Emily,
Do you think the LucasArts games (using ScummVM) work better on the DS than the Ankh port?

I haven't tried them, although I'd love to someday. The instructions on the ScummVM site for getting the games working on DS intimidated me and I never went back.

It's not difficult if you buy an R4DS or M3DS Real.
You don't have to mess with the dldi driver stuff if you have one of those, and it makes things much easier.
http://scummvm.drunkencoders.com/#cardreadernotes

I have Ankh for the DS but have nt started it yet properly but from what I have tried it seems ok to me

If you want to avoid the bug that prevented me from finishing the game, make sure to turn background music off before you start (that's what Xider says on their website, anyway).

I enjoyed it at the beginning, it wasn't until I got partway through that the problems started being really bad. But I hope you like it better than I did.

Thanks Fov will do