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About this app
Android port of melonDS, a DS and DSi emulator.
Missing Features
Local Multiplayer
DSi SD card support
Customizable button skins
More display filters
Performance
Performance is solid on 64 bit devices with thread rendering and JIT enabled, and should run at full speed on flagship devices. Performance on older devices, specially 32 bit devices, is very poor due to the lack of JIT support.
Integration with third-party frontends
It's possible to launch melonDS from third part frontends. For that, you will need to have the ROMs you want to launch already scanned by melonDS. Then, you can configure your third-party frontend with the following configuration:
Package name: me.magnum.melonds
Activity name: me.magnum.melonds.ui.emulator.EmulatorActivity
Parameters (choose one):
uri (preferred) - a string with the SAF URI of the NDS ROM (ZIP files are supported)
PATH - a string with the absolute path to the NDS ROM (ZIP files are supported)
What's new
- Version 0.5.0 is now available.
- This release is mainly focused on fixing rendering issues by @SapphireRhodonite, especially the black lines that appear in some games (very noticeable in Pokémon titles like Pokémon HeartGold), along with a few additional quality-of-life improvements.
- This version includes a fix for the black lines / gaps that appear in games like Pokémon HeartGold and similar titles.
- Improvements
- From @rafaelvcaetano
- Allow DSiWare titles to be launched directly from the ROM list.
- Reduce RetroAchievements game hash cache size to 1 day.
- Merge internal and external layouts into a single unified system.
- From @Dicot0721
- Use a password-type keyboard for the RetroAchievements login dialog.
About this version
- Version
- Beta 1.10.0 GH (37)
- Size
- 20.28 MB
- Requires Android
- 7.0
- Target SDK
- 24
- Architecture
- arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86_64
- Downloads
- 44
- Updated
- Jan 20, 2026
- Package
- me.magnum.melonds
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