Chapter 7

PortMaster

Getting PortMaster, installing ports, playing and quitting them.

PortMaster installs ports: Linux builds of games and game engines, packaged for handhelds. On DSlot it runs on the top screen with the DS+’s controls, installs ports over Wi-Fi, and DSlot lists them on its Ports page.

Getting PortMaster🔗

DSlot fetches PortMaster from its own site the first time you ask for it.

1. In DSlot, go to the Apps page (or the Ports page) and choose Get PortMaster.
2. DSlot asks before downloading, turns Wi-Fi on if it is off, and sets PortMaster up.
3. PortMaster opens. From then on the entry reads PortMaster, and PortMaster keeps itself up to date.

Installing and playing ports🔗

Open PortMaster from the Apps page, or from Get more ports, the first tile on the Ports page. Ports it installs go in Roms/PORTS on the games card and appear on DSlot’s Ports page when PortMaster closes, each with its name and picture.

Choose a port on the Ports page to play it, as you would a game. It plays on the top screen; the bottom screen shows its name and how to leave it:

• Select + Start or Menu + Start quits the port.
• Holding power opens the power menu; the port is stopped first.

Ports keep their own saves, in their own folders.

What doesn’t work yet🔗

• Ports that need RetroArch don’t start: there is no RetroArch.
• Ports that need 32-bit libraries aren’t offered: the system is 64-bit only.