REAL Emulation on iPhone! Delta on App Store

Retro Game Corps
18 Apr 202424:15

Summary

TLDR视频脚本介绍了Delta游戏模拟器,这是一款在iPhone上新获得App Store官方支持的模拟器应用。Delta支持多种游戏系统,包括NES、SNES、N64、NDS、Game Boy和Game Boy Advance。用户可以通过iCloud Drive或Google Drive等云服务加载ROM文件。Delta提供了触屏控制和手柄支持,拥有保存/加载状态、作弊码输入、快速前进和按键保持等功能。尽管存在一些限制,如无法调整宽高比和缺少像素裁剪选项,但Delta的易用性和便携性使其成为iPhone用户尝试复古游戏的理想选择。视频还讨论了控制器设置、皮肤定制、同步功能以及如何在iPad上使用Delta,尽管后者体验有限。最后,视频提到了Delta对Retro Gaming Community的积极影响,并鼓励观众分享他们的体验。

Takeaways

  • 📱 视频介绍了Delta游戏模拟器,它允许用户在iPhone上模拟多种经典游戏系统。
  • 📲 由于苹果App Store的新政策,Delta模拟器现在可以直接从App Store下载,除了欧洲地区,那里的用户需要通过官方的Alt Store下载。
  • 💲 在欧洲,Delta模拟器需要支付A50(约50美元)的年费,以补偿苹果公司的新核心技术费用。
  • 🎮 Delta模拟器支持多种游戏系统,包括NES、SNES、N64、NDS、Game Boy、Game Boy Color和Game Boy Advance。
  • 📁 用户需要自行加载游戏ROM文件,可以通过iCloud Drive、Google Drive或本地存储等方式导入游戏。
  • 🕹️ 模拟器提供了触屏控制和外部控制器支持,包括蓝牙和USB连接的控制器。
  • 🔄 Delta模拟器还具备快速保存/加载状态、作弊码输入和快速前进等功能。
  • 📐 视频提到了一些模拟器的限制,比如无法调整NES游戏的像素裁剪和无法改变某些游戏的宽高比。
  • 🎨 用户可以通过Delta的官方网站下载和更换模拟器的控制器皮肤,以改变触屏控制的外观。
  • 🔄 Delta提供了Delta Sync功能,允许用户在不同设备间同步游戏进度和设置。
  • 🔗 视频还讨论了如何通过自定义主屏幕快捷方式快速访问最常玩的游戏。
  • 📊 尽管Delta模拟器在iPad上可用,但体验并不理想,因为它原本是为iPhone设计的。

Q & A

  • Delta模拟器支持哪些游戏系统?

    -Delta模拟器支持多种游戏系统,包括NES、Super Nintendo、Nintendo 64、Nintendo DS、Game Boy、Game Boy Color和Game Boy Advance。

  • 为什么在iPhone上使用Delta模拟器之前需要进行一些设置?

    -由于Apple的App Store之前不允许模拟器应用,Delta模拟器需要通过侧载方式安装。现在App Store政策改变后,用户可以直接从App Store下载Delta,但仍需用户自行加载游戏ROM文件。

  • Delta模拟器是否支持触摸屏控制?

    -是的,Delta模拟器支持触摸屏控制,并且提供了不错的触摸反馈,适用于没有连接实体控制器时的游戏操作。

  • Delta模拟器是否支持控制器连接?

    -Delta模拟器支持多种控制器连接,包括有线和蓝牙控制器。用户可以通过连接实体控制器来获得更好的游戏体验。

  • Delta模拟器对于Nintendo DS游戏需要哪些额外文件?

    -对于Nintendo DS游戏,Delta模拟器需要导入三个DS bios文件:bios.bin、bios 9.bin和firmware.bin。

  • Delta模拟器是否允许用户自定义控制器布局?

    -是的,Delta模拟器允许用户通过进入设置中的'玩家一控制器'选项来自定义控制器布局。

  • Delta模拟器是否支持多人游戏?

    -Delta模拟器支持多人游戏,用户可以连接多个蓝牙控制器来进行两玩家或四玩家的游戏。

  • Delta模拟器是否支持iPad使用?

    -Delta模拟器在iPad上可以使用,但体验会有所妥协,因为它原本是为iPhone设计的,不会完全填满iPad的屏幕。

  • Delta模拟器是否支持通过Patreon进行额外的功能解锁?

    -是的,Delta模拟器通过Patreon提供了额外的支持和功能,如iPad和Sega Genesis的官方支持。

  • Delta模拟器的控制器皮肤功能是如何工作的?

    -用户可以通过访问特定网站来下载和更换控制器皮肤,以改变触摸屏控制的外观和感觉。下载后,皮肤会自动加载到Delta模拟器中。

  • Delta模拟器是否支持游戏和存档数据的同步?

    -是的,Delta模拟器通过Delta Sync功能支持游戏、存档数据和作弊码在多个设备间的同步,可以通过Google Drive或Dropbox来实现。

  • Delta模拟器的主屏幕快捷方式功能是如何使用的?

    -用户可以通过长按Delta应用图标来访问主屏幕快捷方式,直接启动之前设定好的游戏。用户可以自定义这些快捷方式,以快速访问最常玩的游戏。

Outlines

00:00

📱 iPhone用户的游戏模拟器新选择

视频介绍了iPhone用户现在可以通过App Store下载Delta游戏模拟器应用,该应用支持多种游戏系统,包括NES、SNES、N64、NDS、Game Boy等。尽管iOS系统相对封闭,但苹果最近的政策变化允许模拟器应用上架,使得用户可以更方便地获取和使用模拟器。Delta应用虽然不是完美无缺,但提供了多种便利功能,如触摸屏控制、支持控制器、存档和读档等。此外,还讨论了Delta在欧洲的可用性,以及由于新的数字市场法案(DMA)导致的收费问题。

05:02

🎮 Delta模拟器的详细使用指南

详细介绍了如何在iPhone上使用Delta模拟器,包括如何将ROM文件导入应用、使用触摸屏控制和连接控制器。还提到了Delta模拟器的音频表现、快速菜单选项、保存和加载状态、作弊码输入、快速前进和按键保持功能。此外,还探讨了游戏兼容性、自动保存功能、游戏盒贴艺术的自动下载和手动更改,以及对Delta模拟器的一些期望,如像素裁剪和宽屏支持。

10:03

🔄 Nintendo DS模拟器设置及控制器兼容性

讨论了Nintendo DS模拟器在Delta应用中的设置,包括导入必需的DS bios文件以启用Nintendo DS游戏。还介绍了如何使用不同的控制器,包括有线和蓝牙控制器,以及如何自定义控制器布局。特别提到了对左撇子友好的控制器选择,以及Nintendo DS游戏在iPhone上竖屏和横屏模式下的体验。

15:04

🎨 自定义控制器外观和同步功能

展示了如何自定义Delta模拟器的触摸屏控制器外观,包括下载和应用不同的控制器皮肤,以及调整控制器的不透明度和触觉反馈。还介绍了Delta Sync功能,该功能允许用户通过Google Drive或Dropbox在多个设备间同步游戏、存档和作弊码。此外,还讨论了如何设置主屏幕快捷方式,以便快速访问最近或最喜欢的游戏。

20:05

📘 Delta模拟器的iPad兼容性及其他功能

虽然Delta模拟器主要设计用于iPhone,但也可以在iPad上使用,尽管体验可能受限。提到了Delta对iPad和Sega Genesis的官方支持目前隐藏在Patreon付费墙后,讨论了未来可能的发展方向。最后,视频强调了Delta模拟器对复古游戏社区的重要性,以及它为iPhone用户带来的便利和安全性。

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Keywords

💡iPhone用户

iPhone用户指的是使用苹果公司生产的iPhone手机的人。在视频中,提到视频制作者是一个iPhone用户,并且已经深入苹果生态系统20年,这表明他对苹果产品有深厚的使用经验和偏好。

💡iOS

iOS是苹果公司为其移动设备开发的操作系统。视频中提到iOS系统相对封闭,意味着用户不能像在安卓系统上那样容易地安装非官方的应用程序或游戏模拟器。

💡模拟器

模拟器是一种软件,可以在一个计算平台上模拟另一个计算平台的运行环境,从而运行原本平台的软件或游戏。视频中讨论了在iPhone上使用Delta模拟器应用,允许用户在iOS设备上玩复古游戏。

💡Delta模拟器

Delta模拟器是一款可以在iOS设备上运行多种复古游戏机模拟器的应用。视频中详细介绍了Delta模拟器的功能,包括支持的游戏系统、控制器设置、以及如何将游戏导入到模拟器中。

💡App Store

App Store是苹果公司为iOS设备用户创建的应用程序商店,用户可以从这里下载和购买应用程序。视频提到Delta模拟器现在可以在App Store上直接下载,这标志着iOS设备上模拟器应用的合法化。

💡ROM文件

ROM文件是指包含复古游戏数据的文件,用户需要这些文件才能在模拟器上玩游戏。视频中提到用户需要自行加载ROM文件到Delta模拟器中,这是玩复古游戏的前提。

💡控制器支持

控制器支持指的是模拟器或游戏对外部游戏控制器的兼容性。视频展示了如何将各种物理控制器连接到iPhone上,以提供更好的游戏体验,特别是对于动作游戏。

💡触摸屏控制

触摸屏控制是指用户直接在iPhone的触摸屏上进行游戏操作的方式。视频提到Delta模拟器提供了触摸屏控制方案,适用于没有连接物理控制器时的游戏操作。

💡多人游戏

多人游戏是指允许多个玩家同时参与的游戏。视频最后提到,通过连接多个蓝牙控制器,可以在iPhone上进行多人游戏,这增加了游戏的互动性和乐趣。

💡数字市场法案

数字市场法案(Digital Markets Act)是欧洲的一项新法规,对应用商店的规定进行了变更。视频提到,由于这项法案的实施,Delta模拟器在欧洲App Store的可用性受到影响,需要通过官方的alt store来获取。

💡Apple生态系统

Apple生态系统指的是苹果公司提供的一系列硬件、软件和服务,它们相互协作,为用户提供无缝的体验。视频中提到制作者已经使用了苹果生态系统20年,这表明了他对苹果产品和服务的忠诚度。

Highlights

Delta模拟器现在可以在App Store上直接下载,不再需要通过侧载方式安装。

Delta模拟器支持多种游戏系统,包括NES、SNES、N64、NDS、Game Boy、Game Boy Color和Game Boy Advance。

在欧洲,由于新的数字市场法案(DMA),Delta模拟器需要通过官方的alt store下载。

用户可以通过iCloud Drive或Google Drive等云服务导入ROM文件到Delta模拟器。

Delta模拟器提供了触摸屏控制方案,尽管对于快节奏游戏推荐使用实体控制器。

模拟器内置了快速保存/加载状态、作弊码输入和加速播放等功能。

用户可以通过Delta模拟器的菜单按钮访问快速菜单,进行游戏设置调整。

Delta模拟器支持自动保存功能,方便用户在关闭游戏后能够继续之前的进度。

用户可以通过长按游戏图标来更换游戏封面,提升用户界面的美观度。

Delta模拟器不支持调整游戏的宽高比,对于喜欢4:3宽高比的用户来说可能不是理想选择。

游戏兼容性良好,包括Super FX游戏和多种宝可梦ROMhack。

对于Nintendo DS模拟器,用户需要导入特定的BIOS文件才能运行游戏。

Delta模拟器支持多种控制器,包括蓝牙和有线控制器,用户可以自定义按钮映射。

用户可以通过Delta sync功能在多个设备间同步游戏进度和设置。

Delta模拟器允许用户自定义主屏幕快捷方式,快速访问最常玩的游戏。

虽然Delta模拟器在iPad上可用,但体验并不理想,因为它原本不是为iPad设计的。

Delta模拟器对于iOS用户来说是一个易于上手且安全的模拟器选择。

对于复古游戏社区来说,Delta模拟器在App Store的正式上架是一个巨大的胜利。

Transcripts

00:00

[Music]

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hey everybody this is rust Metro game

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core and I've mentioned it before but I

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am primarily an iPhone user and a lot of

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that has to do with the fact that I've

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been embedded within the Apple ecosystem

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for like 20 years at this point and so I

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don't really think that I'm ever going

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to be leaving it however one of the main

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sticking points about iPhones and iOS is

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that they are pretty heavily locked down

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and there are ways to sideload emulators

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and I've sh that off in videos before

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but it is a fairly cumbersome process

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well over the past couple weeks we've

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hit a turning point when it comes to

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emulation on the iPhone and that's

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because recently Apple changed their

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terms and conditions to now allow

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emulator apps on their App Store and

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after getting a couple copycat and

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underbaked apps we now have something

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that's really legit this is Delta this

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app has been around for years but

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previously it had to be side loaded but

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now with these new app store changes you

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can get it directly from there and so in

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this video we're going to do a full

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showcase and walkthr I'm going to talk

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about all the different systems you can

01:01

play on it and also show you how to get

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them up and running and while the app is

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not perfect it does have a bunch of neat

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features that make it a joy to play and

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it also supports a wide variety of

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systems including NES Super Nintendo

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Nintendo 64 Nintendo DS game boy Game

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Boy Color and Game Boy Advance and I

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think what makes me most excited about

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having this on my iPhone is that I now

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have access to all my emulators just at

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the top of a button on the phone that I

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have with me at all times this means if

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I just want to sneak in a minute here or

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there using the touchscreen controls I

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can do that but then also it has full

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controller support as well we've got a

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lot of ground to cover here so make sure

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that you grab a snack and drink and

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let's go ahead and get

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[Music]

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started okay first and foremost Delta is

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available on the App Store so all you

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have to do is just search for the words

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Delta game emulator and it should pop

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right up however one thing to bear in

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mind it's not currently available in the

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App Store in Europe and this has to do

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with the new digital markets act or DM a

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instead if you want to use Delta you'll

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have to use the new official alt store

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that's been released in Europe and this

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app is not free it cost A50 a year and

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this is to offset Apple's new core

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technology fee that they've implemented

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as part of this new digital markets act

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and so for Europeans it's a little bit

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complicated and according to the

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developer Apple was going to charge them

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50 cents per download even if it was

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free and so as a result the alt store

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pal seems to be their solution and so I

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will leave a link to an article about

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that in the video description below if

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you're in Europe and you want to read

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more about it but for everybody else you

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should be able to go to the App Store

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and download it like any other app now

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when you first start it up it's going to

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say that there are no games and that is

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because you need to load them up

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yourself and this is also a pretty easy

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process if you tap on the plus icon on

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the top right it's going to give you

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access to your files app from there you

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can access wherever you've stored your

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ROM Library say for example you have

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them stored locally on your phone or

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maybe on Google Drive or iCloud drive

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for me personally I just made a ROM

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folder within my iCloud drive and then

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uploaded all my games there and once you

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have this set up importing them is super

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simple you would just go into one of

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these folders then tap on a game and

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then on the bottom left you'll see an

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option that says select all tap on that

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and then on the top right tap on the

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word open this will download all my

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games for my cloud storage and then it

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will import them into Delta it might

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take a minute depending on the size of

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your library but here you can see all my

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NES games are showing right up and the

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app is going to support all your

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standard file formats they have a full

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Wiki page which I'll leave link down

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below either way once the import is done

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you should see the game in your library

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and from there it's super simple you can

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just tap on the game and it's going to

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start right off now if you don't have a

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controller connected it's just going to

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show you the onscreen controls and

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they're not half bad they give you

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haptic feedback it's probably one of the

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better touchscreen controls I've ever

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used one thing of note if you're not

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getting any audio then I would recommend

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swiping down from the quick menu and

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then turning off the silent mode if you

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have this turned on I've seen a lot of

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reports of people saying that the audio

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doesn't work and it's probably because

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of this either way while we have it set

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up let's go ahead and turn up the volume

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and get a listen at how everything

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sounds

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[Music]

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overall I think the audio is pretty good

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they're just using standard emulator

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cores that you've probably seen before

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on other apps like retroarc every once

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in a while I would hear an audio crackle

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and pop here and there but for the most

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part I thought it was pretty solid now

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while in the game if you tap on the menu

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button it'll bring up a quick access

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menu we've got a couple different

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options here for example you can choose

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to save and load estate and they also

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have a cheat code option too now as far

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as I can tell there's no way to import a

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cheat database so you will have to type

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in your cheat codes manually and

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depending on the system it's going to be

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supported by like Game Genie game shark

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or action replay so it is a bit of a

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manual process to add these codes it's

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kind of old school in that regard either

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way your other two quick menu options

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include a fastforward toggle as well as

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an option called hold button and this

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allows you to set a button to be held

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down the entire time when you're using

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touchscreen controls and there are a

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couple use cases where this might make a

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lot of sense for example if you're

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playing a racing game like fzo instead

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of having to hold onto the gas button

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you could just set that as being a hold

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button and to set this up you go into

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the quick menu then the hold button

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section then tap on whatever button you

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want to hold and then once you exit the

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menu and return to your game the button

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is now going to be pressed down and

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depending on how you play this game that

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might be a good or bad thing you might

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want to let off of the gas every once in

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a while this is not going to give you

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that here's another example with Super

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Mario Brothers 3 with these games in

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particular it's hard to press down on

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the Run button while also pressing the

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jump button and so in instead you could

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go in and set the Run button to be

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constantly pressed down it does take a

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little bit of time to get used to but I

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do like the fact that they have this as

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an available feature and even though it

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is pressed down if you press the B

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button again it's still going to do a

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tail swipe so it kind of gives you the

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best of both worlds now even though we

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do have save and load States available

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in the menu it also will autosave

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anytime you close a game so for example

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when we close out of Castlevania and

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then try to start it back up it's going

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to ask whether or not you want to resume

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your game or restart it from the

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beginning and so in addition to ingame

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saves you also have this autosave

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function which makes it really handy

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with a mobile platform now one thing of

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note for both Nintendo and Super

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Nintendo they both are playing at an 8x7

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aspect ratio as we'll discuss later

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there's no way to change the aspect

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ratio within the app either I'm sure

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this will make a lot of people happy you

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know those who like that 8x7 aspect

06:17

ratio but me I'm a 4x3 guy and so I wish

06:19

we did have that choice now once you've

06:21

imported your library you might notice

06:23

that some games have autod downloaded

06:25

box art While others do not and this all

06:27

has to do with your file name and I

06:29

found that with certain systems like

06:30

Nintendo for example it doesn't pull up

06:32

any box art for some reason thankfully

06:34

there is a way to change that let's use

06:36

this game as an example this is a

06:37

patched version of Final Fantasy 3 or 6

06:40

depending on where you're from and it

06:41

has a bunch of different bug fixes and

06:43

things like that but as expected it

06:45

doesn't show the box art so to change it

06:47

you can just long press on the game and

06:48

then it'll show an option to change the

06:50

artwork and we have a few choices here

06:52

but we're going to use the games

06:54

database option from there you can

06:55

search the name of your game and with

06:57

any luck you can find it because this

06:59

game was originally released as Final

07:00

Fantasy 3 in the US that's the name I'm

07:03

going to use and sure enough there it is

07:04

so I can tap on the game and now I can

07:06

see that lovely box art and so if you

07:08

want to make sure that you have the most

07:09

uniform user interface possible you may

07:12

have to go in and clean up some of your

07:13

games thankfully it's a pretty easy

07:15

process and once you've done it one time

07:17

you are then good to go and speaking of

07:19

that quick menu let's bring it up again

07:20

so we can go over all of our options in

07:22

addition to changing out the artwork you

07:24

can also rename the file you can also

07:26

change the controller skin we'll do that

07:28

later on top of that you can can share

07:29

the game or access your save states

07:31

directly but then also you can import or

07:34

export your save file too and of course

07:36

if you decided you don't want to have

07:37

this game in your library you can delete

07:39

it from there as well now when it comes

07:41

to Pitch Perfect emulation there are a

07:43

few features that I wish Delta had that

07:45

it doesn't for example when playing an

07:47

NES game there are many times when you

07:48

need to cut off extra pixels on the top

07:51

or bottom or even left and right and

07:53

this all has to do with the old CRT

07:54

televisions that these games were

07:56

originally developed for with Final

07:57

Fantasy you can see that there are too

07:59

many pixels at the top and the bottom

08:00

and so it gives you this weird

08:02

flickering and flashing because those

08:03

pixels are not meant to be seen and

08:05

unfortunately within the Delta app there

08:07

is no way to make any of those

08:09

adjustments like you could with

08:10

something like retroarch you can find

08:12

this on other NES games mostly on the

08:14

left and right for example with Mario 3

08:16

there're supposed to be about eight

08:17

pixels cut off on each side at the end

08:19

of the day it's not a huge deal but

08:21

unfortunately it's just a feature I wish

08:23

we had within this app and like I

08:24

mentioned before you cannot adjust the

08:26

aspect ratio which is kind of a bummer

08:28

for example here I'm playing a patched

08:30

version of Super Mario 64 this allows

08:32

you to play the game in a 16x9 aspect

08:34

ratio but unfortunately no matter if I

08:36

use the 4x3 or 16x9 aspect ratio within

08:39

the game it's going to be locked at a

08:41

4x3 aspect ratio within the app and

08:43

again it's not the end of the world but

08:45

given the fact that many of these games

08:46

can be played with a widescreen aspect

08:48

ratio and you know iPhones are wider

08:50

than 4x3 I just think it would be better

08:53

to be able to take up some of that

08:54

screen real estate with actual game from

08:56

a conceptual standpoint I really wish it

08:58

was here within the quick menu that we

09:00

could just toggle on the different

09:01

aspect ratios or maybe cutting off

09:03

pixels things like that another feature

09:05

I really wish we had is the fact that

09:07

game boy does not have any sort of

09:08

colorization again this is probably

09:10

something they could Implement within

09:11

the quick menu option but unfortunately

09:14

as it stands right now when you start up

09:15

a game it's just going to be in black

09:16

and white and it's definitely something

09:18

that's possible for example there's a

09:19

user within the Delta emulator subreddit

09:22

who a couple years ago figured out how

09:23

to change out the custom pallettes and

09:26

so they were able to get a green

09:27

colorization on their Game Boy games but

09:29

they had to rebuild the app either way

09:32

it's cool to see that it's within the

09:33

realm of possible if the developer does

09:35

choose to implement it now as far as

09:37

game compatibility I found that

09:38

everything worked really well that

09:40

includes things like super FX games on

09:42

the Super Nintendo and I also tried a

09:44

bunch of different Pokemon ROM hacks and

09:46

everyone that I tried worked perfectly

09:47

fine as well so provided that you can

09:49

patch the game into an original ROM file

09:52

you should be able to play these games

09:53

on the Delta emulator app and I found

09:55

that Pokémon games are a great fit for

09:58

this device because you can use

09:59

touchscreen controls for this and it's

10:01

not really a big deal at all in addition

10:03

they have that fastforward toggle within

10:04

the quick menu which can speed things up

10:06

if you already know what's going to

10:07

happen within the game or you want to

10:08

get through a battle pretty quickly

10:10

another thing I noticed is that with

10:11

slower games like role playing games and

10:13

Pokemon you can play these all

10:15

one-handed and it works out pretty well

10:17

however one thing of note the stock

10:19

skins seem to be made with right-handed

10:21

gameplay in mind for me I'm left-handed

10:23

when trying to hold this naturally I

10:25

found that the meat of my hand will

10:26

sometimes touch that menu button on

10:28

accident so I would keep those

10:29

ergonomics in mind either which hand

10:31

you're going to use it or maybe just

10:33

using it with B now for nearly all of

10:35

the emulators it's a super simple setup

10:37

no bios files or anything else like that

10:39

the one exception is going to be

10:41

Nintendo DS so let me show you really

10:42

quickly how to set this up if you try to

10:44

start up a game it's going to say that

10:46

it's missing the required DS files if

10:48

you get this warning click on the import

10:50

files button and then on the bottom you

10:52

will see there are three DS bios files

10:54

that are required now much like with ROM

10:56

files these bios files are copyrighted

10:58

you can either dump them directly from a

11:00

Nintendo DS or a little Google searching

11:02

will get you on your way for my part

11:04

what I did is I just stored them within

11:06

the NDS folder in my iCloud drive so I'm

11:08

going to access that and then we're just

11:10

going to add those files one at a time

11:12

the first one is called bios.bin and the

11:14

second one is called bios 9. bin after

11:17

that the third one is called

11:18

firmware.bin and once you've imported

11:20

those three files when you go back to

11:22

the app you'll now see that there's a

11:23

home screen option we'll check that out

11:25

here in a second either way that's how

11:27

you get Nintendo DS games working and I

11:29

think it looks really good within the

11:31

app especially in vertical mode you can

11:33

also play the games in horizontal mode

11:34

but I just think that the screens are a

11:36

little bit too small in this setup now

11:38

because we have those bios files loaded

11:40

we can boot directly into the Nintendo

11:42

DS app and it's pretty cool to see this

11:44

old menu from back in the day there's

11:46

not a lot you can actually do here but

11:47

it's kind of cool to go into pcto chat

11:49

and just see what this interface looked

11:51

like back in 2005 anyway once you've

11:53

imported all of your games this is what

11:55

the setup is going to look like now

11:57

obviously I still need to go through and

11:58

clean up some of this box art but as you

12:00

can see it's coming together nicely so

12:02

next I want to go into the settings and

12:03

talk about some of these features that

12:05

we have available within Delta and we'll

12:07

start by talking about controllers and

12:09

if you don't have anything connected

12:10

either physically or via Bluetooth it's

12:12

going to default to a touchscreen layout

12:14

and I think the touchscreen controls are

12:15

going to work perfectly fine when you're

12:17

in a pinch and don't have a controller

12:19

and you're going to be playing something

12:20

a little bit slower however when trying

12:21

to play something that's a little bit

12:23

more controller intensive like an f-zero

12:25

game it is basically impossible so my

12:27

recommendation here is not not to try to

12:29

play some of these action heavy games

12:31

with the touchscreen controls unless you

12:33

are a glutton for punishment now

12:35

thankfully setting up controllers is

12:36

super simple we'll start with the

12:38

backbone one this is a telescop

12:39

controller with a USBC port and so I'm

12:42

just going to plug it directly into my

12:43

iPhone 15 once it's connected you will

12:46

see the touchscreen controls go away and

12:48

just like that you will now have the

12:49

ability to control everything within the

12:51

game however one thing I noticed is that

12:53

the controls weren't mapped the way that

12:55

I expected them and so there is a way to

12:57

change the mapping let's do that next

12:59

we're going to go back into the main

13:00

menu then into the settings and then

13:02

under the player One controller and it

13:04

should already be assigned as whatever

13:06

controller you've connected it to from

13:07

there you can tap on customize controls

13:09

and now you can map them for each of the

13:11

individual systems since we are playing

13:13

a game boy game let's go down to the GBC

13:16

system so that we can map it here and

13:18

setting this up is super simple you

13:19

would just tap on the touchscreen button

13:21

and then the button that you want it to

13:22

correspond to on the physical controller

13:25

not only that there are a couple hotkey

13:26

options like a quick save and a quick

13:28

load as as well as fast forward so

13:30

depending on the system that you're

13:31

playing you can assign them to whatever

13:33

button makes sense for you and it's

13:34

going to remember those mappings the

13:36

next time you plug in the controller now

13:38

if you plug in a different controller

13:39

you may have to remap it depending on

13:41

how that controller actually works now

13:43

sticking with the topic of telescopic

13:44

controllers let's check out my next one

13:46

this is the gamer G8 in fact this is my

13:48

favorite telescop controller right now

13:50

this one has big chunky controls and

13:52

feels a lot like having an Xbox

13:54

controller slapped onto a phone it's

13:56

pretty nice now to get this one to work

13:58

you have to turn it into the white

14:00

chicken mode in order to do that you

14:01

have to hold on to select and start for

14:03

a moment until you see a white light

14:05

after that it should work out perfectly

14:07

again you'll have to remap the controls

14:08

if you were using it with something else

14:10

previously but yeah it works out pretty

14:12

well I found that in particular Nintendo

14:14

64 seems to play the best because this

14:16

one has a lot of analog stick Centric

14:17

games and these analog sticks are great

14:19

but I did find it to be a little bit

14:21

overkill for NES given the fact that

14:23

this controller is so wide and that the

14:25

NES is at an 8x7 aspect ratio it just

14:27

felt kind of ridiculous if you're going

14:29

to be focusing on more retro games you

14:31

might want to try out this one instead

14:32

this is the gamer x2s and I made videos

14:35

about all these controllers on this

14:37

channel if you want to check them out

14:38

regardless this one has a more Nintendo

14:40

DS style feel which I think is really

14:42

fitting for a lot of retro games

14:44

speaking of which let's talk about

14:45

Nintendo DS emulation with a controller

14:47

hooked up and right off the bat the

14:49

first thing I noticed with an iPhone is

14:51

that my little like camera island or

14:53

whatever they call that on the far right

14:54

is really prominent within the screen

14:56

and unfortunately like with the other

14:58

systems there are no scaling options

15:00

here and so there's no way to actually

15:01

avoid this but to be honest after a few

15:03

minutes of game play I just kind of

15:05

ignored it and it just sort of faded

15:07

away and I didn't really see it anymore

15:09

either way if this is something that

15:10

would bother you I think it's something

15:11

to keep in mind now one system I found

15:13

that needed a lot of button remapping

15:15

with Nintendo 64 by default this one has

15:18

the Z button set as the select button

15:20

for most controllers and the Z buttons a

15:22

pretty important button you're probably

15:23

not going to want to have it there it'll

15:25

really depend on the game but for most

15:27

of my use cases I prefer to put it at

15:28

the R2 button instead and one thing to

15:31

note with these button mappings it

15:32

doesn't seem like they have the L3 and

15:34

R3 buttons available at all for example

15:37

I wanted to make the R3 button the fast

15:39

forward button here with Nintendo 64 and

15:41

unfortunately it just wouldn't register

15:43

the input at all either way yes if

15:45

you're looking to play more action heavy

15:46

titles or something that relies more on

15:48

an analog stick input I would definitely

15:50

recommend getting a telescopic

15:52

controller because this is going to

15:53

improve the system quite a bit and if

15:55

you're looking for recommendations I

15:56

would say that the gamer x2s is your

15:59

best bet this one is pretty Compact and

16:01

also relatively cheap it's only 45 bucks

16:03

and I think another controller that

16:05

works well for it is the backbone one

16:07

this one's a little bit more expensive

16:08

it usually goes for $90 to $100 but all

16:11

the same this is a really comfortable

16:13

experience as well now in addition to

16:14

these Snap-on telescopic controllers you

16:17

can also use Bluetooth controllers and

16:18

these work perfectly fine as well for

16:20

the best experience I would recommend

16:21

getting a controller with an X input

16:23

function one of my favorites is the

16:25

apito sn30 pro this one kind of looks

16:27

like a Super Nintendo control controller

16:29

but has R2 and L2 buttons and then also

16:32

two analog sticks as well so that means

16:34

that no matter what system you try to

16:35

play on Delta you will have plenty of

16:37

different inputs to work with this

16:39

controller and as far as input lag it

16:40

felt very Snappy so I didn't have any

16:42

issues using a Bluetooth controller with

16:44

the Delta app now if you want something

16:46

smaller you've got plenty of options if

16:47

you want to go to the full extreme you

16:49

have the 8bit do 02 8bit do also makes

16:52

another compact one that kind of looks

16:53

like a very small switch controller but

16:55

I recommend the 02 this one has X input

16:58

and the other one does not now obviously

17:00

this one lacks analog sticks so it's not

17:01

going to work really well with Nintendo

17:03

64 but all the other systems that run on

17:05

Delta are going to be great it's

17:06

obviously a little bit cramped but it's

17:08

also super small you can throw it in

17:09

your pocket or your purse and just kind

17:11

of pull it out when you want to play a

17:12

game now if you're looking for a good

17:13

middle ground between portability as

17:15

well as comfort then I would recommend

17:17

this one it's called The apito Light in

17:19

fact this is my favorite controller to

17:21

use when playing platform games it's

17:23

d-pad Centric but then also has clicky

17:25

and precise controls this one's also

17:27

super cheap I think it's like 20 or $25

17:29

so I think it's well worth it I'll leave

17:31

links to all these controllers in the

17:32

video description below one last note is

17:34

that you can connect multiple bluetooth

17:36

controllers to the same phone and then

17:38

play two-player or even four-player

17:40

games that way all you have to do is

17:41

just make sure you assign the controller

17:43

to the correct person within the

17:44

settings and then after that it's just

17:46

going to work out of the box now of

17:47

course it's all going to depend on the

17:49

game that you're playing and whether or

17:50

not it supports multiplayer but it is

17:52

pretty cool to be able to play something

17:53

like contra 3 with two controllers at

17:55

once so that's about it when it comes to

17:57

the controller settings let's move down

17:59

and talk about controller skins and

18:01

these will allow you to change the look

18:02

and the feel of your touchscreen

18:04

controls if you want to try out new ones

18:06

you need to go to this website delt

18:08

skins.

18:09

github.io and once you're there you'll

18:11

see all these system icons when you tap

18:13

on those you can see a preview of all

18:15

the different skins you have available

18:16

and there are quite a few here and they

18:18

are very cool one of my favorites is

18:20

that they have an analog pocket skin and

18:22

getting these downloaded is super simple

18:23

you would tap on the skin and then tap

18:25

on the download now button it's going to

18:27

ask you to confirm the download you're

18:28

going to say yeah man I want to do it

18:30

and then go into your download section

18:32

and then tap on the skin and it should

18:33

get autoloaded after that when we go

18:35

back into the settings you can pick that

18:37

system and then tap on the skin and you

18:39

should now see it as an option and

18:41

depending on the skin they might have it

18:42

for the vertical or the horizontal

18:44

version or they might have both either

18:46

way that's how you swap out between the

18:47

different skins and just like that we

18:49

have transformed our iPhone into an

18:51

analog pocket for free this means you're

18:53

going to have the smug satisfaction of

18:55

being an analog user without having to

18:57

pay a penny to the company at all all

18:59

jokes aside I would recommend going

19:01

through all these different skins and

19:03

finding any that might actually be a

19:04

good match for you for example even

19:06

though I really like the standard NES

19:08

skin there's something about the famicom

19:09

one that looks pretty awesome too and I

19:11

love the fact that these are so easy to

19:13

set up if you've ever tried to use a

19:14

skin with retroarch you know it can be a

19:16

pain in the butt however one thing to

19:18

note it's not a perfect solution I found

19:20

about a quarter of the Skins altogether

19:22

wouldn't actually let me download them

19:24

and I assume it's because the skin

19:25

repository is a little bit older and so

19:27

maybe some of these links are now broken

19:29

either way that's how skins work let's

19:30

move on also within the options you can

19:32

adjust the controller opacity but then

19:34

also you can change it to whether or not

19:36

it's going to mute while on silent mode

19:38

and you can also adjust the haptic

19:39

feedback for the buttons and the analog

19:41

sticks but really there are two other

19:43

big functions that I want to talk about

19:45

before we move on the first is called

19:46

Delta sync this is going to sync your

19:48

games as well as your save data and your

19:50

cheats between multiple devices with the

19:52

same account and setting this up is

19:54

super easy you will just turn on the

19:56

sync and then you can choose between

19:57

setting it up with Google drive or

19:59

Dropbox and once you made your choice

20:01

you can just sign in to either of those

20:03

accounts and then link it and you will

20:05

be then good to go there are some app

20:06

permission requirements so make sure

20:08

that you read through it and that you're

20:09

good with it but once you have that set

20:11

up it's now going to upload all of your

20:13

games into either Google drive or

20:14

Dropbox as well as your save states and

20:17

your cheats and so not only do you have

20:18

a backup of everything but then also if

20:21

you happen to get a new phone you can

20:22

just sync it again with that same

20:24

account and then you'll get all those

20:25

games and saves without having to

20:27

transfer anything manually okay and the

20:29

last settings feature I wanted to show

20:30

off are what they call home screen

20:32

shortcuts and by default it's going to

20:34

show you your four most recently played

20:36

games if you just want to jump right

20:37

back into the game you were playing

20:38

that's going to be super handy however

20:40

you can also customize this list and put

20:42

a specific game if you would like as

20:44

well to set that up you're going to turn

20:45

off the recently played games and then

20:47

delete them from the shortcut section

20:49

then below that you'll have a listing of

20:51

your entire Library so then you can

20:53

scroll through and then find a game and

20:54

then add it to your shortcuts and once

20:56

you found a game that you want to use

20:58

just tap on on it it's not going to give

20:59

you any feedback that it's actually been

21:01

added but if you scroll up to the top

21:02

you will see it up there you can also

21:04

use the search function instead of

21:06

scrolling through so say you want to add

21:07

a Pokemon game just search for that word

21:09

then you can scroll through all the

21:10

Pokemon games and choose one I'm going

21:12

to pick Pokemon prism this is a rom hack

21:14

for the Game Boy Color and that's really

21:16

about it you can use up to four games

21:18

within the shortcuts menu now to access

21:20

these games all you have to do is find

21:21

the Delta app on your phone and then

21:23

long press it this is going to bring up

21:25

a submenu and you will see those games

21:26

that you selected from there you can tap

21:28

on it and it will start right up and who

21:30

knows I might finally finish Professor

21:32

Leighton at this point this game has

21:33

been around for like 18 years and I've

21:35

only played it for about an hour let's

21:37

try it with the other game so we're just

21:38

going to long press again and then tap

21:40

on Pokemon prism and yeah here it is

21:42

right here it even remembered that I

21:44

wanted to have that nice and clean and

21:45

pretentious analog pocket skin as well

21:48

okay and finally the last thing before

21:49

we start wrapping up you might be

21:51

wondering whether or not you can use

21:52

this with an iPad and you can kind of

21:55

when you open it up you'll see that it's

21:56

just a phone app and so you will have to

21:58

blow it up in order to fill up more of

22:00

the screen but even then it's not going

22:01

to fill up the whole screen after all it

22:03

was not meant to be used with an iPad in

22:05

the first place so this is a severely

22:08

compromised experience if you ask me but

22:10

if the iPad is the only Apple product

22:12

that you own and you want to test it out

22:14

then sure absolutely go for it after all

22:16

Delta is free so no harm there now one

22:18

thing of note Delta does have official

22:20

support for the iPad as well as Sega

22:22

Genesis but they are hidden behind a

22:23

patreon pay wall and it's always been

22:25

like that they call this the early

22:27

adopter stage in in fact the Nintendo DS

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emulator back in the day also used to be

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within here now this was all set up back

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in the alt store days when you had to

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sideload these games and you had to use

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a license and I don't see any of that

22:38

stuff coming as far as functionality

22:40

with Delta right now so I'm not really

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sure what they're going to do about this

22:43

in the future whether or not they're

22:44

going to continue to hide this behind a

22:46

pay wall or maybe implement it into the

22:48

Delta app itself I'm not really sure

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either way it is nice to see that iPad

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support has at least been developed and

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I'm hoping that it'll be implemented

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sometime in the future and really that's

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about it for this video I wanted to show

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you all the different features and

23:00

functions we have within Delta and some

23:02

of the In-N-Outs and getting it all set

23:03

up perfectly in the end I think this is

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a great first couple weeks when it comes

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to emulation on the iPhone and I hope

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that we see future options as well I

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love the fact that Delta is very pickup

23:13

and play friendly and has some very

23:14

clean Aesthetics but as you can imagine

23:16

with me I would love to have a little

23:18

bit more fine-tune control as well so

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I'm hoping that something like retroarch

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will also be coming in the future either

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way if you do have an iPhone and you're

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looking to get into emulation I think

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this is now the easiest and most secure

23:29

way to actually do that and I think it's

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especially awesome that we now have

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these emulator apps officially from the

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App Store this is something that we've

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been waiting for for like 15 plus years

23:38

at this point to give you some context

23:40

there are almost 150 million iPhone

23:43

users within the us alone and the fact

23:45

that this app is now available to all

23:47

these users at once is a big win for the

23:49

Retro Gaming Community so let me know

23:51

what you think in the comments down

23:52

below are you an iPhone user and if so

23:54

are you trying out Delta and what do you

23:56

think as always thank you for watching

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