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Apple finallyupdated its App Store guidelinesto earmark world developers to host retro game copycat on iOS . Now , you do n’t need to jailbreak your iPhone or download any sketchy software — you’re able to get a sophisticated emulator in good order in the ribbon of your hand for free on the App Store .
No one is more vindicated by this shift in Apple ’s insurance policy than Riley Testut , the developer who made GBA4iOS about a decade ago when he was in high schooltime ( when he released GBA4iOS , I showed half of my AP Statistics social class how to play Pokémon on their phones during stratum — sorry , Mr. Cinelli ) . But back then , you had to sideload the app through a loophole , and eventually , Apple get on and ruined our fun . By fall 2014 , GBA4iOS wasdead . RIP .
But things have changed a lot since 2014 , and since its launch , Delta has been downloaded 3.8 million times , and two weeks after its launching , it ’s still topping the app entrepot charts .
“ It ’s surreal how good the reception has been , and how many people are playing it , ” he saidin an interview with TechCrunch detailing the app ’s history and evolution . “ This is the app I ’ve been working on for 10 years . ”
before emulate Pokemon on my iPhone I had to use my TI-84 like an animalpic.twitter.com/t7uMj8J5KS
So why the alteration of heart now , almost 10 years later ? It ’s likely a mixture of pressure fromchanging lawsin the European Union , as well as increasing pressure for Apple to at leasttryto stop acting like amonopoly . Now , at long last , Testut has released a Game Boy emulator directly into the iOS App Store , where it has already climbed to No . 1 on the entertainment charts , as well as the free app chart broadly speaking . Delta , the emulator , even digest DS , N64 , SNES and NES game , in improver to Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance games .
If you want to lastly play Pokémon on your iPhone , here ’s what you ask to do :
Maybe you just require to play a classic secret plan from your youth . But do n’t sleep onROM cut up communities , which have been modding retro games for decennary . These developers can create professional - caliber patches for your .ROM files that transport you into completely newfangled games ( but you likely require to do thepatchingon an actual computer ) . If you ’re bored of Pokémon Ruby , why not tryPokémon Emerald Rogue ? Now that Delta is in the App Store , the world is yourCloyster .
