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Nintendo DS Games in HD
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Hero of Legend
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I was just reminded of how much Luigi's Raceway from Double Dash blew my mind in Mario Kart DS, seeing a GC level brought to the DS, DAMN!
Anyone willing to grab some 480p shots of it? Hopefully ones to compare with the original on GC directly.
Anyone willing to grab some 480p shots of it? Hopefully ones to compare with the original on GC directly.
sixteen-bit
Member
May I put in a request for Geometry Wars Galaxies?
The newest beta of the DraStic (Android) emulator renders DS games in hi-res. The resolution isn't adjustable and seems to be locked at around 3x or 4x
The best part is that everything runs at 100% speed on my Nexus 5 and 9--the 5 isn't exactly top of the line these days.
Does it look like the image on the right on your nexus? Dayum!
Yeah, most games, as people in this thread can attest, still look pretty bad due to how low-res the textures are. That said, the resolution bump makes a huge difference.
Yeah the feature is still in beta, so I'd expect that it's probably going to be more customizable. If you follow the mobile emulation scene, I haven't found any emulators that run DS games at an acceptable speed. it's a miracle that this app even runs games at full speed, let alone at an increased resolution.
Edit: And yeah, I didn't point it out, but the left is native res, and the right is the increased internal res.
It looks quite good to me. Makes me want to go out and get an android tablet. I'm still quite behind with my gs2.
Yeah, a bigger screen lets you play stylus games without blocking half of the screen with your hand. The problem with a lot of those games though is that the resolution was pretty terrible when you blew up the potato a resolution DS screens to fill the tablet screen.
I'm looking forward to going back to Phantom Hourglass.
ShadowFox08
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Spirit Tracks and Okamiden look great...
But wtf.. Prime Hunters LOOKS AMAZING. Like a early dreamcast game.
But wtf.. Prime Hunters LOOKS AMAZING. Like a early dreamcast game.
RichardKSJ
Member
Yes unfortunately, though there might be only so much the engine can handle without intense work.
Diablohead
Member
Not used drastic for a few months but i'm happy to see they added in higher res rendering, it's a great and powerful emulator as it is.
Dragon ball D:
I have tenkaichi tag, and the other psp ones on my phone.
Malitik Sabu
Banned
These screens don't really scale well.
U n i o n 0015
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Why can't people do this for Sega Saturn??? 
Why can't people do this for Sega Saturn???
SSF doesn't upscale native res. Yabause can, but it's more buggy IIRC.
It's been a while since I last tested Yabause though, I should go seek the last version and give it a spin.
Vorg
Banned
Doesn't Drastic already allow you to do this? At least I thought that option was present.
Christ.That Drastic Android emulator does look a lot better than vanilla, but it's still not really close to DeSmume's higher res emulation.
MAX PAYMENT
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Fudgepuppy
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Fantastic images, this is why I love emulators.
Can anyone do Brothers in Arms?
Can anyone do Brothers in Arms?
This post is months old, but I'll give a shot later today.
Much appreciated.
TheVampire
Banned
Im kinda late to this thread.
Playing the DS games with that special HD resolution is great.
But is there anyway to make it widescreen?
Playing the DS games with that special HD resolution is great.
But is there anyway to make it widescreen?
It's still limited to 2x2 resolution, if that's what you mean. The emulator does all rendering in software on your CPU(most likely for better accuracy), this is in addition to handling emulation of the DSs processors and other components. Any more than 4x the resolution would probably too much for most phones.
It's not exactly comparable to the high resolution mode in desmume as that not only runs on much faster machines, but also uses the GPU for rendering. I think drastic is a much more impressive piece of software, even though it doesn't always provide as good of an experience.
exmachina64
Banned
I hope one of these DS emulators eventually adds Steam Controller support; the ability to take advantage of the touchpads would be great.
That Drastic Android emulator does look a lot better than vanilla, but it's still not really close to DeSmume's higher res emulation.
This is like some CSI "enhance" level shit except it's real.
KatamariOnTheRocks
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Do you think higher resolutions like 1080 and 4k can eventually be possible using DS emulators on PC?
I'm wondering if there's any particular problem preventing it or if it simply hasn't been implemented yet.
I'm not trying to undermine how much time and effort such a task requires I'd just like to know if it's something that may be possible eventually
Do you think higher resolutions like 1080 and 4k can eventually be possible using DS emulators on PC?
I'm wondering if there's any particular problem preventing it or if it simply hasn't been implemented yet.
I'm not trying to undermine how much time and effort such a task requires I'd just like to know if it's something that may be possible eventually
My guess is that it just hasn't been implemented. Then again, I've never written a ds emulator, so maybe there are other issues or complications that make it difficult.
Do you think higher resolutions like 1080 and 4k can eventually be possible using DS emulators on PC?
I'm wondering if there's any particular problem preventing it or if it simply hasn't been implemented yet.
I'm not trying to undermine how much time and effort such a task requires I'd just like to know if it's something that may be possible eventually
I think its the sort of thing where it can be implemented for arbitrary resolution support, it just hasn't been done yet.
I imagine these games will look Dreamcast quality with texture filtering; especially the best looking ones.
Not really. DC had a lot more video memory which allowed for much higher resolution textures which completely blow away what the DS could do even with texture filtering in the mix, and could draw far more vertices than the DS's hard coded 6144 per frame limit, with more advanced lighting shadowing etc. etc.
So? This isn't a thread about DS games on it's original hardware; it's about emulation at higher resolutions and with filtering added. And besides, better knowledge of graphics and modern techniques allow developers to get better visuals on hardware that is not as powerful.
NOLA_Gaffer
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That last game looks a fascinating, what is it?