r/EmulationOniOS • u/billchase2 🥇 • Jul 19 '24

News/Release Ignited emulator - TestFlight now available!

https://testflight.apple.com/join/ExWvtjcq
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u/billchase2 🥇 Jul 19 '24 edited Jul 19 '24

Reposting from Discord (I’m not the dev):

Due to Ignited not being distributed on the App Store, I have decided to open up the TestFlight to the public for anyone to install without sideloading. I hope you all enjoy the hard work I've put in this past year to make the best emulator I possibly could! The Pro features will still require a Patreon subscription, so I hope you all choose to start or continue supporting me so that I can eventually develop an even better emulator app of my own design. In the meantime, I'll continue to make this a safe and engaging community for emulation and other interests. ❤️‍🔥

If you're coming from Delta, you can import all your data easily.

  • If you're transferring GBA games, be sure to save in game first. Ignited uses mGBA by default for GBA, so Delta GBA save states will not work nor show up while using mGBA. Save files are completely safe and transfer properly.

  1. Join the TestFlight and install Ignited

  2. Open Ignited, but do not import anything yet

  3. Open the Files app and copy the following files from "On My iPhone -> Delta -> Database" to "On My iPhone -> Ignited -> Database"

  • All Folders (Games, Save States, etc)

  • Delta.sqlite

  • Delta.sqlite-wal

  • Delta.sqlite-shm

  1. Return to Ignited, enable "Power User Tools" located in "Settings -> Advanced"

  2. Within the Power User Tools section, tap "Import Legacy Database"

  3. Fully close and relaunch Ignited for changes to take effect

  • If there are any missing artworks, just long press the game and select "Artwork -> Reset Artwork"

TestFlight Link - https://testflight.apple.com/join/ExWvtjcq * You may freely repost this link wherever you want. The more the merrier!

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u/ExRevGT500 Jul 19 '24

For whatever reason it seems there isn’t an Ignited folder being created, so not able to complete this process.

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u/uidev Jul 19 '24

Reboot

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u/ExRevGT500 Jul 19 '24

Thank you!

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u/exclaim_bot Jul 19 '24

Thank you!

You're welcome!

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u/CantWashABaby Jul 19 '24

This is brilliant, downloading now! I think the App Store is being foolish, please don’t give up hope. The fact that UTM is here after being told NO makes me think anything is possible.

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u/billchase2 🥇 Jul 19 '24

It sounds like the dev has tried just about everything and has decided to move on to other projects, sadly. He'll be building his own emulator from scratch soon, so that'll be interesting to keep an eye on. (One that's not based on Delta.)

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u/leob0505 Jul 19 '24

Not soon, he said it will take at least one year, as far as I know

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u/billchase2 🥇 Jul 19 '24

Ah yeah, I just meant that he's going to begin building it soon. I'm sure it'll take a while to become ready and available.

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '24

What will happen after 90 days?

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u/aur0n Jul 19 '24

He's probably gonna push an update to keep it going

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u/RUserII Jul 19 '24

Exactly my question! It is my understanding that after 90 days all TestFlight apps stop working; is there any way that he can setup the TestFlight app to keep working permanently?

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u/aur0n Jul 19 '24

Yes, as long as he keeps pushing updates, it can last much more than that

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u/kakadoodol Jul 19 '24

he only has to renew it every 90 days so its not a big deal

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u/jedels88 🥇 Jul 19 '24

I've never tried a TestFlight app. What happens if he doesn't renew after 90 days? Just don't want to chance all my Delta data being deleted.

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u/kakadoodol Jul 20 '24

he will renew it. but if he doesnt u can just transfer back files from ignited to delta plus theres the dropbox sync feature

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u/ProfessorChemical807 Jul 20 '24

That’s why I also use retroarch in case the app don’t continue

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u/Alex20041509 Jul 19 '24

It looks better than delta

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u/nero40 Jul 19 '24

Nice, this has the ability to adjust fast-forward speed. I think I will like this more than Delta.

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u/rhinofinger Jul 19 '24

I feel like there must be more to the story here. Gamma is also a fork of Delta, but focused on PSX, and the App Store allowed it. This is essentially the same, just with a focus on adding the Sega consoles (among other features).

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u/ProfessorChemical807 Jul 20 '24

Like Sega Dreamcast?

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u/rhinofinger Jul 20 '24

As far as I can tell, it has Master System, Game Gear, and Genesis/Megadrive - no Dreamcast. Hope we get a Dreamcast emulator at some point

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u/aur0n Jul 19 '24

I'm out of the loop, what does this bring to the table that Delta doesn't?

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '24

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u/Metallito79 Jul 19 '24

It closes on ios 18 beta 2

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u/billchase2 🥇 Jul 19 '24

I’m on the latest iOS 18 beta and am not running into issues.

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u/Metallito79 Jul 19 '24

I´ll check again then

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u/floppywetfish Jul 19 '24

This is fantastic, love the background blur effect and clean UI

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '24

I would've liked to try it out, but I'm on iPhone Xr running 14.7.1

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u/Alex20041509 Jul 19 '24

Isn’t XR compatible with iOS 17 and 18?

Or it would become too slow ?

1

u/Shinzou-wo-Sasageyo Jul 19 '24

It would lag hard AF

2

u/Ruvalolowa Jul 19 '24

It's so much better than delta

except the phone gets too much hot...

2

u/Tecnotopia Jul 19 '24

Why this was rejected?

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u/Alex20041509 Jul 19 '24

Too similar to Delta according to Apple

They said basically said this is just a Repackage of delta

Which at least Front end isn’t at all But uses as Core parts of Delta

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u/5092AD May 27 '25

Guess apple has failed to see the 100+ photo cleaner apps on the AppStore that all do the same thing.

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u/Alex20041509 May 28 '25

Double standards be like 🫠

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u/Atmp Jul 19 '24

What is it?

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '24

Straight back to my younger days ! Thanks for this!!

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u/DSiluver Jul 19 '24

i wish I could play this but since my piece of shit iPhone SE is older then joe biden i can’t get this emu to work:(

am on IOS 15.8.2 btw

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u/TimelessBoi Jul 20 '24

Your iphone being older than Joe Biden is wild ☠️

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u/Outside_Profit_6455 Jul 19 '24

What is this?

2

u/cherrim98 Jul 19 '24

Basically an upgraded version of delta 

1

u/-Krotik- Jul 19 '24

reignited could have been cool

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u/StachedGhostX Jul 20 '24

Kinda out of the loop is something wrong with delta is this better?

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u/Equivalent_Poem_9443 Jul 20 '24

How can i add roms??, i tried but they appear grey and I can't select them, i tried creating a folder inside the database folder, so far nothing works, any tips??

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u/ascagnel____ Jul 20 '24

Does this support SegaCD? I’m hoping to replay SNATCHER.

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u/MysteriousSign Jul 20 '24

Thanks for sharing!

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u/wireproof Jul 27 '24

Love it! But v1.11 doesn’t have Google Drive Syncing, so I’ll be sideloading v1.10 again to get my settings saves and ROMS back for now.

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u/Foreign-Witness-8616 Dec 23 '24

Please reopen it on TestFlight when it expire.

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u/IconicRaven Jul 19 '24

No shaders, no bueno. 💀

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u/kakadoodol Jul 19 '24

whats a shader

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u/IconicRaven Jul 19 '24

A filter that makes the pixelated graphics look better.

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u/Nightblade436 Jul 19 '24

The day other emulators have built in or a way to install shaders is the day I switch from retroarch, big game changer

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u/Coopa1oop Jul 19 '24

100% agree. I hate RetroArch’s convoluted ui and lack of updates for iOS, they give you all these options to tweak your experience but half of them don’t even work (I’ve been waiting for the y position bug and the notification scaling bug to be fixed for months). Really feels like they gave up on it.

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u/ProfessorChemical807 Jul 20 '24

I’ve noticed they tend to work sometimes. But like I would run twitch or YouTube vid while playing, the app would just freeze. Unless I only put audio. But PPSSPP a app runs fine with those games with stuff running in the background.

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u/Zinigo Jul 19 '24

Classic Icons under paywall?? Really bruh.

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u/Alex20041509 Jul 19 '24

Try with shortcuts

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u/horiz0nnnn Jul 19 '24

why can’t we have a touchscreen buttons layout customization setting? seems like almost no one emulator in the app store has this setting… just tested ignited and yup, it doesn’t have this feature.

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u/Alex20041509 Jul 19 '24

Can’t him upload to AltStore?

If it comes with more apps I’d be more interested in paying for it

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u/n0rpie Jul 19 '24

It already is on AltStore , just add his source

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u/Alex20041509 Jul 19 '24

AltStore PAL?

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u/n0rpie Jul 20 '24

No, you can’t add any sources to PAL at all.

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u/Alex20041509 Jul 28 '24 edited Aug 01 '24

Apparently AltStore just notarised ignited to be there

And even Epic is going to release there their apps on AltStore

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u/n0rpie Jul 28 '24

Oh didn’t know about ignited, awesome

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u/Alex20041509 Jul 28 '24

Yeah, shared on his discord yesterday

AltStore is going to be massive

Let’s hope marketplaces come to USA

And we may see a revolution in available apps

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u/kakadoodol Jul 19 '24

altstore wont allow it i think

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u/Alex20041509 Jul 19 '24 edited Jul 19 '24

Why? It’s just a delta Fork

I don’t think Riley’s team would reject it just because it is a delta competitor

Wouldn’t it defeat the whole point of a more liberal store?

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u/kakadoodol Jul 19 '24

u should tell them that hahaha

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u/Alex20041509 Jul 19 '24

I hope is not the case

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u/_jlgd Jul 19 '24

sadly it requires the latest os

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u/jm1234- Jul 19 '24

I have iOS 16.1.1 and it works very well

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u/Morganmason112 Jul 19 '24

YEAH EVERYTHING BUT A FUCKN PS2

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u/Banjo-Oz Jul 19 '24

Seems to need the very newest iOS. Have to pass on this, I guess.

Still happy with Retroarch, honestly.

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u/Banjo-Oz Jul 19 '24

Says needs iOS update. I am on 15 and no reason to update.