Thanks to a series of changes imposed by the European Union, the iPhone App Store now allows emulators to be downloaded to iOS devices. Currently, the most popular is Delta Emulator, which allows us to enjoy titles from the NES, SNES, N64, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS. Thus, many wonder if other consoles of the Big N They will have a similar treatment, but it seems that this will not be the case.
When we talk about GameCube and Wii emulators for mobile devices, the best option currently DolphiniOS. However, this software is not officially available on the App Store. Worst of all, this application will stay away from the digital store until Apple allows a series of important changes.
According to OatmealDome, the developer of DolphiniOS, the emulator uses Just-in-Time technology, or JIT, which allows emulated games to run properly in the software. However, Apple does not allow the use of JIT in App Store applications. While DolphiniOS can work without this, the performance is inferior, and its creator does not want to offer the public a bad experience. This is what he said about it:
“GameCube and Wii have a PowerPC-based CPU inside. All modern Apple devices use an ARM-based CPU. It is not possible to run PowerPC code directly on an ARM CPU and vice versa. Therefore, if we want to run a GameCube or Wii game on an iPhone, it is necessary to translate the game's PowerPC code to ARM so that the CPU can understand it. Dolphin uses something called a Just-in-Time (JIT) recompiler to achieve this. Whenever the emulated console wants to run the game code, Dolphin will use its JIT to translate the PowerPC code to ARM and then run the results
We submitted a DMA interop request to Apple for JIT support, but Apple rejected the request a few weeks ago. It's hard to say exactly why Apple is so hesitant to open up JIT support. “They may consider it a security risk.”
In this way, OatmealDome makes it clear that the DolphiniOS application will be available on iPhone until the JIT technology can be used without any problem in the App Store. Until that happens, one of the best GameCube and Wii emulators will not be available on this platform. On related topics, you can learn more about Delta Emulator here. Likewise, Apple destroys thousands of iPhones.
Author's Note:
I'm not a fan of emulating games on an iPhone, since the factor of having physical controls disappears completely. However, from what I have seen of Delta Emulator, it seems that this is a good alternative that will allow us to have our game collection in our pocket.
Via: OatmealDome
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