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Divine blob · Mar 17, 2011

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Arn't roms illegal?
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Post: Playing Pokemon and Other Games on the Iphone/Itouch
Forum: Miscellaneous
Assigned Moderators: FishFishy

Posted by: Tmoe
Original Content:

Pokemon!
On the Iphone/Itouch

Note:
Your Ipod MUST be jailbroken in order to download the required emulators. The act of jailbreaking an Ipod is legal and was deemed so by a California Judge. Upon downloading of the required Emulator/Packages you will have access to ROMS of all GBA games. Downloading of ROMS you have paid for is legal, ROMS you have not paid for is indeed illegal.

This guide picks up after you have a jailbroken Ipod and having Cydia installed. Depending on demand, I may make a guide on how to jailbreak.

Background
In order to play Pokemon (or games on systems in general) one must download an emulator. Emulators are available for all types of systems such as: PS1/N64/Sega Genesis/GBA/etc. Since Pokemon is primarly on the GBA, we will be using the emulator gpSPhone. If you'd like to read up on it check out: http://www.zodttd.com/wiki/index.php/GpSPhone
While it is available in the Cydia store, it doesn't work due to not everything needed being included. As well, in order to actually play a specific game, you need to download ROMS.

Sources
In order to be able to download the ROM and a working emulator installing the following sources:
1. cydia.hackulo.us
2. apt.123locker.com
3. cydia.xsellize.com
4. sinfuliphonerepo.com

Along with giving you access to roms/emulator for GBA, there will also be many more ROM packs available. This'll give you access to games such as Crash Bandicute, or nearly any other GBA game. (Only legally if you've actually purchased the game.)
Adding Sources
In order to install the sources follow these steps: (Pictures Below them)
Open Cydia
Go to "Manage" which is 3 sections over next to "search."
Press "Sources"
Press "Edit" which is located in the top right corner.
Proceed to add the source by pressing "add" in the top left corner.

Getting the Emulator
In order to install the emulator, go to the search button and search gpSPhone. There will be more then one gpSPhone and be sure to download the one with the X looking symbol beside it. As well, download the gpSPhone Bios. Without that, you will not be able to run the emulator.

Getting the ROMs
Getting the ROMS is nearly the same as downloading the emulator. Simply go to search and search "GBA rom." Results will come up in packages such as: All games M-P. This will allow you to get the games you'd like.

Playing
Just go back to your where your APPs are located and find the app gpSPhone. The app itself looks like Game Boy Advanced. When the App is loaded simply press the game you'd like to play and pick how you'd like to play.

Portrait: Looks like a Gameboy Advanced SP
Landscape: Looks like the original Gameboy Advanced.

Example of an older Portrait version of the gpSPhone:

I'd take pictures, but my Iphone is my camera so... I'll see if I can find anything on the internets.

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Divine blob · Mar 17, 2011

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http://www.nintendo.com/corp/legal.jsp#download_rom

There is a good deal of misinformation on the Internet regarding the backup/archival copy exception. It is not a "second copy" rule and is often mistakenly cited for the proposition that if you have one lawful copy of a copyrighted work, you are entitled to have a second copy of the copyrighted work even if that second copy is an infringing copy. The backup/archival copy exception is a very narrow limitation relating to a copy being made by the rightful owner of an authentic game to ensure he or she has one in the event of damage or destruction of the authentic. Therefore, whether you have an authentic game or not, or whether you have possession of a Nintendo ROM for a limited amount of time, i.e. 24 hours, it is illegal to download and play a Nintendo ROM from the Internet.
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