Anyone who uses the popular Delta game emulator app for the iPhone or iPad platforms knows just how top-notch the platform is with respect to emulating vintage game console experiences. But things are about to get a lot better.
Delta, perhaps the most well-known and easily recognized retro console emulator app for the iOS & iPadOS platforms that first made its debut into the App Store back in April following an App Store policy change, has received another update on Wednesday, this time bringing the app up to version 1.6.2.
The Delta emulator app for the iPhone and iPad picked up another update this week, officially bringing it up to version 1.6.1. The update comes just under two weeks after Delta added official iPadOS optimizations and a bevy of other enhancements that have been on users’ radars for some time.
Back in April, Delta emulator app developer Riley Testut teased that Delta would eventually come for the iPad despite originally only being available for iPhone-sized devices when it first became available in the iOS App Store. Before that, Delta for iPhone could have been sideloaded – a means of bypassing the App Store and using one’s Apple ID to sign the app on the host device.
Delta, the insanely popular emulator app for iPhones and iPads that recently became available in the App Store following an Apple policy change, received an important update on Friday to keep the app’s developer out of some legal hot water…
The RetroArch emulator has hit the App Store, so download it to relive classic titles across 38 different retro gaming consoles on your iPhone, iPad and Apple TV.
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Riley Testut’s Delta emulator app has been all the rage recently after an App Store policy change finally permitted retro game emulator apps such as his to be available in the App Store.
Apple’s recent App Store policy change means that emulator apps like Riley Testut’s popular Delta platform for iPhone and iPad can finally be hosted in the App Store — sans ROM, of course.
Gaming on iOS is extremely underrated. I say that as someone who plays Call of Duty Mobile just about every day on my iPhone. Sure the screen is a little small, but the graphics look great, and my Bluetooth controller makes it feel almost exactly the same as it does on a full-blown console.
If you don't already have a controller, you need to get one ASAP, especially since Apple is now allowing game emulators in the App Store. There's already a fantastic emulator available, with full gamepad support, called Delta, so we thought now would be a great time to review the best Bluetooth controllers for iPhone.
Today was a big day for iOS developer Riley Testut, who is perhaps best known for being the mind behind AltStore, the popular sideloading utility used by iPhone and iPad owners around the world to install apps outside of the App Store with their Apple ID.
Retro game emulators are now allowed on iPhone, as are HTML5-based mini apps and mini games, streaming games, chatbots and plug-ins in apps.