NES ROMs have probably been the most popular games for jailbroken iPhones. If you’ve had a first gen iPhone, you’ve likely had NES ROMs on it. Nintendo games have always been fun to play, even after the ancient game system has probably been retired from your household long ago. It’s pretty easy to add them. There are hundreds of games available, best of all, it’s free. You are looking at up to $9.99 for games in the App store, not here though.
Remember, you do need a jailbroken iPhone 3G, or jailbroken iPhone/iPod touch at 2.0 for this to work. You will have to have the OpenSSH program installed on your iPhone as well. If you are not familiar with OpenSSH, see the guide here.
Here’s a video demontration on how to add NES ROMs to your iPhone:
Steps:
1. Install NES and OpenSSH onto your iPhone from Cydia
2. Install an FTP program on your computer - For Mac users, Cyberduck is a good choice. For Windows users, WinSCP is a good choice.
3. Download your favorite ROMs from http://www.theoldcomputer.com
4. Use OpenSSH to access your iPhone’s root directory.
5. The directory for the NES ROMs is - /var/mobile/media/ROMs/NES - note the ROMs and NES is case sensitive. You will have to create these two folders.
6. Put the rom files into this directory and enjoy.
Here’s how the games look:
Click here for my guide on using OpenSSH on your iPhone.
What are your favorite NES games? Mine are Lemmings, Double Dragon, Punch Out, and Super Mario Bros 3.
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20 Responses to “NES roms for a jailbroken iPhone 3G or iPhone/iPod touch at 2.0 (or 2.1)”
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1. jheric Says:
September 26th, 2008 at 2:25 amhey i followed all the instructions to get NES ROMS into my phone.. everything was all good except when i turned the nes icon on the games didnt show.. could it be that i have the 2.1 version instead of the 2.0 iphone does it matter? help…
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2. ruffdeezy Says:
September 26th, 2008 at 2:33 amI’m not sure, it should still work. I will try again myself.
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3. kmoo Says:
October 3rd, 2008 at 8:10 pmSame here…I followed all the instructions perfectly and still no ROMs when I go to NES on the phone itself. I’m also on 2.1 not 2.0.
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4. Wout Says:
October 4th, 2008 at 2:32 pmSame problem here…on 2.1
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5. ruffdeezy Says:
October 4th, 2008 at 5:04 pmIt works fine for me on 2.1
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6. ruffdeezy Says:
October 4th, 2008 at 5:08 pmWhat are the file extensions for the files you are uploading?
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7. CEPMAN Says:
October 14th, 2008 at 8:17 amWorks for me on 2.1
When you download the ROMs, make sure you unzip them before putting them on your phone -
8. rafael Says:
October 28th, 2008 at 7:17 pmReally thank you, I did it and it works!!!!!! took me a few tries to realize that the ROMs (s) was not capitalized in the folder list… working great!!!
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9. rafael Says:
October 28th, 2008 at 7:22 pmit really works!!! i might be a novice but your guide made it possible to play super mario 3 at work!!! thanks!!1
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10. Jun Says:
November 25th, 2008 at 10:42 amI did everything right but when I choose my game the nes shut down. Please advise
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11. shaun_sharp1 Says:
November 26th, 2008 at 1:10 amI also have 2.1 I have the games Installed but,I still can’t play’em is it possible I jail broke it with the wrong firmware? I am stumped please help!
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12. Harun Marzouq Says:
November 27th, 2008 at 12:20 amDO NOT UPGRADE THE NES EMULATOR FOR IPHONE!!!!!!!
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13. shaun_sharp1 Says:
November 27th, 2008 at 7:20 pmok guys I got it rocking if u have 2.1 firmware this worker for me I upgraded the new emulator and reinstalled it and reinstalled the Roma but you need to reboot the device directly after you have done all this and it should work thanks for all advice and good luck to all of u who are still workin on it.
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14. mikey mike Says:
December 11th, 2008 at 10:21 amdo you think that 2.2 firmware would matter?
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15. mikey mike Says:
December 11th, 2008 at 10:21 amdo you think that 2.2 firmware would matter?
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16. eric Says:
January 18th, 2009 at 2:55 pmyou need to make it ROMs lower case s, that messed me up also
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17. Loop Says:
January 20th, 2009 at 9:29 pmThanks Bro’. I visited many websites trying to figure this out, yours was the best and easiest to understand. Great walk through.
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18. Mai Says:
April 8th, 2009 at 9:59 pmhow do i load games on my iphone with a windows computer. i cant seem to find WinSCP, please hellp!
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19. Jared Says:
June 27th, 2009 at 4:00 pmHey would it work with the 3.0 update?
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20. mattyb86 Says:
October 29th, 2009 at 3:08 amthe roms do not show up. the roms dl as a .NES file. but the roms i have installed previously and worked had to be a smc file. whats the go?
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October 4th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
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