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| 20-07-08 / 19:06 : Emulators for iPhone3G / ZiPhone / Cydia (cjed) |
 On the iPhone, besides some free games available on the App Store (and other commercial games, whom some are still great - and that is just a start), we can install 3 emulators :- a NES emulator, NES.app (however the installation package for use with the iPhone Installer app isn't available yet), - psx4all (from ZodTTD), a Playstation 1 emulator. The supported games list is limited and performances are variable (from 5 times slower than the native console to acceptable performance - 16-30 fps at best). We can read a tutorial at ituto.fr (also a video walktrough), and see videos of running games (Medal of Honor and Driver). The PS1 games (compatibles archives are : .ISO .BIN .IMG .Z .ZNX) weight however from 250Mb to 700Mb. - gpSPhone 1.5.0, a GBA emulator. We can read a full tutorial here (installation, games roms transfert) or there (also here). In all cases, we have to gain access to the iPhone filesystem (transfert through SSH from a PC - use WinSCP - or a Mac - use Transmit) in order to copy games roms (and PS1 bios for psx4all), at specific places. The emulator application has to be installed through the iPhone Installer app (we enter the internet url from the repository - then a Wifi or 3G connexion is required). Hower the iPhone OS does not allow to install anything else than application available from the App Store ! The iPhone OS has then to be jailbreaked using an utility, ZiPhone, that isn't available yet for iPhone3G and 2.0 firmware (used a trick from the firmware 1.1.3 that has been fixed in 2.0 version). UPDATE : the iPhone-dev-team just posted an update to its tool, Pwnage Tool (version 2.0), that allows jailbreak (installation of other applications than those at the App Store) for iPhone3G (2.0 firmware). This tool (universal binary for Leopard, with a great user interface) takes care of the installation into the iPhone of a new application, Cydia, that works the same as Installer.app, but without any limitation. See also first reviews and tips at Macbidouille forums. |
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There is also a Sega Genesis emulator, genesis4iPhone. We can watch a video here. |
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