melonDS 1.0 is out
Finally, the "proper" melonDS 1.0 release is here. Sorry that it took so long...


Anyway, this is pretty much the same as the 1.0 RC, but we fixed a bunch of bugs that were found in said RC.


Namely, you can now use multiple windows with OpenGL under Windows.

However, depending on how good your OpenGL driver is, doing so may reduce performance. It's due to having multiple OpenGL contexts sharing data, but for now we don't really know what we can do about it. If you have ideas, let us know!

Speaking of multiple windows, I also added a way to tell melonDS windows apart, because things could get pretty confusing. They now get a tag in their title, for example [p1:w2] means first multiplayer instance, second window.


We also merged asie's add-on support PR, so this release includes support for the Motion Pak and the Guitar Grip.

We merged some other PRs. Among which, lower audio latency.


This release also includes the DSi camera fixes that were discussed in the previous posts. DSi titles that ran into issues while trying to use the camera should now work with no problems.

However, since they tend to also use the DSP at the same time, the performance will be abysmal...


DSP HLE is something I want to experiment with, but that will be for a further release.

As far as future plans are concerned, I also want to redesign the site's homepage, but you'll find out when I get around to that.


Anyway, you can find the release on our downloads page, as usual. Enjoy!
lucaspltn says:
Jul 9th 2025
...WHAT?!?!?! YOOOO!!!!! It's finally out!!!!!

I downloaded it right away, I see "Host LAN game", I scream internally. 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Blocke997 says:
Jul 9th 2025
Are you going to update the flatpak repo?
KostaSaizo7 says:
Jul 9th 2025
Been here since version 0.1.
Look how far this emu has gone.
So proud! Congrats!!!
Zyute says:
Jul 9th 2025
From humble beginnings to current day what has occurred and been achieved for Nintendo DS emulation by the devs for melonDS is nothing short of incredible. The hard work and dedication shows and I appreciate it so I can relive some of my favorite games on the system again. Everyone deserves to celebrate their efforts 🍾.
loganswartz says:
Jul 9th 2025
Incredible, melonDS really has come a long way!

Speaking of improvements to the site's homepage, I've been consuming these updates on mobile for a long time now, and I've noticed the mobile experience isn't as good as it could be. I poked around with a few tweaks to the styling of the site and was able to find a few easy improvements, is there a good place to share what I found? I checked GitHub but didn't see any repos for the blogging system.
Klauserus says:
Jul 9th 2025
Wow. I have been following melonDs since version 0.2 and am very happy about your success and that it is now final. Congratulations. You should be proud.
THX - you have written emulator history.
Klauserus says:
Jul 9th 2025
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Bobo says:
Jul 9th 2025
Exellent work
Minessota Klei says:
Jul 9th 2025
Congratulations to all the developers who contributed to building the wonderful MelonDS emulator!!!

Version 1.0 is a great achievement and will bring much happiness to the world!!!

To infinity and beyond (^o^)//
Jonas Perusquia says:
Jul 9th 2025
Hey, congratulations! nice work!
AsPika says:
Jul 9th 2025
Congratulations! 👏👏👏👏👏
Barbro says:
Jul 10th 2025
S'pose 'grats are in order, huh?
Good luck with all this stuff, and take your time.
We're all human, after all.
Thank you, and have a good day partner.
ded-doed says:
Jul 10th 2025
Thank you so much for the recent DSi accuracy improvements.
Matthew says:
Jul 10th 2025
Great work! Still holding hope Retroachievements support comes within the next year (other emulators implement it in easy-ish ways as far as I know).
Foxeh says:
Jul 10th 2025
Congrats on reaching 1.0!
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