Delta Emulator Lands on the Apple App Store, Retro Gaming Comes to iOS
Explore the Delta emulator, now available on the Apple App Store and AltStore PAL, offering advanced features for classic gaming on your iPhone.
The Delta emulator has just hit the Apple App Store, making waves as the first major, officially approved game emulator for iPhone. Available for free, this app is accessible worldwide except in the European Union, where it's offered through the newly launched AltStore PAL. Delta offers a wide array of console emulation, spanning from the classic Nintendo Entertainment System to the Sega Genesis.
Developed by Riley Testut, Delta maintains the same features across both platforms, boasting on-screen buttons that adapt to the system being emulated. This versatile emulator not only supports Nintendo DS and GBA titles but also enhances gameplay with Bluetooth controller compatibility, including Xbox One Series S and PS5 controllers. Users can customize controller layouts and add functions like quick save states and fast-forward options to breeze through cutscenes.
Specifications:
- Platform Availability: Apple App Store (non-EU), AltStore PAL (EU)
- Supported Consoles: NES, SNES, Nintendo 64, Sega Genesis, Nintendo DS, GBA
- Controller Compatibility: Bluetooth controllers like Xbox One Series S, PS5
- Features:
- Customizable on-screen buttons
- Quick save states and fast-forward functions
- Multiplayer for up to four players
- AirPlay streaming
- Special Inputs: Gyroscope in WarioWare: Twisted!, microphone in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
- Customization Options: Custom box art, controller skins
Further setting Delta apart are its multiplayer capabilities for NES, SNES, and N64 games, support for AirPlay streaming, and quirky input adaptations like gyroscope and microphone controls for select Nintendo games. Players can also personalize the gaming experience with custom box art and controller skins.
Despite earlier competition and the controversial history of mobile emulators, Delta's five-year refinement since its initial 2019 release alongside AltStore positions it as a polished contender in mobile gaming.
As for finding games, that part isn't too hard either: