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DraStic DS Emulator (Android App)

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Google Play is offering DraStic DS Emulator (Android App) for Free.

Thanks community member supergrover for sharing this deal

About this Game:
  • Enhance the game's 3D graphics to 2 by 2 times their original resolution (this optional feature works best on high end quad core devices)
  • Customize the placement and size of the screens, for portrait and landscape modes
  • Fully supports add-on controllers and physical controls
  • Save and resume your progress anywhere with save states
  • Tweak your gaming experience with a database of thousands of game enhancement codes
  • Increase emulation speed with fast-forward

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From $4.99, well worth it even at $4.99.

An emulator for the popular 2004 dual screen console

DraStic is a fast emulator for Android that emulates a popular 2004 handheld console with two screens. In addition to being able to play its games full speed on many Android devices it has the following features:

- Enhance the game's 3D graphics to 2 by 2 times their original resolution (this optional feature works best on high end quad core devices)
- Customize the placement and size of the screens, for portrait and landscape modes
- Fully supports add-on controllers and physical controls
- Save and resume your progress anywhere with save states
- Tweak your gaming experience with a database of thousands of game enhancement codes
- Increase emulation speed with fast-forward

DraStic is only intended for play of private backups of legally acquired games. This product is not affiliated with or endorsed by the company that made the handheld it emulates in any way. Do not ask us for ROMs or help getting them - any request will be ignored.

https://play.google.com/store/app...mu.drastic
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Why it's free, but may soon disappear https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/5...llout-yuzu
Other emulators have nothing to worry about, the reason Nintendo went after Yuzu was 2 things.

1. First, andmost importantly, it's their current console. Of course they'd care much more about something that make piracy easy, costs them money and makes their hardware look like the joke it is.

2. Yuzu used decryption to operate, using the decryption keys & posting walkthroughs and links on their site along with the emulator was a mistake. Most emulators reverse engineer the hardware and use unencrypted roms.
3. They had a Patreon getting $30k+ a month.

The second you start making money off an emulator you risk this happening.

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JRBJ1972
03-13-2024 at 02:14 PM.
03-13-2024 at 02:14 PM.
And for those that bought drastic on google play we should have a way to download the apk for free so we have it for future devices
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hz2020
03-13-2024 at 02:33 PM.
03-13-2024 at 02:33 PM.
Quote from pholly :
Other emulators have nothing to worry about, the reason Nintendo went after Yuzu was 2 things.

1. First, andmost importantly, it's their current console. Of course they'd care much more about something that make piracy easy, costs them money and makes their hardware look like the joke it is.

2. Yuzu used decryption to operate, using the decryption keys & posting walkthroughs and links on their site along with the emulator was a mistake. Most emulators reverse engineer the hardware and use unencrypted roms.
I think the only reason yuzu got hit was that yuzu tries to compete on a mobile device with current switch and switch2 that is in the making. skyline was the first free switch emulator down by big N. I saw yuzu's fate coming the minute I saw team's work on android in the source code repo. I personally pro tech and enginnerring. big N's days are numbered anyways.
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couchy
03-13-2024 at 03:03 PM.
03-13-2024 at 03:03 PM.
Why would you use this instead of RetroArch + DeSmuME?
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atom311
03-14-2024 at 12:21 AM.
03-14-2024 at 12:21 AM.
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Not sure what you're arguing. So you're saying Nintendo wasn't pissed that people were playing Zelda days before it was released and for free?

Also, did you speak to the YUZU devs yourself and they told you that?

The Sony/ bleemcast situation is different than the Nintendo/ Yuzu. You need to read up on the lawsuit.
To be fair.. Ryujinx has been out almost as long, and is still going strong.. in fact they had a rather big update right after Yuzu was targeted, since they are the only big dog out there anymore.

I would say, if you are in the Switch emu game, you know that some games just play better on ryujinx over yuzu anyways. We all get to keep the latest yuzu update either way, so it's not a big deal.

If there's anything we know in the pirated gaming scene.. when one falls. multiples come back in their place. Everyone wants a taste of that emulated $ cheddar. yummy
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supergrover
03-14-2024 at 04:38 AM.
03-14-2024 at 04:38 AM.
Quote from JRBJ1972 :
And for those that bought drastic on google play we should have a way to download the apk for free so we have it for future devices

Can always get an app to backup the app as an apk. I like CX File Explorer, which also lets you backup apps as apk.

https://play.google.com/store/app...e.explorer
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qb1120
03-14-2024 at 09:17 AM.
03-14-2024 at 09:17 AM.
Glad I got this and PIzza Boy before they went away. Didn't pay for it I had free credit to Google Play store
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hz2020
03-14-2024 at 11:10 AM.
03-14-2024 at 11:10 AM.
Quote from atom311 :
To be fair.. Ryujinx has been out almost as long, and is still going strong.. in fact they had a rather big update right after Yuzu was targeted, since they are the only big dog out there anymore.

I would say, if you are in the Switch emu game, you know that some games just play better on ryujinx over yuzu anyways. We all get to keep the latest yuzu update either way, so it's not a big deal.

If there's anything we know in the pirated gaming scene.. when one falls. multiples come back in their place. Everyone wants a taste of that emulated $ cheddar. https://static.slickdealscdn.com/ima...s/emot-yum.gif
totk was not playable before the release on yuzu. ryujunx was closer than yuzu back then. the only reason ryujinx still stands is that ryujinx does not run on mobile devices like a phone. switch and switch2 are marketed for portability. big N can care less on desktops for now as it is dying regardless.
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pbanj_
03-14-2024 at 05:09 PM.
03-14-2024 at 05:09 PM.
Quote from pholly :
Other emulators have nothing to worry about, the reason Nintendo went after Yuzu was 2 things.

1. First, andmost importantly, it's their current console. Of course they'd care much more about something that make piracy easy, costs them money and makes their hardware look like the joke it is.

2. Yuzu used decryption to operate, using the decryption keys & posting walkthroughs and links on their site along with the emulator was a mistake. Most emulators reverse engineer the hardware and use unencrypted roms.

You left out the fact that yuzu was also making money off it. They never shouldve set up a patreon.
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atom311
03-14-2024 at 08:39 PM.
03-14-2024 at 08:39 PM.
Quote from hz2020 :
totk was not playable before the release on yuzu. ryujunx was closer than yuzu back then. the only reason ryujinx still stands is that ryujinx does not run on mobile devices like a phone. switch and switch2 are marketed for portability. big N can care less on desktops for now as it is dying regardless.
They definitely run the same with most of their top tier games. Switch2? You are not an insider.. you have no clue what the "big N" as you say is up to. A PC/laptop can be a mobile device. I think Yuzu got ahead of themselves accepting that patreon money. That's the difference. "Big N" should definitely worry about mobile laptops on Ryujinx.. it will be next.. especially after this ruling. The thing is.. the scene doesn't care. More will pop up. That's how the scene works. I don't think you know about that. It's all good though. You do you.
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BoastfulPen4692
03-15-2024 at 02:10 PM.
03-15-2024 at 02:10 PM.
I still own a DS with a flash cart since it's one of my favorite consoles but this will make it nice not to have to carry around two things when I travel.
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03-15-2024 at 07:25 PM.
03-15-2024 at 07:25 PM.
Quote from BoastfulPen4692 :
I still own a DS with a flash cart since it's one of my favorite consoles but this will make it nice not to have to carry around two things when I travel.
Long live R4DS
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Frank_Nitty
03-15-2024 at 08:06 PM.
03-15-2024 at 08:06 PM.
I bought this emu for $5 from the Play Store back in 2019 and it was worth every penny...
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Frank_Nitty
03-15-2024 at 08:12 PM.
03-15-2024 at 08:12 PM.
Quote from BoastfulPen4692 :
I still own a DS with a flash cart since it's one of my favorite consoles but this will make it nice not to have to carry around two things when I travel.
That reminds me: I bought an R4-SDHC for 3DS back in 2021 and it's still in the boxed unused, smdh... I also bought Acekard 2i back in 2013 which was my first flash cart that I still own to this day and it was a game changer for me at that time...
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jrm523
03-17-2024 at 06:55 PM.
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The more Nintendo goes after emulators and creators, the more I will pirate their stuff. What a crap company.
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03-19-2024 at 01:50 PM.
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Got it now where do I get games for this
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