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Re:Nintendo DS-TV-Out Restoration Project by chungy on Monday February 22, 2021 @09:00PM (#26233062)
The 3DS line has a bit of an unfortunate side-effect that, by default, it stretches the display of original-DS games with some pretty unsightly artifacts from a non-integer scale. The workaround is to hold Start+Select on launching the games, displaying them at the original 1:1 pixels, but then there's a large black border and the size of the game's display is also unsatisfying small.

For sure, if you can only pick up one console, a 3DS XL or 2DS XL is a good option. If you can pick up two consoles, I believe the DSi XL is an excellent complement. Large screens with the same native resolution as the original DS. By playing games on the DSi XL, you get a comfortable and large display of original-DS games and no artifacts from a non-integer scale.

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Re:Nintendo DS-TV-Out Restoration Project by SilverRed on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @01:17AM (#26234339)
The dsi XL is the ideal system for playing ds games on. The lite is far too small and the 3ds like you said, leaves games blurry.

I'd also suggest picking up one of those flashcarts on ebay for a few dollars so you can load roms on to it. Or installing twilight menu so you can do it off the sd card slot.

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