iPhone Retro Gaming & Emulation Guide

As of April 2024, Apple has allowed emulation as long as they do not use JIT. This has opened up the floodgates. Now that it’s been roughly a year, things are finally worth talking about.

Written Guide:

Zike Z331

Anker PowerBank

iOS emulators:

Delta – Multi-console, for Nintendo consoles

Gamma – PlayStation 1

PPSSPP – PSP

RetroArch – Multi-console

Sideload emulators:

Dolphin iOS

Play:

Provenance

Controller Info:
iOS Controller support:

BackBone Controller:

OIVO PS4 Controller Phone Mount Clip

OIVO PS5 Controller Phone Mount Clip

Orzero PS5 Magnetic Controller Phone Mount Clip

Orzero Xbox Series Magnetic Controller Phone Mount Clip

0:00 Intro & Written Guide
0:43 Emulators for iOS
1:19 Transferring Games
2:13 Delta Part 1 (Adding games / Controls)
3:19 iCloud Drive & Sharing ROM Libraries
4:10 Delta Part 2 (Audio / Save States / BIOS / Artwork / NES Fox)
6:49 PPSSPP
8:18 Gamma
10:04 RetroArch – UI setup
10:51 iOS File Management
11:51 RetroArch – Add Files
12:14 RetroArch – Updates
12:27 RetroArch – Cores
13:20 RetroArch – Core Option / Mode 7
14:19 RetroArch – Save States / Auto Saves
14:47 RetroArch – Overlays
15:07 RetroArch – BIOS
16:06 RetroArch – PSX Emulation & Enhancements
17:32 RetroArch – Artwork + Dual Shock (Analog) PSX
18:15 RetroArch – Shaders!
19:28 RetroArch – Delete Prefs
20:01 DolphiniOS
25:22 Controllers – BackBone / Zike Z331
26:32 Anker Battery Bank Break
27:09 Backbone vs Zike
31:46 WRONG
34:34 Using a PS5 (or other game console) controller
35:40 Android with the Odin 2
37:20 PS2 and Dreamcast!?
37:50 iOS emulation gets better!

Originally posted by UCbJmpGyutglIauFO4M836gA on 2025-03-22 04:43:04