gpSPhone v6.0.5 on Cydia Store

***wraggster*** · July 12th, 2009, 18:17

UPDATE: gpSPhone v6.0.5 has been released now. It includes support for both firmware 2.x as well as 3.x and includes audio-sync fixes among other things.

As you have most likely seen by the buzz here on ZodTTD.com, gpSPhone has been updated to v6.0.1 and is no longer in beta. It is now available for $6 via the Cydia Store.

gpSPhone is a port of a Gameboy Advance emulator by Exophase titled gpSP. Exophase wrote both gpSP and Temper from scratch. He is the most skilled emulator author I am lucky enough to know. When gpSP was released on the MIPS CPU based PSP, I was eager to port it to the ARM CPU based GP2X. With Exophase’s permission I made the GP2X port and wrote a quick and dirty dynamic recompiler for it. Soon Exophase was introduced to the GP2X scene, rewrote my dynarec (yeah mine sucked in comparison!), and kept the port maintained.

When I took on the task to bring emulators to the (then) newly jailbroken iPhone and iPod Touch, my first choice was gpSP. I have maintained this port for around a year now. Exophase had moved on to projects such as Temper during that time. So by bringing gpSPhone to Cydia Store my intentions are to get more development done on gpSPhone. The move from a hobby to a product on Cydia Store motivates like nothing else can.

Exophase and I spoke before the release of gpSPhone, and we agreed to evenly split the profits. We also are in agreement that gpSPhone is a closed source project.

For those wondering what’s new in v6.0.1 over v5.5.0:

No advertisements.
Slight increase in performance.
Specifically written to support firmware 3.0+.
Bug fixes related to stability.
Removed linear screen filter.
Planned features for free updates:

Firmware 2.x support. Due to popular request.
Better cheat support. Save cheat settings.
Better controller interfaces.
Improvements to performance.
Better audio support for the very fast iPhone 3gs.
Perhaps if we can motivate Exophase, some improvements to the emulator that only someone of his skill can do.
So a lot is in store too. If Exophase can afford the time to work on gpSPhone’s emulation, I can only imagine good things ahead.

I feel Exophase really deserves some “love” by this community, and this is my present to him. I ask all to stay respectful, and if you enjoy gpSPhone, to purchase gpSPhone on Cydia Store.

Thanks,

ZodTTD

http://www.zodttd.com/blog/2009/07/1...n-cydia-store/

I remember Nintendo going after a GBA Emulator sold for the Tapwave Zodiac and Sony going after emulators for the PSX, personally i dont expect this to be the end of this story.

**240-185** · July 12th, 2009, 20:34

nevermind

**Maturion** · July 13th, 2009, 15:48

I absolutely respect his decision, but however I think it's very sad to see more and more hombrew becoming paid stuff. NES.app also has to be bought now.

I know how many work the developers have put into this, but haven't the DreamSNES guys put a lot of work in their emulator, too? They never charged for it.