iPhone Retro Gaming & Emulation Guide

As of April 2024, Apple has allowed emulation as long as they do not use JIT. This has opened up the floodgates. Now that it's been roughly a year, things are finally worth talking about. Written Guide: https://blog.greggant.com/posts/2025/03/18/the-definitive-guide-to-ios-emulation.html Zike Z331 https://bit.ly/3WRlNNx Anker PowerBank https://bit.ly/42ztD2j iOS emulators: Delta - Multi-console, for Nintendo consoles https://apps.apple.com/us/app/delta-game-emulator/id1048524688 Gamma - PlayStation 1 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gamma-ps-1-game-emulator/id6499106870 PPSSPP - PSP https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ppsspp-psp-emulator/id1332174040 RetroArch - Multi-console https://apps.apple.com/us/app/retroarch/id1116517775 Sideload emulators: Dolphin iOS https://dolphinios.oatmealdome.me/ Play: https://purei.org/ Provenance https://provenance-emu.com/ Controller Info: iOS Controller support: https://support.apple.com/en-us/111099 BackBone Controller: https://amzn.to/4ijwb9C OIVO PS4 Controller Phone Mount Clip https://amzn.to/41wkBAQ OIVO PS5 Controller Phone Mount Clip https://amzn.to/4higuOI Orzero PS5 Magnetic Controller Phone Mount Clip https://amzn.to/4iBqbZC Orzero Xbox Series Magnetic Controller Phone Mount Clip https://amzn.to/4bCKyn1 0:00 Intro & Written Guide 0:43 Emulators for iOS 1:19 Transferring Games 2:13 Delta Part 1 (Adding games / Controls) 3:19 iCloud Drive & Sharing ROM Libraries 4:10 Delta Part 2 (Audio / Save States / BIOS / Artwork / NES Fox) 6:49 PPSSPP 8:18 Gamma 10:04 RetroArch - UI setup 10:51 iOS File Management 11:51 RetroArch - Add Files 12:14 RetroArch - Updates 12:27 RetroArch - Cores 13:20 RetroArch - Core Option / Mode 7 14:19 RetroArch - Save States / Auto Saves 14:47 RetroArch - Overlays 15:07 RetroArch - BIOS 16:06 RetroArch - PSX Emulation & Enhancements 17:32 RetroArch - Artwork + Dual Shock (Analog) PSX 18:15 RetroArch - Shaders! 19:28 RetroArch - Delete Prefs 20:01 DolphiniOS 25:22 Controllers - BackBone / Zike Z331 26:32 Anker Battery Bank Break 27:09 Backbone vs Zike 31:46 WRONG 34:34 Using a PS5 (or other game console) controller 35:40 Android with the Odin 2 37:20 PS2 and Dreamcast!? 37:50 iOS emulation gets better!