DeSmuME VS mGBA

DeSmuME

DeSmuME is a freeware emulator for the NDS roms & Nintendo DS Lite games created by YopYop156.

mGBA

mGBA is an open source emulator of the Game Boy Advance. The goals are speed and accuracy.

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DeSmuME: Complete Install Guide (Nintendo DS Emulator)

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Category Popularity

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mGBA

Gaming

56 56%

Gaming

44% 44

Emulators

57 57%

Emulators

43% 43

Gaming Tools

57 57%

Gaming Tools

43% 43

Gaming Software

56 56%

Gaming Software

44% 44

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Reviews

These are some of the external sources and on-site user reviews we've used to compare DeSmuME and mGBA

DeSmuME Reviews

Best DS Emulator: Are These Emulators Safe And Legal To Use?

It provides a good gaming experience with features like save states, cheat codes, and controller support. DeSmuME is also easy to use and has a simple interface.

Source: appletoo.us

5 Best Nintendo DS Emulators for PC

Although it only has handful graphic settings, you can get good game graphics comparable to DeSmuME with a few tweaks.

Source: www.partitionwizard.com

7 Best Mac Emulators For Gamers In 2022

If you are like me, and have never owned a Nintendo DS… DeSmuME can emulate the Nintendo DS and Nintendo DS Lite handheld game consoles with its Mac compatible program.

Source: retrododo.com

12 Best Gaming Console Emulators for Mac in 2022

DeSmuMe is a Nintendo emulator designed to allow users to play dual screens of Nintendo on their PC as the emulator simulates the dual-screen on the PC monitor.

Source: thebingeful.com

10 Emulators To Turn Your Computer Into A Retro Console

Nintendo’s dual screen console can be played on your computer using DeSmuME, with both screens simulated on your computer monitor. Your mouse is used as a stylus for the touch input. It even supports games that require you to play your device sideways.

Source: www.hongkiat.com

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, mGBA should be more popular than DeSmuME. It has been mentiond 70 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

DeSmuME mentions (32)

any one know how to emulate a dsi game
Citra is for 3ds games. While it should be compatible with ds games since the physical consoles are, this isn't true of the emulators. http://desmume.org/ has what you need. Source: 10 months ago
Looking for My Old Nintendo 3DS
You should probably emulate the games, your 3DS is unlikely to be found Here is an Emulator r/roms is a good resource for ROMs. Source: 12 months ago
Scooby Doo First Frights & the spooky swamp
You can download DeSmuME (http://desmume.org/), which is a free Nintendo emulator. Then you wanna search up "Scooby Doo First Frights ROM" in Google, and download it. Then you can open the emulator, click on File at the top, click "Open ROM", then open the ROM file you downloaded to play the game. Source: about 1 year ago
How do you guys play?
Emulators 100%, mGBA for GBA games (My Boy for android, sprang for the paid version a while ago and don't regret it), DeSmuME for DS and Citra for 3DS. I do technically still own copies of most DS and 3DS games but I despise nuzlocking on hardware at this point and I tend to play romhacks anyways. I personally wouldn't recommend anything other than GBA games/romhacks for a phone, but maybe someone else has a... Source: about 1 year ago
Rule
You’ll need an emulator that you can load the rom into. Desmume (https://desmume.org) is a decent one. Source: over 1 year ago

mGBA mentions (70)

Cheats on Visualboy Advance for Mac
Visual Boy Advance is actually outclassed these days, use mGBA instead. Source: 10 months ago
I must know, how do you emulate fire emblem on a windows laptop?
Which game do you want to emulate? If you're talking about fe7 (localized as just Fire Emblem in the west), you're gonna need a ROM which I can't link here but I can PM to you if you need it, and an emulator. I recommend Mgba (https://mgba.io/) for GBA games. Source: 10 months ago
Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble (D-Pad Controls) (GBC Hack)
Install the GBA emulator called “mGBA” on your 3DS (You can install it through Universal Updater or heres a link to it: https://mgba.io [v0.10.2] ) It should be a cia file to install through FBI. Source: 10 months ago
Hi, new to emulators. I had a question, can I run gba and nds games on this?
No, you can use mGBA for GBA games, and MelonDS for NDS games. Source: 11 months ago
If you had to use the 4.5 navis to create a team, who would you choose?
Here's the thread for the Real Battle Network Gameplay patch, here's the English translation patch, and here's the emulator I recommend where you can just slot in the Navi of your choice to unlock them immediately. The ROM you'll have to scare up for yourself, but I'm sure you can handle it. Source: 12 months ago