Nintendo DS Emulator for PS Vita: DeSmuME-Vita updated to version 0.2
Developer Masterfeizz updated his port of the popular Nintendo DS emulator DeSmuME for the PS Vita. Version 0.2 brings sound and homebrew support.
Sound support in the emulator was one of the most requested features so far, so it’s awesome to see it here. There are also options for frameskip or to disable sound if you’re looking for performance. Some games already run at 30fps with the right settings.
Additionally, to showcase homebrew working, Masterfeizz shared a screenshot of Smealum‘s Aperture Science game (an adaptation of popular game portal, for the Nintendo DS).
You can download Smea’s Aperture Science here.
Download and Install DeSmuME-Vita 0.2
you can download the DeSmuME Nintendo DS emulator for PS vita on the developer’s github here.
Note: If you already had a former version of the app, you should be able to install version 0.2 over it. If you run into issues, try uninstalling the other version first.
Roms must go in ux0:/data/desmume/. (Please no discussion this blog or in the forums on where to acquire roms!)
To install & run, please note that you will need to have a PS Vita running firmware 3.60 with the HENkaku hack. To install HENkaku, please check our PS Vita CFW page.
Looking for more? We have a full list of Emulators for the PS Vita, an up to date list of Homebrews for the PS Vita, and an All in one guide for Vita 3.60 describing everything you can do with your hacked PS Vita.
Source: Masterfeizz on twitter
I really want to see a PSX and Dreamcast emulators for the vita,the dreamcast one is basically confirmed now since the creator of reicast wanted to port it.
I also think that it would be possible to port PPSSPP too.
Well, no need for PPSSPP if they get the built in emulator working somehow
vita dont have enough power for dreamcast
it has. On PSP is a dreamcast emu wich runs at 3fps. PS Vita have the power for playable emu
it doesn’t have a high level graphics API, so unless someone makes a GL wrapper it’s not gonna happen
PSX and PPSSPP would probably both be pointless, time would be better off spent working on getting access to the official emulators. Since Henkaku ships with a kernel exploit I’d assume it’d be possible?
henkaku’s developer principles (lunacy)
I wonder what’s stopping from psp emulation via henkaku.
If i’m not wrong, henkaku enables loading any psp libraries unlike usual usermode exploits via savedata (which is limited to libraries that the game already loaded)
Then what is blocking from running psp games?
Or am I wrong in stating that “henkaku enables loading any psp libraries”?
heck yeah exciting. Anyone got some DS roms to recommend for me? As a nintendo head from way back it was a system I had always wanted but couldn’t afford…
New super mario bros and mario kart come to my mind…
Also metroid prime hunters.
All the Nintendo mainstays apply, of course, then:
Trauma Center games
Castlevanias
Animal Crossing
999
Phoenix Wright
I’m fairly certain Chrono Triggers best version is the DS version for extras without slowdown
The World Ends with You
Retro Game Challenge
Professor Layton
Radiant Historia
Art Style Games
Ninjatown
I mean really, just get them all and sort from there. There really are hundreds and hundreds of good games on the DS. It was the golden age for portable gaming and a perfect example to tell every defender of Mobile games to shut the F up about it being a decent platform because few games compare to the DS’ library despite a less than great spec.
Thank you Jack Attack. A gentleman and a scholar. Please people post findings on games that work well and games that don’t work well. I will post later tonight…
Pokemon Go I mean black
Yeah
Does it really work well? 🙂
Short question: dies the Emulator run on the Vita Hardware or is it limited to the psp Hardware ?
As anything else having HENkaku as prerequisite it runs natively on Vita
Thank you captain
“please note that you will need to have a PS Vita running firmware 3.60 with the HENkaku hack”
That should answer your question…
so can we get any rom, will they actually run ?
only if u wear a hat
lol, what kind of hat?
a black hat :-p
what are you racist!
Only a witches hat purchased from 2014 work I believe. I heard in the next update it will support 2011-2013 as well, but 2015/2016 are giving them a lot of problems. For now, I believe amazon has them from 2014 on prime. Just make sure they are authentic. Look for any signs of tampering, you don’t want a baseball cap that’s been modified to look like a witches hat. Be careful, and read the description. You should be just fine.
Best answer ever 😀
A pink hat
top hat
When I Press the bubble it just exits after a few seconds of black screen. It also seems that the vpk package doesnt install data. how do I fix this?
I’m having the same problem. I installed it successfully but the bubble keeps crashing.
i Fixed it just now :), I just made a folder called “desmume” in : ux0:data/ . then I put my roms in there and it worked !
Thanks for sharing. Sharing is caring…
uh, actually not. This is written on the README and release notes of Desmume Vita iirc.
x.x
Care to read?
Very impressed, nice work.
Tried Mario Kart DS, loads up just fine, menus scroll trough pretty fast and game itself runs “fine” full 7fps sound disabled. Keep up the good work!
7fps is fine? Oo
no, 7fps is “fine”
Boo any android runs ds games perfect and hd so does pc we want vita games not this shet.
Nothing is stopping you from developing your own workaround for Vita game encryption, so have at it.
i want psp games not vita games (the ones that are not in the ps shot like FF crisis core). if you are a vita user you should support the system so we keep on getting games… jeez -.-
Do not tell us what we should and shouldn’t do. All Vita users gave their support by buying the damn console and games for it, Sony have pretty much ditched the system, it’s dead. It’s up to us now to revive the *** thing.
Yeah those systems run it well, but that took a lot of time and effort. The same time and effort that’s going into the Vita version which is still in early stages. If you’re so ungrateful for the fact that people are working on this, why bother commenting at all?
are you in 3rd grade?
2 quick questions. Is the Vita touch screen working for the DS touch screen and how is this formatted on the screen, like can you press a button to switch from the top to bottom screen? Thanks.
[Hat of Wisdom]
“Some games already run at 30fps with the right settings.” Such as? This is one of the major things I was anticipating, so I’m happy to see progress.
Gosh. I just did not see this personally emu still needs alot of work I feel but this does look promising.
Can roms be zip or nds file? I have tried zip, put it in ux0/data/desmume/. Just goes to black screen for a second then to home screen
Nevermind. I got it working NDS files.
Ok so I have no idea if anyone else is having a issue with it opening but I do.
Every time I try and load it up it stays on a black screen the exits back to the launch screen.
Create the folder in data as specified on the post.
my desmume when i try to open he closes abruptaly anyone here some tip for this bug?
create a folder named ux0:/data/desmume/
When i saw 30fps I was like 0.0 but the mario bros cant get past 8fps 🙁 hopefully they update it with more compatibility, GJ on the developers for realising this anyways.
Your roms need to be nds file and not zip files. Figured this out yesterday. Just unzip your rom file
Rom has to be nds file, not zip.
Tetris DS runs at around 24fps with sound.
Now the question is what are those decent DS games that can run (not laggy) in this emulator?
I’ve been playing a small bit of Pokémon Diamond, I find it playable and not too laggy, I don’t know the framerate for it though.
I just test the game in intro it play 30fps but in gamr play the max fps is 10 🙁
Tetris DS will play at around 15 fps with sound and 27 without. Not too bad imo
How can an android phone run ds games at 30fps, and the PS VITA can´t do it? I think that this emulator has many job to do, but wel… At leas we got something… AND I CAN PLAY POKEMON! xD
Congrats ^^
Well you see the vita is about as powerful as an iphone 4 2 this is just released
I highly appreciate the work going into this application. i want to see this emulator fly.
Your web has proven useful to me.