Hey guys! This site is especially made, in fact, dedicated to all of those players who love playing old-fashioned games. When someone talks about old-school games, how can we resist without uttering Super Mario? Nope, nada? Come on, man! You must not be a product of the 90s. Lol!
If you are born in the 90s, games like Contra, Zuma, DX-Ball, Dave, Pocket Tanks, Super Mario, Elasto Mania and a lot more can be remembered when children ask or play Mario these days. Yes, those were the golden days of life on this planet earth.
But what if I take you back to those old classic games? I know, I know. You are gonna talk current video game consoles like Nintendo, GBA and all that crap. If I were here to recommend you such gaming consoles, I wouldn’t be creating or wasting (more precisely) my time for establishing a separate blog, don’t you think so too?
However, I can’t deny the fact that such video game consoles are really popular because of the cool platform it provides. I am not saying that such consoles are meant for rich. The truth is a majority of people haven’t seen the same neither do I, TBH.
The fact of not affording such video game consoles led me to explore the ways to run those games over our usual smartphones irrespective for Android or iOS devices. As a result, I got to know about this amazing GBA emulator iOS called GBA4iOS.
If you are already aware of the same and just landed here to know the hot-to-install process, just jump to direct stepwise process section. But for those who are hearing it for the first time, let’s have an introduction part first.
What is GBA4iOS?
GBA4iOS is a kind of platform which generates an environment on your iOS device where you can play those Game Boy Advance games. This amazing GBA emulator iOS is developed/coded by none other than “rileytestut” aka Riley Testut who made it available for free.
This is the most robust version of GBA iOS emulators ever released for the community. However, its performance is highly dependent on the RAM of your device. And hence, you are likely to experience smoother experience on recent iOS models than previous ones.
If we talk about its features, we can extract a lot out of it. No jailbreaking requirement is one of the most praised features. However, it contains many such features which is listed in the individual section. As I said, this is specially created for GBA4iOS, brace yourselves as it is gonna be a long guide.
Download GBA4iOS 2.1
Riley Testut has released this emulator without any cost so that you can avail it for free. There are multiple sources using which you can download the same which includes a couple of third-party installers and IPA libraries.
As game developers of such games own the copyrights and we are going to use such games for free, it should have conflict, right? That may be the reason why you won’t find this GBA emulator over official app store. Remember utilizing emulators for playing games is not illegal but using those game ROMs maybe so.
Here is the download button that will you lead you to download GBA4iOS IPA file. Yes, it’s working IPA unlike a bunch of guys are just placing file without testing.
While you download the emulator, let me walk you towards amazing features of the same.
Features of GBA4iOS – GBA Emulator iOS
- Absolutely free to use. You don’t need to pay a penny.
- It allows users to play games with multiplayer support.
- It incorporates dropbox synchronization so that you can play games where you dropped it the last time.
- Support a huge collection of GB, GBA and GBA game ROMs.
- GBA4iOS 2.1 comes with error fixes that users were facing in the last version.
- Latest URL scheme features let you allow playing games within a single click.
- You can use various controller skins for playing games.
- It allows you to play your favorite music while playing games.
- It enables one to use cheat codes inside various games.
- Other features include controller vibration, sustain button, rename games, event distribution and a bunch more.
How to Install GBA4iOS iOS 11/12 on your iPhone, iPad
As mentioned before, you can’t just run this GBA emulator iOS even after you install it correctly. What can be the reason? Its Apple’s iOS security as you will need to trust the developer manually because you installed outside of app store.
Let’s see how the installation works.
Practice 1: Using iEmulators
iEmulators is nothing but web-based third-party app installer containing many useful iOS apps that aren’t available on the app store.
- Open your Safari browser and go to iemulators.com
- Once the site gets loaded fully, tap on Apps section found from the menu.
- Find GBA4iOS 2.1 from the apps section.
- Now deal with the pop-ups as follows: Download Page > Install > Install GBA4iOS.
- It will start installing the emulator.
Practice 2: Using Tweakbox
Tweakbox is nothing but app-based third-party app installer containing many useful iOS apps that aren’t available on the app store.
- Open your Safari browser and go to tweakboxapp.com
- From the website, tap on Install button and display will read Profile Downloaded.
- Move to Settings and follow this order. Profile Downloaded > Install > Install > Done.
- Open Tweakbox app and find the emulator from Apps section.
- Tap on Install and it will start installing the emulator app.
Practice 3: Using Emus4U
Similar to Tweakbox, Emus4U is another third-party installer using which you can install many useful apps on your iPhone for free.
- Download Emus4U configuration file from here.
- Tap on Allow and pop up will read Profile Downloaded.
- Move to Settings and follow this order. Profile Downloaded > Install > Install > Done.
- Now launch Emus4U and go to Check Out Our Apps section.
- Browse for GBA4iOS emulator and tap on GET nearby the same.
- On the next pop up, choose Install. That’s it.
Practice 4: Using Panda Helper
Panda Helper is another individually developed app store which has got iOS mods and tweaks. This one is also available for Android.
- Download Panda Helper configuration file from here.
- Tap on Allow and pop up will read Profile Downloaded.
- Move to Settings and follow this order. Profile Downloaded > Install > Install > Done.
- Open Panda Helper and search for GBA4iOS and tap on download button.
- Tap on Install and it will install the emulator.
Practice 5: Using Cydia Impactor
Cydia Impactor is GUI tool that allows you to install IPA file directly to your iOS device without needing to deal with the device.
- Download Cydia Impactor from here.
- Once you download, extract it on your computer.
- Download GBA4iOS IPA from here.
- Launch impactor.exe file from the extracted Cydia Impactor folder.
- Now drag the IPA file and drop it on Cydia Impactor.
- Enter your Apple credentials and hit OK.
- Wait till you get a message displaying Success.
That’s it. This method is prone to give errors if you haven’t followed the process correctly. You need to install the latest iTunes before you start with the process. If any error comes in between, let me know via comment section.
Fix GBA4iOS Untrusted Enterprise Developer Error
Even after you install GBA4iOS emulator correctly, you will get the error as the title suggests. As we talked earlier, its Apple iOS security system preventing you from running the app. It can be fixed easily though. All you have to do is trust the app’s developer.
Follow this step-by-step guide to fix the error.
- Navigate to Settings > General > Device Management on your iOS device.
- Tap on developer name under Enterprise App section saying something like YUM Restaurant…
- Now tap on GBA4iOS on the next window and select Trust on the following pop up.
Congratulations! You just fixed the error successfully. You can open the emulator app and check if it’s opening. So, the installation part ends here. I listed a total of 5 different methods for installing the same GBA iOS emulator. Choose whatever you like because, in the end, we just need to get it installed.
Making use of iEmulators is the easiest method for the installation if you ask me to recommend one. And, Cydia Impactor’s practice is a bit difficult as I have seen many people complaining about the error.
How to install GBA4iOS ROMs
Now, installing game ROMs will be our primary concern. This was just emulator creating a proper environment to let you play those GBA games. This is the part where you decide which game you want to try on the emulator.
Well, there are many sources providing GBA iOS ROMs on the internet. We need a working game so that you need to find a reliable and trusted source. I basically use coolrom for downloading any kind of ROMs. Yes, all of the games I downloaded so far have worked pretty fine. Besides, they provide pretty fast downloading speed too.
Anyway, once you have your game’s ROM ready, follow this stepwise guide without missing a step.
- Tap on downloaded ROM, tap on Open in GBA4iOS option.
- It will load automatically. Select game showing in the emulator’s list.
- That’s it. The game has started.
As GBA4iOS is entirely free to use, you will face advertisements while using it. Simple click on “X” from top right corner. From the Setting, you will be able to change controller skins which is also quite fun. Here is the method to change GBA emulator iOS skins.
How to Change GBA4iOS Skins
As discussed in features, the latest version also has a feature using which you can change the controller skins to make your gameplay more interesting. There are a few sources where you can find various GBA4iOS skins. Just download your favorite one and follow this process.
- Tap on downloaded skin and select Open in GBA4iOS.
- Open the emulator and navigate to settings. (Small gear icon at top left corner)
- From Controller Skin option, choose Game Boy Advance.
- Choose Landscape and you will see your downloaded skin there.
- Restart the emulator and it’s done.
How to Delete GBA Emulator iOS
You may want to uninstall the emulator because you downloaded a corrupt version or, it is giving endless errors after successful installation. Or, you are bored after using it for a quite large time.
This is not like a typical app removal process where you hold on your index finger on an app’s icon and tap on that cross symbol at the right corner. Yes, it will remove that app from app drawer but not entirely from the OS. Here is the guide removing any third-party app completely from your iOS device.
- Go to Settings > General Settings > Profiles and Device Management on your device.
- Tap on developer certificate under Enterprise Apps section.
- Now choose Delete App option that you will see on screen.
- Tap on Delete App again on the next pop up.
- Bingo! It is now completely removed from your device.
Wasn’t that really easy? Cool, yeah! So, this was a massive GBA4iOS guide where we discussed various installation methods, stepwise guides on installing ROMs along with changing skins. That’s it!
I have found many queries asking whether it is safe to use or not. Let’s have a concluding FAQs section.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
- Is GBA4iOS safe to use?
Yes, using GBA emulator iOS for playing console games is not harmful. But these games contain copyrights from its developers and owners. So, you may want to consider that before the usage.
- Which devices does it support?
It basically depends on version you install. 2.1 supports iOS 7 and higher while 1.6 supports iOS 6 as well.
- How can run ROMs obtained externally?
It’s simple. Just transfer the ROM into your device using file-sharing software like iTunes or apps like Xender.