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desmume-cli - Nintendo DS emulator

desmume-cli [options] files...

This manual page documents briefly the desmume-cli program

desmume is a Nintendo DS emulator running homebrew demos and commercial games.

These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is included below.

Loads savegame from slot NUM
Disables the sound emulation
Disables the 60 fps limiter
--3d-engine=ENGINE
Select available 3d emulation:
0 = 3d disabled
1 = internal desmume software rasterizer (default)
Enables using OpenGL for screen rendering
Use software colour conversion during OpenGL screen rendering. May produce better or worse frame rates depending on hardware.
Enable the ARM9 GDB stub on the given port
Enable the ARM7 GDB stub on the given port
Select savetype from the following:
0 = Autodetect
1 = EEPROM 4kbit
2 = EEPROM 64kbit
3 = EEPROM 512kbit
4 = FRAM 256kbit
5 = FLASH 2mbit
6 = FLASH 4mbit
Set the language in the firmware, LANG as follows:
0 = Japanese
1 = English
2 = French
3 = German
4 = Italian
5 = Spanish
Enable disk image GBAMP compact flash emulation
Show summary of options.
Show version of program.

Some options may be unavailable, depending on compile-time configuration, for instance gdb stubs and opengl.

Mouse cursor acts as stylus, mouse click replaces stylus touch.

Keyboard is configured as follows:

F1-F10 load savegame from slot 1-10
Shift+F1-F10 save game to slot 1-10
Non-keypad arrows act as d-pad
z = A
x = B
a = Y
s = X
q = L
w = R
Enter = START
Left Shift = SELECT
Backspace = LID

desmume was written by DeSmuME team (http://sourceforge.net/projects/desmume).

This manual page was written by Pascal Giard <pascal@debian.org>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).

June 26, 2007