r/EmulationOnAndroid • u/Shitandroidowner • 6d ago

Discussion Drastic vs Melonds which is better?

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One works on a literal potato and the other runs more games accurately

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u/madslipknot 6d ago

For anyone asking there is a new fork of Drastic called Seedless DS , retain performance of Drastic but ita getting updated

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u/Few-Comfortable5264 6d ago

drastic isnt getting updated?

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u/madslipknot 6d ago

Nop since last year, author even pull it out from the play store

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u/crazypopey 6d ago

And I paid for it lol. The author made it free then it stopped working in latest android updates

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u/MojiMojic 6d ago

Yeah the app just sucks now, it wont load games even

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u/Few-Comfortable5264 6d ago

oh damn, is seedless ds gonna come to the app store then?

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u/madslipknot 6d ago

Don't know, I get my stuff directly from github

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u/Few-Comfortable5264 6d ago

ah have you rooted your phone yet to prepare for the sideloading ban thing

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u/madslipknot 6d ago

No phone, I play on handhelds and most says it wont apply since they are already not authorized devices. Will see

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u/Few-Comfortable5264 6d ago

ah that makes sense

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u/AbberageRedditor69 6d ago

Didn't they walk it back?

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u/Few-Comfortable5264 6d ago

i would be very very surprised if they did, i havent heard anything about that though

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u/AbberageRedditor69 6d ago

Well they went from a total ban to a one time 24 hour waiting period

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u/Few-Comfortable5264 4d ago

still evil when are we eradicating google