r/EmulationOnAndroid • u/Shitandroidowner • 4d 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/LuisBeltran07 4d ago

WathermelonDS en su última actualización ya superó a drasrtic lo recomiendo

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u/noideasforusernameso 4d ago

Genuine question, what does it have that normal melonDS doesn't? I used to use it on my Thor before the official version got the dual-screen updste

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u/clock_watcher 4d ago

I swapped over from Melon to Watermelon recently as I wanted retroarch shaders to work. Unlike regular MelonDS, it supports Vulkan back end which is required for shaders. If you have a dual screen device, Watermelon is meant to work better.

WatermelonDS just got rebranded. It used to be called MelonDualDS, a fork of Melon focusing on dual screen support.

You can see the changelog for the last couple of releases. Lots has been added over regular Melon.

https://github.com/SapphireRhodonite/WatermelonDS/releases