It's the collaboration many of us have been waiting for, especially since Epilogue released the SN Operator recently, a premium cartridge reader that plays, manages and authenticates SNES games on your PC, Mac and Smartphone.
They also released an app called Retrace that authenticates your cartridges on your smartphone, that's if you have the GB Operator for GB/GBC/GBA or the SN Operator. The app is great for that need, but it doesn't play your games on the app, so that's why Delta iOS has swooped in to save the day.
We know Riley, the founder of Delta, well; we even had him on our podcast a while ago, so when we saw his recent Patreon update, we were over the moon to see this update for Patrons early, eventually coming to the masses.
Quite simply, the Delta iOS app will soon get a major update that allows you to connect your SN/GB Operator via your iPhone or iPad's USB-C port, which can then be read by Delta, allowing you to play your phyiscal cartridges in the app and on your smartphone and/or tablet. It's the update I want Retrace to have, and although that may come in the future, it's here for Delta Patron's first.
"Now, in experimental features, you can enable support for Epilogue cartridge readers so that you can use Delta directly with a GB or SN Operator. When you plug in a cart to your iPhone or iPad, you’ll now instantly see the game pop-up in the Game Library for GBC/GBA or SNES, respectively. So whether you want to pick up where you left off years ago or just want to relive the feeling of playing a game with the cartridge popping out the back, now you can" states Delta.
It's a much-welcomed update that will undoubtedly offer Delta and Epilogue fans more value. I do hope we see it come to the Retrace app in the future, and even Afterplay's app too. According to Epilogue, the GB Operator will resume shipping on 30th June, and the SN Operator will resume shipping on 31st July, so now is a good time to snag one for when the Delta update eventually goes public.
