Using the iControlPad-enhanced Xcode version on not (necessarily) jailbroken devices Install it as usual (tap the “Install” button in the upper right corner.) After this, you can freely drop your ROM files (they can be ZIPped) into /var/mobile/Media/ROMs/iMAME4all/roms on the iDevice and start the emulator. You won't want to install it until I officially release it. (Disregard the other entries in the screenshot above, particularly “ iMame with iCP support”, which is an experimental version of my build of the fully iControlPad-compliant, Cydia-compatible version. It's all very easy: you just search for “imame” in Cydia and select “iMAME4All” from the list: Using the Cydia-based version on jailbroken devices Of course, the faster devices, the better. Any iDevice will do and the application is universal running on both small-screen devices like the iPhone and the iPod touch and large-screen ones, that is, the iPad. The first requires jailbreaking your iDevice, the second “only” having a (paid) developer account and a Mac with Xcode.

No, unlike on Windows Mobile, not the newer, vastly superior (NeoGeo / CPS), “only” the older ones, but it's still more than nothing, isn't it? And it's free – and is also compatible with several Bluetooth game controllers (see below). (Note that the linked article doesn't show inline images if you need them, check out THIS instead.)įortunately, on the iDevice, it's also possible to play MAME games. If you come from Windows Mobile and are into playing MAME arcade games, you may well remember my full article dedicated to the emulation of arcade machines, including MAME, on the platform.

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