Apr

Author : rAwks

We get tons of questions regarding topics such as emulators and adding games onto those emulators. Getting an emulator for a certain video game system is easy…the hard part is finding the ROMs and/or BIOs for the emulator. Add this source http://iappcat.com/r/6675 into Installer. After your sources refresh, click on your install tab and click on the folder named “rAwks.” This is a repo I created that includes all the emulators out there and some ROM and BIO packages. I can’t guarantee all the ROMs or BIOs will work, but most of them do.

Usually the way you add ROMs into your emulator is by SSHing into your iPod. You would then create a ROMs folder in a specific path way. When you install the ROM packages from my source it will create the folder on its own, if you haven’t created one yet. The first time I installed the packages it created the folder in the correct place, but when I recently did it again it created it in the wrong place. The ROM packages include only a limited amount of games and it might not include a game you really want. Now the only way to add the game of your choice is to find the ROM online and download it. Then when you have it on your computer, you have to SSH into your iPod and place it in the ROMs folder. As mentioned, the emulators require you to place the ROMs folder in a specific section in the iPod. I will give you directions on how to SSH into your iPod to include the ROMs you downloaded into your emulators. First off, make sure to read Lone Stag’s post on “Detailed Instructions on How To SSH” and follow all his steps. (If you have a MAC, download and install Cyberduck…instead of WinSCP) When you’re all logged in using either WinSCP or Cyberduck, now you have to be careful what you do. You don’t want to delete something your not suppose to or move things in the wrong place. Here are the steps:

Navigate to /var/mobile/Media
If you don’t have the folder already, create a new folder and name it “ROMs”
Click on the ROMs folder. Then you would have to create folders for each emulator you want. (Ex. NES, SNES, GENESIS, GBA, etc.)
Depending on which ROM you’re adding, you would just drag that ROM from your computer into that emulator’s folder.
Once you are done, on your iPod that game should be in your emulator.

If you run into any problems, just let me know. There are many videos online if you need visual help. Hope all goes well!

PS…here are some sites to find some ROMs or BIOs

http://www.theoldcomputer.com/Libarary%27s/Emulation/NES/ROMs/NES_roms_summary%200-L.htm#-L.htm

http://ndash.eu/en/?lnk=gbn

http://rapidshare.com/files/69551457/gba_bios.bin.html

19 Comments

Chris, April 14, 2008:

just to point out to save games you must make sure the folders have the correct permissions
DamageR, April 14, 2008:

gpSPhone still told me that he cant find any rom’s under: /var/root/Media/ROMs/GBA!?
but this folder realy exists!
rAwks, April 14, 2008:

To DamageR…

You have to put ROMS in /var/mobile/Media/ROMs/GBA…NOT IN /var/root/Media/ROMs/GBA. Hope all goes well!
Dloader Girl, April 14, 2008:

And also if you’re creating a new folder manually, make sure its ROMs (with a lowerc case s) instead of ROMS …
Lonman06, April 18, 2008:

If you need more help, I have a lot of information on doing this over at http://lonman06forums.com
computerlab kid, April 26, 2008:

in the rawks folder their r ROMs folders 4 NES games nd GBA but when i do gba it says download failed y and wat should i do
rAwks, April 26, 2008:

To computerlab kid…

I found out that the repo for the ROMs aren’t working. You have to find another source. Check out lonman06.com cause he has some useful things about emulators and ROMs
Dom, April 26, 2008:

Hey, erm. i can’t seem to play the GBA emulator cause they say i have the wrong IOS image. any idea on how to fix it?
computerlabkid, May 1, 2008:

should I put that as a source
zackmophobes, May 18, 2008:

Thank you soooo much dude! youre awesome!
Kev, May 19, 2008:

I’ve installed NES on the touch, works fine. Need some time to get used to the controllers, however, when I tried using the “sensory pad” option, the contoller doesn’t work at all, eg, the And B btns, start and select…..
HopelessIdiot, August 28, 2008:

when i try clicking on iappcat source after entering it in, an error occurs and says “Unable to Decode source at http//iappcat.com/r/6675
help pls!!
HopelessIdiot, August 28, 2008:

hold on, ok i got it to work, but now i cant find the place where rAwrks should be.. im using quickpwn for this, so i dont really know where anything is.. anyone know?
HopelessIdiot, August 28, 2008:

i found rawrks, butwhen i choose one of the application an error appears and says “unknown host”, or “unable to decode pacakge”, or “unable to decode source at http://iappcat.com/r/6675
Yavve, February 8, 2009:

i get an error when i do the first step :S
josh, December 3, 2009:

how do you do it off an ipod touch i have gpsphone but i want diffrent games that are on there? xxwhatshisnamexx@yahoo.com
wes, December 30, 2009:

stuck on downloading packages any help?
Jeremy Ulrich, July 21, 2010:

I’m trying to find the rom for Mother 3 I’ve searched on cydia and all my other sources but no results please help!
younq, August 3, 2010:

this is b.s all this did was make my Cydia get stuck in a download state that i cant get outta

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