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Nintendo - DS (NooDS)

Background

Unofficial libretro port of NooDS, the speedy DS emulator

The NooDS core has been authored by

  • Hydr8gon
  • Jonian Guveli

The NooDS core is licensed under

  • GPLv3

A summary of the licenses behind RetroArch and its cores can be found here.

Extensions

Content that can be loaded by the NooDS core have the following file extensions:

  • .nds
  • .gba

The NooDS core can also be started without content.

RetroArch database(s) that are associated with the NooDS core:

Features

Frontend-level settings or features that the NooDS core respects.

Feature Supported
States ✔
Rewind ✔
Core Options ✔
RetroArch Cheats ✔
Subsystem ✔
Disk Control ✕

Core options

The NooDS core has the following option(s) that can be tweaked from the core options menu. The default setting is bolded.

  • Direct Boot [noods_directBoot] (enabled|disabled)

  • FPS Limiter [noods_fpsLimiter] (disabled|enabled)

  • Keep ROM in RAM [noods_romInRam] (disabled|enabled)

  • Threaded 2D [noods_threaded2D] (enabled|disabled)

  • Threaded 3D [noods_threaded3D] (1 Thread|2 Threads|3 Threads|4 Threads|Disabled)

  • High Resolution 3D [noods_highRes3D] (disabled|enabled)

  • Screen Arrangement [noods_screenArrangement] (Automatic|Vertical|Horizontal|Single Screen)

  • Screen Rotation [noods_screenRotation] (Normal|Rotated Left|Rotated Right)

  • Screen Sizing [noods_screenSizing] (Even|Enlarge Top|Enlarge Bottom)

  • Screen Position [noods_screenPosition] (Center|Top|Bottom|Left|Right)

  • Screen Gap [noods_screenGap] (None|Quarter|Half|Full)

  • Crop GBA Screen [noods_gbaCrop] (enabled|disabled)

  • Screen Filter [noods_screenFilter] (Nearest|Upscaled|Linear)

  • Simulate Ghosting [noods_screenGhost] (disabled|enabled)

  • Swap Screen Mode [noods_swapScreenMode] (Toggle|Hold)

  • Touch Mode [noods_touchMode] (Auto|Pointer|Joystick|None)

  • Show Touch Cursor [noods_touchCursor] (enabled|disabled)

  • Microphone Input Mode [noods_micInputMode] (Silence|Noise|Microphone)

  • Microphone Button Mode [noods_micButtonMode] (Toggle|Hold|Always)