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Title: Nintendo emulator Delta hits the iOS App Store, no sideloading
required

Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 20:11:58 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/nintendo-emulator-de...

It hasn't been long since Apple started allowing retro game emulators on the
App Store. We've already seen one notable controversy after the company
pulled Game Boy emulator iGBA from the storefront. It turned out that iGBA,
which hit the top of the download charts, was a near carbon copy of another
emulator submitted for review.

GBA4iOS developer Riley Testut claimed that iGBA was a "knock-off of GBA4iOS"
that was packed with ads and trackers. As it turns out, Testut's Delta, a
successor to GBA4iOS, is now available for free in the App Store.

The original emulator picked up some buzz a decade ago after Testut found a
way for iPhone users to sideload the Game Boy Advance emulator without having
to jailbreak their device. Apple eventually closed the iOS loophole and, of
course, Nintendo was none too happy about the emulator. However, you can now
download Delta free from the App Store directly without having to worry about
sideloading.

Along with GBA titles, the app supports NES, SNES, Nintendo 64, Game Boy
Color and Nintendo DS games, with the promise of more platforms to come. The
app supports third-party controllers, as well as quick saves, cheat codes and
data syncing between devices using Google Drive or Dropbox. There's even
local multiplayer for up to four players, though you'll probably want to use
an iPad or mirror your phone to your TV in that case.

You'll need to supply any games you want to play on the emulator. To stay on
the right side of the law, you'll need to dump games that you already own
into ROM files.

While iPhone and iPad users outside of the EU can snag Delta from the App
Store directly, the process is a little different for those who live in the
bloc. Testut is also behind a third-party app marketplace called AltStore,
which iPhone users in the EU can now more easily install a version of.

Europe’s coolest alternative app marketplace is HERE!

Introducing AltStore PAL ΓÇö an Apple-approved version of AltStore exclusive
to the EU

Download now from our website for just €1.50/year (+ VAT) 🇪🇺
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ΓÇö AltStore.io (@altstoreio) April 17, 2024

AltStore PAL is an open-source marketplace that includes Delta as well as
another app that Testut developed called Clip, which is a clipboard manager.
The latter requires a small donation of at least one Euro to use. Testut
noted that he and his business partner Shane Gill plan to open up AltStore
PAL to other third-party apps after making sure that everything runs
smoothly.

That said, AltStore PAL costs users Γé¼1.50 per year. That covers the Core
Technology Fee Apple charges for each download of an app marketplace, as well
as payment processing. Alternatively, you can use the previous version of
AltStore, but you'll still need to use a computer to sideload apps and
refresh them once per week.

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