Drastic AlternativesGame Emulators and other similar apps like Drastic

Drastic is described as 'DraStic is a fast Nintendo DS emulator for Android. In addition to being able to play Nintendo DS games full speed on many Android devices it has the following features:' and is a Game Emulator in the gaming software category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Drastic for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Web-based, Android and iPhone apps. The best Drastic alternative is RetroArch, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Drastic are DeSmuME, Antstream Arcade, melonDS and WinDS PRO.

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  1. RetroArch icon

    RetroArch

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    A fast, modular emulator frontend offering portability and extensive support for systems from arcade consoles to mobile platforms, featuring game engines like Doom and Quake, and capabilities for real-time rewinding and shader support on a variety of devices.

    165 RetroArch alternatives

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    DeSmuME

     72 likes

    DeSmuME is a freeware emulator for the NDS roms & Nintendo DS Lite games created by YopYop156. DeSmuME is also known as YopYop DS is written in C++ for Microsoft Windows and can play Nintendo DS homebrew and commercial nds roms.

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  4. Antstream Arcade icon

    Antstream Arcade

     5 likes

    Discover a lifetime of gaming, the ultimate retro gaming experience with Antstream Arcade. Dive into a vast collection of over 1300 classic games, with new titles added every week.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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    • Android Tablet
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    • Epic Games Store
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  5. melonDS icon

    melonDS

     18 likes

    A Nintendo DS emulator with support for commercial games.

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  6. WinDS PRO icon

    WinDS PRO

     13 likes

    WinDS PRO contains the latest versions of the emulators for the Nintendo, Sega and Playstation consoles for PC including:

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  8. melonDS Android icon

    melonDS Android

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    Unofficial Android port of melonDS.

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    • Android
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  9. No$GBA icon

    No$GBA

     32 likes

    NO$GBA is a Nintendo DS emulator for Microsoft Windows. It is capable of running commercial and homebrew Gameboy Advance and Nintendo DS games, such as Pokémon Diamond which the latest version is able to run at full speed with no graphical glitches.

    39 No$GBA alternatives

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    • Freemium
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    • Windows
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  10. C

    CD-i Emulator

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    The CD-i emulator program (cdiemu) provides a fairly complete emulation of the hardware of an actual physical CD-i player.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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    Folium

     1 like

    Folium is a beautifully designed, high performing multi-system emulator that allows you to play video games from retro consoles and handhelds, currently including cores for the Game Boy Advance, Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo DS

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    • iPhone
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    iNDS

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    iNDS is a derivation of the previous Nintendo DS apps for iOS, nds4ios and Nitrogen. The iNDS Team release of iNDS is a fork of the original iNDS emulator by William Cobb. iNDS Team aims to create a version that is driven by support from the community, adding trusted...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • AltStore
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  14. iDeaS icon

    iDeaS

     6 likes

    iDeaS is a plugin-based Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS emulator for Microsoft Windows and Linux, using the GTK+ toolkit.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
    • Linux
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