DraStic (Nintendo DS emulator) OUT NOW for pi2/3!

[dankcushions]

Straight from the developer's mouth!

more info: https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=78&t=170820

this is awesome news! DraStic works amazingly on android phones with ARM cpus, just like the pi. hopefully this means full speed DS emulation!

DraStic is closed source so it looks like it will be in a pre-built binary rather than source code. i guess we'll need to wait on a beta test/release to see how it could integrate into retropie.

[herb_fargus]

@dankcushions I have to be honest I am not fond of them due to being closed source. But it would be interesting to see if this comes to fruition and what kind of optimisations there are for a pi and if it would even be playable

[mediamogul]

I could not be more excited by this news!!

[windale]

@dankcushions Exophase released a test version for the Pi a few days ago.

https://pyra-handheld.com/boards/threads/drastic-nintendo-ds-emulator.73431/page-83#post-1403469

If it runs quite well on a 600mhz Pandora then it should be better on the Pi, hopefully.

[blackshadow]

just tested it on my pi3 with stock settings with megaman ZX and it ran at 100% for a beta its bloody sweet got a few more i can try out but first i need to get a launcher in ES setup for it(using terminal atm)

[KryPtAlIvIaN]

Keep us updated on the games you've tried and how they perform.

[PokeEngineer]

On GitHub, I just added DraStic to the RetroPie-Setup script!

[mediamogul]

@RetroPieNerd

Wow, I can't believe how well this runs!

Edit: I ran several games and it never dipped below 99.9%

[Oen]

Working great for me as well! Hoping the emulator can be pointed to bios directory, but otherwise no issues so far.

[Pyjamarama]

I updated the RetroPie Script but I cannot locate it into the experimental packages :(

[daeks]

@RetroPieNerd is it possible to modify the script to move bios files automatically to /home/pi/system?

edit: tried a few games so far on pi3, all about 100%

[windale]

When using the setup script it says it cant find the Bios files (they are included in the Drastic directory) unless you rename them and put them in the home/pi/system directory. It also makes all the Drastic directories in here which is very untidy. Also getting errors about saves. Is this repairable with the setup script or to do with the Drastic Beta ?

[blackshadow]

if i get chance/free time ill go through my library and post a full results sheet so far though ive tested the following
note that 100% refers to the speed i havnt done a full playthrough only 30mins to 1hour
DBZ Supersonic Warriors 2 - 100% with glitch (had random blackscreen with cursor crash might be a rogue controller setting on this specific game though as it only happened occasionally when pressing B)
Megaman ZX - 100%
Megaman ZX Advent - 100%
Super Mario 64 DS - 99-100%
New Super Mario Bros DS - 98-100%

all in all though for a beta its damn good enhanced resolution seemed to crash out on me after a bit though again that may be a rogue controller shortcut or somthing ill poke about and see whats happening in the settings good to see its on retropie setup now aswell :D

[jcarhat]

I got a pretty nasty error trying to run the dark spire. Screen went black, and a few numbers popped up in the top left hand corner of the screen that was something like "000.000% 000.000%"

Testing with another game now.

[BuZz]

I didn't test the PR before accepting and there are a few issues - I don't recommend running it until I have sorted it. It makes folders in the folder wherever you launch it from, so if you launched ES from another folder, it would also create its folders in there.

I'm going to adjust the launch script so it changes to a configuration location etc.

[jcarhat]

@jcarhat

Just got a bad rom. But i'm getting errors accessing data, I cant seems to be able to save?

[lilbud]

@jcarhat same here

[jcarhat]

@lilbud
Black screen seems to be a rom issue or a or a bios issue, (make sure that the ones that come included in the drastic folder are moved to home/pi/system and renamed to nds instead of drastic.), I fixed mine by redownloaded the rom.

The saving issue seems to occur on every game that checks the memory for data. saving issue seems to be a problem with the current build, hopefully an update comes soon.

Drastic is EASILY the best emulator for NDS on android, i'd be stoked if I could play contra on the big screen.

[blackshadow]

indeed some games cannot start due to detecting corrupt memory or stating unable to save

also in reference to jcarhats comment the black screen with "000.000% 000.000%" is the current rom speed and on some larger roms eg pokemon black 2 it takes some time for the rom to accually load this seems to happen on larger roms wereas smaller games load up more or less instantly so bear that in mind when testing a game

not really tested saving on mine just speed on a side pokemon black 2...full speed :D also those crashes i was having was a rogue controller setting for somereason it defaulted some controls on a couple of games on my gamepad to various emulator settings fixed that and now all th games i mentioned are fine :D

[lilbud]

Now, the keyboard refuses to work in drastic. Games crash on boot and can't exit unless I ssh in to the pi.