The Nintendo Ds problem

[boltio3]

@harryhirsch4 You can get it, but you have to download it manually.
Open Emulationstation and go to "Retropie" > Retropie Setup > Manage Packages > Manage experimental packages > (215) lr-desmume and "Install from source".

You can also install "lr-desmume 2015" if you want.

Here you have all info that you need.
https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/Nintendo-DS

[edmaul69]

Or you can install drastic which is my preferred nds emulator.

[boltio3]

@edmaul69 I would like to use Drastic but i haven't found it in the experimental and optional packages.
Do you know where it is?

[mitu]

@boltio3 Drastic in only available for the Raspberry Pi systems - if you're on the PC, then it's not available.

[boltio3]

@mitu I see... Thanks.

[mat]

I would like to install a DS emulator, I would prefer to use Drastic since I can install from binary and it shouldn't take as long to install as doing for from source only with lr-desmume.

My question is can I use retroarch cheats with drastic? Or do they have to be manually added depending on the game?

Thanks for any help

[edmaul69]

@mat drastic doesnt use retroarch.

[mat]

@edmaul69 Does drastic use cheats though?

[edmaul69]

@mat personally i havent seen anything that implies it would.

[mitu]

@mat Seems to support cheats - see this forum post at the author's site.

[mat]

@mitu I saw that in a google search, but it looked like instructions for windows, wasn't sure about Pi & I use a mac.

[mitu]

@mat The instructions look like Windows, but only because a windows program is used to prepare the cheats file. Drastic doesn't run on Windows.