emulators.md: some comparison between PDTWL and jEnesis

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### Some Notes on Specific Emulators:
#### jEnesisDS, SNEmulDS, neoDS
- In order for jEnesisDS, neoDS and SNEmulDS to work on the DSi SD card, you'll have to use a RAM disk with nds-bootstrap.
#### RAM Disks
- In order for **jEnesisDS, neoDS and SNEmulDS** to work on the DSi SD card, you'll have to use a RAM disk with nds-bootstrap.
- RAM disk makers exist for jEnesisDS & SNEmulDS and are built into TWiLight Menu++. You will need to create your own RAM disk for neoDS. See [Creating RAM Disks](/twilightmenu/creating-ram-disks) on how to do so.
- The reason why we use RAM disks is because these emulators' ARM7 hooks don't work properly.
#### Comparison between PicoDriveTWL and jEnesisDS
- **PicoDriveTWL**
+ Was made for DSi
+ Does not require nds-bootstrap RAM Disks
+ Saving is allowed on DSi SD cards
+ Quicker load times between TWiLight Menu++ to the emulator on the DSi SD card
+ Supports arguments
- Limit is 2.5 MB on a **Flashcart**.
+ Takes advantage of the DSi extra RAM or DS Memory Pak to extend this limit
- No sound emulation
- Framerate is extremely choppy
- **jEnesisDS**
- DS Mode
- Requires nds-bootstrap's RAM disk to be used for DSi SD cards
- Saving is unavailable for DSi SD cards
- Takes a while to load
- No argument support
+ Limit is 3 MB on all platforms (due to roms loading in RAM)
- No DS Memory Pak or DSi Extended Memory support.
+ There is a patch for Sonic 3 & Knuckles that removes the multiplayer, getting the size count down.
+ Sound Emulation
+ Framerate is smooth
[a5200ds]: https://github.com/wavemotion-dave/A5200DS
[a7800ds]: https://github.com/wavemotion-dave/A7800DS