Skip to content

melonDS

melonDS can sync saves, save states, ROMs, and BIOS files, but the save setup should usually be configured manually in Kumo.

What Kumo supports

  • Saves
  • Save states
  • ROMs
  • BIOS files

How to configure it

  1. Open melonDS in Kumo.
  2. Choose the folder melonDS uses for saves.
  3. Choose the folder melonDS uses for save states if it is different.
  4. If melonDS uses the same folder for both, enable single-folder mode and point Kumo at that shared location.

What Kumo usually finds automatically

melonDS lets you define custom save and save-state locations. Because of that, Kumo should not assume the default app-storage folders are the ones you are actually using.

In practice, you should expect to choose the folders manually.

Pitfalls and limitations

  • melonDS can also use the same location for saves and save states. In that case, single-folder mode is the correct setup in Kumo.
  • BIOS files are managed separately through Kumo's BIOS import, not by scanning your whole device.

Supported file extensions

Saves

sav, dsv, srm, ml, ml0 to ml99

ROMs

nds, dsi, ids, zip, 7z

BIOS notes

Common melonDS BIOS files:

  • DS mode: bios7.bin, bios9.bin, firmware.bin
  • DSi mode: dsi_bios7.bin, dsi_bios9.bin, dsi_firmware.bin, dsi_nand.bin