The iPhone game lovers are overwhelmed with games that can utilize the graphics capability of the chip to the full. However, people are still in love with games from the past and Nintendo is one of the platform that is most in demand.
iPhone owners with stock iOS or without jailbreak can now enjoy best Nintendo games by using the web based emulator called webNES, which can run on any smartphone without requiring additional apps.
The webNES can run on any web browser accessible via the web address webn.es that runs flawlessly on mobile Safari, and offers top NES games like Rad Racer, Mario and many more.
Now, to start enjoying all those games from last century you can follow the two step instructions described below.
Step 1. Open your Safari and go to the site webn.es. Once the page is loaded you can see the following page with a number of games listed.
Stpe 2. Now, to give the page a native app appearance, you can have webNES added to your iPhone or iPad Home Screen by tapping over the Share button and clicking over the “Add to Home Screen” option. This’ll make the Nintendo game run in full screen mode.
Step 3. You can have your own NES ROM on the web based emulator by loading the game through your Dropbox account by using the “+” button located at the top-right corner.
Controls
Once the game is loaded you can use onscreen D-pad, the A, B, select and start buttons as shown in the image below. To make use of the landscape mode, simply tilt the phone.
Support
The web based emulator is an open source project and you can report or even contribute to the effort by visiting the GitHub page for webNES.
User Feedback
Well, the thing is still in development and will take time before you can enjoy the games without much hassles. Currently, you may find webNes not be as smooth as the Cydia based emulators, but initial reports are quite encouraging and you should try it once on your iPhone or iPad.
Tags: emulator, ipad, iphone, jailbreak, nes, nintendo, without
