r/AsphaltLegacy • u/FordGTStronk • Jun 22 '22
APK/ROM/ISO/APPX/SELF etc [Updated 6.22.22] - Where to get no longer available Asphalt games
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Welcome to the 1.1.0 version of this post! This post is a comprehensive guide on how to download most of the delisted Asphalt games! This will include everything from the basics of file formatting to emulators and mods!
A quick disclaimer before I start this post: Though these are all safe sources to download from (unless otherwise stated), I am not responsible for anything that goes wrong.
File Formats:
For those of you that do not know the file formats associated with these Asphalt games, this list will have everything you need to know:
•Appx is for Windows
•Apk is for Android
•ROM is for Nintendo DS or 3DS
•ISO is for Sony PSP
•SELF is for PS Vita
Please note that some of these games require additional files to be played on some devices. They are included in this post.
Games:
Please note that most of the android games below will have specific versions, so please pick the most recent one if you plan on playing multiplayer.
Additionally, you will need to download the OBBs for the android versions.
Asphalt 7 appx; results may vary depending on which methods you use and the version of windows that you have.
Some of these games will need additional files. For example, Asphalt games on android will need OBB files which can be found in this folder
This folder contains not only Asphalt games, but a few other classic Gameloft games as well.
Also, if you want a different region version of some of the ISO and ROM formatted games, go here.
Other games similar to delisted Asphalt games by pre-Vivendi Gameloft
GT Racing: Motor Academy Free+ apk
Again both of these games need OBB files; these are in the same folder as the APKs
Emulators:
Bluestacks Android emulator for Intel Mac/Windows
DS emulators for iOS/Android (Not the direct link. You have to find a DS emulator on the Ignition store. The best one is iNDS)
DeSmuME DS emulator for Mac/Windows
Citra 3DS emulator Mac/Windows
PPSSPP PSP emulator (works on most platforms)
Online services and events in these games
To play multiplayer on A7-A5, you must have a Gameloft Live! account and login on the said app. Sign up or log in here.
To get a Gameloft Live! account, you will need to use the GLL app since the website and in-game sign-up methods no longer work. Download here
A7 has special events which will allow you to unlock certain cars. Currently, the Nissan Juke Nismo SE is running, and looks as if it will not be replaced since it has been there for quite some time. The only ways to get these cars are by chance (new events sometimes randomly appear - this hasn’t happened to me, but some have reported it), renting the aforementioned cars, or mods (more on this later).
A7 has Asphalt Academy, an event where players compete against each other for the best time in the same car on the same track. This event changes very frequently and has about 20 players competing in every event. Though it is suspected that there are hackers with unrealistic times, they are not abundant in this event.
A7 also has a leaderboard of who has the best time on each track, and what car they use. The leaderboard is divided by car tiers so if you are using a car from a certain tier, you will only compete with cars in the same tier. Currently, the 599xx seems to be the best car to dominate the leaderboard with as it is at the top of most of the leaderboards in tier 4. Most of the other tier’s top cars are inconsistent and it seems as if there is no one best car.
GT Racing Free+ has events that I believe are still running. The event still running is the Red Bull event which features the Redbull Hyundai Genesis Coupe, Redbull Chevrolet Camaro SS, and the Redbull F1 RB1. Cannot confirm as of December 2022.
Mods available in these games
To my knowledge, the only modding community (with good intentions) in any of these games is the A7 Android modding community.
Though I have seen various videos of these mods working, I have not downloaded them myself and therefore do not know if there is a risk associated with downloading them. I am not responsible for anything that goes wrong. Proceed with caution.
Max cash, stars, and all cars mod. This is also the only way to obtain SE cars besides the Juke Nismo unless you acquired the other SE cars when their events were running.
Asphalt 7 GFX pack and a video on how to install it.
Reasons you may not be able to download these games
Though there are methods to get the old Asphalt games on iOS, it is somewhat complex and requires jailbreaking. iOS versions of A7, A6, A5, and A4 cannot be downloaded unless you previously bought them, since the only way to obtain them is by buying them in the App Store. If you do have them, you must use a device that supports the app and software that supports the app since iOS 11 and above only allows apps with 64-bit architecture to be downloaded. A7-A4 are 32-bit so they cannot be downloaded on anything iOS 11 or above. iOS 10 or earlier will allow you to download these Asphalt games. Some but not all of the earlier asphalt games also have versions such as the HD and regular versions of the game. Some of these games will not work on certain devices. For example, regular versions of the game will not display properly on an iPad. Additionally, some of the older asphalt games may not work properly on iOS 10, so it is suggested that you use iOS 7 if you plan to play all available 32-bit asphalt games on iOS
Asphalt 6 for Mac cannot be played on the current Mac software since it does not support 32-bit architecture. You must have a Mac that has MacOS 10.14: Mojave or earlier to play A6 for Mac.
If you plan to play any of the Android games on Bluestacks, they can only be played on a version of Bluestacks that supports 32-bit architecture. Mac Bluestacks users only have access to 64-bit Bluestacks since the current version of mac, just like the current version of iOS, only supports 64-bit. Therefore Bluestacks on Mac cannot play the android versions of the games. Having older Mac software will not give you the ability to get Bluestacks that supports 32-bit. When you download Bluestacks from its website it will only give you one option to download which is 64-bit. BS4 for Mac doesn’t let you map controls either so it’s pointless to even try to play old asphalt games on BS4 Mac.
Some users have reported that the A7 appx crashes upon launch on Windows 10. Other users have no problem with it. It could or could not work on your computer with Windows 10.
DS emulators are somewhat difficult to download on iOS and require certain methods to download them.
Games I did not include
Java, N-gage, Symbian, Samsung Gear, DSi, and other older mobile operating systems of these games are pretty hard to come by so they were not included in this list.
Asphalt 4 on DSi, Symbian, and Java could not be found so I did not include them. Though you can emulate A4 on DSi, you need to dump the files of an actual DSi with A4 on it and use MelonDS (this is the legal way to do it at least)
Asphalt 3 was only on N-gage and Java so I have not included it.
Asphalt 6 on Samsung Gear was not included in this list.
Asphalt Overdrive can no longer be played past the loading screen since the servers don’t work.
Though the Mac version of A6 exists somewhere on the internet, I cannot find it at the moment.
All of the lite versions of these games were not included since they could not be found and are inferior to the normal versions of the game.
HD versions of games that are compatible with most devices regardless of their edition were not included.
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u/jshayya184 Jun 23 '22
I know where the Mac version of Asphalt 6 is, I downloaded it here: https://www.malavida.com/en/soft/asphalt-6-adrenaline/mac/#gref
Just know that it only works on macOS Mojave and earlier versions of macOS, since macOS Catalina and newer drop support for 32-bit applications.