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DoubleDribbleDS
DoubleDribbleDS
General
Author	Fredrik Ahlström (FluBBa)
Type	Arcade
Version	0.4.3
License	Mixed
Last Updated	2024/03/26
Links
	Download
	Website
	Source

Latest revision as of 08:23, 31 March 2024

Double Dribble Arcade emulator for Nintendo DS.

Installation

DLDI patch the emulator for your flashcard.

Create a folder named acds in either the root of your flash card or in the data folder (eg h:\data\acds).

Put ddribble.zip into a folder where you have arcade roms.

User guide

Options

Controller:

Autofire - Select to enable autofire.
Controller - 2P start a 2 player game.
Swap A/B - Swap which NDS button is mapped to which arcade button.

Display:

Display - Scaled or unscaled screenmode (L/R to scroll screen up/down).
Scaling - Flicker or barebones lineskip.
Gamma - Adjust gamma (brightness).

Settings:

Speed - Switch between speed modes (Normal, 200%, Max, 50%).
Autoload State - Toggle Savestate autoloading.
Autosave Settings - Save settings when leaving menu if any changes are made.
Autopause Game - Toggle if the game should pause when opening the menu.
Powersave 2nd Screen - If graphics/light should be turned off for the GUI screen when menu is not active.
Emulator on Bottom - Select if top or bottom screen should be used for emulator, when menu is active emulator screen is always on top.
Debug Output - Show an FPS meter for now.
Autosleep - Does not work.

Debug:

Debug Output - Show an FPS meter for now.
Disable Foreground - Turn on/off foreground rendering.
Disable Background - Turn on/off background rendering.
Disable Sprites - Turn on/off sprite rendering.
Step Frame - Emulate one frame.

Dipswitches:

Lot of settings for the actual arcade game, difficulty/lives etc.

Controls

Menu:

L+R or Touchscreen - Open up menu

D-Pad or Touchscreen - Navigate menus

A or Double tap - Select an option

B or Top of the screen - Go back

R/L or Touchscreen - Switch between tabs

In game:

Select - Insert coin

Start - Start

D-Pad - Move character

Y - Dribble, Steal

B/X - Pass, Switch

A - Shot, Jump

Screenshots

Compatibility

Tested on iDeaS emulator.

Known issues

FM sound chip emulation is not ideal, attempted to emulate the speech chip but it sounds weird.

Changelog

V0.4.3 2024/03/26

Added new debug menu.
Better menu traversing.

V0.4.2 2021/05/17

Fixed the sound a bit.

V0.4.0 2021/03/23

Added load/save state.

V0.3.6 2020/06/08

Added support for flipped sprites.

V0.3.5 2018/07/17

Added VLM5030 sound.

V0.3.1 2018/05/10

Added loading of roms.
Cleaned up code.

V0.2.0 2017/01/07

Plays Double Dribble.

V0.1.0 2016/09/27

Starts Double Dribble.

V0.0.0 2016/09/11

Started coding.

Credits

Huge thanks to Loopy for the incredible PocketNES, without it this emu would probably never have been made.

Thanks to:

Dwedit for help and inspiration with a lot of things.
Manuel Abadia for the MAME driver.

External links

GitHub - http://www.github.com/FluBBaOfWard
GBAtemp - https://gbatemp.net/download/doubledribbleds.37038

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+|title=DoubleDribbleDS
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+|image=doubledribbleds.png
-| type        = Arcade
+|description=Konami Double Dribble Arcade emulator for DS.
-| version     = 0.4.2
+|author=Fredrik Ahlström (FluBBa)
-| lastupdated = 2021/05/17
+|lastupdated=2024/03/26
-| license     = Mixed
+|type=Arcade
-| author      = Fredrik Ahlström (FluBBa)
+|version=0.4.3
-| website     = https://gbatemp.net/download/doubledribbleds.37038
+|license=Mixed
-| download    = https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/dshomebrew/doubledribleds.7z
+|download=https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/dshomebrew/doubledribleds.7z
-| source      = https://github.com/FluBBaOfWard/DoubleDribbleDS
+|website=https://gbatemp.net/download/doubledribbleds.37038
-}}
+|source=https://github.com/FluBBaOfWard/DoubleDribbleDS
+}}
 Double Dribble Arcade emulator for Nintendo DS.
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 [[DLDI|DLDI]] patch the emulator for your flashcard.
-Create a folder named acds in either the root of your flash card or in the data folder.
+Create a folder named acds in either the root of your flash card or in the data folder (eg h:\data\acds).
 Put ddribble.zip into a folder where you have arcade roms.
 ==User guide==
-When the emulator starts, it will try to load Double Dribble automatically on startup.
-The game uses 3 x M6809 cpus and 2 x K005585 gpus. Should play at full speed.
 ===Menu===
 '''File:'''
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 * Scaling - Flicker or barebones lineskip.
 * Gamma - Adjust gamma (brightness).
-* Disable Foreground - Turn on/off foreground rendering.
-* Disable Background - Turn on/off background rendering.
-* Disable Sprites - Turn on/off sprite rendering.
 '''Settings:'''
-* Speed - Switch between speed modes.
+* Speed - Switch between speed modes (Normal, 200%, Max, 50%).
-** Normal - Game runs at it's normal speed.
-** 200% - Game runs at double speed.
-** Max - Game runs at 4 times normal speed (might change in the future).
-** 50% - Game runs at half speed.
 * Autoload State - Toggle Savestate autoloading.
 * Autosave Settings - Save settings when leaving menu if any changes are made.
@@ Line 61: / Line 50: @@
 * Debug Output - Show an FPS meter for now.
 * Autosleep - Does not work.
+'''Debug:'''
+* Debug Output - Show an FPS meter for now.
+* Disable Foreground - Turn on/off foreground rendering.
+* Disable Background - Turn on/off background rendering.
+* Disable Sprites - Turn on/off sprite rendering.
+* Step Frame - Emulate one frame.
 '''Dipswitches:'''
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 ==Changelog==
+'''V0.4.3 2024/03/26'''
+* Added new debug menu.
+* Better menu traversing.
 '''V0.4.2 2021/05/17'''
 * Fixed the sound a bit.