The developer of the popular Delta emulator, formerly known as GBA4iOS, announced that Apple has approved its iPhone app
For years, installing an emulator on the iPhone has been a very difficult task, but It’s about to change. On the one hand, Apple has changed the rules of the App Store and emulators of old games are now allowed for the first time and, on the other hand, the arrival of alternative application stores will also allow many applications emulation.
One of the most popular emulators for iPhone was GAB4iOS, specializing in Nintendo consoles. This emulator has remained alive and now called DeltaYes its own creator reported receiving approval from Apple to distribute it. An important step to be able to install it on the iPhone without restrictions.
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The Delta emulator will come to the iPhone, but through the AltStore
Although Apple has approved the arrival of the Delta emulator on the iPhone, This won’t come to the App Store. For years this emulator has been available on the AltStore, an alternative application store that can be installed on the iPhone for all these years without the need for jailbreak, simply by having an Apple developer account. And it will continue to be available here.
Alternative iPhone app store AltStore was one of the first to announce that it will be available for European iPhones and the Delta emulator will be one of the apps we have available. However, Even apps that want to be listed in an alternative store must pass an inspection by Apple due to new business conditions.
Delta is an all-in-one gaming emulator for non-jailbroken iOS devices. With Delta, you can relive the experience of playing several iconic Nintendo consoles, including the SNES, Nintendo 64, Nintendo DS and more! Delta is the spiritual successor to GBA4iOS, a Game Boy Advance emulator I created when I was in high school, rebuilt from the ground up with modern iOS features and support for more systems.
When can Delta be installed on the iPhone
Delta has not announced an arrival date for the iPhone, because it depends on the alternative app store AltStore, which has been working on its iPhone app for months. We know that Apple has set a series of rules that alternative iPhone app stores must follow and they are working on it.
The official accounts of AltStore updated its development status indicating that the alternative app store to the App Store should be operational on iPhone throughout the month of April. So very soon we will be able to download it on iPhone and access the Delta emulator.
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The ace Apple’s new rules open the door to many apps that were never available before on iPhone and iPad. In this case, video game emulators, which until now have always been quite marginalized, partly because the big video game companies have always been very tough on them.
