Sony PSP emulator PPSSPP hits the iOS App Store

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Sony PSP emulator PPSSPP hits the iOS App Store
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, an app that's capable of emulating PSP games, has joined the growing number of retro game emulators on the iOS App Store. The program has been around for almost 12 years, but prior to this, you could only install it on your device through workarounds."Thanks to Apple for relaxing their policies, allowing retro games console emulators on the store," its developer Henrik Rydgård wrote in his, there's $5 gold version coming, as well.

The emulator's other versions support the Just-in-time compiler, which optimizes code to make it run more smoothly on a particular platform. However, the one on the App Store doesn't and will not ever support it unless Apple changes its rules. Rydgård says iOS devices are"generally fast enough" to run almost all PSP games at full speed, though, so you may not notice much of a difference.

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