Submitted 1 year ago by LazaroFilm@lemmy.world to retrogaming@lemmy.world
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I installed Ignited via SideStore. No Jailbreaking necessary. Not computer tether. SideStore can renew the side loaded emulator every 7 days when on WiFi. The iPhone is perfect for DS emulation with a stylus.
(Ignited is a fork of Delta with more options, and SideStore is a fork of AltStore, with no computer tether needed)
Can you do that on Android?
yes, but it’s unfortunately much less exciting, because it’s very easy and just works.
Thanks! But wow does its UI make my screen look much smaller than it is.
Only since like ten years ago.
Nah. Closer to 15 years since emulation was possible on Android.
Best Android app for emulating DS is my experience is DraStic.
Can confirm. I played so many games on DRaStic over the last few years. Zero issues.
Of course, some games are not well suited to a full touch screen, especially if they require quick coordination of both stylus and D-Pad. They are relatively few though - most games work great.
HeartGold is retro? Fuck Im old
DS is retro.
inb4 3DS is retro.
I play Pokemon via PokeMMo and I urge you to check it out! It’s available for desktop, mac, Android and iOS. You just need the roms of the games you want to play and then you create your character and choose your starting region.
Paid
Can you explain more what it is? Unfortunately, I’m already using all 3 free apps so I can’t add it for now.
Sure! It’s an app/game you download which uses the Roms of the different games to enable you to play Pokemon online with other players, but you don’t have to engage with them. You can also choose to play each game and then transition into a new region after the top four, while having access to your pokemon from the old region. It’s a lot of fun, but the devs rebalanced the games a bit, which makes it a bit harder, but still fair :) Here’s the link where you can find more information: pokemmo.com/en/
This remake is awesome, I finished like two months ago in original hardware… going to Kanto is pretty cool.
So far I like the gameplay and use of the touchscreen. I had tried black version and didn’t like it as much somehow. This one has the feel of the original, same grid design same map. But wit 3D graphics on top (kinda like the Zelda remake for Switch)
that’s a really beautiful emulated skin, I wish ignited worked on android lol
The emulation itself is melonDS packaged into an iOS app. It also does GameBoy, GBA, NES, SNES, and N64 (which works astonishingly well, going through PaperMario64 too)
can melonDS actually look like that on android? I’ll have to go check it out asap
I’m using Delta myself, any reason why you chose Ignited over it? Might consider switching
It has some nice qol functions. My favorite is auto saving your state when you quit a game and re loads it when you come back. There are also more options for skins and other settings. Also my sync from google drive on delta loaded everything onto ignited seamlessly (note quick saves were not imported)
it’s been a few years since I’ve used an iPhone, mainly because of the third party apps thing. Don’t these usually get shut down for violating Apple’s enterprise license agreement or something?
This uses the legal 3 testing app you can load via Xcode which is an Apple app. SideStore simply facilitates that process.
I’d rather play it on the 3DS, but it’s cool that you enjoy it your way :)
If I had a 3DS. Also I have my phone with me at all time.
Been using Delta via AltStore for a couple years now, never heard of these options! You consider these better than those?
I’m just at the beginning but I love the fresh gameplay and look and still get memories of Pokemon gold.
stevedidwhat_infosec@infosec.pub 1 year ago
A word of caution
These types of things are prime targets for malware and zero days have been on the rise for iPhones - I would highly suggest you carefully consider whether or not this would be worth compromising your phones security over.
There are lots and lots of ways to run emulators and roms these days, including buying a handheld game kit from canakit or something similiar, I’m sure, to run retropie which could emulate any number of retro systems with negligible risk to you, your device, your accounts or your private data. Just some food for thought.
LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The code is open source for both Ignited and SideStore. You can check it on GitHub for SideStore and Ignited. The chance of malware in open source is much lower since you can decide to compile your own if you like.
stevedidwhat_infosec@infosec.pub 1 year ago
While the likelihood is lesser, and open source technologies are helpful for finding bugs, they are not a guarantee and their degree of effectiveness is questionable. Especially with the rate at which AI continues to improve, making the likelihood that an AI could detect a vuln in the code and relay that info to a hacker much higher than before.
I’m a professional in this field, and have first hand experience with the matter. I understand you’d like to defend your post and the product but this is quite misleading.
I’m not saying this is a virus, but it increases the chances that you could get hacked, and you should consider if playing Pokémon on your phone is worth that risk. That is all.