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Apple eased guidelines to allow for game emulators to be distributed through their App Store.
The first one I’ve downloaded is the free Delta emulator. It supports a good handful of original Nintendo consoles with more to come. The Verge has a good write up with details.
Loading ROMs is easy. Delta intelligently hides onscreen controls when a Bluetooth controller is present. You can Airplay the game to a screen and it works fairly well. (And yes, Android phones have had these emulators for a while, but it’s nice to have them available on Apple’s store.)
Here’s the thing though, I doubt I’ll spend much time playing any of these old games. I’ve oodles of classics available on the Switch, old consoles that still work in storage boxes and a Raspberry Pi set up specifically for emulation. I love the idea of playing old games, but when it comes down to it? I’d rather be doing something else.
There’s joy in the possibility though, and sometimes that’s nice to have on hand.
https://chrisglass.com/2024/04/19/joy-in-the-possibility/
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“Your sweat is so shiny and beautiful!” blurts the guide from Nintendo’s Ring Fit Adventure when you finish a level. I was definitely sweating, probably shiny but I’m sure I looked ridiculous.
This game and peripheral came out at the end of 2019 but I was working out with my trainer Larry and we switched to virtual when it became clear the pandemic was sticking around.
I picked a copy on sale in late 2021 and it sat collecting dust until today.
I moved the living room coffee table, slid the left controller into a sleeve that wraps around your leg and snapped the other one in this ring and fired it up.
Between jogging in place, squeezing that ring apparatus to interact with the environment and all the floor exercises, I was downright woozy from a really great workout.
The IR port on the controller even measures your pulse between sets and it‘’s pretty darn accurate with readings on my watch.
So day one with this thing is in the books. I’m hopeful this might get me moving on the cold days!
A few more grabs of bits from the game