We heard about the NES emulator yesterday for the iPhone and ran to retrieve one of my execs “toys” to umm update it… Yeah that’s right Update it. I jumped through some hoops and got it all loaded up and then to my dismay it was slow as crap. I un-installed everything and gave it back disappointed. But then this morning I read the following article (now I need to retrieve the phone again to give this a shot! Zelda here I come:
megaman2 iPhone NES Emulator re released uber fast.(With Instructions! at the bottom!)

So what happens when someone releases a functional but extremely slow NES emulator? Two of the finest iPhone hackers spend all night re-writing the thing to make it blazing fast and include multi-touch support. Behold the optimized NES App created by NerveGas with help from NightWatch/Patrick Walton. You can download and run the app today and the source will shortly be rolled into the official SVN. iPhone NES: the game for big hearts and small thumbs.
Thanks to Bricolage and NerveGas [Tuaw]

Update: The NES App has been getting updates all day. To keep on top of the updates, check out Nate True’s iPhone archive, which is where new updates will appear.

AtA Update: Got it working – totally playable multi touch is slow but bearable… I will see if i can get some video up. Stay tuned to this post for more! Check back!!

smb iPhone NES Emulator re released uber fast.(With Instructions! at the bottom!) Here are the instructions for installation:

  1. Install Jailbreak and mod up your iPhone.
  2. Enable SSH
  3. Copy NESApp.app to /Applications using this for mac or this for PC here
  4. chmod +x /Applications/NESApp.app/NESApp
  5. Restart iPhone and the icon will be there at the bottom.
  6. To install games, place the ROMs into /var/root/Media/ROMs/NES on the iPhone. Mac users can do so by using the new file browser, iFuntastic and pc users can use this app: here
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