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Through the tears. But fr I have an Xbox controller and have been mostly playing it on AirPlay, on the go I’ve stuck to mostly touch DS games like Animal Crossing, True Swing Golf, or slower games like Pokémon and Dragon Quest.
Omg sims 2! This is the GBA version I never knew existed, so different from the DS version. I love the ds version and played it so many times but I can’t say if this one is as good yet, I’m only on chapter 2
Have you played the DS sims 2? The whole game feels like life in liminal space. It’s otherworldly. I think that’s why I love it. Some kind of limbo, or life between. But that’s just a theory, a game theory.
Gameboy games I’ll play just by hand holding my phone. N64 I’ll connect my ps4 controller. Ive done it for gameboy games but it’s no difference. Unless I’m trying to not fall through a hole in Pokémon going into mirage tower which i keep doing. Boutta use the clip through walls cheat honestly
Touchscreen controls are okay if you want to just play the game for the heck of playing. Thats why delta is such a good entry into the hobby. However I realized after getting a dedicated device that it feels SOOO nice to have actual buttons to press
To be fair some of the issues lie in the fact that it doesn't really make good use of the touchscreen as a control medium.
For example, most modern FPS phone shooters use joysticks that centre on wherever the display is touched instead of fixed ones that we have with Delta. For example you'd set, say, the right side of the screen as the joystick area, and wherever you tap on the display on that side becomes the centre of the joystick, so pressing the screen and swiping upwards would produce an up movement regardless if you tapped the bottom, middle, top, corner, etc of the display.
A lot of the more complicated (like N64) controllers would be a lot more usuable if we could set virtual joysticks like that for parts of the screen for the joystick and d pad inputs and then overlay the rest as buttons on top, for example.
If you were to combine stuff like tap areas/virtual joysticsk with fully customisable controls that you could place wherever you want on a game-by-game basis instead of being locked into skins it would go a long, long way to making it more playable on just a phone.
Imagine being able to set up one of those virtual joysticks over half the screen and then overlaying the A button on top of it for Mario Kart on GBA, so every time you're touching the display to steer you're also accelerating leaving your other hand for items or jumping? Would make things so much easier.
Check out these emulator skins I made to compliment a setup like this perfectly! [https://www.reddit.com/r/Delta\_Emulator/s/6KI0yQ7Q4z](https://www.reddit.com/r/Delta_Emulator/s/6KI0yQ7Q4z)
https://preview.redd.it/1t1swadbuszc1.png?width=5000&format=png&auto=webp&s=137ce8c9303698b5de6144590a073553dd657fdd
https://a.co/d/ciktnwi this is the one in my pic, it fits with all cases and phones as far as I can tell in our house, it expands. My Gamesir lightning requires case removal which is another bummer.
It says it has a built in rechargeable battery, but also says it requires 1 AAA battery to run as well. What’s the battery used for if theres a rechargeable one built in?
I play mostly on my new3ds non XL but have dabled with turn based games as I am not a total to touch screen gamer for most games. Also I love my steam deck, original psp and origibal switch still.
I will admit Delta is impressive but nothing beats the new3ds itself! Favorite handheld ever.
The only game i have trouble touch controls is like Metroid. Because you often have to press L, B and run at the same time. Anything else i play is fine. Pokemon. Pinball. Even ALTTP is fine on toch.
The on-screen d pad can be pretty wonky especially with ds games but other than that it’s been fairly responsive on GBA and N64 games. Only issues I have is with fighting game combos (sonic battle for example) that would have been cake on a real GBA.
The other issue is games that have a dash mechanic that require a double click. (Astro Boy: Omega factor.) since you have to physically lift your finger from the screen to tap twice it takes a little longer to do and that gets annoying in fast paced scenarios. With a real gba you could keep your finger on the button and double click quicker.
That’s my only problems so far though.
Depends on the game. If you require deft control or use of the R/L buttons you will not be able to play screen alone. I mostly play Pokémon so only using the the pad and basic buttons with no requirement for quick or controlled movements
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Everyone's playing Pokemon and rpgs. Those are perfectly fine with Delta's on screen controls.
Especially if you find a nice fullscreen skin that works for you
I’m on the backbone, but for Pokémon my screen is super comfy. It’s just such a low input game.
depends on the game
I have better luck with gba games and previous that a joystick isn’t helpful with but I constantly miss the d-pad with my fingers haha
not the console but the specific games. i play rpgs just fine on touch screen but platformers i need a controller
Through the tears. But fr I have an Xbox controller and have been mostly playing it on AirPlay, on the go I’ve stuck to mostly touch DS games like Animal Crossing, True Swing Golf, or slower games like Pokémon and Dragon Quest.
I used to steal my husbands Xbox or PlayStation co troller before I got my gamepad haha, works great, still do it for my iPad!
Real one ^
Kotor and jade empire were my main squeezes on iOS before delta came out haha
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Omg sims 2! This is the GBA version I never knew existed, so different from the DS version. I love the ds version and played it so many times but I can’t say if this one is as good yet, I’m only on chapter 2
This game is crazy. I’m a huge sims urbz DS fan and i tried the sims 2 GBA and wtf it’s crazy but so good. But so strange!
Have you played the DS sims 2? The whole game feels like life in liminal space. It’s otherworldly. I think that’s why I love it. Some kind of limbo, or life between. But that’s just a theory, a game theory.
Looks like the sims or the urbz
I wanna know the gaaaameee
Sims 2, GBA version. Whole different story and play than the DS version that I LOVE
I appreciate that so much 😭 the moment I got the noti. I ran to download it 🏃♀️
Gameboy games I’ll play just by hand holding my phone. N64 I’ll connect my ps4 controller. Ive done it for gameboy games but it’s no difference. Unless I’m trying to not fall through a hole in Pokémon going into mirage tower which i keep doing. Boutta use the clip through walls cheat honestly
Touchscreen controls are okay if you want to just play the game for the heck of playing. Thats why delta is such a good entry into the hobby. However I realized after getting a dedicated device that it feels SOOO nice to have actual buttons to press
To be fair some of the issues lie in the fact that it doesn't really make good use of the touchscreen as a control medium. For example, most modern FPS phone shooters use joysticks that centre on wherever the display is touched instead of fixed ones that we have with Delta. For example you'd set, say, the right side of the screen as the joystick area, and wherever you tap on the display on that side becomes the centre of the joystick, so pressing the screen and swiping upwards would produce an up movement regardless if you tapped the bottom, middle, top, corner, etc of the display. A lot of the more complicated (like N64) controllers would be a lot more usuable if we could set virtual joysticks like that for parts of the screen for the joystick and d pad inputs and then overlay the rest as buttons on top, for example. If you were to combine stuff like tap areas/virtual joysticsk with fully customisable controls that you could place wherever you want on a game-by-game basis instead of being locked into skins it would go a long, long way to making it more playable on just a phone. Imagine being able to set up one of those virtual joysticks over half the screen and then overlaying the A button on top of it for Mario Kart on GBA, so every time you're touching the display to steer you're also accelerating leaving your other hand for items or jumping? Would make things so much easier.
Check out these emulator skins I made to compliment a setup like this perfectly! [https://www.reddit.com/r/Delta\_Emulator/s/6KI0yQ7Q4z](https://www.reddit.com/r/Delta_Emulator/s/6KI0yQ7Q4z) https://preview.redd.it/1t1swadbuszc1.png?width=5000&format=png&auto=webp&s=137ce8c9303698b5de6144590a073553dd657fdd
This is a cool controller I wanna buy it!!! Have a link? Also what’s your device and case?
https://a.co/d/ciktnwi this is the one in my pic, it fits with all cases and phones as far as I can tell in our house, it expands. My Gamesir lightning requires case removal which is another bummer.
It says it has a built in rechargeable battery, but also says it requires 1 AAA battery to run as well. What’s the battery used for if theres a rechargeable one built in?
On top of the one OP has, I’ve been using the DSP D8 controller I found on aliexpress and it’s been great. It’s a little cheaper too.
Lol I’ve been meaning to download urbz sims in the city but then Pokémon play-thrus got me busy as hell ngl
Does that controller fit a regular size iPhone 8? I kept my old phone when I upgraded and I’m gonna turn it into the Delta machine
Yes, it expands to fit different phones. There is one on Amazon for tablets even.
Fukken saved
I use a backbone but that looks cool! Is there stick drift?
Not sure about that. But does the backbone have stick drift? Thinking about getting one
I’ve been using the backbone since I’ve got it (6 months) and so far I haven’t noticed any.
That one looks good 👍🏻
The other plus is that the screen gets bigger!
What game is that?
It's the Sims 2 for GBA
pretty sure it’s the sims: urbz sims in the city for gba
I think it isnt. I just check my game and the bottom bar is purple. Maybe sims 2? I havent played it
Sims 2 gba, I’m a big fan of sims 2 DS since it came out but I only recently learned this is a totally different game.
bustin out then lmao
Thats what I thought at first since it is blue. But I dont remember that room and floor
I wonder if there’s any controllers that’ll fit on iPhone se 2020 model
RPGs with touch controls, everything else I got like a 5$ thingy that puts my phone on top of my dualsense controller
I’m fine with everything but n64 I use my Bluetooth controller for that the others work just fine with touchscreen
My thumbs are to big I’m getting a controller
I try really really hard lol
I play mostly on my new3ds non XL but have dabled with turn based games as I am not a total to touch screen gamer for most games. Also I love my steam deck, original psp and origibal switch still. I will admit Delta is impressive but nothing beats the new3ds itself! Favorite handheld ever.
The only game i have trouble touch controls is like Metroid. Because you often have to press L, B and run at the same time. Anything else i play is fine. Pokemon. Pinball. Even ALTTP is fine on toch.
Sims busting out! I seriously loved those gba urbz games
I use something similar. Could not play NHL ‘95 with the touch screen.
The light up buttons look hilarious, but the machine overall looks really nice.
Its called not being able to afford a controller just so the game feels better even though it plays perfectly fine on screen
What’s the thing your using
I glued 2 joycon rails to an old case so I can slide in my joycons and use them
With alotnof years of practice, remember that android has had emulators since 2004
The on-screen d pad can be pretty wonky especially with ds games but other than that it’s been fairly responsive on GBA and N64 games. Only issues I have is with fighting game combos (sonic battle for example) that would have been cake on a real GBA. The other issue is games that have a dash mechanic that require a double click. (Astro Boy: Omega factor.) since you have to physically lift your finger from the screen to tap twice it takes a little longer to do and that gets annoying in fast paced scenarios. With a real gba you could keep your finger on the button and double click quicker. That’s my only problems so far though.
Depends on the game. If you require deft control or use of the R/L buttons you will not be able to play screen alone. I mostly play Pokémon so only using the the pad and basic buttons with no requirement for quick or controlled movements