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Play Ds Games on the Computer

In this instructable i will show you how to download and play Nintendo Ds games on your Computer (note this dosent mean homebrew).

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Step 1Download Components

First You will Need to download a program called NO$GBA - Gameboy Advance Emulator from http://nocash.emubase.de/ to your desktop. Then you need to go to http://www.nds-roms.com/?act=ndsroms and click on search put in your favorite ds game and save it to a folder on your desktop called roms.

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Aug 4, 2009. 3:51 PM1flipflop says:

didnt work cause the website for roms have been shutDOWN under

Feb 7, 2012. 7:35 PMlilmikej says:

not all

Oct 17, 2011. 12:33 PMechocoholic says:

All the nds roms i click on say that it wasnt found on this server... Help please??
:/

Aug 27, 2011. 3:29 PMashannon1 says:

neat wallpaper, where's it from?

Aug 27, 2011. 3:27 PMashannon1 says:

the only game i want to play on my PC is SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters DS
and i just happen to own it

Sep 12, 2009. 3:55 AMknex_mepalm says:

Lol, thi is illicit because you did not purchase the game and you can be fined up to $50000 or 12 years jail. Same goes for R4

Aug 1, 2011. 7:44 PMmatthew matthew says:

as long as no one makes profit its legal, in Canada! woot woot go cannucks!

Sep 15, 2009. 7:03 PMpsymansays says:

I think that your punitive estimates are too high, but you are right; this does infringe on copyright laws. The emulator itself is legal, as is ownership of an "R4" type Nintendo DS cartridge, but, obtaining copyrighted ROM files without paying the copyright owners for them is illegal.

Sep 16, 2009. 11:28 PMknex_mepalm says:

i checked my countries copyright laws and infact i underestiamted it said "liable to fine up to 12 million" I think thats if you created 1000 roms or sumthing

Jul 20, 2010. 2:48 PMmason0190 says:

what messed up kind of country do you live in!?

Jul 26, 2010. 3:37 AMknex_mepalm says:

Also the safest country. Australia.

Sep 17, 2009. 6:52 PMpsymansays says:

Wow...I guess the government is really crackin' down on what amounts to petty theft.

Sep 17, 2009. 10:22 PMknex_mepalm says:

Oops, i meant liable to fine up to $12000000 if you breach copyright laws. One or Two roms are like $480 but if multiple breaches then finable from the above amount.

Jul 31, 2011. 5:28 PMMauigerbil says:

This is proof the pc and smartphone is taking gaming over!!!!! XD AWWWWW YYYEEEEAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111111111!!!!!!!!!!!

Jul 17, 2011. 9:55 PMdanielwrona says:

how do you download the program

Nov 4, 2008. 7:38 AMbachterman says:

do tell me how can a gba emulator play ds roms?

Jul 20, 2010. 2:50 PMmason0190 says:

a new integrated feature

May 15, 2009. 12:34 PMGEORGE41708 says:

whats a ds rom??????

May 19, 2009. 7:10 AMbachterman says:

here's your answer: http://tinyurl.com/ove98z

Jul 7, 2009. 9:19 AMmattdias says:

dude that was awesome, can u show me how?

Jul 10, 2009. 6:02 AMbachterman says:

i can, but that would clearly be another link to google. ;) seriously guys. brains and google. use them. that's what they're for.

Jun 12, 2009. 3:49 PMJ-Manoo7 says:

haha awesome everyone click the link lol

Aug 8, 2009. 8:29 PMcaco caco says:

i dont know how to use the a.b.y.x. and start key into the emultor

Jul 20, 2010. 2:49 PMmason0190 says:

its under opyions u can set your own ctrls

Aug 18, 2009. 7:43 AMBOOM5601 says:

How would the touch screen work

Jul 20, 2010. 11:54 AMmason0190 says:

why, the trusty mouse of course! no$gba makes you hold down mouse button to simulate holding down the stylus.

May 11, 2009. 4:30 PMjet1995 says:

I CANT GET THE WEBSITE BECAUSE IT IS GONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

May 30, 2010. 11:20 PMmike!!! says:

to get NO$GBA go to www.nogba.com

Jul 10, 2010. 1:41 AMROCKSTARGAMER says:

WHAT IS A DS, PLEASE TELL ME REALLY I DON'T KNOW

Jul 10, 2010. 1:39 AMROCKSTARGAMER says:

IS DS A EXTERNAL ACCESORY OR A SOFTWARE, IT ASKS FOR A CARTRIDGE WHAT IS IT

Jan 15, 2010. 12:47 PMpokemoneg says:

your answer: www.ndsr.net

May 17, 2009. 3:21 PMHatake07 says:

my game says to insert the game card what do i do?

Jan 15, 2010. 12:45 PMpokemoneg says:

That tends to happen, it is a broken ROM. You can fix it with ceritain software or you can simply replace the ROM with another one that is not broken. This happened to my GrandTheft Auto DS ROM on my R4.

The program i use is dslazy.exe
How to use can be found on YouTube.

Jun 7, 2009. 8:28 AMDavidAreCool says:

play around with the settings and eventually you can play .

Nov 25, 2009. 1:39 AMtarala says:

i don't think its illegal to play your paid for games on the computer if you can download them when the ds is broken.... which ours is... hinge second time, now the directional keypad... $200 a pop to replace a ds... the big desktop computer is much hardier.