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A variety of applications are available for the Nintendo DS from sources other than the conventional software marketplace.
[edit] Applications
[edit] Multipurpose tools
[edit] Media players
[edit] Video players
[edit] Music players
[edit] Image viewers
| Name |
JPEG |
BMP |
GIF |
PNG |
Notes |
| MoonShell |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Moonshell doesn't support animated gifs, or interlaced progressive jpegs. |
| DSOrganize |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Plays several music formats and allows you to view images (images up to 800 by 800 pixels), text and stream audio. |
| ComicBookDS |
? |
? |
? |
? |
A comic book (or image based documents) viewer. In order to view images when you are not online, you must first convert the image(s) to .cbds format. |
| Infantile Paralysiser's Image Viewer[dead link] |
Yes |
? |
? |
? |
Works by converting the pictures into a special format using the PC end of the application and viewing them in an iPhoto-like environment on DS. |
[edit] Text readers
- TextViewer supports a variety of file formats, a touch screen interface, low power mode, and persistent text bookmarking.
- DSReader is another highly aesthetic text reader with True Type Font support.
- DSLibris is recently released text reader incorporating HTML support.
- ReadMore is alpha version of reader with book orientation.
- Ands-pdf is a PDF reader.
[edit] Internet
[edit] Web Browser
- DSLinux includes the web browser links and retawq.
- OKIWI is a web browser for the DS in alpha stages.
- DSOrganize includes a browser with support for forms and limited support for pictures.
- DSHobro 0.4 requires a server on a networked PC. This server will render the webpages and then send them to the DS.
- Bunjalloo is an open source web browser for the DS developed by Richard Quirk.
[edit] Instant messaging
- HelloDS is known for its lack of compatibility. Development has ceased.
- DSiP requires a VoIP account.
- Infantile Paralysiser's Wifivoicechatclient allows you to draw as well as chat.
- SvSIP is a VoIP application based on pjsip.
- PointyRemote
- Win2DS, a very reliable remote with two modes, one power saving.
- DS2Win is an enhanced version of Win2DS
- DSVNC, a VNC client
- DS2Key turns the DS into a wireless joystick.
- DSMouse use your DS as a wireless mouse. Some testers have noted that the DSMouse only works on a fraction of the desktop.
- DSLinux includes the dropbear ssh client
[edit] Other Internet-based applications
[edit] Drawing applications
- Colors! is a pressure sensitive drawing application focusing on simplicity and ease-of-use.
- Phidias is a Photoshop-like application for ds.
- DS Notes is a note application, which is similar to an offline PictoChat.
- Smoove is a pixel editor for DS.
- FlickBook is an animation creator.
- Animanatee is another animation creator featuring 32 levels of undo and onion skinning.
- Pocket Physics is an application like crayon physics where you draw levels and then let gravity act on them.
- colors [2] a good pressure sensitive paint application.
[edit] Dictionaries
- NewDictS is a dictionary interpreter of the StarDict .dic dictionaries, with Voice capabilities. Initially released by phillips, which released his NewDict 7 source code, now being improved and currently edited by Sesa. A translation page can be found here.
- DS Dictionary: A free dictionary for the Nintendo DS
- Scrabble Assistant DS While not technically a dictionary, this tool is of great help to players of the Scrabble board letter-game from Hasbro/Mattel. It features word validation, score tracking (up to 9 players) and a powerful anagram search which finds all possible words using part or all of a given set of letters. Three databases are available: english words from "Sowpods" and "TWL", french words from the "Officiel du Scrabble v5". Discussion and support on gbadev.org forum.
[edit] Language learning
- Project JDS helps you learn the basics of japanese (hiragana and katakana)
- DSZhongwen helps you learn the basics of mandarin chinese
[edit] Other applications
- TxtWriter is a text editor optimized for typing. Some users have difficulty due to the lack of compatibility with the NDS buttons.
- NitroTracker, tracker sequencer software.
- DiagnoSe is a tool for testing the hardware features of the DS.
- Infantile Paralysiser's Cooking Timer is a skinnable countdown timer which plays a chosen MP3 when it reaches 0:00:00.
- Eigenmath DS is a graphing calculator for the Nintendo DS. The system was designed for the manipulation of symbolic algebraic expressions and matrix operations, integration, differentiation, an advanced CAS.
- graphDS is a graphing calculator application for the Nintendo DS that includes expression evaluation, graphing, a relatively simple CAS, and a number of built-in functions.
- 3D Graph Viewer is a tool for viewing 3D graphs.
- DrummerS a drumkit app, limited mainly by the DS's screen "only noticing one point of contact at any one time".
[edit] Emulators
* signifies GBA homebrew, which can be used with most slot 2 DS homebrew tools.
- Laser Hockey an air hockey game.
- DS Pack a port of PacMan for Nintendo DS.
- Ds Invaders a port of Space Invaders for Nintendo DS.
- Stone Age a remake of Stone Age for Nintendo DS.
- Maketens a puzzlegame which consists in associating figures 1 to 5 to reach the total of 10.
- Super Smash Bros. Clash:, a DS homebrew remake of the Super Smash Bros. games.
- Whee! DS, a 3D racing game.
- Whee! DS 2, the sequel to the hombrew 3D racing game Whee! DS.
- COGITO DS, a puzzle game.
- Stones & Rabbit, a cute Boulder Dash like.
- DSCrawl, Linley's Dungeon Crawl roguelike, adapted for the DS by Sasq.
- Tales of Dagur, an RPG by LiraNuna.
- DSDoom, Doom for the Nintendo DS.
- DSChess, a chess game with a strong engine.
- A Touch of War, a realtime strategy game.
- Explosive Gas, a multiplayer Bomberman clone.
- Omalone, a board game with wifi features for online play.
- HexenDS, Hexen for the DS. Includes touchscreen support and source code. A newer branch that supports more devices also exists.
- DSHeretic, Heretic for the DS. Also includes touchscreen support, as well as full music support.
- LemmingsDS, Lemmings for the DS. Supports touch-screen, custom levels. (now includes all 292 of the original levels) [2]
- DSQuake or QuakeDS, Quake for the DS.
- QuakeIIDS, Quake II on the DS, 16MB expansion RAM pack required
- Warcraft : Tower Defense, an adaptation of the famous Warcraft III mod Tower Defense for the DS, by Noda. Includes a complete map editor.
- Duke3DS, a port of Duke Nukem 3D.
- POWDER, a roguelike dungeon adventure game developed specifically for the Game Boy Advance and DS.
- World of sand or SandScape, a falling sand, clone for nintendo DS.
- PuzzleManiak Port of the Simon Tatham's Portable Puzzle Collection with 27 puzzle games including: Tents, Dominosa, Mines, Bridges, Light Up (aka Akari), Pattern (aka Picross), Net (aka Netwalk), Untangle (aka Planarity), Sudoku (aka Solo), Galaxies, Slitherlink (aka Loopy), Blackbox, Mastermind (aka Guess), Map, Filling, Solitaire (aka Pegs), Sixteen, Fifteen, Slant, Rectangles, Netslide, Samegame, Unequal, Flip, Inertia, Twiddle and Pyramide (adaptation of Cube).
- DScent, Descent Port for Nintendo DS
- NetHack for DS, NetHack port for Nintendo DS.
- AmplituDS, based on Harmonix's Amplitude for the Playstation 2.
- Wolfenstein 3D, a port of the popular PC DOS game Wolfenstein 3D
- Spider Solitaire DS, a clone of Windows' Spider Solitaire
- SensitiveDS, a clone/remake of the C64 classic Sensitive.
- Ka-BoOm, a minesweeper with a twist by Stravingo.
- Setsuzoku no Puzzle, an addictive puzzle game by Stravingo based on the arcade game Match It.
- StillAliveDS, a puzzle game similar to Valve's Portal, by t4ils.
- DiggerDS, a classic remake of the popular PC game Digger.
- Visual Novel Reader DS, reads Visual Novels which have been converted, such as Tsukihime and Fate/Stay Night.
- VideoGamesHero, a GuitarHero style rhythm game with over 65 Songs, 5 Game modes, Motion Card and Guitar Grip support.
- LoneWolf DS, the gamebook series brought to the DS.
- ChaosDS is a tactical combat video game for the Nitendo DS based on the 1985 Spectrum game Chaos - The Battle of Wizards.
- HooverManeuver (2 player) If you’ve played the vacuum cleaner challenge in Wario Ware on the GBA, you know exactly what to expect. This re-implementation allows two players to compete simultaneously on 1 DS. Two Hoovers race to collect 50 items of rubbish, bouncing off each other and walls. They rotate until the press of the ‘Left’ button for one Hoover, and the ‘A’ button for the other (which causes them to travel forward in a straight line).
- Population Tire, a port of a video game by Videlectrix, of Homestar Runner fame.
[edit] Programming on the DS
[edit] References
- ^ "gamesTM: Featured in gamesTM's feature on Nintendo DS Homebrew". gamesTM (61).
- ^ "gamesTM: Featured in gamesTM's feature on Nintendo DS Homebrew". gamesTM (61).
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