Dolphin

Dolphin is a Wii and Gamecube emulator. It has been ported to libretro and an alpha version of the core is available now for Windows and Linux! Version for macOS will be released at a later date.

Recently installed Retroarch on my iPad Pro 11, it's the lastest one and tested my games and setup filters. I've got PSX, SNES and GBA games all in one folder without being separated into their subfolders. I want to be able to pick roms for each core with boxart and whatnot however I'm only able to see a playlist for my SNES games. If you have a reasonably recent iOS-device, you can even use upscaling to run games at 4K, which is insane. Not even my Windows gaming-PC can do that properly for some GameCube titles. That makes me want an ARM-based Mac even more. It runs smooth like butter on my iPad. But now, I kind of regret getting a 128 GB iPad Pro.

For more information on Dolphin, visit the author's website here.

The RetroPad concept. When you configure your controller in EmulationStation, the RetroPie setup.
If this feels too complicated, you can instead turn to a multi-system front end like RetroArch (PC) or OpenEmu (Mac), which use the MAME core for arcade games and do much of the work for you.

See also our in-depth article here.

Citra

Citra is a 'work in progress' Nintendo 3DS emulator.

Core available now for Windows and Linux. Version for macOS will be released at a later date.

For more information on Citra, visit the author's website here.

See also our in-depth article here.

OpenLara

OpenLara is an early Tomb Raider game engine recreation.

Core available now for Windows/Linux.

For more information, read our article on this release here.

It uses the original data files in order to work. What is nice about this one is that it has some very fancy graphics effects that it adds on top of the old game engine without it resulting in any stylistic clashes.

melonDS

melonDS is a 'work in progress' Nintendo DS emulator.

Core available now for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS.

For more information on melonDS, visit the author's website here.

See also our in-depth article here.

SameBoy

SameBoy is a highly accurate Game Boy/Game Boy Color emulator.

Core available now for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS.

For more information on SameBoy, visit the author's website here.

PX68K

PX-68K is a Sharp X68000 emulator. This is a Japanese home computer from the late '80s/early '90s that was used by Capcom as devkits for their arcade games. It played host to many popular games from the likes of Namco, Konami and Capcom.

Core available now for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS.

For more information, read our article on this release here.

Who say only Android can run emulators? iOS devices, such as iPhone and iPad can run emulators too. Without jailbreak!

However it won’t be as simple as if you are doing this on Android device, but the steps are totally do-able.
You can pair a Bluetooth controller to play the game, either MFi controller or iCade controller
Using the complete guide here, you’ll end up able to play PlayStation, N64, GBA, Sega Genesis / SNES and more!

In my previous article, I have written a guide to play PSP games on iOS device. In case you haven’t seen it, check it out here: Playing PSP on iOS.

This time I’m going to cover a more generic and more retro emulator, one that can emulate any systems starting from Nintendo GBA, Dreamcast and before it, such as the original PlayStation, Sega Megadrive/Genesis, SNES, NES, Atari – complete list, check below.

Emulator choices

First of all, though it’s not requiring any jailbreak, but since Apple has never allowed emulators in App Store, so you won’t find these on App Store and to install them, it won’t be so straight-forward like installing any apps or games from the App Store, but I can assure you, the steps are also not super difficult to do. All you need to have is time to do and execute it. All the steps below is like 30 minutes (more or less) – depends on your speed and your internet connection speed to download the necessary.

So back to the topic, here are the choices for retro-gaming machine emulators:

1) RetroArch. The multi-platform emulators champion as it can run almost all the retro gaming consoles and available on many platforms. Unfortunately, the latest RetroArch build – as of this article is written – is not run on iOS 14 nor on iOS 13.

2) Provenance. The multi-platform emulators, available on iOS. This is the one I can find that is as close as RetroArch – in terms of retro gaming console compatibility, in fact Provenance is also using some portion of RetroArch. Good thing is Provenance is compatible and working on the latest iOS 14.

Retro gaming console supported by Provenance – as of this article is written:

So given the facts, in this tutorial, I’m going to show you how to install Provenance. Though the same steps also can be used to install RetroArch – should RetroArch come out with newer builds that’s compatible with newer iOS.

Installing Provenance on iOS – The Multi-Platforms Emulator for iPhone & iPad

It’s highly recommended that you are on at least iOS 13 to do this, since on iOS 13, Apple has enabled Files app to work just like a normal Windows Explorer (on Windows) or Finder (on Mac). But in case you are on iOS 12 or before, don’t fret, hit the comment section below in case you are stuck.

In summary, here are the steps required. You can skip them if any of those, you have done it before.

1) Install iTunes on Computer.

2) Register for Apple FREE Developer Account.

3) Generate App Specific Password.

4) Install AltStore to Computer.

5) Connect your iPhone.

6) Install AltStore to iPhone.

7) Get the latest Provenance build for iOS.

8) Install Provenance to iOS.

9) Run Provenance on iOS

For 1) to 6) read below

The first 6 steps (Step #1 to step #6) are generic steps to enable any application or games that is not available at Apple App Store to be able to be installed on your iOS device without jailbreaking- it’s called Sideloading. These Sideloading steps including all required download links, I have detailed and provided them here on this link: iOS Sideloading complete guide. You need about 15-30 minutes, depends on your internet connection to complete everything – since mostly are either downloading software or registering account.

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For step #7 to step #9, here are the details.

7) Get the latest Provenance build for iOS.

Provenance latest build for iOS can be downloaded here: Provenance Latest Build.

As of when this article is written, the latest build is v1.5b 2774. Download the .IPA file directly using your iOS device. Click the download link above from Safari browser. Once downloaded, the file shall be stored under your Files app.

In case you don’t know, IPA is short for iOS Application Package (iOS app/game file – it’s like EXE file for Windows or APK file for Android).

8) Install Provenance to iOS.

On this step, you need to connect your iOS device to your computer running AltServer (refer to Step #1 to #6).

Open the Files app, then go to “On My iPhone” and then go to “Download”. This is typically the dump folder if you download something from the internet using Safari. Find and locate the Provenance IPA file.

Once you locate the Provenance IPA file, tap on the IPA file, then press the arrow up button, to show you list of apps available to open the file. If you can’t see AltStore listed there, then scroll until the end and tap “More”.

Find “AltStore” or “Copy to AltStore” and tap on it.

AltStore shall get opened and begin sideloading the Provenance IPA file. Within minutes, you should be able to see the Provenance icon on iOS Home screen.

Yes, you just installed Provenance – the multi-platforms emulator on iOS device successfully!

9) Run Provenance on iOS

Running Provenance on iOS is as simple as tapping the icon. However, you won’t be able to play it since you don’t have any games on it yet.

How To Get Retroarch On Ipad

Where you can get the Games ISO or ROMS?

Well, due to legal reasons, it’s either you dump the game yourself or Google here i

Ipad Pro Retroarch