Delta Emulator v1.6.4 Supports iPadOS (Remove BIOS File Requirement)

Good News for 10 M+ Users! Major Update on Delta Emulator [Fully Optimized for iPad]: With over 10 million users, this was long due and finally, it is here with a bang. The first major overhaul is here for the retro gaming emulator Delta with new features, improvements, and proper iPad support. Before this update, Delta was available on iPad, however, it was not optimized enough to give an experience comparable to iPhone and was running as a letterboxed iPhone app. Now, with Delta v1.6.4, iPad users have lots of reason to rejoice.

Users of the emulator in the EU can download Delta v1.6.4 immediately from AltStore PAL. However, for users outside the EU, the wait can be extended a little further, since Apple App Store approval for Delta v1.6.4 is in progress or it might get approved at any second from now. Nevertheless, let us check out the amazing features of our favorite retro emulator in its latest avatar.

Delta Emulator v1.6.4 Update – What’s New?

First and foremost, the most exciting part of this update is that now the emulator can make complete use of native iPad features. Apart from that, we have a new icon and a host of other improvements. Let us have a look in brief below.

   Download Delta Emulator v1.6.4 for iPad

Just in time for the weekend — Delta v1.6.4 has been approved and is now available in the App Store! Download now to play your favorite games on iPad and other great new features

Support for iPad

• Full-screen playback of retro games on an iPad.
• Controller skins exclusively for iPad users.
• Support for multiple windows in Stage Manager and Split View.
• The game pauses automatically when moving to a different window.
• Smooth switching between iPhone and iPad.
• Easily resume games from wherever you left off irrespective of the fact whether you left off on an iPhone or an iPad.
• Handoff

Additional New Features

• You no longer require BIOS files.
• Considerable improvement in the performance of DS Games.
• Availability of different menu button gestures.
• An experimental feature of “Reverse Controller Skin Screens” allows switching controller skin screens at runtime.

Improvements

• Save states sorting by name.
• Import Save States into other emulators by exporting them from Delta.
• Ability to control whether games are covering the entire screen on external displays with AirPlay.
• Error logs now come with additional information.
• Game mode support on iOS 18+.

if you don’t have an iPad, there’s still plenty more for you!

We’ve updated the melonDS core to 0.9.5, which comes with several great improvements:

• Enhances the functionality and compatibility of DS games.
• After the launch of this new version, No longer BIOS files are necessary.
• Facilitates “inserting” GBA games into the dual-slot DS.
• A15 processors or later are Enhanced Fast Forward speed up to 3x 

For power users, you can also now use gestures while holding the Menu button to perform common actions:

• Grab the menu button and make gestures to quickly execute tasks.
• For Fast Forward tap on Menu + Horizontal Swipe
• For the Hold Button tap on Menu + Any Button
• For Quick Sav tap on Menu + Double-Tap
• For Quick Load tap on Menu + Long-Press

What is the Issue of Incompatible Save States?

With Delta v 1.6.4 updating the melon DS core to 0.9.5, the Nintendo DS save states from the prior version are incompatible with v 1.6.4. Below is how you can transfer the saved data manually to Delta 1.6.4.

• Start the game whose save states you want to transfer.
• From the Pause Menu, go to the Save State screen.
• Using the menu button, tap on View Incompatible Save States.
• Simply long hold on the save state and select Export and thereafter the location where you want to export.
• Next, you are required to download Delta Legacy. (Please Note this is Coming Soon).
• Import the same game into Delta Legacy and import the exported save state for that game.

• Next, in Delta Legacy itself, create a new save state and export the save file.
• That’s it! Now you can import this save file from Delta Legacy in Delta v1.6.4.

Other Experimental Features

• Third-party contributed features now have their own spaces in Settings.
• Features are work in progress and intended to be utilized at the user’s own risk.
• Accessible to customers with a “Beta Access” tier or above.
• Here are the Most recent experimental attributes:

1. “Reverse Controller Skin Screens”: Enable switching the skin displays of the controller during operation. For example: flipping DS screens.
2. “Skin Debugging”: To troubleshoot mappings, visually display hit-boxes on controller skins.

• Replaces legacy “debug” key in controller skin info.json
• Optionally ignore padding (“extendedEdges”)

“Display Full Screen” AirPlay Setting

• Decide if Delta should display games in full screen on external monitors.
• Prevent using Stage Manager with numerous windows open on an external monitor.

Misc. 

• Changed context-menu item name from “Change Controller Skin” to “Change Game Skin”.
• You may record extra data in the error log.
• Compatible with iOS 18+ game mode.
• Slightly larger DS screen for the standard iPhone landscape skin that wraps around the edges 

Fixed

• Playing WarioWare: Twisted now has a fixed interface rotation!
• With C-Gear activated, the freezing issue in Pokemon Black & White 2 has been fixed.
• Every time an app launches, CheatBase is now prepared.
• Added a concurrent game database initialization fix.
• Delta also changed its logo, the new one looks cool though.

Final Words – Delta Emulator iPad Free Download

With this, we can conclude, that in the v 1.6.4 update for Delta on iPad, there is something for everyone. Have you tried Delta 1.6.4 yet? Let us know about your experience in the comments below.

Thank You.