We heard about the NES emulator yesterday for the iPhone and ran to retrieve one of my execs "toys" to umm update it... Yeah that's right Update it. I jumped through some hoops and got it all loaded up and then to my dismay it was slow as crap. I un-installed everything and gave it back disappointed. But then this morning I read the following article (now I need to retrieve the phone again to give this a shot! Zelda here I come:
So what happens when someone releases a functional but extremely slow NES emulator? Two of the finest iPhone hackers spend all night re-writing the thing to make it blazing fast and include multi-touch support. Behold the optimized NES App created by NerveGas with help from NightWatch/Patrick Walton. You can download and run the app today and the source will shortly be rolled into the official SVN. iPhone NES: the game for big hearts and small thumbs.
Thanks to Bricolage and NerveGas [Tuaw]
Update: The NES App has been getting updates all day. To keep on top of the updates, check out Nate True's iPhone archive, which is where new updates will appear.AtA Update: Got it working - totally playable multi touch is slow but bearable... I will see if i can get some video up. Stay tuned to this post for more! Check back!!
Here are the instructions for installation:
- Install Jailbreak and mod up your iPhone.
- Enable SSH
- Copy NESApp.app to /Applications using this for mac or this for PC here
- chmod +x /Applications/NESApp.app/NESApp
- Restart iPhone and the icon will be there at the bottom.
- To install games, place the ROMs into /var/root/Media/ROMs/NES on the iPhone. Mac users can do so by using the new file browser, iFuntastic and pc users can use this app: here