Monday, 30 June 2008

How To: SNES and NES Nintendo DS Emulators

Want to play some classic games? Read on.

To be honest, this is a relatively simple way to play SNES and NES games on your Nintendo DS. What you will need though, is a homebrew compatible Nintendo DS card such as an R4DS, M3 DS or DS-Xtreme.

Now, there is a readme file included within the downloadable archive but i'll show you the general process here too.



When you have downloaded the archive from the link provded, you will have to extract the contents with a program such as WinRAR.

When you have done this, you will have the files 'README', 'snemul.cfg', 'NES' folder and 'SNES' folder.

What you have to do is copy the folders to the root of your Nintendo DS homebrew card. You also have to copy snemul.cfg into the root of the card.

You can then insert the card into your Nintendo DS and select which emulator you would like to use. Both of which are located in the labelled folder.

When the emulator had loaded, you can select which game you would like to play from the list of ROMs that are in the folder (there are a few included)

There you have it! You can now play SNES and NES games on your Nintendo DS. The good thing about it is that all of the ROMs that i have tried have worked (Street Fighter, Zelda, etc)

ROMs Included:

SNES - Castlevania - Dracula X, Super Mario All-Stars, Super R-Type, X-Men - Mutant Apocalypse
NES - Arkanoid, Burger Time, Contra, Galaga

The following sites are where you can download other ROMs for SNES and NES:
RomNation
CoolRom
Rom-World
RomHustler

If you are having any troubles, or the download link for the emulators have expired, post a comment and i will help/re-upload.

Download Link (Emulators)
Click Here

10 comments:

Nathan Kowald said...

Thanks so much for this post!
I still had not got SNES or NES roms on my DS, I have them now!
Yessss! Thanks :)

nds emulator roms said...

You are an absolute champion, thats the kind of info we love to hear. Great guide to the nds emulation there and its guides like that that make life easier for us emulation fans right from the classics up to the modern day emulators and roms. That deserves a mention on my emulatos page.

Anonymous said...

Super NES emulator runs on the R4DS, but no snes games show up in the list on the first screen. what gives?

Mark said...

You have the ability to download psp game, no matter how old or new. They also make sure to give you the right software and detailed directions on how to download and transfer your games to PSP. I was really lucky I was able to find them.

Bosnod said...

Nice, I've been looking for decent NES emulator.

Mimi said...

Ive recently purchase the PMP GamekingII? and I dont know how to download games, music, and movie. Do I need a memory card in order to do this? Also where do I find games for this player?

frank furter said...

hey this shit is awesome!!! jw how i quit the emulators to choose another app? can't seem to figure out how to quit besides just turning hte power on and off...is there another way?

Cate game nerd said...

Do you think it works on NDSI?

Anonymous said...

the snes doesnt work for me..when i press "Select ROM" it's empty..i have the roms in the same folder....i'm using edge...but the nes works perfectly

Anonymous said...

You might not have put the emulators in the root directory...

That is the first page you should see when you check your card on a computer...