Homebrew developer ZodTTD was quick to whip up the latest version of gpSPhone v0.1.0, a GBA emulator compatible with Apple's iPhone and iTouch. This latest version fixes a couple of bugs with the memory and the suspend/resume mode, as well as some improvements with its overall performance.

The developer was also kind enough to include a step-by-step installation guide for this nifty application. The most important thing that ZodTTD noted was that the correct gba_bios.bin file must be installed for this emulator to work. Don't forget to set the gpSPhone's file permission to 0755, otherwise there's a possibility that it might not run.

ZodTTD is currently working on an installer application repository so that users won't have to go through all the complicated steps he detailed below. In any case, make sure to follow these steps when installing the application on your device:

• Unzip the gpSPhone.app directory to /Applications
• Change the "gpSPhone" file's permission to 0755 using a tool such as WinSCP
• Place gba_bios.bin (GBA BIOS is case sensitive) in /Applications/gpSPhone.app/
• Make sure there is the following directory on your iPhone / iTouch, if not create it: /var/root/Media/ROMs/GBA
• Place roms anywhere on iPhone/iTouch but preferably in the default file selection directory: /var/root/Media/ROMs/GBA

As for those of you interested in taking a look at the new changes since we posted the previous version of gpSPhone, here's the changelog for v0.1.0:

Changes 0.1.0:

• Fixed a memory leak causing crashes when loading roms in the middle of a game.
• Fixed suspend/resume mode. Make sure it's enabled in preferences/settings when upgrading.
• Improved dynarec performance by adding more staticly allocated registers.

Download: gpSPhone v.0.1.0