@@guitaripod The EU doesn't allow any tech company to restrict stores exclusively to their own, and Apple had to comply or they couldn't sell Apple devices in the EU
@@SonicSpeedster2020The complete answer is that Apple tries to remove the incentive to get a third party store by doing this. They are certifying all popular third party apps.
I’m so confused, I thought it would only be in the EU but I’m in the EU and I can’t find anything like retroarch or even delta on the AppStore yet American AppStore can get it? It’s like the opposite of what was to happen lol. I’m on the latest iOS on iPhone 13 pro
Nevermind I checked, ppsspp and retroarch are there, delta wasn’t really necessary anyway for me cause I’ve already had a ds emulator for years that I added to home screen from a website through safari. FINALLY no redownloading every 7 days
My iPad Pro was MADE for retrogaming, and finally an easier solution! It's bloody 4:3, same as old school generations. Havent managed to get MAME running but this is a HUGE upgrade! Thanks for the vid!
A couple of things I want to mention: - You can have the controller overlay autohide when controller is connected. - On my DualShock 4 the PS button toggles the RA menu, no need to set combinations. - I'm surprised games weren't running too fast, cause on my iPad I had to set VSync to ON.
I have quite a lot of input lag while playing on my iPhone or Apple TV using a PlayStation controller and cannot manage to find a solution, do you have the same problem ? 😞
@@theflashback02 Mine has some input lag with iPad for sure, but I wouldn't call it "quite a lot". It's not wired NES controller response rate, but seems to mostly be in line with regular wireless controllers. If I tap a button as quickly as possible, by the time I release the button there's response.
Thanks for the guide. Just set this up on my Apple TV last night for the kiddos to play some old N64 with me. So great to have. Can’t wait for Dolphin/PS2 to eventually come
Saw this a few hours ago. Downloaded SFA2G, SFA3 and Crash 2! Dang! Memories flooding back! This is insane!! Now to buy a 2nd hand controller and i’m good! Works brilliantly on ipad pro!
Just set this up on my 13” M4 iPad Pro. Upscaled every core to the max and it is just jaw droppingly good with the double layer OLED and aspect ratio which is friendly to both 16:9 and 4:3 games. Now I can ditch every handheld except those which can play PS2 or above and those which fit into my pocket. Pair up my iPad with the XBox Elite 2 / DualSense Edge and I am in retro haven.
Can you please also make an Apple TV (tvOS) RetroArch tutorial!! Thank you :) And perhaps a performance comparison between different Apple TV's for systems like N64 and PSP.
its cool that retroarch is on ios devices now with out the need to sideload. I have been using retroarch for a couple of years now on android and pc and still have issues with where everything is menu wise lol
Retroarch is a pos piece of software. The only reason people use it is because there aren’t alternatives. I’ve been using it for years and I don’t think I’ve ever had an install go perfectly well. I’m sure people will write me off as user error, but I’ve not had nearly as many issues with literally any other front end or stand alone emulator. This time there is something messed up in the config file where all the games play at some multiple of the frame rate. (No, it’s not on ff, that was literally the first thing I checked). I was hyped for delta, but until it supports more systems, and drops the paywall, it will never compete. We are stuck with Retroarch. It’s like a bad case of Stockholm syndrome.
New to retroarch/emulating in general, i think delta is better if you want to run old games up to the DS wayy less hassle on iOs and ppsspp for psp games, but for games above that i think it’s cool though I haven’t tried it and not sure if my phone can even handle ps2 games and stuff
@@Marstio1 delta won't do Sega or Sony. I play a ton of master system games. If you're a Nintendo kid, sure. But until the devs behind Delta figure out how to make money without holding features hostage, it's not a viable alternative.
Looks like recommending android because of being able to emulate is officially dead. Edit- Lots of cope in these replies acting like other emulators wont make their way to the app store. Before yall reply, reread my original comment very carefully.
@@yaman7008literally have That on iphone 13 so your wrong😂💀 been able to Emulate them on my iPhone for years been emulator PSP since the iphone 4s....y'all just now catching up
@@deafmute2501 I just downloaded it and browsed the settings. I’m about to set mine up. It looks like you have to rescan after you load the files. We will see here in a bit after I set mine up.
PS1 definitely works better with the metal driver, especially if you decide to use a filter. I haven't had a chance to play with many more, but GBA runs absolutely fine with the default vulkan option, even with a video filter on.
Such an amazing walkthrough. This is my first encounter with Retroarch, and I was able to stumble my way through getting games working and setting up custom controls, but this really helps streamline things. Would you be able to do a tutorial on getting the Cloud Sync working?
I'm a MAME guy since 1996 and I miss it. So I play around with Finalburn for the first time. Works very good but some classics are missing (Pole Position, Marble Madness...). Hope we will get MAME later.
Hey, where can I get the games and roms (BIOS?) that you had on your USB flash drive and transferred to the iPad? "04:17 Getting you games and roms transfered" Thank you.
Helpful Tip (one that would have saved me a ton of time) Bios files are case sensitive. And if you want Colecovision, in the MSX emulator you can set it to default to Colecovision and works great.
Have any front ends been brought over yet? Retroarch is good for what it is and nice to have to run the games but the interface sucks to use. Really hoping open emu or launchbox or something will port itself over to iOS.
Can we have a tutorial on iphone please, you had me up until the kingston usb drive. trying to get it from PC to iphone to get the iphone to play the games
Thank you for this, every time I try to get into emulation I give up lol. I just got an iPad pro and I plan on using the magic keyboard as my primary controller. Is it possible to remap the buttons to use keys?
@@BigBrosFilms Thank you for your concern, however, I found out how to install games with multi-disc already. I was asking because in order to play a game such as Metal Gear Solid or Final Fantasy VII, you have to create a TXT file to string all the discs together so they could play seamlessly.
on the apple tv there's no files app. when trying to add a roms folder via the IP address it doesn't show up in the list as a scannable folder in the scan directory menu... any ideas?
Any recommended front end. Maybe something for Apple TV.. I don’t know if Jason would ever consider starting LB development for Apple my understanding is that it would take a lot of resources and learning.
one question I got, maybe a video idea, but any way to use delta skins on retroarch? I prefer retroarch overall but I love the delta controller skins over the retroarch ones
Hey great video as always. One quest though, how do I make 120fps on my iPad Pro without feeling like the game being fast-forwarded (especially the audio)?
Thanks :) What about good old Keyboard and Mouse support? I tried WarCraft 1 and the Mouse is not really like it supposed to be. There are some settings that you can change, for mouse go to Core Option/Input/Mouse Input Mode and change this to "Direct controlled mouse (not supported by all games)" And for the Keyboard go to Settings (Not the Core Options, rather the settings icon on the right side) then go to Input/Hotkeys/Game Focus (Toggle) - This is a Shortcut u can hit in the game to activate the Game Focus Mode (ON) so now the Keyboard is no gamepad anymore. Now it uses all the inputs like a keyboard. But even with this two changes... the mouse still sits on top of the game mouse. I have to click to drag the mouse to the location. That makes hovering over buttons and objects not usable at all. Better then nothing... But not how you want to play a Keyboard + Mouse Emulated DOS Game. Any idea?
That was a very helpful, but I have one question: I drag and dropped the BIO-Files in the system but and when I wanted to start the game it says „no cores found“ I just wondered what I did wrong
Hey buddy great video as always I have a question…can we setup fba neo or only manually select games to load,I can’t get my rooms to read when I scan them
So can we get a good tutorial on adding MAME games to apple tv? I added some into arcade folder in root and tried arcade core to start but not working. games are zipped. Any help is appreciated.
Yes. You add games from your desktop or laptop computer. At this point I can't figure out how to add games from a mobile device like a phone or tablet, you need a full fat desktop os.
Is there a way to get ps2 running on retroarch for ios? I noticed it has a ps2 core. I installed the core and then imported a ps2 rom but didn't show up.
I like the idea of retroarch on iOS. Especially on iphone 15 pro max, but I hate when I try to play a rom off of my hdd connected to my iphone that it actually downloads it to my phone. I have 1tb worth of roms, I don't have the space for all those. Lol. If I'm just missing & doing something wrong, I'd like to know what it is so I can just use external storage for my roms. But If the only option is to have the roms on my iphone, this is a deal breaker for me not using it on iOS.
Same here as I can use it on android and can play directly from usb.. ppsspp allows this to me but other emulators on my ipad does not.. though they added to select the roms from usb as it was not accessible in the unofficial app.. its also deal break as my ipad space is running out
This feels surreal. I never thought I’d see the day when Retroarch made it on the App Store.
@@zachsteiner I'm pretty sure xbox series x launched with it, and then they abandoned it, it's been available on steam
After years of waiting Apple users are eating well!
Thanks EU!
What exactly is regulated under the EU that allowed this?
@@guitaripod The EU doesn't allow any tech company to restrict stores exclusively to their own, and Apple had to comply or they couldn't sell Apple devices in the EU
@@SonicSpeedster2020The complete answer is that Apple tries to remove the incentive to get a third party store by doing this. They are certifying all popular third party apps.
I’m so confused, I thought it would only be in the EU but I’m in the EU and I can’t find anything like retroarch or even delta on the AppStore yet American AppStore can get it? It’s like the opposite of what was to happen lol. I’m on the latest iOS on iPhone 13 pro
Nevermind I checked, ppsspp and retroarch are there, delta wasn’t really necessary anyway for me cause I’ve already had a ds emulator for years that I added to home screen from a website through safari. FINALLY no redownloading every 7 days
After almost two years of waiting, the power of my ipad mini is officially unlocked:)
Well no, since jit is still restricted
@@lllWicked true but we can now play ps1 games instead of psp games
My iPad Pro was MADE for retrogaming, and finally an easier solution! It's bloody 4:3, same as old school generations. Havent managed to get MAME running but this is a HUGE upgrade! Thanks for the vid!
Wasn’t expecting this crossover 🤔
The games look absolutely beautiful on the pro version’s screen.
RetroArch being on the normal app store is great. Especially for consoles delta doesn’t have.
Plus you can have RetroAchievements
@@GrandMasterLynx Love Delta's UI and especially the skins, but RetroAchievement support is definitely worth losing those and switching.
Or the fact gba and snes lag on delta and not retroarch. Gba is vba m which sucks but retroarch has mgba.
@@robmalcolm8042wait for real? Cause N64 games do lag a bit.
Also it is great for EU residents, as delta requires a yearly subscription here.
A couple of things I want to mention:
- You can have the controller overlay autohide when controller is connected.
- On my DualShock 4 the PS button toggles the RA menu, no need to set combinations.
- I'm surprised games weren't running too fast, cause on my iPad I had to set VSync to ON.
how do you enable auto hide overlays?
@@toxotis70 Settings -> User Interface -> On-Screen Overlay -> Hide Overlay When Controller Is Connected
I have quite a lot of input lag while playing on my iPhone or Apple TV using a PlayStation controller and cannot manage to find a solution, do you have the same problem ? 😞
@@theflashback02 Mine has some input lag with iPad for sure, but I wouldn't call it "quite a lot". It's not wired NES controller response rate, but seems to mostly be in line with regular wireless controllers. If I tap a button as quickly as possible, by the time I release the button there's response.
@@theflashback02 often I have a lot of lag when using other Bluetooth devices while having a Bluetooth controller connected.
Thanks for the guide. Just set this up on my Apple TV last night for the kiddos to play some old N64 with me. So great to have. Can’t wait for Dolphin/PS2 to eventually come
How did u get it running on the Apple TV? iCloud?
@@rellanass it’s in the App Store for the Apple TV. Idk which ones can run it but I’m using a current gen 4k.
@@rellanass It's also available on the Apple TV App Store :)
Wow, nice use
@@rellanass AirPlay lol
Years of jailbreaking and finally on the appstore
don't need to jailbreak been able to use emulators without emulation for years
@@itzdcx true but had to jump through hoops getting apps signed and it wasn't easily accessible to the general public
Jail breaking wasn't required for at least a good 10 years or more. This is much better though
I miss DolphiniOS on my iPhone 8plus
This will allow my son to wax nostalgia with me on those long airline flights!
He loves Zelda LttP and Kirby Dreamland
As an android user I'm glad to see the emulation on the iOS going well, great video
Fantastic news for all gamers even if you don't use an iPhone. Bloody brilliant really.
Great to see iOS finally got retroarch. Great guide, ETA.
FINALLY! Having an iPhone has a fucccc sense now for anybody ❤️🔥
Saw this a few hours ago. Downloaded SFA2G, SFA3 and Crash 2! Dang! Memories flooding back! This is insane!! Now to buy a 2nd hand controller and i’m good! Works brilliantly on ipad pro!
How do I download the game
This is bad ass now all we need is netherxs2 for iPhone
All we want is ps2 emulator
Yeah i’ve been looking for a PS2 emulator today everywhere I haven’t found one but this one still works great
If you side load Retroarch you get 1.19.1 version with PS2 Emulator added
@@DexOnQuest WHAT!! i’m gonna test it out if it’s true
@@DexOnQuest i’m actually how do I Side load?
@@KingOfFire617 there’s easy tutorials how to sideload altstore and use it without Apple
Emulation for everyone on iPad! Great starter guide. Thanks!
Just set this up on my 13” M4 iPad Pro. Upscaled every core to the max and it is just jaw droppingly good with the double layer OLED and aspect ratio which is friendly to both 16:9 and 4:3 games. Now I can ditch every handheld except those which can play PS2 or above and those which fit into my pocket. Pair up my iPad with the XBox Elite 2 / DualSense Edge and I am in retro haven.
Don't forget to use crt shaders.
How does one comment make me feel so poor?
Do you have some tips for the max settings, I’m new to the Retroarch and have the feeling, I don’t have the best settings now :/.
I can’t believe how awesome this is
And you have a good voice for these videos btw
You should make a video on moonlight. Tried it out on the iPad and it’s great. Games run better, bigger screen, no noise, and lighter.
I can’t find it is it in the App Store?
This is really awesome, even ppsspp core works really good on my iphone15
Can you please also make an Apple TV (tvOS) RetroArch tutorial!! Thank you :) And perhaps a performance comparison between different Apple TV's for systems like N64 and PSP.
Now i can play games on the plane without dragging a console with me. So happy
Nice tutorial. Simple and concise.
thank you for this. i’ve been exploring the app myself & i have not much clue. this clears things up. thank you!
its cool that retroarch is on ios devices now with out the need to sideload. I have been using retroarch for a couple of years now on android and pc and still have issues with where everything is menu wise lol
Retroarch is a pos piece of software. The only reason people use it is because there aren’t alternatives. I’ve been using it for years and I don’t think I’ve ever had an install go perfectly well. I’m sure people will write me off as user error, but I’ve not had nearly as many issues with literally any other front end or stand alone emulator. This time there is something messed up in the config file where all the games play at some multiple of the frame rate. (No, it’s not on ff, that was literally the first thing I checked).
I was hyped for delta, but until it supports more systems, and drops the paywall, it will never compete. We are stuck with Retroarch. It’s like a bad case of Stockholm syndrome.
New to retroarch/emulating in general, i think delta is better if you want to run old games up to the DS wayy less hassle on iOs and ppsspp for psp games, but for games above that i think it’s cool though I haven’t tried it and not sure if my phone can even handle ps2 games and stuff
@@Marstio1 delta won't do Sega or Sony. I play a ton of master system games. If you're a Nintendo kid, sure. But until the devs behind Delta figure out how to make money without holding features hostage, it's not a viable alternative.
Looks like recommending android because of being able to emulate is officially dead.
Edit- Lots of cope in these replies acting like other emulators wont make their way to the app store. Before yall reply, reread my original comment very carefully.
We still have a ways but we’re getting closer
Looks like someone is a bit reactionary.
I would agree with you if apple wasn’t so restrictive but android is the king of mobile customization at the moment
still no gamcube ,wii , switch and ps2
@@yaman7008literally have That on iphone 13 so your wrong😂💀 been able to Emulate them on my iPhone for years been emulator PSP since the iphone 4s....y'all just now catching up
Definitely need a video on how to set up RA on the AppleTV. Specifically the “Import Content” part.
Only difference is Apple TV requires that you connect to it with a web browser to drop files in
@@PeterDoesFarming I know, but how do you get the Import Content to find those directories?
@@deafmute2501 I just downloaded it and browsed the settings. I’m about to set mine up. It looks like you have to rescan after you load the files. We will see here in a bit after I set mine up.
Thanks for the demo and info, This is great. Have a great day
Thanks so much! ♥️ I do hope you do the same for the Apple TV version🙏🏼
THANK YOU DEEPLY
Really hoping flycast core comes over. Or a stand alone redream.
Can you do a tutorial on retro arc Apple TV? The app is also available on there. Love this video very informative thank you!
PS1 definitely works better with the metal driver, especially if you decide to use a filter. I haven't had a chance to play with many more, but GBA runs absolutely fine with the default vulkan option, even with a video filter on.
I see Jak and Daxter. That’s the main reason I’m looking into this
Such an amazing walkthrough. This is my first encounter with Retroarch, and I was able to stumble my way through getting games working and setting up custom controls, but this really helps streamline things.
Would you be able to do a tutorial on getting the Cloud Sync working?
God bless U for this easy Tutorial ❤
Excellent tutorial!! Is there a way to play Mame roms too? Could you please show us? Thank you!
I'm a MAME guy since 1996 and I miss it. So I play around with Finalburn for the first time. Works very good but some classics are missing (Pole Position, Marble Madness...). Hope we will get MAME later.
Hey, where can I get the games and roms (BIOS?) that you had on your USB flash drive and transferred to the iPad? "04:17 Getting you games and roms transfered" Thank you.
Helpful Tip (one that would have saved me a ton of time) Bios files are case sensitive. And if you want Colecovision, in the MSX emulator you can set it to default to Colecovision and works great.
This is what im waiting for tutorial thank you eta prime
Great video man you make it easy. I set it up in this thing plays Neo Geo game so smooth and SNES.
My Apple TV 4K running the emulator all day got psp ps1 gba gbc an a lot more working great
Can i play ps2 games on retroarch on ios?
Did you know the answer can we play ps2 game on retroarch or not
Why doesn’t my Apple TV want to play Game Cube games with the dolphin downloaded BIOs?
Pls explain if its possible to run the ps2 emulator
You need a PC or Steam Deck to run it properly
I remember going apeshit when my brother introduced me to super mario world on his ipod touch when they first came out. How far we’ve come
After years of revoke, I can finally rest in peace
I love how retroarchs literally on everything it’s even on the Xbox 😅
Have any front ends been brought over yet? Retroarch is good for what it is and nice to have to run the games but the interface sucks to use. Really hoping open emu or launchbox or something will port itself over to iOS.
Can we have a tutorial on iphone please, you had me up until the kingston usb drive. trying to get it from PC to iphone to get the iphone to play the games
My ipad pro that I don’t use anymore suddenly has a fantastic new purpose!
I can FINALLY justify buying an M4 2Tb Ipad Pro 😊… Best 4000€ ever spent
Hi great video! can you please do a tutorial for PSP too?
That’s helpful! please! also make a tutorial for psp and nds on how to set it up in retroarch... thanks!
This was a long way coming but finally 🎉
Might finally use my iPad Air 5 now!
Actually I did use it a bit for remote play Xbox Series stuff.
Saw the title for this video and already downloading
Is there any way to play roms that are compatible with MAME - like the old arcade classics?
Could you check performance on apple tv 4k?
I just did. It works perfectly fine, scaled to the max as well.
Great turorial. Thanks! ❤
Could you please make an apple tv tutorial
Yes please do a apple TV vid. I can't seen to swith the hot key on my control when on apple TV
Thank you for this, every time I try to get into emulation I give up lol. I just got an iPad pro and I plan on using the magic keyboard as my primary controller. Is it possible to remap the buttons to use keys?
Would love to know the performance difference between M1-M4 iPads vs 2018 iPads.
Great tutorial. Thanks!
Rip Delta (and thank you for your service)
What happened to Delta? The icon looks way different than I remember a week or two ago.
@@Jahalang82 I’m not sure if anything happened, but for me it’s no longer what I’ll be using
@@Jahalang82 adobe apparently was going to sue them or something like that so they had to change it.
Could you please make a video on how multi-disk games work and how to install them on retroarch.
Can you elaborate more? What game specifically are you trying to play?
@@BigBrosFilms
Thank you for your concern, however, I found out how to install games with multi-disc already. I was asking because in order to play a game such as Metal Gear Solid or Final Fantasy VII, you have to create a TXT file to string all the discs together so they could play seamlessly.
on the apple tv there's no files app. when trying to add a roms folder via the IP address it doesn't show up in the list as a scannable folder in the scan directory menu... any ideas?
I’m working on something this weekend, I personally haven’t even installed it on the Apple TV yet
I wanted to know what brand is the iPhone controller. Thanks.
This helped a lot thanks
Any recommended front end. Maybe something for Apple TV.. I don’t know if Jason would ever consider starting LB development for Apple my understanding is that it would take a lot of resources and learning.
awesome content!
one question I got, maybe a video idea, but any way to use delta skins on retroarch? I prefer retroarch overall but I love the delta controller skins over the retroarch ones
thanks, you are a life saver.
Im not an emulator guy at all but seeing that XMB is seriously making want to be one.
Damn just download the emulator and ROMs lol nothing is stopping you
Hey great video as always. One quest though, how do I make 120fps on my iPad Pro without feeling like the game being fast-forwarded (especially the audio)?
You are the best bro, thank you.
Hi,may I ask what brand of game controller you are using with your iPhone? Thank you!
Backbone controllers
Do multidisc PS1 games (eg FF7) work out of the box, or do you have to make an m3u file like for Provenance?
Thanks :) What about good old Keyboard and Mouse support? I tried WarCraft 1 and the Mouse is not really like it supposed to be. There are some settings that you can change, for mouse go to Core Option/Input/Mouse Input Mode and change this to "Direct controlled mouse (not supported by all games)"
And for the Keyboard go to Settings (Not the Core Options, rather the settings icon on the right side) then go to Input/Hotkeys/Game Focus (Toggle) - This is a Shortcut u can hit in the game to activate the Game Focus Mode (ON) so now the Keyboard is no gamepad anymore. Now it uses all the inputs like a keyboard.
But even with this two changes... the mouse still sits on top of the game mouse. I have to click to drag the mouse to the location. That makes hovering over buttons and objects not usable at all. Better then nothing... But not how you want to play a Keyboard + Mouse Emulated DOS Game. Any idea?
idos 3 mouse fixed thx me later
That was a very helpful, but I have one question:
I drag and dropped the BIO-Files in the system but and when I wanted to start the game it says „no cores found“
I just wondered what I did wrong
did you find out?
For some reason you can see Mame 2003 and it seems to unpack but won’t appear in the list of cores. Any ideas?
@hlarsson007 good question, I would be interested in that too.
I have a problem, when try save state still stuck in 0%. I have iphone 15 pro.
Help me
Hey buddy great video as always I have a question…can we setup fba neo or only manually select games to load,I can’t get my rooms to read when I scan them
So can we get a good tutorial on adding MAME games to apple tv? I added some into arcade folder in root and tried arcade core to start but not working. games are zipped. Any help is appreciated.
Nice! Thanks for it. Pls could you share the link for buy that controller?
Thanks!
The best tutorial
Where can I get bios
whats a good mobile controller for iphone14? ill probably setup retroarch but i prefer an actual controller over a touchscreen
Mr. ETA prime sir, can you show us how to change the touch screen buttons of retroarch?
Why did you specifically add the ps1 bios in the system how to know of i need bios or not because you plaued gba without adding any nintendo bios ?
How to play mame arcade on iphone with rereoarch? Which core should i download?
I'm a MAME guy normally but use Final Burn here for the first time. Works very good. Did not find out yet how to use MAME inside Retroarch
@@boostermcblast2197 There are no Mame cores yet just FB.
@@boostermcblast2197 where do you use Finalburn? Maybe on the iPhone?
Can I do this and get it work on my Apple TV ?
Yes. You add games from your desktop or laptop computer. At this point I can't figure out how to add games from a mobile device like a phone or tablet, you need a full fat desktop os.
What is that controller set that you had hooked up to your phone?
Got to quickly check it out.
The ui looks amazing i wish it was the same as the ppsspp
This is why I have android, s much better for emulation, more than just retroarch.
Finally we can use Apple devices with it purpose Apple Silicon.
Is there a way to get ps2 running on retroarch for ios? I noticed it has a ps2 core. I installed the core and then imported a ps2 rom but didn't show up.
PS2 core is not supported on iOS/iPadOS/tvOS yet.
I like the idea of retroarch on iOS. Especially on iphone 15 pro max, but I hate when I try to play a rom off of my hdd connected to my iphone that it actually downloads it to my phone. I have 1tb worth of roms, I don't have the space for all those. Lol. If I'm just missing & doing something wrong, I'd like to know what it is so I can just use external storage for my roms. But If the only option is to have the roms on my iphone, this is a deal breaker for me not using it on iOS.
Same here as I can use it on android and can play directly from usb.. ppsspp allows this to me but other emulators on my ipad does not.. though they added to select the roms from usb as it was not accessible in the unofficial app.. its also deal break as my ipad space is running out