Last week, I wrote about an upcoming bullet hell SHMUP from Cave called ESPGALUDA II due to hit the App Store last Saturday. As promised, it did, and at a special low introductory price of $4.99 to boot.
Unfortunately, though, ESPGALUDA II came with some big problems.
For one, it would only run on the iPhone 3Gs or iPad. Even worse? Due to a developer error, third generation iPod Touches like mine were inexplicably incapable of running the game, even though the hardware supports it. This put iPod Touch owners in a nasty position: they either dropped five bucks on the ESPGALUDA II app now and hoped an update came along soon to fix the install problem, or waited for the fix and risk paying an extra four bucks for the game later.
If you’re a SHMUP-loving iPod Touch 3rd Gen owner, though, don’t despair. There’s an easy way to get ESPGALUDA II running on your device right now. Just follow the instructions below.
1. Buy ESPGALUDA II through iTunes.
2. When it’s done downloading, find the ESPGALUDA II app in the iTunes App Section. Right click on it and select “Show in Finder.” (Alternatively, do a system wide search for the file “ESPGALUDA II.ipa”)
3. In Finder or Windows’ File Explorer, use either Stuffit Expander or WinRAR to extract the contents of the IPA file to its own folder.
4. Once the IPA file is extracted, find the new “Payload” folder, open it and drag “Espgaluda2.app” to iTunes.
5. Connect your third generation iPod Touch, click on it under “Devices” and under the “Applications” tab, tick the sync box next to the iconless “Espgaluda2” app.
6. Sync your iPod Touch.
7. Enjoy bullet hell.
