PicoDriveDS 0.1.6

PicoDriveDS 0.1.6 is up! Changes:

  • Added Max Media Dock FAT support (thanks chishm/Bonic)
  • Added EZ4 FAT support (thanks cory1492/Rudolph)
  • Reduced memory usage, 3MB ROMs should work again
  • Added EXPERIMENTAL support for using the additional RAM on SuperCard SD carts to load ROMs larger than 3MB. This comes with the standard warning that this feature may cause file corruption on your SD card. The SCSD may also keep the Genesis ROM in GBA ROM space after a reboot, causing PicoDriveDS to see it as an appended ROM and crash on startup - to fix this issue simply power down, take the SCSD out, and wait a few seconds.

Grab it here or in the usual location.

40 Responses to “PicoDriveDS 0.1.6”

  1. DEF Says:

    Great, great, and re-great!

  2. toiletking Says:

    yop! first to trying it!

    Seem’s to have a big speed and display improvement!

    Very very good job, as ever!

    Thank you Ryan!

  3. Havoc_012 Says:

    Wow, A new version. Thanks for your hardwork!! Gotta test this as soon as possible. (=

  4. Badam Says:

    Yes a new update, Yes works with MMD. Thanks for making a new updated.

  5. mmmax Says:

    Thanks for the update! ;)

  6. Bonic Says:

    Your welcome Badam.

  7. dreamlike Says:

    Thanks very much.

  8. FusionHype Says:

    Great update! Plays Sonic 2 perfectly! Just needs sound.

  9. trigger Says:

    ok for once i like but theres a slight problem i’m haveing in the media max it loads but never see’z the roms i inserted when it goes to sruch for em and then freezes in what is it inst fat and well idk if i missed something or what.

  10. Ryo Says:

    Thanks for your great work.
    All french genesis fans want this emulator.

  11. Mortys Says:

    Hi RyanB*Great work even I haven’t try this release. Could you make some speed increase ? I can’t wait to play Thunderforce 4 with “full speed” and sound ! (maybe you can use the picodrive source for GP2X to help you).

  12. crossout Says:

    Hi
    its nice to play Mega drive on DS,but how i got it to start this stuff on Supercard lite (MicroSD)

    Help!!!!

  13. wade Says:

    doesn’t work for me.. :( i use SUPERKEY2 and SUPERCARD with CF on DS lite
    the files load and freeze at 600 on 704 (i use .ds.gba file because the other don’t work for me)

  14. Mortys Says:

    just use the .ds.gba and rename it .nds Crossout.
    Ryan I’ve just try it and it’s incredible. Thunder Force 4 is near full speed (as I can see). I cna’t wait the next release that, I hope, will have full speed and even maybe sound :)

  15. Cory Says:

    Thank you! I love your emu, and hope it continues to develop!

  16. The Hombrew Hunter Says:

    Hey, think at some point the M3’s Ram can be used to try to play roms larger than 3MB?

    Thanks for the work!

  17. wade Says:

    ok that right , i needed to rename GBA to NDS (i forget this detail..)
    speed is better than the 1.5 (i test with Street of rage 1.2 and3 and Best of the best) version but no sound yet …hope in the next version ;) some little trouble to change game with the SELECT button…
    this emulator is in the good way!!

  18. Bonic Says:

    People, he didn’t really change alot of things, he added more rom support and I ADDED the max media code, say your thanks you to everyone who help people

  19. Drood Says:

    Put NHL 94 in for it to use. It seems to run for a couple of seconds, then freeze for 10 or so. Obviously that’s a bit of a handicap:)

  20. Funkgod Says:

    What do you expect, Bonic? I think it’s nice that PicoDriveDS supports MMD now, but people who use M3, SC (like me) or any other gadget won’t be able to appreciate your work.

    Anyhow: thanks to everyone who contributed to this emulator, and keep up the good work. Happy now? ;)

  21. DEF Says:

    Working fine on M3 SD.

    Graphic’s fluidity is enhanced with this release.

  22. Higurb Says:

    Looking good! Works fine on the CF Supercard with the latest Firmware. I’ll keep touching it.

  23. toiletking Says:

    Thank you Bonic for helping him ! It’s very nice for owner of max media support !

    Good job!

    Ps : could you help him for sound support? ;o)

  24. Bonic Says:

    You guys thinks its easy to add sound support, trust me, its VERY hard..

  25. Buothz Says:

    Hi! This emulator is FANTASTIC! Thanks a lot… great work
    I have made a guide (only Italian Language) for Supercard users
    http://buothz.altervista.org/buothzds/buothzds.html
    Thanks a lot

  26. The Hombrew Hunter Says:

    I still love it, but..

    I think the comment I left for 0.1.5, the 6 Button Config. That would be the best!

    And, if it’s possible, figure out how to make http://umk3.hacking-cult.org/ work.

  27. Kasimir2007 Says:

    News!
    G6 drivers have been released!
    They can be found here:
    http://forum.gbadev.org/viewtopic.php?t=11…sc&start=30

    I test scumvm with this and libfat works on my G6 !!!!!

    I will like to see PicodriveDS on my linker G6 now.

  28. Kasimir2007 Says:

    http://forum.gbadev.org/viewtopic.php?t=11430&start=30

  29. Smashed Says:

    Guys, the original picodrive, which has been ported, never included sound support. I have no idea what chip it uses but I can guarantee you that emulating it from scratch is no mean feat. Plus, if you don’t like the speed now, how do you think you’ll feel when it’s trying to emulate sound as well? The DS isn’t a very powerful little machine, and even getting it to run faster will take some pretty nifty memory management…..so cut the guy some slack, hey? It’s a great and, more importantly, the ONLY Megadrive emulator for the DS.

  30. toiletking Says:

    Hi Bonic!

    Just a little question! do you think that it is possible to macke an Amiga emulator like uae, without windows manager (amiga os) on DS (just launching amiga games) ? I think that because of the similarity of those hardware…

    I’m fond of megadrive and amiga, and i’m very happy to find some amiga games on genesis ! (with picodrive)!

  31. Silent Bob Says:

    Thank you very much for your work on this. I cant wait to test this out. Thanks

  32. V1KT0R Says:

    Anyone can help me?

    I rename the .ds.gba file to .nds but does not work for me.i’m using supercard lite microsd.
    please heelp!

  33. Ben Says:

    Hey, im having trouble getting this to work on the SC1. It worked fine on my friend’s SC after patching, but on the SC1 it loads and shows ‘Load rom’ but nothing else is displayed. Any thoughts?

  34. dan Says:

    is it just me or is there no sound

  35. Mienaikage Says:

    (Same as Ben. but with M3 DS Simply)

  36. Mienaikage Says:

    Also I don’t know if this is relevant because they’re on different platforms, but I have a mobile (symbian series 60) version of PicoDrive that has sound support.

  37. Liang #17 Says:

    Thanks for your work.Ryan!

  38. Ifuriita Says:

    On my SC Micro SD Lite, I can only run picodrive under Moonshell. Works perfectly (more than 300 games tested). Maybe it would solve most of the SC problems described here. Great job, fellows! Thanks a lot, Genesis was so important for me. :)

  39. tecnobaz Says:

    The emu it self works on the R4DS card but does not find the roms which are also on the microsd card, do you have to put them in a folder or patch them?

    New to this.

    Any help would be great, thanks

    Bazza

  40. Herod Says:

    Same prob as some other peeps
    I have an m3 simply (same as the R4)
    Ive patched picodriveds.nds with dlditool and r4tf.dldi and placed .nds and rom files into sd cards root dir, emu loads but show ‘LOAD ROM’ but does not list the roms

    Bazza it still dont work when patched but maybe the roms need to be in a specific folder…anyone know???
    help would be appreciated
    thanks

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