Streaming Games Means the Nintendo DSi Will Never Be Obsolete

There comes a point where you have to acknowledge that your beloved console is out of date and– barring the odd homebrew title– won’t be playing new games ever again. Streaming Games Means the Nintendo DSi Will Never Be Obsolete. You’d think that Nintendo’s 2008 DSi handheld would be in this category, but [gavff64] has a workaround.

What if the odd homebrew title streamed games over the network. At its core the RNDS-Stream is just decoding an MJPEG stream from a server on a Linux PC, giving you the content of an X11 or xWayland window with relatively low latency at around 15-20FPS. So while you won’t be entering any e-sports tournaments, you can enjoy more relaxed, casual games like Counterstrike.

Well, at least there’s no audio streaming yet, so you won’t have to hear the other team’s trash talk. Sound may come; the project is very much a work in progress, and also a showcase of RubyNDS, [gavff64]’s Ruby-based homebrew framework for the DSi. For no other reason than [gavff64] likes both of those things.You can observe it in action after 4:48 in the video embedded below– just be warned, it’s editing is tuned to a TikTok-using audience and won’t be to everyone’s taste.