DS Emulation

WideMelon is a melonDS fork that widens the DS 3D view without stretching menus or the touchscreen. That part is genuinely new. The part nobody is mentioning is that there is no Android build and no ARM build, so most retro handhelds cannot run it at all.

Retroid announced two dual-screen clamshells at once. The Duo is $269 with OLED and a mid-tier chip. The Duo Lite is $149 with LCD and a 2019 era chip. Here is which one to pre-order.

Retroid priced the Pocket Duo at $269 and added a $149 Duo Lite. The specs are almost all in now, and the headline number is the chipset: it is slower than the cheaper Pocket Nova.

Anbernic revealed the RG DS Plus with bigger screens, a new hinge and a stylus that lives inside the shell. It goes on sale 15 September at $84.99. The resolution is the part that matters, and it fixes the single biggest flaw in the original RG DS.

The Anbernic RG DS is the brand's first dual-screen handheld. Two 4 inch screens and Android 14 for around $100. It is built for one job above all, and that is native Nintendo DS layout.

2026 is the year the dual-screen handheld came back. From the $100 Anbernic RG DS to the AYANEO Pocket DS, here is every option and which fits you.

Full review of the Anbernic RG Cube retro handheld with its unique 1:1 square display. Covers build quality, emulation performance, DS gaming, and who should buy it.

The definitive guide to dual-screen and single-screen handhelds that actually do Nintendo DS and 3DS emulation justice. Tested and ranked.

The complete melonDS guide: best settings for smooth DS emulation, every screen layout option, keyboard and controller mapping, BIOS setup, and touch input.