Basic usage

1. Install the .pkg from the latest release on a PS3 with HEN (or CFW, untested). The package is called "SalsaDS".

2. Copy dumps of games you own (your own backups, never downloads) to the PS3 into /dev_hdd0/salsads/, with any file name ending in .nds. The cartridge encryption is not emulated, so each dump has to be a decrypted .nds image.

3. Start the program. It shows a list of the .nds files in that folder (d-pad or left stick to move, L1/R1 to jump a page, X to open a game, O to leave SalsaDS). If there is no .nds file it offers a built-in load test instead. The last game you opened is remembered.

4. Inside a game, hold SELECT + START for 1 second to return to the list. Saves (the cartridge save chip) are kept per game in /dev_hdd0/salsads/saves/.sav; the log is /dev_hdd0/salsads/nucleo.log. The save chip type (EEPROM, FRAM or Flash, and its size) is chosen automatically per game (built-in table, then detection from the game's own SPI commands) and logged; to force it, add a line like IRD=flash512k to /dev_hdd0/salsads/guardado.cfg.

Other options, all plain files in /dev_hdd0/salsads/:

controles.cfg: remaps the DualShock 3 buttons and the touch pointer. By default the sticks, the d-pad, L2 (screen layout) and R2 (touch) work as described in src/frontend/dspad.h.

rom-paged: an empty file; reads the ROM in pages instead of loading it whole (done automatically for ROMs larger than 64 MB).

audio.cfg: a line original = si makes the audio output quantize to 10 bits like the original console.

Name	Version	Released	Hits	DL Link
salsaDS (experimental)	v0.0.3	10/20/26	65	Download