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Best app ever

Best app Iโ€™ve ever used so far because this brought back so many good memories from when I younger and played some games I played when I was younger and gave me nostalgia from when I had a real DS but now at least you donโ€™t have to side load from sketchy websites Awesome would recommend if want good memories back
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Great emulator

Was better when it first released. Ever since the most recent update, it consistently crashes. But when it worksโ€ฆ man is this app incredible. I do utilize PPSSPP gold, but the same thing happens in the original app.

Update: I created folders within the games folder itself and separated games into smaller groups. Since then, it has not been an issue. Must be a memory thing with too many games available at once in the menu (on a iPhone 15 ProMax). Star changed up to 5.
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ONE fix needed to be perfect

Overall such a great emulator. Ticks all the boxes! Open source, tons of customization options, hotkeys, texture packs, cheats, speed changes, etc. โ€” does it all, and does it well.

Edit: new version has some bugs for me. Crashing more often than the previous.

My ONE gripe, however, is that even though the DISPLAY can be rotated to a vertical orientation, the CONTROLS cannot be rotated to match. I know PSP landscape looks nice on an iPhone. I really do enjoy it. But sometimes I just want to hold my phone upright.

I have a larger phone and it doesnโ€™t fit well for extended play when held sideways. So it would be nice to get some vertical control support. That said itโ€™s a small issue and the emulator overall is amazing.

So still five stars from me. Ps love the update with the updated UI text. Big quality of life improvement I didnโ€™t know I needed.
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Finally on App Store

Finally ๐Ÿ˜Œ๐Ÿ˜Š

Tilt Controls

I feel bad giving this 4/5 stars. Itโ€™s free, and plays wonderfully through my library of racing games. Other than the occasional crash, Iโ€™m running Gran Turismo at 60fps, with the ability to switch to any other racing game, all on my iphone. For free.

However, racing games require precise inputs, which is why the physical buttons of the psp provided a superior handheld gaming experience . And of course, on an iphone, there are no physical buttons, making racing a clunky and disappointing experience.

I can forgo shifting manually with triggers by setting to automatic, but I canโ€™t get around the fact that using the d pad or analog stick on a touch screen is a frustrating process. This could be solved with tilt controls, and the app has the option! But it doesnโ€™t work.

So please, please fix the tilt controls. Until then I have a library of games at my disposal, that run great and look amazing, but I cannot enjoy the gameplay.
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Bug

Using an Xbox One controller,there is a bug that brings up the Save menu when pressing top left on the analogue stick,such a shame as this makes it impossible to play properly with a controller,hopefully this can be fixed in an update.

Connect ps5 controller

After ps5 controller connected.The L and R button are not working

5 stars

Feels good to give a good app 5 stars!

Great emulator, still optimizing

Very solid, one tiny thing I noticed that could probably easily be fixed is that the app doesn't have whatever flag it needs to be able to assign a game controller profile in iOS Settings > General > Game Controller. And while we're working on controller integration, do whatever RetroArch does so that the home button on my Razer Kishi doesn't open Game Center and can actually be useful. Thanks for bringing this emulator to the App Store.
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Was all good until the update

Now the game (GTA VCS) keep crash while loading

I get passed the Rockstar logo and intro video, but when the game loading screen comes on, PPSPP crashes.

Tried looking for help videos but none helped as it seems I have the optimal settings.

Please fix

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