Delta emulator will soon turn your iPad into a giant Nintendo DS

The Delta emulator made a big splash when it hit the Apple App Store earlier this month, quickly rising to the top spot in Apple’s free apps, where it remains to this day. Now, developer Riley Testut says an iPad-specific version is “nearly finished” and will be released with Delta 1.6. Testut says the app is now available for your Patreon supporters through the “normal AltStore”, which I take to mean the non-EU specific one, rather than the Apple-approved PAL AltStore.

Of course, the iOS version already works on the iPad (and the Vision Pro, where I was playing Metroid Prime Hunters). But a native version would allow you to take advantage of all the iPad’s screen space for better skins, including one that turns your tablet into a more gigantic Nintendo DS Lite (or not so much, if you’re on an iPad Mini). Apparently it will also support iPad Split View:

After releasing the native version of Delta for iPadOS, Testut says it will now bring “device-to-device multiplayer” to the app. Multiplayer already works on Delta, but on a single device – which is fine for playing on a TV using AirPlay (although that introduces a lot of lag for me). Being able to play with others on their own devices, especially if the app supports this over the internet, would be a very welcome change!

On a respond further down the chain, Testut also says that Sega Genesis emulation will be arriving soon, as it is currently in beta. It looks like that won’t happen either until the iPad version of the app is released.

I’m excited about the release of the iPad version of the app. Until then, I’ll be here drawing rainbows in panic Kirby Screen Curse, which already works great with the Apple Pencil.