WinDS Pro

WinDS Pro is a Nintendo DS emulator utility for Windows PC.

WinDS Pro is an emulator for Nintendo DS and Gameboy Advance. An emulator is a software utility which allows PC users to play their favourite Nintendo DS and Gameboy Advance titles on their PC rather than on a Nintendo. Inside the utility are a number of emulators for various gaming systems including software to play games for the Game Boy, Game Boy Colour, Game Boy Advance, Super Game Boy, and Nintendo DS. This helps the player to pick the emulator which will work best for the game they wish to try.

Specific emulators contained inside WinDS are iDeaS, DeSmuME, and VBALink. Players will need to search and find the 'rom' which is the playing file for the game they wish to play using the emulator utility tool. For the less computer savvy, this may be difficult. However, once you know where to find game roms and have WinDS Pro installed, playing them will be easy.

The iDeas emulator (Nintendo Dual Screen Emulator) is ideal for Nintendo DS games, while the DeSmuME emulator works best for Gameboy Colour, Gameboy Advance, and Super Gameboy games. The No$GBA emulator is a more generic use emulator tool which is compatible for nearly all portable console games.

WinDS Pro will require a computer with 214 MB hard-drive space; Windows XP/Vista/7/8 (possibly 10) WinDS Pro is not rated, but would likely be used by the more computer-savvy gamer as it is a utility rather than an install and play computer game. Some of WinDS Pro best features are its ability to save games, as well as open WinRAR and 7-Zip game roms.

Newer versions of WinDS Pro can offer emulation for Atari games, Coleco, Bandai, Commodore, NEC, Nintendo 64, Famicon, Game Cube, Wii, and Super Nintendo, Sega, SNK and the Neo Geo, and the Sony PlayStation series.

Pros

• Easy to follow interface
• Three emulators
• Compatible with most versions of Windows

Cons

• No developer support