iPhone Hacks · Hacks, Cracks, Mods, Homebrew, Utilities

Things are poppin’ over at the iControlPad development blog; you know, the “game-pad sleeve” that fits tight around the iPhone creating a whole new portable gaming experience.

So what’s the latest? They have a sexy render of the iControlPad shown below. The end result maybe slightly larger than the PSP after all; at least by the look of things…

As well, a demo video from ZodTTD showcasing the SNES control pad hack using an iControlPad prototype:

That’s that for now.

- source: icontrolpad.com

Count ‘em, that’s 3… psx4iphone, gpSPhone, and now OpenTTD. Transport Tycoon Deluxe on your iPhone / iPod Touch. ZodTTD says it, “Play OpenTTD.app, the first fully featured game… That even includes internet multiplayer!”.

Fans know what’s up, those who don’t… OpenTTD is an open source clone of Chris Sawyer’s Transport Tycoon Deluxe. It was published by MicroProse back in 94. Developers have taken this even now popular game to new lengths with a whole community backing the project. Check it out here.

OpenTTD v0.6.0 features:

• Classic tycoon simulation gameplay!
• 38 different languages supported!
• Internet Multiplayer games on the iPhone and iPod Touch!
• A nearly 100% accurate port. Only things missing from the PC version are text input, sound, and music which will be implemented into ZodTTD’s adaptation of the SDL port in coming releases.
• Multi-touch support for right clicking and positioning/clicking the cursor.

The game is available via Installer using the MMi Community Source.

- source: zodttd.com

Thanks Leif

Your iPhone just got cooler. From developer ZodTTD, whom you may recognize from such iPhone emulator ports as gpSPhone, is psx4iphone.

“psx4iphone” is the first unofficial PlayStation 1 (PSX/PSOne) emulator for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch. It’s based on portions of psx4all by Unai, Chui, Tinnus, and ZodTTD.

ZodTTD states, “…it has a good compatibility rate and features save states and a dynarec for added performance.” You will however require the PlayStation BIOS — “scph1001.bin”. Due to legality reasons we cannot supply you with that; be resourceful, use your Google skills.

Copy roms (.ISO, .IMG, .BIN, .Z, .ZNX disc images) to /var/root/Media/ROMs/PSX. Enjoy!

psx4iphone is available now via Installer.app. Or you may grab it from us, iPhone Hacks. Also be sure to visit the source link for more information — donation details, frequently asked questions, joining the beta testers club, etc…

Download: psx4iphone v0.1.0

- source: zodttd.com

Thanks Zephyr

Courtesy of Conceited Software is iRadio — an experimental Internet radio tuner with 3D sound features. Currently iRadio only supports MPEG streams. Download, install, and launch. A serious number of streams from various genres will be loaded.

Also a new version of gpSPhone is out — v0.0.7. It’s the Gameboy Advance emulator from developer ZodTTD. Read more about gpSPhone here.

Again, I recommend using Installer.app to ensure you always have the latest versions of each. The exception is anySIM — iPhone Dev Team’s free SIM unlocking solution. It’s not available via Installer, at least not from any reputable sources. Not that I’m aware of anyway. So grab anySIM from us.

Enjoy!

Download:
iRadio v1.0b3
gpSPhone v0.0.7
anySIM v1.2.1

Transform the wondrous iPhone (or iPod Touch) into a Gameboy Advance! Introducing gpSPhone — a GBA emulator based on Expohase’s gpSP port.

Developer ZodTTD first ported gpSP to GP2X and has now added iPhone/iTouch compatibility. Utilizing the dynarec engine, full speed performance of the GBA can be achieved on both Apple devices.

You will need to obtain a copy of the GBA BIOS (gba_bios.bin) and place that under /Applications/gpSPhone.app/. Due to legality reasons we won’t be supplying that.

Things that still need work:

• Compatibility is lower than usual but many games are playable. This is being worked on as a high priority.
• Sound output is disabled, but it IS being emulated. So performance will only get better as this feature gets worked on.
• Auto frameskip might be off. Switch to manual frameskip if needed.
• GUI and instructions need a lot of work.

gpSPhone is available via Installer.app; I recommend going that installation route. You may also download and install the emulator manually. We’re currently hosting v0.0.4. The manual method isn’t advised as many updates are likely ahead.

Enjoy!

Download: gpSPhone v0.0.5

- source: zodttd.com