I planned to get a dsi and emulate gba games, but it seems that the emulation is not too great. I see it’s even worse on the ds lite.

If I use a gba flash cart in the ds lite, should I have full compatibility?

Additionally, how does screen quality between the 2 compare? I don’t care much about the size, but overall picture quality.

Thanks in advance!

    • Nazo@urusai.social
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      1 month ago

      @neon_nova Seems like not really a bunch, but that page is specifically for GBALoader. I don’t know about the “Virtual Console” loader, but I’m pretty sure it has fewer compatibility issues because I’ve played a few of those “no boot” games. At least on the 3DS. (I never had a DSi. I went straight from NDS to 3DS.)

      I would assume there are surely tools for building “Virtual Console” images for the DSi as well. I know on the 3DS there’s a great one called “New Super Ultimate Injector” but it’s probably 3DS only (it gives you a .cia installer file.) If there are that should open up some options.

      Otherwise, with the hardware range mentioned, you would indeed have to do a slot 2 cart. IMO it’s a lot more inconvenient, but YMMV. They do draw a bit more power though. Bear that in mind

      • neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
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        1 month ago

        Thanks for letting me know. I wasn’t aware that was an option. I completely skipped the ds generation as a kid. So, I’m going to try to catch up. Normally I’d emulate, but the dual screens is annoying to emulate.