DESMUME(1)

📦 version 0.9.11, in debian bookworm, ubuntu jammy

💖 DESMUME 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the desmume-glade manual page, from the DESMUME(1) manual (General Commands Manual section, if you're keeping score) 💅

✨ NAME ✨

desmume-glade — a Nintendo DS emulator 🎮🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

desmume-glade [options] files...

that's it. that's the whole vibe. options, then files. periodt ✨

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so this manual page documents the desmume-glade program, briefly 👑 — like, the sparknotes version, the tl;dr, the "iykyk".

and desmume? it's a Nintendo DS emulator, and it runs both homebrew demos and commercial games 🎀 not me being versatile, not me doing both, no cap 🔥

🌈 OPTIONS 🌈

okay so these programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax — meaning long options start with two dashes (-). here's the summary of options, all of them, none skipped, we don't do that here 💖

  • --load-slot=NUM — loads the savegame from slot NUM 💾
  • --soft-convert — uses software colour conversion while doing OpenGL screen rendering. ngl this may give you better or worse frame rates depending on your hardware — it's giving "results may vary" 🙈
  • --3d-engine=ENGINE — picks which 3d emulation you want, from these:
    • 0 = 3d disabled 🚫
    • 1 = internal desmume software rasterizer (default) ⭐
    • 2 = osmesa or gtkglext opengl — if available, depending on compilation options, see desmume --help 👀
  • --disable-limiter — disables the 60 fps limiter 🏃♀️💨
  • --arm9gdb=PORT_NUM — enables the ARM9 GDB stub on the given port 🔌
  • --arm7gdb=PORT_NUM — enables the ARM7 GDB stub on the given port 🔌
  • -h, --help — shows a summary of options 🫶
  • -v, --version — shows the version of the program 🌟

🎀 INPUT 🎀

the mouse cursor acts as the stylus, and a mouse click replaces a stylus touch 🖱️✨

the keyboard can be configured, but by default it works like this:

  • F1-F10 load savegame from slot 1-10
  • Shift+F1-F10 save game to slot 1-10
  • Non-keypad arrows act as d-pad
  • z = A
  • x = B
  • a = Y
  • s = X
  • q = L
  • w = R
  • Enter = START
  • Left Shift = SELECT
  • Backspace = LID

also, Desmume accepts joystick events, which can be configured by the user 🕹️💅

👑 AUTHOR 👑

desmume was written by the DeSmuME team (http://sourceforge.net/projects/desmume) 💖

this manual page was written by Pascal Giard <pascal@debian.org>, for the Debian project — but it may be used by others 🫶 (generous queen behavior, honestly)

and that's the whole page bestie!! this one came from the DESMUME(1) manual, dated June 26, 2007 🌸 go forth and emulate, you main character 🎀✨💅

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