Pokemon Games DS and onwards (OR/AS/XY...) on computer?

[jnsvda]

Hi all.

I hope this is the right place to post this?

Thought if someone would know it'd be here!

MY QUESTION:

Is there a way to play DS games and onwards (like Omega Ruby or XY) on a computer (I'm on a Mac myself)??

I'd love to try these games but it's just not worth buying a DS for trying these games.

Thanks in advance!

[Dark Desire]

You can emulate all but the 3D pokemon games (XY/ORAS) since a working 3ds emulator does not exist and probably will never; if you want to know how, google can solve that for you.

[Phi-Bi]

You could emulate Gen IV and V with some emulators, such as no$gba and desmume. For 3ds games, currently the only emulator available in development is citra. Apparently, Pokemon Sun/Moon is playable with citra, but you need pc with good spec for that.

[Dragon116]

TBH, even the DS Emulator is kinda laggy. GBA and GBC run smoothly from my experience.

Shoutout to Wario Land 3

[Aurorain]

The DS emulator DeSmume is sometimes laggy, but it's fully functional. Gameboy - GBA emulator Visual Boy Advance works incredibly well, and there's currently a 3DS emulator called Citra in the works. It's nowhere near being released as of yet though, and won't be for probably a long time but it was shown running X/Y, so that's something.

Edited November 17, 2016 by Aurorain

[jnsvda]

Thanks for the replies I already know about the GBA emulators and they work just fine for me! But like you guys said, my ds emu is quite laggy. Well nothing to about it I guess