The Wonderful toolchain and BlocksDS have both moved to Codeberg. Make sure to update your links:
codeberg.org/WonderfulToo...
codeberg.org/blocksds
codeberg.org/WonderfulToo...
codeberg.org/blocksds
January 10, 2026 at 8:31 AM
The Wonderful toolchain and BlocksDS have both moved to Codeberg. Make sure to update your links:
codeberg.org/WonderfulToo...
codeberg.org/blocksds
codeberg.org/WonderfulToo...
codeberg.org/blocksds
woo, my DSi WiFi driver got integrated into BlocksDS.
Or at least a heavily modified version of it, since BlocksDS actually finished the job of integrating tasking with lwip and matching dswifi's API
Or at least a heavily modified version of it, since BlocksDS actually finished the job of integrating tasking with lwip and matching dswifi's API
October 8, 2025 at 4:50 PM
woo, my DSi WiFi driver got integrated into BlocksDS.
Or at least a heavily modified version of it, since BlocksDS actually finished the job of integrating tasking with lwip and matching dswifi's API
Or at least a heavily modified version of it, since BlocksDS actually finished the job of integrating tasking with lwip and matching dswifi's API
Have you found the examples bundled with devkitARM and/or BlocksDS to be insufficient? It might be worth opening an issue if you have any concerns over documentation or installation quality - the projects could always use more feedback. For BlocksDS:
github.com/blocksds/sdk...
github.com/blocksds/sdk...
Issues · blocksds/sdk
Main BlocksDS SDK repository. Contribute to blocksds/sdk development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
February 20, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Have you found the examples bundled with devkitARM and/or BlocksDS to be insufficient? It might be worth opening an issue if you have any concerns over documentation or installation quality - the projects could always use more feedback. For BlocksDS:
github.com/blocksds/sdk...
github.com/blocksds/sdk...
the people on blocksds are so fucking cool
February 6, 2026 at 10:51 AM
the people on blocksds are so fucking cool
I'm so glad the Nintendo DS has BlocksDS
September 8, 2026 at 1:31 PM
I'm so glad the Nintendo DS has BlocksDS
The BlocksDS SDK was updated to 1.8.0 yesterday, with a special new feature by AntonioND: proper local wireless multiplayer support!
blocksds.skylyrac.net/docs/introdu...
blocksds.skylyrac.net/docs/introdu...
Changelog
Version 1.8.0 (2025-02-28) libnds:
videoGL now tracks the number of textures using a palettes correctly. Previously, palettes would be deleted even when there were textures using them. @sillysagiri sc...
blocksds.skylyrac.net
March 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The BlocksDS SDK was updated to 1.8.0 yesterday, with a special new feature by AntonioND: proper local wireless multiplayer support!
blocksds.skylyrac.net/docs/introdu...
blocksds.skylyrac.net/docs/introdu...
In order of demonstration:
1. PictoChat (official touch driver),
2. libnds 1.8.x touch driver,
3. calico/libnds 2.0.0 touch driver,
4. BlocksDS 1.6.3 touch driver.
1. PictoChat (official touch driver),
2. libnds 1.8.x touch driver,
3. calico/libnds 2.0.0 touch driver,
4. BlocksDS 1.6.3 touch driver.
November 12, 2024 at 4:43 PM
In order of demonstration:
1. PictoChat (official touch driver),
2. libnds 1.8.x touch driver,
3. calico/libnds 2.0.0 touch driver,
4. BlocksDS 1.6.3 touch driver.
1. PictoChat (official touch driver),
2. libnds 1.8.x touch driver,
3. calico/libnds 2.0.0 touch driver,
4. BlocksDS 1.6.3 touch driver.
LOOK INTO BLOCKSDS i found it relatively easy to set up!!!
January 18, 2026 at 5:56 PM
LOOK INTO BLOCKSDS i found it relatively easy to set up!!!
November 15, 2024 at 5:42 PM
@sterophonick ah
the original blogpost for blocksds mentions some stuff about devkitpro, but idk how much it applies to gba: https://www.skylyrac.net/2023-08-18-blocksds-sdk.html
the original blogpost for blocksds mentions some stuff about devkitpro, but idk how much it applies to gba: https://www.skylyrac.net/2023-08-18-blocksds-sdk.html
BlocksDS SDK
A few months ago I created BlocksDS, a new SDK for Nintendo DS. It uses libnds, DS WiFI and Maxmod, so it is compatible with projects that use devkitARM. The toolchain it uses comes from Wonderful Toolchains by asie. Its main objective is to remain as compatible as possible with …
www.skylyrac.net
April 27, 2025 at 7:07 PM
@sterophonick ah
the original blogpost for blocksds mentions some stuff about devkitpro, but idk how much it applies to gba: https://www.skylyrac.net/2023-08-18-blocksds-sdk.html
the original blogpost for blocksds mentions some stuff about devkitpro, but idk how much it applies to gba: https://www.skylyrac.net/2023-08-18-blocksds-sdk.html
BlocksDS 1.6.1 has just been released, fixing a rare filesystem reading regression introduced in BlocksDS 0.11.0. It is highly recommended to update your homebrew, especially if it's heavy on file system operations.
November 3, 2024 at 7:37 PM
BlocksDS 1.6.1 has just been released, fixing a rare filesystem reading regression introduced in BlocksDS 0.11.0. It is highly recommended to update your homebrew, especially if it's heavy on file system operations.
BlocksDS W
It's so nice when a SDK is made For The People 😊
It's so nice when a SDK is made For The People 😊
July 3, 2026 at 12:20 AM
BlocksDS W
It's so nice when a SDK is made For The People 😊
It's so nice when a SDK is made For The People 😊
I’ll check out blocksds, though i’ll probably need devkitpro anyway for the wii stuff T-T
February 20, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I’ll check out blocksds, though i’ll probably need devkitpro anyway for the wii stuff T-T
Imagine if one day, decomps of retail NDS games could be built with something like BlocksDS
January 8, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Imagine if one day, decomps of retail NDS games could be built with something like BlocksDS
I am doing DS development because one of the maintainers showed me the BlocksDS toolchain which seems similar but better documented and cleaned up versus devkitPro's, and also has a really good tutorial guide that's exactly what I felt was missing
BlocksDS SDK
blocksds.skylyrac.net
August 9, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I am doing DS development because one of the maintainers showed me the BlocksDS toolchain which seems similar but better documented and cleaned up versus devkitPro's, and also has a really good tutorial guide that's exactly what I felt was missing
I'm reading about BlocksDS and some other NDS game development stuff and this is really cool and I wanna talk about it in detail, but I discovered very early on that any sort of code explanation regardless of complexity guarantees a loss of viewers, though I'd also like to just not care
August 23, 2026 at 11:58 PM
I'm reading about BlocksDS and some other NDS game development stuff and this is really cool and I wanna talk about it in detail, but I discovered very early on that any sort of code explanation regardless of complexity guarantees a loss of viewers, though I'd also like to just not care
NitroSwan updated to v0.7.7
V0.7.7 Not much new in this release, changed from devkitARM to BlocksDS and found a couple of small bugs. Fixed sound button behaviour on HW. Ported from devkitARM to BlocksDS, smaller binary.
https://db.universal-team.net/ds/nitroswan
V0.7.7 Not much new in this release, changed from devkitARM to BlocksDS and found a couple of small bugs. Fixed sound button behaviour on HW. Ported from devkitARM to BlocksDS, smaller binary.
https://db.universal-team.net/ds/nitroswan
NitroSwan
Bandai WonderSwan (Color/Crystal) & Benesse PocketChallenge V2 emulator for the Nintendo DS(i)/3DS.
db.universal-team.net
August 12, 2026 at 8:00 PM
NitroSwan updated to v0.7.7
V0.7.7 Not much new in this release, changed from devkitARM to BlocksDS and found a couple of small bugs. Fixed sound button behaviour on HW. Ported from devkitARM to BlocksDS, smaller binary.
https://db.universal-team.net/ds/nitroswan
V0.7.7 Not much new in this release, changed from devkitARM to BlocksDS and found a couple of small bugs. Fixed sound button behaviour on HW. Ported from devkitARM to BlocksDS, smaller binary.
https://db.universal-team.net/ds/nitroswan
Indeed, both devkit pro or blocksds or even that new and early in development zig alternative someone made are kinda tricky to setup, the zig one I just couldn't get to work no matter how hard I tried, devkitpro and blocksds can be a pain to install in their own right, let alone compiling your code.
February 20, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Indeed, both devkit pro or blocksds or even that new and early in development zig alternative someone made are kinda tricky to setup, the zig one I just couldn't get to work no matter how hard I tried, devkitpro and blocksds can be a pain to install in their own right, let alone compiling your code.
Oh yeah, BlocksDS has APIs to use DS+DSi devkit RAM configs so my allocator sucks up as much memory as it can find available
July 2, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Oh yeah, BlocksDS has APIs to use DS+DSi devkit RAM configs so my allocator sucks up as much memory as it can find available
[Scena DS] Rilasciato NitroSwan v0.7.7: Passaggio a BlocksDS, binario più piccolo e fix audio
[Scena DS] Rilasciato NitroSwan v0.7.7: Passaggio a BlocksDS, binario più piccolo e fix audio
NitroSwan torna sotto i riflettori con un nuovo aggiornamento del progetto homebrew dedicato all'emulazione delle console portatili WonderSwan, WonderSwan Color e WonderSwan Crystal sui dispositivi della famiglia Nintendo DS e Nintendo 3DS. NitroSwan, sviluppato dal developer FluBBaOfWard, è uno deg
www.biteyourconsole.net
August 14, 2026 at 9:32 AM
[Scena DS] Rilasciato NitroSwan v0.7.7: Passaggio a BlocksDS, binario più piccolo e fix audio
I whipped up a cool new website about how I made a cool new Nintendo DS core for #MiSTerFPGA
darkside.heni.lol
(same domain as before, New Funky Docs) #NDS #retrodev
Shoutout to #blocksds and #wonderfultoolchain for providing the C platform to control all of the hardware for my emu test routines
darkside.heni.lol
(same domain as before, New Funky Docs) #NDS #retrodev
Shoutout to #blocksds and #wonderfultoolchain for providing the C platform to control all of the hardware for my emu test routines
MiSTfits — NDS core internals
How Nitro DarkSide works: an in-progress Nintendo DS core for MiSTer FPGA. Clocking, memory topology, the VRAM line server, ARM946E-S integration, fitting results, and verification limits.
darkside.heni.lol
August 12, 2026 at 12:43 AM
I whipped up a cool new website about how I made a cool new Nintendo DS core for #MiSTerFPGA
darkside.heni.lol
(same domain as before, New Funky Docs) #NDS #retrodev
Shoutout to #blocksds and #wonderfultoolchain for providing the C platform to control all of the hardware for my emu test routines
darkside.heni.lol
(same domain as before, New Funky Docs) #NDS #retrodev
Shoutout to #blocksds and #wonderfultoolchain for providing the C platform to control all of the hardware for my emu test routines
Yeah it's DLDI/SDMMC, BlocksDS has the nice read-ahead cache which helps a lot but I do have to be ~smart about avoiding it as much as possible. I'll probably add some eager asset caching where it reads one material a frame or something, most materials are only like ~60KiB at worst.
July 26, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Yeah it's DLDI/SDMMC, BlocksDS has the nice read-ahead cache which helps a lot but I do have to be ~smart about avoiding it as much as possible. I'll probably add some eager asset caching where it reads one material a frame or something, most materials are only like ~60KiB at worst.
Oh right btw, that whole devkitpro thing I started looking into it again and it seems like there's some kind of big update which made all the old tutorials obsolete in 2025 and apparently there's something else about it which makes it unstable so... I'm using BlocksDS instead! Hopefully I'll lock in
May 20, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Oh right btw, that whole devkitpro thing I started looking into it again and it seems like there's some kind of big update which made all the old tutorials obsolete in 2025 and apparently there's something else about it which makes it unstable so... I'm using BlocksDS instead! Hopefully I'll lock in
