Most likely because you're using software mode in whatever DS emulator you're using, which means all of the rendering is being done by your CPU. There are options for GPU-accelerated rendering like DeSmuME X432R.
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Most likely because you're using software mode in whatever DS emulator you're using, which means all of the rendering is being done by your CPU. There are options for GPU-accelerated rendering like DeSmuME X432R.
baphomet
Member
Probably just like me and other people do.
No I'm really asking. Can you do it from the system or does it require buying a separate piece of hardware?
baphomet
Member
You can do it with a gateway card and the actual hardware.
TC McQueen
Member
Excellent news. If only there was similar progress on the Vita front, but here's to preserving and up-rezing 3DS games!
Canis lupus
Member
This is good if true, hopefully ends up better than the DS emulator(why is the PSP emu so good and DS so bad?). I barely play my 3DS because I can't stand its awful screens. Really unfortunate, the system has good games and whatever I can get I get on the ipad instead now.
Poetic.Injustice
Member
3DS games with actual image quality will be amazing.
PSP seemed to have a much bigger community of tinkerers. DS had some homebrew but the battle seemed to be mostly making sure you bought a well supported flash cart than a constant challenge of overcoming firmware updates.
Links_fantasy
Junior Member
Hopefully 3DS emulators and piracy don't appear until after the next Nintendo handheld releases. It cost the DS a lot of Japanese games coming over to the West. The only positive is we could get fan translations of games like Dragon Quest Monsters 1 & 2, Rocket Slime 3, DQ VII and other games devs aren't willing to bring over.
EightBitNate
Member
Super Mario 3D Land at a higher resolution
HNNNNNNG
HNNNNNNG
baphomet
Member
There has been 3ds piracy for a year or two now.
Neon_Icarus
Member
I look forward to seeing high(er) res footage of 3DS games,
even though I prefer playing them on the original hardware.
even though I prefer playing them on the original hardware.
X
Xpike
Unconfirmed Member
Looking forward to a Kid Icarus Uprising controller mod, that way everyone can experience this masterpiece in better res.
Bravely Default or the Pokemon games.
I feel the Vita has been abandoned by everybody, including the enthusiast hacking group. ):
I don't think piracy killed those Japanese titles. If anything, it was emulation and the like that got us all of those skipped Japanese titles with fan translations. For example, Nintendo themselves killed localization on Soma Bringer and Archaic Sealed Heat (they went far enough to even redub this game) on their own, yet both of these games are in English thanks to the community.
Right, it'll take them years to get up to a playable state. By that time the 3DS will be over.
I believe in supporting developers. So I buy my games. But it's nice to have emulation for long dead systems. You never know when your old hardware will just die.
Aquamarine
Member
Agreed. We desperately need emulation of all platforms to immortalise our beloved artform.
TC McQueen
Member
The Vita hacking scene has gotten a major boost from native hacks becoming an actual thing, but it's pretty much in the early stages for that. Hopefully they make some major progress before the hardware is taken off shelves permanently, but the lack of even a rudimentary emulator project is kind of worrying.
ReyVGM
Member
Doubt it. The DSi is not even emulated yet, even though the DS has been for many years now.
So to emulate the NEW 3DS, it will take even longer than the regular 3DS.
The community doesn't really seem to care for the platform. That's more of the issue. eShop games have been hacked and circumvented, and I believe they use the same theme of encryption DSiWare titles do or probably even more security, but it seems nobody could be arsed to get that library.
When the DSiWare's biggest and best first party games include A Kappa's Trail and Spotto, games I'm sure most people here don't even know about, you know there's just an entirely underwhelming interest in the platforms content. The most renowned third party release on the service - Shantae: Risky's Revenge - is now on PC as a better way to play it. DSiWare seems almost entirely forgettable other than it setting up the framework for the eShop, which has actually delivered major games as downloadables.
ReyVGM
Member
There are several good DSiware games such as Dark Void Zero, Chronos Twins, that limited Zelda Four Swords, Dr Mario Express, Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again, Puzzle League, Shantae (even if some of these are on another platform already).
I know people don't like to think as the DSi as a different platform, but it is, just like the GBC was. The only difference here is that the DSi's exclusive games were mostly digital (which cannot be played on the DS hardware, even if they were on a cartridge).
So if those aren't yet emulated, then I really doubt NEW 3DS games will be emulated in a decade as a previous person jokingly said.
you can buy your 3DS games digitally and do a bit-for-bit image clone of your SD Card.
CrazedProfessional
Member
Vectex?
PhoenixDawn
Member
Glad it's coming at a late stage in 3DS's life. I wish it success, but hope it isn't finished until after the 3DS has been replaced by a successor.
KuroPyonyo
Banned
Why are people so concerned about piracy?
There is no proof that it has a negative impact on revenue. Maybe its even positive?
And even if it did, morally I can't feel sorry when its on a shitty region locked device.
Game preservation is more important.
There is no proof that it has a negative impact on revenue. Maybe its even positive?
And even if it did, morally I can't feel sorry when its on a shitty region locked device.
Game preservation is more important.
Fidelis Hodie
Infidelis Cras
This. So much this. In a couple years, it will be the perfect way to re-experience my 3ds library.
Seriously. The community/fan driven aspect is always insane. Mods, language patches, etc. All validate emulation and homebrew attempts.
StoppedInTracks
Member
Cannot wait. 3DS games would benefit tremendously from higher res.
HolyBaikal
Banned
Yay, there's a bunch of 3DS games I would like to play on my PC. I have a 40 inch screen, and there's so many games that would be fun to play that way.
I hope that the PlayStation 3 and XBOX 360 emulators work out, too.
I hope that the PlayStation 3 and XBOX 360 emulators work out, too.
Aquamarine
Member
The PS3 emulator RPCS3 is really starting to gain some traction...maybe by 2020 I'll be able to play my Folklore disc on my laptop at full-speed in 1080p.
RazorbackDB
Member
In 2020 I hope everyone would have a 4k screen, and I think people are getting excited too soon, this is progress but it will be a while until a game can be fully playable with good speed.
Aquamarine
Member
It's interesting how it's always Nintendo platforms (NES, GB, SNES, VB, N64, GBC, GC, DS, Wii, 3DS) and Sony platforms (PS1, PS2, PSP, PS3) that seem to get emulated.
Microsoft platforms are always ignored...the original Xbox could be emulated if people cared enough. We still don't have a good Xbox emulator, and it's been 13 years since the Xbox originally came out.
baphomet
Member
What? Basically every platform is emulated eventually.
Nintendo are way too picky to manage efficient emulation in the foreseeable future. They'll continue to sit there tinkering with a few games a time until they can boost them from 99% accurate to 100% accurate.
Also after the 3DS I have absolutely no faith in their ability to design hardware with emulation in mind. GBA and SNES games can't even run on the thing for gods sake.
The Abominable Snowman
Member
Rip what?
I think it is kind of disappointing the Xbox/Chihiro will not be emulated for a long time, but the more I think about it, there are only a few games that we really would not be able to enjoy without one. I can kind of understand the disinterest.
TC McQueen
Member
It's more a lack of documentation than disinterest that's holding back Xbox emulation.
Aquamarine
Member
I still think, if there was enough dedication + development interest in the project, they could have figured it out by now.
R10Neymarfan
Member
Easy by implementing it themselves or having 3Dvision/Tridef take over
