Super Nintendo, WiiMote and iPad

One of the nice thing about jailbreaking iPad is that you can install homebrew software.  Among all the homebrew, my favorite is always video game console emulator.  Since I jaillbroke my New iPad, I tried out 2 Super Nintendo emulator.  They worked ok .... to a point.

I first tired SNES4iPhone.  I tried  it once before back when I was using iPad 1, and was amazed by the WiiMote support.  So I tried the latest version on my New iPad, and found that the app does not optimized for iPad, got frame rendering problem.  Sure it still works on with my Wiimote, but I don't think this is the app I want to stay with.

Then I tried SNES9x EX, and the performance was just good.  It does optimized for iPad, supports WiiMote and it's free.  There's only one problem, and it probably has nothing to do with SNES9x EX.  That is the BTStack.  In order to make WiiMote working with SNES9x, I need to install BTStack, but the current version caused some problem with my New iPad.  Specifically, it will make my microSIM unrecognizable, causing the system to give me "No SIM installed" message.  And eventually I have to reboot the system, or sometimes I have to yank out and replug in the microSIM again.  But I guess I can tolerant it for now in order to enjoy this amazing emulator.  And I will experiment with "Disconnecting BlueTooth" in SNES9x after I done with using the WiiMote, and see if it will lower the appearance of "No SIM installed".

So far I love SNES9x EX.  It turned my iPad into a portable SNES with an amazing screen, and it's just awesome.