It’s now easier than ever to play your favorite Nintendo classics on your iPhone. And it’s all thanks to the Delta emulator that’s finally available on the App Store. We’ll teach you how to use it to play all the old Nintendo games you own.
Although you’re able to use emulators to play games legally, downloading and installing ROMs for games you don’t own is strictly illegal.
Using the Delta Emulator to Play Retro Nintendo Games
Previously, you had tosideload emulator apps like Delta on your iPhoneusing third-party app stores like AltStore. But thankfully, Apple updated itsApp Review Guidelinesin April 2024 to allow retro game console emulators on the App Store.
As a result, you can now easily install Delta just like any other app. But before you can actually use the app to play Nintendo games, you need the ROM file for the game you want to play. But how do you get the ROM file, you ask?
If you own the game cartridge, you can use a cartridge dumper likeEpilogue’s GB Operatorwith your PC to extract the ROM file from your cartridge legally. Then, you can transfer the ROM file from your PC to your iPhone and follow the steps below in Delta to start playing:
Download:Delta(Free)
The catch with GB Operator is that you can only use it to extract ROMs from Game Boy cartridges. However, you can find similar tools if you own other retro Nintendo consoles like NES, SNES, Nintendo DS, Nintendo 64, etc.
Keep in mind that your ROM files should be in one of the following formats, depending on the console Nintendo made the game for:
Supported File Formats
.smc, .sfc, .fig
Game Boy Color
Game Boy Advance
Nintendo DS
Nintendo 64
.n64, .z64
While Delta supports Nintendo DS, you may’t play Nintendo DS games out of the box even if you have the ROM files. That’s because Delta requires you to manually add the DS BIOS files by following these steps:
Like ROM files, downloading or importing BIOS files for consoles you don’t own is strictly illegal. So, unless you own a Nintendo DS, don’t try to import its BIOS files into Delta.
As you can see, setting up the Delta emulator to play Nintendo games is pretty straightforward as long as you have the required files. Although Delta is just one ofthe many Game Boy Advance emulators for iOS devices, its availability on the App Store makes it our recommended choice now more than ever.
Don’t forget that if you already own a Nintendo Switch, Nintendo already makes it easy toplay retro NES, SNES, N64, and Game Boy games on your Switchconsole. You just need to pay forthe Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack.
