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How to Get Golden Sun: Dark Dawn ROM to Work

"Golden Sun: Dark Dawn" is role-playing game introduced in 2010 for the Nintendo DS. The game is a sequel to the previous two "Golden Sun" games that were released on Gameboy Advance. You can use an emulator to play the ROM (read only memory) file of "Golden Sun: Dark Dawn" on PC, but the file is not compatible to all emulators. To play using the ROM in order to preserve your game cartridge, you need to use the DeSmuME freeware emulator for the best results.

Instructions

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  Navigate to the DeSmuME website and click the download link for the latest version of the emulator. As of September 2011, it is version 0.9.7.
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  Right click the downloaded file and select "Extract All" to unzip the contents of the archive to your hard drive. Double-click the "DeSmuME" executable file (.exe) to start the emulator.
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  Click "File" and "Open Rom." Navigate to the folder where your "Golden Sun" ROM is, and double-click the file. If you have the original game cartridge, but not the ROM, you can download it from sites such as FULLROM.
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  Click "Config" from the file menu and select "Sound Settings." Click the check box next to "Advance SPU Logic." Click the radio button next to "Synchronous" under "Synchronization Mode."
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  Click the radio button next to "Synch Method Z" under "Synchronization Method." Without changing these sound options, the game sound effects will be badly distorted. If you find the game runs too slowly after changing these settings, click "Emulation" and "Shut Up" to turn off all sound effects. This will leave only the background music but the game will run faster.
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  Click "Config" and "Frame Skip." Click "Auto Minimize Skipping" and, depending on the speed of your PC, select the amount of frames that the emulator can skip. "0" (never skip) will skip no frames but will cause a slowdown if your PC is not fast enough. Click on a frameskip option and then check if your game is still playable until you find a suitable setting for your setup.

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