How to Play Nintendo DS on a PC

The Nintendo DS is Nintendo's handheld video game successor to the Game Boy Advance. The system, which can handle 3-dimensional pictures and video, also uses two screens. The top screen is purely used for display. The bottom screen is a touch screen which allows users to tap and touch it to perform actions during gameplay. Many people want to play the DS on a computer by way of a DS emulator, which is legally possible in certain regions in the world.

Things You'll Need

• Computer
• Browser
• Internet access

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Instructions

1. • 1

     Download a Nintendo DS emulator. They include DeSmuME, NO$GBA and IDeaS. These are available for download through various websites.

   • 2

     Download Nintendo DS ROMs. ROMs are files that contain the games. There are many free ROMs available on the Internet.

   • 3

     Install the Nintendo DS emulator. Open the program from where you had downloaded it and select one of the ROM files that you downloaded. The file will open and you will be able to play the game.