
This means the current focus of emulator authors is to make their emulators more accurate, which in turn means that optimization has less priority. No emulator exists yet which can play most games properly. Unfortunately emulation of the Nintendo DS is still at an early stage.
Available colors: various, depending on region. Languages: English, Japanese, Spanish, French, German, Italian. Battery: Lithium ion battery delivering six to 10 hours of play on a four-hour charge, depending on use power-saving sleep mode AC adapter. Sound: Stereo speakers providing virtual surround sound, depending on the software. Other Features: Embedded PictoChat software that allows up to 16 users to chat at once embedded real-time clock date, time and alarm touch-screen calibration. Input/Output: Ports for both Nintendo DS game cards and Game Boy Advance Game packs, terminals for stereo headphones and microphone. Controls: Touch screen, embedded microphone for voice recognition, A/B/X/Y face buttons, plus control pad, L/R shoulder buttons, Start and Select buttons. Multiple users can play multiplayer games using just one DS game card. Wireless Communication: IEEE 802.11 and Nintendo's proprietary format. Color: Capable of displaying 260,000 colors. Two backlit 3-inch TFT color LCDs with 256x192 pixel resolution. The term 'Lite' refers to it having brighter screens, smaller size and lower weight, it still has the same features as the original. In improved edition called the DS Lite was released in 2006. It was released in 2004 and was the first handheld system to feature dual screens.
The Nintendo DS is the most recent handheld system developed by Nintendo.