Delta’s First Big Update Adds Proper Support for iPads

deltaThe popular Nintendo emulator app available for Apple devices received a major update today, bringing proper support for iPadOS and a host of other usability improvements.

in Newer PostsDeveloper Riley Testad revealed that Delta’s update 1.6 introduces native iPad support, allowing you to play emulated GameBoy, NES, Sega Genesis, SNES, N64, and Nintendo DS games in full screen. Additionally, the update adds support for Stage Manager and Split View, giving iPad users access to new controller skins designed for Apple’s tablet and the ability to emulate multiple games simultaneously using numerous windows.

While the update is iPadOS-centric, it also introduced some new changes for iPhone users. Most notably, the option to seamlessly switch between iPhone, iPad, and/or Apple Silicon-powered Mac computers. More interestingly, some significant changes have been made to DS emulation, improving performance and game compatibility, and eliminating the need for users to find BIOS files to emulate Nintendo DS games. You can read the full patch notes below.

Delta’s 1.6 update also introduces a new app icon. The logo change was prompted by a lawyer from software giant Adobe, who Delta’s original logo was eerily similar to Adobe’s.

Delta is Released in April It quickly became one of the first and most popular emulation apps on the iPhone maker’s App Store. The policy was relaxed This made it easier for retro game emulators to be released on digital stores. Since then, Delta has become a fairly popular free emulator, and is still available today. Ranked 35th Ranked in the top 100 free iPhone apps in the Entertainment category.

The Delta 1.6 update is now available to EU users through the AltStore PAL third-party app store, but everyone else will have to wait a little longer. In a Threads post, Testut said: It was revealed in the screenshot Apple rejected the current version of Delta.

Delta Update 1.6 Notes

• new
  • App Icon
  • iPad Support
    • Play games full screen on your iPad’s beautiful display
    • New controller skins designed specifically for iPad (thank you Caroline Moore!)
    • Multiple window support with Stage Manager and Split View
    • Automatically pause the game when switching windows (optional)
  • hand over
    • Seamlessly switch between iPhone and iPad
    • Continue playing where you left off
    • Also supports Delta on Apple Silicon Macs via the Mac App Store
  • Melon DS 0.9.5
    • Improved compatibility and performance of DS games
    • BIOS file is no longer needed
    • Supports “inserting” GBA games into DS dual slot
    • Fast forward speed increased by 3x (A15 processor and above)
  • Menu button gestures
    • Hold the Menu button and use gestures to perform quick actions
    • Menu + Horizontal swipe: Fast forward
    • Menu + any button: Press and hold the button
    • Menu + double tap: Quick save
    • Menu + long press: Quick load
  • Experimental Features
    • New section for configuring features by third-party contributors
    • The feature is currently under development, use at your discretion.
    • Available to Patrons at “Beta Access” level and above
    • Latest experimental features:
      • “Reverse Controller Skin Screen”
        • Allows switching controller skins at runtime
      • “Skin Debug”
        • Debug mappings by visually displaying hitboxes in controller skins
          • Replaces the legacy ‘debug’ key in a controller skin’s info.json.
          • Optionally ignore padding (“extendedEdges”)
• Improved
  • Saved state
    • Sort save states by name
    • Display all incompatible screenshots on another screen
    • Exporting save states and importing them into other emulators
  • “Full Screen” AirPlay setting
    • Controls whether Delta will display games fullscreen on external displays.
    • Disable multiple windows on external displays in Stage Manager
  • others
    • Renamed the “Change Controller Skin” context menu option to “Change Game Skin”.
    • Logs additional information to the error log
    • Game mode support for iOS 18 and above
    • Increase DS screen size for default edge-to-edge iPhone landscape skin
• Repaired
  • Fixed an issue that caused the interface to rotate while playing WarioWare: Twisted!
  • Fixed an issue where Pokémon Black & White (2) would freeze when C-Gear was enabled
  • Fixed an issue where CheatBase was being prepared on every app launch
  • Fixed simultaneous initialization of game databases

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