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Question about the ds lite, dsi, and gba games. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 1 week ago by neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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I planned to get a dsi and emulate gba games, but it seems that the emulation is not too great. I see it’s even worse on the ds lite.

If I use a gba flash cart in the ds lite, should I have full compatibility?

Additionally, how does screen quality between the 2 compare? I don’t care much about the size, but overall picture quality.

Thanks in advance!

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[–] Zarxrax@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I used to use a gba flash cart on the ds lite, and it was essentially full compatibility aside from carts that had extra hardware built in.

[–] neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thanks! The seller I’m talking to has a gba sp so, I might pickup a dsi and sp if the price isn’t too high.

I’m also considering picking up a ds light from him instead, but I’d like the sp so I can also play my gameboy color games with backlight.

[–] Zarxrax@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Something to note about the DS lite is that they did tend to have issues with the plastic on the hinge cracking. It happened to mine, but I did play the heck out of it.