Review DraStic - DS Emulator for Android Devices Review

How do you like DraStic so far?


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I run this on my Galaxy SIII, SIV, and Shield Portable, and they all run games full speed. I just find it difficult on the shield because it sucks running anything vertically, but hey - ACTUAL BUTTONS!
 

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haven't tried it in quite a while, but i wonder if there are any other ones that run as good now cause back then drasitc was the only one
 

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haven't tried it in quite a while, but i wonder if there are any other ones that run as good now cause back then drasitc was the only one
I doubt it, DraStic was a "from scratch" emulator fully optimized for ARM processors, instead of an open-source port of a PC-made emulator.
 

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So far for Android, Drastic IS the best DS emulator. In my Xiaomi mi6 all the games i want at full speed even looking better than they used to.
 

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So far for Android, Drastic IS the best DS emulator. In my Xiaomi mi6 all the games i want at full speed even looking better than they used to.
I am pretty sure this is common knowledge now.
 

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Drastic on gpd xd
Fullspeed in sd ( no frameskip) + shader
Fullspeed In hd ( oc cpu) no frameskip + shader
L2 ,L3 swap screen
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I have a DS,but still this emulator is best one available on android right..{and it was made from scratch especially for ARM-based processors..}
 

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I have a DS,but still this emulator is best one available on android right..{and it was made from scratch especially for ARM-based processors..}
Well how come it runs like crap on the Switch. When the Switch is the same thing as Nvidia Shield.
 
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all I know is I have had it on my galaxy s9 + since the day I bought the phone and it is by far the best ds emulator for android runs full speed.
 

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I tried the demo version a few years ago on my back then Samsung Galaxy A3 phone. The speed was good. I think with phones nowadays the fps should be fast. Recommend that emu
 

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If only this had multiplayer, DSi and firmware loading to see the glorious ds boot screen.

Everything else is perfect, the emulator works fast even with high resolution enabled on my mid-range phone, I would like for even higher resolution options like in the desmume core for retroarch on Android
 
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