It's finally here!!! An MSX Emulator ported to the iPhone.
But that's not all. All the people who DO play games on their iPhones know that when it comes to gameplay the on screen controls are terrible. We D E S P E R AT E L Y need a D-Pad for our iPhones!!
I've been trackin the iCP (icontrolpad) since august 2010 and right now I am a happy iCP-owner : )
If you cannot hold your horses, here's the site: www.icontrolpad.com and check it out.
But I'll post some more down below, after:
The MSX Emu.
Meet Rakashazi! A genious who already ported nes, snes, pce, gba to the iPhone and now MSX as well.
Here's a quick movie he made of the MSX.emu playin Doki Doki, Aleste with FM-pack support, Hydlide III and Space Manbow with SCC support.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_upcK1Xq3Uc&feature=player_embedded
The emu is based on BlueMSX because...well uhm..I asked him too. So don't hate me if you'd rather seen another MSX emu ported.
I've been feedin Rakashazi with intel on what was nesaccary to make a good port to the iPhone. It did need support for a two-button joystick at first. Later he will add in more keys, maybe with a shift-option. Games like SD Snatcher and Metal Gear do need those.
The MSX.emu is still under development, though you can see, games are already able to be played. Rakashazi is workin on the support for the iControlpad and better on screen controls.
The MSX.emu will be released on cydia. So you DO need a jailbroken iPhone.
And here's the catch. I'm postin this, because Rakashazi relies on donations. So yes, I'm fundraisin, but only because I too really need a good MSX emulator for my iPhone just as a lot of you guys do too. Can't live without my MSX!!!!
You've got to understand there are a lot more platforms waitin to be ported, like PSX. I'm just glad I could convince Rakashazi to port a MSX emulator straight from the beginning. ZODTTD hasn't got the time to do this, since he's way to busy.
So that's why I wanted to announce the followin:
If you would make a donation of $20 (around 13 euro's) you will get a copy of the MSX.emu when it's released. Of course you can still buy it from cydia when it's released.
Rakashazi's site:
http://www.explusalpha.com/home
By the way, check out his snes9x_EX emu. It's free and on cydia as well. Donations are welcome of course LOL!
Now for the iControlpad:
The iCP is made by the same producers as the Pandora. The iCP is a Bluetooth controller with:
- a digital D-Pad
- 2 Analogue nubs
- 6 face buttons and 2 rear buttons
- a clever side clamp system allowing it to attach to almost any phone (including android phones)
Here's a good video explainin the history of the iCP and the puttin together the iCP with an iPhone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCGe1WzNRZ8&feature=related
The iCP should 'just work' on any Android app which supports a PC gamepad out of the box.
iPhone users should have jailbreak but does work on unbroken iPhone in keyboard mode.
It has an internal 1350maH battery that can also charge your phone via USB when playing.
Upgradeable firmware, new features can be added, restrictions can be bypassed.
There's an almost complete wiki on the iCP with most questions you'll have answered:
http://pandorawiki.org/IControlPad
The iCP's don't come cheap, due to the internal battery as well as the BT-chip.
The iCP I ordered and got send to the Netherlands from the UK did had a total of 84,- euro's. (55,- for the iCP, the rest VAT and shippin)
There are some video's on youtube of people who do have problems with the iCP. I recommend you check out the forum where all issue's are discussed:
http://boards.openpandora.org/index.php?/forum/6-icontrolpad/
Well good luck checkin all of this and I'll read the comments and try to answer all questions you guys/girls might have!!
