Difficulty – Pretty easy |

What is iGPSP?

iGPSP is a Gameboy Advance Emulator for the iPod touch so that you can play “.GBA” roms
Caution: iGPSP runs at about half the regular speed therefore the gaming experience won’t be as good as playing a real Gameboy Advance

Prerequisites: iPodLinux and Bootloader

Click for tutorial

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1. Download this file
2. Save to a place you will remember
3. Make sure your iPod video is connected
4. Go to Start > my computer > “Your iPod”
5. Extract the content of the zip file inside your iPod so that it looks like this



6. Make sure these files, Except “zelda.gba”, are in the GBA folder



7. Search on Google for .gba Roms and Download somewhere you will remember (The file has to have .gba extension)
8. Drag and Drop the rom into the GBA folder
9. Go back to the iPod Root
10. Open the Loader.cfg with wordpad
11. Add this line between “iPodLinux” and “Sleep”

If you want sound to play (Might be slower) add this line

1. iGPSP @ (hd0,1)/linux.bin /mnt/igpsp-with-sound

If you do not want sound add this line

2. iGPSP @ (hd0,1)/linux.bin /mnt/GBA/igpsp-no-sound



12. Save the loader.cfg file and reboot your iPod by pressing Menu + center
13. Select iGPSP from the menu

If you want to load another game while on iGPSP

1. Switch on and switch off the lock button and a menu will appear
2. Go to Load new Game
3. Select your new game and Voila!

iGPSP Problems

Not All Roms work with IGPSP. All the Pokemon games don’t work sorry.

For a full list of compatible games visit

http://ipodlinux.org/wiki/Igpsp/roms

If ever your iPod Freezes, just reboot it and everything should be fine!

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Controls taken from the readme file

In the igpSP menu, the default controls are as followed:
MENU = up
PAUSE/PLAY = down
REWIND = left (on settings)
FAST FORWARD = right (on settings)
CENTRE = selection (of menu item)
HOLD SWITCH = exit menu

In the igpSP menu, if the “Menu scrolling” setting is “On”:
SCROLL LEFT = up
SCROLL RIGHT = down
REWIND = left (on settings)
FAST FORWARD = right (on settings)
CENTRE = selection (of menu item)
MENU = exit menu

In-game, controls are based on wheel touches as well as key
presses. They are as followed.
TOUCH UP = up
TOUCH DOWN = down
TOUCH LEFT = left
TOUCH RIGHT = right
TOUCH UP-RIGHT = A
TOUCH UP-LEFT = B
TOUCH DOWN-RIGHT = start
TOUCH DOWN-LEFT = select
MENU = up + B
PAUSE/PLAY = down + B
REWIND = left + B
FAST FORWARD = right + B
CENTRE = A
HOLD SWITCH = enter menu

In game, if the “Map L/R Triggers” setting is “On”:
REWIND = left trigger
FAST FORWARD = right trigger

In game, if the “Rapid Fire A & B” setting is “On”:
TOUCH UP-RIGHT = A (rapid fire)
TOUCH UP-LEFT = B (rapid fire)

Note that igpSP sometimes freezes when exiting. The
cause of this is unknown but I suspect it is due to
synchronization issues for COP (but I’m not sure).
If this happens, just force reboot your iPod

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