-in. Maybe eyou just need the File itself, and the Card do the rest by itself. :D I jsut use a few homebrew Aplications on NDS, so I didn't try the autopatch, but shoudl work. Is a recent adition, maybe no more than a week and a few days.

[grd94533]

Yes the auto patching does indeed work. I have place a few homebrew on my card that use to require dildi patching, and now I just drag and drop. Everything works fine.