TurboGrafx-16 comes to iPhone (unofficially)

by Randy Nelson { May 29th 2008 at 4:00AM }

Attention "jailbroken" iPhone owners: Touch Arcade reports that it's now perfectly okay to Bonk your wunderphone without having to worry about its purty glass screen cracking. Emulator author ZodTTD (shall we kneel before him?) has ported the nifty TurboGrafx-16 emu, Temper, to iPhone as – wait for it – temper4iphone.

Temper was originally developed for the South Korean GamePark 2X handheld and ran ROM- and CD-Based titles designed for NEC's 16-bit system, which was a smash in Japan (as the PC-Engine) but enjoyed modest success in the West under its Turbo-fied moniker. As you can see from the embedded video, the emu is already plenty impressive. Unlike its GP2X counterpart, there's no support (yet) for CD-based game images, but compatibility with TG-16 ROMs (if you don't own the game, don't download em, 'kay?) is said to be high. Like previous emulators ported to iPhone, the retro console's controls are recreated on the touch screen.

Apple is expected to launch its "2.0" refresh of the iPhone along with the iPhone App Store in just a couple of weeks, and we'd be jazzed to see a proper Virtual Console-esque suite of "sanctioned" emulators offered for download via the service.

[Via TUAW]

Tags: bonk, emulation, gp2x, iphone, iphone-2.0, nec, tg-16, turbografx-16, turbografx16

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

WRE (PSN: WorstReviewEver; Gamertag: HaloKissesBoys; Wii Friend Code: 4204-4590-6106-3583) @ May 29th 2008 4:05AM

Finally.

Godmil @ May 29th 2008 4:31AM

Zod is fantastic. He did some great work on the GP2X and I can't wait to see what he brings to the Pandora when it's released.

Captain_Hairy @ May 29th 2008 6:38AM

Mmm, the videos of Playstation emulation look pretty goddamn freakin' sweet.

ScottyGEE @ May 29th 2008 5:33AM

I love how he touted only for high profile people ;p

I don't care about this though...All I need is iPhysics and sketches ^_^

Anton Nilsson @ May 29th 2008 7:37AM

"Unlike its GP2X counterpart, there's no support (yet) for CD-based game images"

Yet in the video he plays a CD-ROM game (Dracula X)...

Vidikron (FU) @ May 29th 2008 9:19AM

Looks cool, but I just can't play games that use a touch screen to replace what were originally buttons.

A Pissed-off English Gamer @ May 29th 2008 11:26AM

Mmm, i'm skeptical, too. Well, when I one day get an iPhone i'll still have a good go.

PojoMofo @ May 29th 2008 9:59AM

Bonk on an iPhone... I like it!!

Ridgecity @ May 29th 2008 2:25PM

I hate these collect every freekin rom there is and have BOnk 1.1, Bonk (J) hack, and shit like that. They don't even play the games just carry everything to use it never. Carry two games and enjoy them, and use a tv as it was intended. I built a Mame arcade with a giant 32' 120 lbs monitor and might built an even bigger to play those Konami games. Try finding one of those for less than $1000...