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James Bentley

The creator of a PSP emulator has said it will come to iPhone but ‘it all depends on how Apple interprets their own rules’

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The Sony PSP is almost 20 years old now and it can be a bit hard to find the console, and all its games, without paying exorbitant fees. Luckily, one emulator in the works for iPhone may let you play to your heart's content, if Apple can make its guidelines clearer.

As originally spotted by the retro gaming website, RetroDodo, PPSSPP, the PSP emulator has plans to launch on iPhone later this year. The problem lies in the game files themself. Apple has stated it will allow “retro game console emulator apps” but has also clarified that “links must be provided to all downloadable software.” As the creators of these emulators don’t actually own the rights to the games that could work in their software, they cannot offer download links. The emulator gives users the ability to play UMDs of games they have dumped themselves, that aren’t actually offered through the app.

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