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[LordBritish]

Just search for Delta on the US app store (scroll down a while to find it - UPDATE - its the #1 download now in free apps section), install it, upload a few games in zip format to your gmail account, load gmail on the phone, save them on your phone in a new file folder, and then in Delta just choose top right plus sign, files and it will list most recents and choose your game. I recommend Metroid for the NES as a first test because it looks and plays great with just touch controls. You can use many types of joysticks as well.... I never thought I would see the day I would play a NES rom on my iphone via an app on the app store that Apple has given the thumbs up to.... without a jailbreak!

Verge has a nice write up on it..

The free Delta game emulator for iPhones is live on Apple’s App Store

Delta has years of polish behind it.

www.theverge.com

update - search app store for "delta - game emulator" for fine tuned results..

 

[ChoosableOne]

 

[Red5]

Now we wait for Retroarch, which technically I already have sideloaded but sometimes I forget to refresh it weekly.

 

[thatJohann]

Def rocks.
Protip: use AirPlay to play on Apple TV 4K. Runs great.

 

[Sethbacca]

Gonna have to see how to get this working with Apple TV.

 

[Red5]

Does it have any crt shader filters?

 

[Dorfdad]

Does it have any crt shader filters?

No not yet kinda bare but it works

Tried new,gba, and ds games and they all work great!

I was even able to upload new skins the pink day one looks awesome but I need a different color. If someone k owes where the images are for editing I’d like to know

 

[Alexios]

Remember, it plays Genesis/Mega Drive too, on top of the Nintendo systems up to the N64 & DS. It seems so weird that Apple owners only now get stuff that almost every other computing device has had for decades but better late than never.

Somebody make iCade 2 now (& make it work for various tablet/sizes, not just Apple's)? Please?
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[Dorfdad]

Here are ds shots

 

[MarkMe2525]

I'm glad Apple finally allows emulation on their store. This was one of my main reasons from bouncing off of iOS back in 2011. I'm not a fan of a general purpose (lite) OS telling me what I can and what I cannot install.

P.S. MS really got me hot when they went into my console and deactivated apps that I have downloaded and used for almost a year. In that case though, I was surprised I was even able to get duckstation, ps2x, and retroarch going in the first place. Still pissed about it, as I was able to run PS2 games at 4x resolution with great performance.

 

[Lupin3]

 

[buenoblue]

 

[SJRB]

Unavailable in my region!

God I hate region locked stuff.

 

[Darko]

Just got it.. need to order a controller for my iPhone 15 pro max…

 

[Puscifer]

Just let me use my iPhone as a mass storage device already. Till then, why bother with all the pains of this when Android just lets you do it.

 

[calistan]

Just search for Delta on the US app store (scroll down a while to find it)

Scroll down a while… it isn’t even in the top 100 results for Delta! Got it now though (UK store). Searching ‘delta - game emulator’ cuts out all the flight tracking apps.

Just let me use my iPhone as a mass storage device already. Till then, why bother with all the pains of this when Android just lets you do it.

You can do that already. I just tested it by searching for a rom, downloaded it, it’s saved to the files folder and the emulator will find it there. How is that any easier on another OS?

 

[Puscifer]

Scroll down a while… it isn’t even in the top 100 results for Delta! Got it now though (UK store). Searching ‘delta - game emulator’ cuts out all the flight tracking apps.


You can do that already. I just tested it by searching for a rom, downloaded it, it’s saved to the files folder and the emulator will find it there. How is that any easier on another OS?

Can I side load apps, download files, put videos on it for flights, etc? Basically use my phone as an external drive.

 

[FoxMcChief]

I followed the steps in the OP, but got errors about bios. Here are the screens I get for DS games:

Spoiler

 

[Jinzo Prime]

Unavailable in my region!

God I hate region locked stuff.

Are you in Europe? You have to use the Altstore.

AltStore

altstore.io

 

[Soodanim]

Can you please resize phone screenshots in the post editor so that they aren't full size? They can always be clicked for full size if needed and they're awful to see on desktop.

Can I side load apps, download files, put videos on it for flights, etc? Basically use my phone as an external drive.

I agree with you, but if people are willing to get the files onto their phone then it's a nice new option for them. The casting to TV is a nice touch, although personally I wouldn't ever want to use a touch screen as a controller and would need to connect a controller. Luckily that's also possible.

 

[Zelduh]

I can't imagine wanting to play games on a shitty phone screen with shitty touch screen controls (or having to lug around a shitty seperate controller for it)

 

[Puscifer]

Can you please resize phone screenshots in the post editor so that they aren't full size? They can always be clicked for full size if needed and they're awful to see on desktop.

I agree with you, but if people are willing to get the files onto their phone then it's a nice new option for them. The casting to TV is a nice touch, although personally I wouldn't ever want to use a touch screen as a controller and would need to connect a controller. Luckily that's also possible.

Yeah I'm not knocking it, I really wanna return to iPhone but damn I can't lie that every step with Apple and openness that makes me want to come back is a 2 steps forward 3 steps back situation because you always end up back with a locked down device. Once I got used to swapping files in and out I could never go back honestly

 

[FoxMcChief]

I got it working. Very cool.

 

[Zones]

The real question is...

 

[Dorfdad]

I followed the steps in the OP, but got errors about bios. Here are the screens I get for DS games:

Spoiler

Go google those files and put them on iCloud etc than click the required button and upload it from iCloud not hard at all

 

[Synless]

Does it upscale DS games to run at higher resolution?

 

[RoboFu]

Just let me use my iPhone as a mass storage device already. Till then, why bother with all the pains of this when Android just lets you do it.

You can .. you can even hook an external drive up to one.

 

[digoutyoursoul]

Thanks for the heads up, appreciate it. Just played Batman NES on the train home ha ha

 

[cyberheater]

It‘s frankly amazing.

 

[reinking]

I can't imagine wanting to play games on a shitty phone screen with shitty touch screen controls (or having to lug around a shitty seperate controller for it)

 

[reinking]

Awesome. I had 4 roms stroed in icloud and it brought those over easy enough. Thanks for the heads up. Now I am waiting for PPSSPP.

 

[cyberheater]

 

[FoxMcChief]

 

[theHFIC]

Remember, it plays Genesis/Mega Drive too, on top of the Nintendo systems up to the N64 & DS.

This is false. There is no Sega support. It only is for the Nintendo systems mentioned in the original story.

 

[FoxMcChief]

Works with Backbone too.

 

[twilo99]

Tetris??

 

[Dorfdad]

Does it upscale DS games to run at higher resolution?

No

 

[FoxMcChief]

When using the backbone controller, the border went away, which is actually a nice a touch.

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

And Nintendo are ok with this?

 

[Synless]

No

Shit, worthless to me then.

thanks!

 

[jshackles]

And Nintendo are ok with this?

Not sure there is much (if anything) they can do about it

 

[Banjo64]

The DS is so good.

 

[twilo99]

omg omg omg

 

[THE DUCK]

Is the appletv store opening up too?

 

[TheTurboFD]

And Nintendo are ok with this?

Ask them, Narc.

 

[NeonDelta]

Unavailable in my region!

God I hate region locked stuff.

What region? I’m in UK and I couldn’t find it earlier but it’s there now. Might be worth checking again

 

[calistan]

Can I side load apps, download files, put videos on it for flights, etc? Basically use my phone as an external drive.

You can download videos on it, but what does that have to do with this emulator?

I thought when you were complaining about "the pains of this" that you meant the stuff the OP said about messing with gmail. So I pointed out that you can click a file directly in the web browser and download it to an iPhone.

 

[digoutyoursoul]

UK Link

‎Delta - Game Emulator

‎Delta is an all-in-one emulator for iOS. Delta builds upon the strengths of its predecessor, GBA4iOS, while expanding to include support for more game systems such as NES, SNES, N64, and DS. FEATURES Supported Game Systems • Nintendo Entertainment System • Super Nintendo Entertainment System...

apps.apple.com

 

[Fbh]

And Nintendo are ok with this?

Any day now:

 

[IntentionalPun]

You can .. you can even hook an external drive up to one.

You can use an iPhone as a usb drive but the files you add via that method won’t show up within iOS.