iPhone PS1 Emulator Proves to be Cramped Experience
ZodTTD, an iPhone homebrew site, has made a PS1 emulator available for sale. And to prove how well it works on the new 3G S model, the site has put up footage of Final Fantasy VII running on Apple’s hardware.
Though the input style has been pulled off in iPhone games like DDR, having both the d-pad and face buttons (not to mention shoulder buttons on top) included on just half of the screen looks to be a fairly cramped experience. It shouldn’t have much of an effect on slower-paced titles like [shal]RPGs[/shal], but fans of [shal]PS1[/shal] racing and action titles may run into a few gameplay snags.
“The build is rough around the edges, as you can’t switch games without restarting the emulator, and only memory card saves are currently working, no save states just yet. Both these issues are being worked on.
In order to run this build you will need a tool like DiskAid for PC & Mac to place games & bios, that you must supply yourself, in a publicly writable directory.”
The emulator is available for $10 to a limited number of people. You can check out footage of [shal]Final Fantasy VII[/shal] running on the emulator down below.
8 Responses to “iPhone PS1 Emulator Proves to be Cramped Experience”
is there anything the iphone can’t do?
@Trexman
The answer is no.
There is something the Iphone can’t do. Come out with a full feature set rather than incremental upgrades to fix crap it should have had… It used to not let you use your own music as ringtones…
These guys just need to stop making apps like this and just get a damn PSP already… The point of emulating is quite simple. Play games you either already own, or play games that you can not get a hold of.
If you can afford an iphone you can afford a PSP and if you can afford this app you can afford the game… There’s no freaking excuse get a damn PSP already. Or wait for the Go! It’s not that difficult. They put out the effort to re release the game. If you want to play it then buy it. It’s 10 dollars. Jeez people.
Isn’t that the opposite of legal?
sounds cool
will have to check this out.
@Kwiet – nothing is legal now a days so who cares lol.
@Makai:
You could always make your own ringtones man, just not the way you think, it took two seconds. Stop hating on the iPhone! I love mine, but do not play enough handheld games to warrant a PSP! Plus, having ATT and having my phone and ipod in one is amazing for me personally!
If they want to make a seriously good app for ps3, how about being able to use your iphone / ipod touch as a controller. the buttons could be mapped in a similar style to the picture for this but with the sticks included and filling the entire screen. this could work because of the incredibly sensitive screen and the built in technology which is similar to SIXAXIS.
Meh that is kinda small and I like my games big, or bigger than that.