With the rise of dual screen handhelds, there’s a few emulators that have different options to allow dual screens at all.
Currently, the following emulators support dual screens:
- Azahar (official, see below)
- MelonDS (forked, see below)
- CEMU (forked, see below)
Azahar (Nintendo 3DS)
Link: https://github.com/azahar-emu/azahar/releases
To install, simply download the APK from the latest release.
Open the APK and install Azahar.
Setting up the second screen
Setup the emulator following my setup guide for Azahar here.
Head to Settings > Layout > Landscape Screen Layout and set it to Single Screen.
Then, select Secondary Display Screen Layout and set it to Bottom Screen.
That’s it!
CEMU (Nintendo Wii U)
Link: https://github.com/SapphireRhodonite/Cemu/releases
This is a fork of the CEMU project for Android that was created to support dual screen gaming.
To install, simply download the APK file from the latest release.
Open the APK and install CEMU.
Setting up the second screen
Setup the emulator following my setup guide for CEMU here.
Load into any game > Swipe in from the left > Show pad enable & External PAD screen enable.
That’s it!
MelonDS (Nintendo DS)
Link: https://github.com/SapphireRhodonite/melonDS-android/releases
This is a fork of the MelonDS project for Android that was created to support dual screen gaming.
To install, simply download the APK file from the latest release (not the nightly version).
Open the APK and install MelonDS.
Setting up the second screen
Head to Settings > Video and set External display screen to Bottom Screen.
Select Internal screen layout > Plus icon top right and then select the Red area and choose Delete.
Now select the Blue area and then slide the Height slider all the way to the right.
Then, choose Center horizontally and Center vertically.
Swipe up and back arrow, or push Back button on the handheld and choose Save and exit.
Give the layout a name like Single screen, then select it in the Layouts section to be used.
Load up a game, and swipe up and back arrow or push the Back button on the handheld > Quick settings > Keep DS aspect ratio.
That’s it! You can finish setting up MelonDS using my MelonDS guide now as we’ve gotten the dual screen specific settings out of the way.