Alekmaul's MarcaDS is an emulator for arcade games for the Nintendo DS. The list of supported games is quite long (you can check the gamelist.txt file that's included in the download file below).

Here's what's new in MarcaDS v4.0 (as taken from Alekmaul's readme):

• New design (thanks again Lobo) and new logo (thanks to you too DayDream)
• Add SN76496 and AY-8910 sound emulation, lots of games have now sound.
• Solomon's key do not have any more background pb.
• Add Video Hustler, The Billiards, DigDug (2 sets), Hexa, Bank Panic.
• Galaga (and clones) is playables.
• Pinball Action is now playable.
• The background pb in Phoenix (and clones) is fixed.
• Also for 1942 background pb !
• Add compressed ZIP support.
• Add CRC checking to avoid compatibility problems.
• Add Hish score management.
• SELECT to add coins (A becomes the main shoot button).
• No more "Player 2" mode.
• No more clones (less games but only the originals ;)).
• Mario becomes Masao to have the sound.
• Ms Pacman becomes Ms Pacman (bootleg) and the zip file mspacmab.zip.
• Piranha becomes Piranha (hack) and the zip file piranhah.zip.
• Jr Pacman becomes playable.
• Fire pb in Arkanoid fixed.
• Using now EFSLIB, thanks Noda ;).

So that's a lot of changes from when MarcaDS v3.0 came out last year!

As always, please read the readme text before you install the application.

And yes, since this is an arcade emulator, you're going to need uncompressed (unzipped) ROMs. But, as Alekmaul says (and we echo the sentiment): "Do not ask me about ROMS, I don't have them."

Download: MarcaDS v4.0 arcade emulator homebrew

   

Alekmaul's MarcaDS meant emulating coin-op arcade classics on the DS screens, all with an unlimited supply of coins to pop into the virtual machine. Now, it's been bumped up to v3.0, with a new launcher screen, and a remade emulation engine so it can handle a larger library of titles. How many games? "Too much others games (more than 100...) to talk about them :) !"

Not everything is perfect, even with 3.0: One line in the changelog indicates sound has been added to some games, "at least". If some games don't have sound emulated, then there we go, something to work on for the next release (The source site for this article contains a list of supported arcade games, and whether sound is emulated or now).

The package comes with the basic emulator, BUT NO ROMS. Don't ask Alekmaul, don't ask us, if you've been around the emu scene long enough, you know what to do. Just remember you're looking for UNCOMPRESSED compatible arcade ROMS, just like with v1.0. Full instructions for converting the ROMS into files that MarcaDS can read are in the Readme.

Now if you will excuse this writer, he's got a high score in PacMan to beat - WHA? No high score saving yet?

Download: [MarcaDS v3.0]

Alekmaul has released MarcaDS. MarcaDS is an arcade emulator. It uses the same principle as Mame but it's not using its code,Mame is too huge for our little DS :), but it's just my opinion. To use this emulator, you must have compatibles ROMS with NO COMPRESSION ZIP format. With this version, emulated games are:

– Pacman
– MsPacman
– CrushRoller
– Pengo

You can get it in our Nintendo DS Download section [here].