Retro Game Emulation on an iPhone (AltStore Guide)

The iPhone can do a lot of things seamlessly. But something as simple as running a retro game can be quite challenging. So let's set up your iPhone as a retro game emulation device -- no jailbreaking required.

Timestamps:
00:00 introduction
01:40 install AltStore
05:36 Delta emulator
10:52 RetroArch
18:14 DolphiniOS and PPSSPP
19:59 Provenance
24:04 summary
25:16 conclusion

Intro theme song sampled from "Hexadecimal Genome" by Bit Shifter:

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[kinglou]

Nice video. You stuck to just the facts and left out any iOS vs Android crap. You’ve definitely are on the way to becoming the #1 resource for mobile retro gaming. Keep up the great work!

[OSW]

Whenever i have a retrogaming quiery and i search youtube, you've no idea how happy i am to see one of your videos pop up! (I have an ipad so I'm now looking how to play arcade games on it) Thank u Russ!

[lancegibson]

The best camera is the one you have and now the best handheld is the one I carry everyday. Thank you so much! This is a game changer for me. Your videos are amazing.

[vnl.visuals]

I've been struggling downloading emulators on my iPhone. I'm relieved seeing this video, that it is possible to emulate on an iPhone. But I would definitely buy a dedicated emulator like the RG351M or the RG351V pretty soon. I'm dying to play RetroGames. Thank you Retro Game Corps, you earned a new subscriber. Greetings from the Philippines! Keep doing what you do bro!

[jbischof]

So happy to see that you’ve done a tutorial for this. This whole process seems so borderline scammy. Glad to get the info from a legit source that has helped me so much in the past. Much love bro. Thanks for all your hard work

[NoCluYT]

Small tip for those that need "developer mode", after side loading the app, go to settings>privacy & security>scroll down and turn on "developer mode". You will only find this AFTER you sideload an app

[tacotone]

Setting this up on an iPad Pro 2020 is amazing. Got DolphiniOS set up on it too and it's basically flawless. Pair it with apple air play and well, yeah I'm set with console games for life at this point.

[SonoSion]

this guide is just perfect! very detailed and a lot of examples. Thanks so much!

[thenintendogamer]

As like a 9yr old I got gba4ios which was a previous emulator made by the delta and altstore dev riley. I vividly remember playing it after my swim meet when I was waiting for my sibling to finish hers

[quackywhackityphillyb.]

Best emulation youtuber, actually makes stuff understandanble and not a complicated mess.

[SlamBolts]

This is so cumbersome it made me love my Android phone even more. Nice there's an option for iPhones at all!

[huntsman]

Jumped on this to emulate PSP, thanks for such a good video!

[lancegibson]

Thank you for making a guide that isn't confusing. I didn't think i could do this until I watched your video.

[doberton]

This video literally started my emulation journey thank you Russ my RG505 is now on the way! iPhone 12 mini battery gets nuked by PSP

[TheGrassanaytor]

This is incredible. I was on the fence about getting an iphone now this is a great way of playing my games!

[AngeloBracciodieta]

Thank you so much dude, I installed it and delta is perfect, I'm crying about RetroArch because it continues to not getting installed because of bad allocation or something related but anyway this is amazing. U get a subscriber that sounds like a bot.

[KingDraco]

This works even to this day. This was the best tutorial. I’m also running this all on the IPhone 11 Pro Max.

[ShaneUrbas]

This video got me up and running in 2024. Also N64 works now. I didnt do anything special I guess it was just the updates to Retroarch within the last 2 years. Thanks.

[amanpatel]

This is actually amazing! Your video is so underrated!!!!

[steveking]

the gaming performance on Iphone is insane.