Delta 2.0: Sega Genesis and RetroAchievements on iPhone

Delta, the App Store retro emulator, reaches 2.0: Sega Genesis, RetroAchievements, a Liquid Glass interface and reading your game cartridges.


Delta's biggest update

Delta, Riley Testut's emulator for iPhone and iPad, was released in version 2.0 on October 22, on the App Store and on AltStore PAL. According to the announcement, the app has passed 20 million downloads in two years. It already emulated the NES, Super Nintendo, Nintendo 64, Game Boy systems and Nintendo DS.


What's new

• Sega Genesis: a newly supported console, with its controller skins and built-in Action Replay and Game Genie codes.
• RetroAchievements: sign-in to your account, Hardcore mode and progress shown when the game starts.
• Foldable iPhone (iPhone Duo): skins adapted to each position, split screen with another app, and DS games put to sleep when you fold the phone, like a real DS.
• A new interface designed for Liquid Glass, from iPhone to iPad.
• Game Boy Color color palettes for Game Boy games, per-game fast-forward speed, animated skins.
• Fixes: crackling SNES audio, black screen when launching some NES games.

Your cartridges on iPhone

As an experimental feature, Delta reads and writes saves from cartridges for Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance and Super Nintendo, connected to the iPhone or iPad through the Epilogue GB Operator and SN Operator readers. Enough to continue on iPhone a game started on the console, and vice versa.

On iPhone, the 3DS emulator Azahar has also taken a big step forward, without JIT. For the PSP, see our PPSSPP tutorial.


Sources: Delta (App Store) · Retro Handhelds