Compatibility list

This is a list of popular games that are regularly tested. It does not mean that only these games will run.

This list assumes that you've have set your CPU to 500MHz.

Pokemon

Gen 4 (Pearl, Diamond, Platinum, HS/SS)

• Set Arm7 Emulation to HLE
• Widescreen mode can be used
• Slower CPU emulation in big towns (70%)
• 2x speedup possible in battles

Gen 5 (BW/2)

• Set Arm7 Emulation to HLE
• Widescreen mode can be used
• Watching movie scenes in Pokestar Studios does not work with HLE, set Arm7 Emulation to anything else in this scenario, you can always go back to HLE afterwards for better performance
• 1.5 speedup possible in battles

Mario Kart

• Set Arm7 Emulation to HLE
• Widescreen mode can be used

CTGP Nitro (ROM hack)

• Set Arm7 Emulation to SoundHLE
• Widescreen mode can be used
• Performance is worse than regular Mario Kart
• Occasional stutters

New Super Mario Bros.

• Set Arm7 Emulation to HLE
• Mini games don't work with HLE, set to anything else if you want to play them
• Disable Geometry 3D frameskip, otherwise 2D and 3D objects desync too much

Newer Super Mario Bros. (ROM hack)

• Same settings as regular one

Animal Crossing: Wild World

• Set Arm7 Emulation to SoundHLE, HLE will prevent the game from loading its savefile
• Widescreen mode can be used
• Has stutters and slowdowns

The Legend of Zelda (PH/ST)

• Set Arm7 Emulation to HLE
• Widescreen mode can be used
• CPU emulation speed only at 70%

Ni no Kuni

• Set Arm7 Emulation to HLE
• Disable Geometry 3D frameskip
• Set 3D upscaling to 1x

Metroid Prime

• Set Arm7 Emulation to HLE
• Widescreen mode can be used

Dragon Quest IX

• Set Arm7 Emulation to HLE
• Widescreen mode can be used
• Many slowdowns

Dragon Quest V

• Set Arm7 Emulation to SoundHLE
• Disable Geometry 3D frameskip
• Set 3D upscaling to 1x

Spectrobes

• Set Arm7 Emulation to SoundHLE
• Disable Geometry 3D frameskip
• Set 3D upscaling to 1x

Kingdom Hearts (Re-coded/356/2 Days)

• Set Arm7 Emulation to SoundHLE
• Widescreen mode can be used