A short write-up on Cydia games intended to dispel all the myths about these games that are available on Cydia replacement software. The fact that Cydia is not just about apps and themes, is bound to come as a surprise for many.
There is little doubt about the fact that the official App Store has some of the best games for the iPhone, iPod touch and the iPad to offer. But there is something beyond this ‘best’ – ‘classic’ would be the apt word, that the Cydia replacement software has to offer. While seventh generation consoles like PS3 and Xbox have just surfaced over the past few years, the gaming arena was dominated by consoles such as NES, SNES, Sega Genesis, etc., before that. These consoles offered some of the best games back then, games which went down the history as ‘classics’.
Everybody enjoyed playing these games, and given a chance most of the people would love to play them again and again. If it has been a long time since you last played these classic games. You will be glad to know that you can relive these games by installing them on your jailbroken iPhone or iPod touch using Cydia replacement software.
How to Install Cydia Games on the iPhone?
In order to play Cydia games on iPhone 4, you will have to download the emulators for these games, and save them on to your device in form of programs. Basically, emulators are software programs which simulate the original hardware of one device on another in such manner that the second device starts appearing and behaving like the original device. When it comes to video game emulation, the emulator allows you to run a game specifically designed for another device on your device. In order to download games from Cydia onto your jailbroken iPhone, you will have to install the emulator for these games on your device. You can download them from one of the numerous Cydia sources or repositories from where you download apps and themes.
When we talk about Cydia games for iPhone 4, it’s all about installing various emulators on the iPhone to play the games which were designed for consoles like the NES and SNES. Some of the most popular emulators are snes4iphone (for SNES games), genesis4iphone (for Sega genesis games), N64iPhone (for Nintendo 64 games), gameboy4iphone (for Game Boy games), gpsPhone (for Game Boy Advance games), mame4iphone (for arcade games), etc. On the other hand, the Cydia sources from where you can download some of the best games for iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 include iSpazio, Xsellize, Halo 4 iDevice, 123Locker, iromrepo, hackulo, etc. In this manner, you can get access to a range of classic games that were available on these consoles in the past.
Best Cydia Games for iPhone 4
The list of the top Cydia games for Apple iPhone features some of the classics compatible to the video game consoles mentioned above including Bomberman Max Blue Champion, Grand Theft Auto and Grand Theft Auto 2, Kirby’s Dream Land, etc. It also features some of the most popular games from the Mario series, Zelda series and the Harry Potter series such as the Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins, The Legend of Zelda and the Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone. These are just a few of the numerous iPhone 4 games that you can grab by resorting to Cydia replacement software.
If you are really craving to play these games, you can just go ahead and download the emulators required to install them on your jailbroken iPhone, and start playing them. Most important of all, now that the practice of jailbreaking is no more considered to be illegal in the United States, you won’t face much trouble trying to install these Cydia games, or the best Cydia apps for iPhone 4 for that matter, on your device.