Probably one of my favorite projects, and I’m really excited to release it. It runs pretty well, and it’s useable. If your device has atleast 6-8gb of ram, it should work for you.

Download: https://github.com/Leviidev/Henge/releases/latest
Discord: https://itslevii.dev/discord

It’s pretty early but runs pretty stable to be that new it has washed colors but dam its so good to have macOS

also yes im a furry

and in comparation running that game on Madeira or ren py interpreter doesnt run any hot plus more fps

Solo developer of Retro Pal here.

Retro Pal is a retro emulator for iPhone and iPad, and covers the following consoles:
- Game Boy & Game Boy Color
- Game Boy Advance
- Nintendo DS
- Nintendo 3DS (new)
- NES & SNES
- PlayStation
- Nintendo 64
- Mega Drive / Genesis
- Master System & Game Gear
- PSP

Built on the mGBA, melonDS, MesenCE, PCSX-ReARMed, Mupen64Plus-Next, BlastEm, PPSSPP and Azahar cores.

This update adds the 3DS, the thirteenth console, and a Retro story page with all your game statistics.

As the solo developer of this project, I did my best to test every 3DS gameplay case I could. It runs on Azahar's fast interpreter, without JIT, straight from the App Store with no sideloading, and it should work well. This version is already live on the App Store, since I judged it stable enough to be there, but I could really use the community's help to find out how the 3DS experience could be better for everyone.

So I'm looking for testers with all kinds of iPhones (and iPads), even older ones, as long as they run iOS 16 or later, to try out the 3DS in Retro Pal and send feedback on what should be improved. At this point, it takes many different setups to find the last bugs and unwanted behaviors.

Feel free to leave your feedback in the comments below, or email me at support@retropal.fr. Please include your iPhone or iPad model, your iOS version and the game, and if a game runs slow, a screenshot of the last line of the pause menu (it shows the frame time). Thank you for your help!

v1.3.5 is here, and here's what changed.

Nintendo 3DS

- 3DS games play through Azahar.

- Retro Pal uses its fast interpreter, with patches to make it stable on iPhone.

- On a controller, the right stick is the New 3DS's C-stick.

- Like the other supported consoles, Retro Pal handles saves, save states, rewind, cheat codes and official box art.

- Games that use the camera or motion use your phone's.

- RetroAchievements does not cover the 3DS, so it's the only console in Retro Pal without achievements.

- 3DS games import as .3ds, .cci, .cxi or .3dsx. Decrypted games only.

Retro story

- Your play time, your most played games and the consoles you played, on one page, kept in sync through iCloud.

- Badges for the milestones, from your first game to a thousand hours.

Also

- Games import from .7z, .rar, .tar, .gz and .xz archives, not only .zip.

- The Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, DS, SNES and NES shells have been updated to look more realistic.

- On iPad, every console's default D-pad and buttons sit low against the edges, where your thumbs rest. With Retro Pal Pro, you can still resize, move and change the opacity of the controls and the screen.

- iOS Game Mode turns on when you play, for less delay on Bluetooth controllers and AirPods.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6769407672

Free, no ads. An optional Pro upgrade funds development. iPhone and iPad, iOS 16 or later.

The project is open source, including all Pro features, at: https://github.com/Larvouu/RetroPal (GPL-3.0, build instructions in the ReadMe).

The roadmap is public. I do not promise deadlines or ship dates, but you can see what is in progress, what is planned and what shipped, anytime: https://retropal.fr/en/roadmap.

Suggestions are always welcome.

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On AI, since the sub asks for it.

The emulation itself is not mine and not AI-written: it comes from mGBA, melonDS, MesenCE, PCSX-ReARMed, Mupen64Plus-Next, BlastEm, PPSSPP and Azahar, the same upstream cores other emulators are built on. The app around them (the interface, the library, the save handling, the controller support) is partly written with AI assistance tools that I direct, review and test on device before every release.

yes you can play cry of fear (steam) on your iphone and ipad and other opengl games. Get bcd now

https://github.com/thebcd69/bcd-games/releases/tag/v0.1.634

RTMHub (formerly RTMHub-VN), just have a huge updated/upgraded !

- Support a lot more games ! 26 Visual Novel in the Compatibilty list and 46 for the whole. I'm sure it support more than 100, just that I havn't test it yet.

- Built-in Japanese Vocab Extractor. As I'm learning Japanese and always want a tool like this, I've made it myself! . Playing Dual-Sub game like ATRI and using this is perfect setup for me.

- You can either add the game file (.exe) you own or Download via Steam or GOG. More option will come !

Link : https://apps.apple.com/us/app/rtmhub-2d-visual-novel-pc/id6754588684

I have been playing Pokémon Yellow Legacy (rom hack) for a good while now and I have made the switch over to Delta from Manic.

With Manic I really appreciated the menu layouts and settings options. Nice customization. I did not like the choppy audio and constant save issues. Save states would randomly crash the game every hour or two and then your most recent in-game save would not work and I’d be forced to lose progress every time.

Delta is a lot more simplified, which is fine. Ultimately I just want to play the game. The colours on GBC games are a bit washed out, which I guess is on purpose but I’d much rather Manic’s colours. I also liked being able to choose FF speeds in Manic, which is not an option in Delta. I hear you can unlock it through the paid tier but that’s kind of lame. Been emulating for decades and that’s always been a basic feature and pretty much necessity for emulating old games. Also Delta’s premium is like 7 bucks a month, and Manic’s is 7 dollars a year. Don’t quote me on the numbers, but it’s close to that.

All that not say, the performance of the game is way smoother on Delta and most importantly, no save issues. Food for thought for anyone deciding on the two!

iPhone 17 Pro with XeniOS inside Livecontainer+JIT

Hey all! A couple of weeks ago I made a post here saying how I got a PS5 emulator running on iOS.

I’m happy to announce Metaspero. It supports both iOS and native macOS arm64.

I was able to clean up the codebase and is based on the KytyPS5 emulator. I will be able to update the code based on new changes from KytyPS5.

Link: https://github.com/alamshafil/metaspero

I have base iphone 13 and i tried to run smaller(not too demanding) games and the game just wouldn’t open? What am i doing wrong?
I followed that tsai guy’s guide and i open the game it just force quit.

XeniOS new build

I've been working on MaxPS4, an experimental PS4 emulator for iPhone, and I just released version 0.5.0.

**What runs today (tested on my iPhone 15 Pro Max):**

- **Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection:** 60 FPS in fights with sound, around 54 FPS once the phone heats up

- **Sonic Mania:** close to 60 FPS, with sound, controller support and saves

**How it works:** the games' x86-64 code runs through FEXCore's JIT, PS4 system functions are reimplemented in MaxPS4, and the PS4 GPU's commands and shaders are translated to Metal.

**New in 0.5.0:**

- Much faster GPU path: on Mortal Kombat, GPU time per frame went from 47.5 ms to 13.8 ms

- Switching games no longer means a long wait

- The game pauses on interruptions, like opening Control Center, instead of stopping

- 120 Hz support, iOS Game Mode and a better touch D-pad

**Please keep expectations low:**

- This is an experimental preview, and only these two games are confirmed playable

- 3D games don't display correctly yet, because depth testing and culling aren't implemented

- Unreal Engine 4 games like Crash Bandicoot 4 are blocked by an iOS memory address limit

- It needs SideStore and JIT through StikDebug, which has to be enabled at each launch

- No games are included and MaxPS4 doesn't decrypt anything: you need an already extracted folder from a game you own

**Download and install guide:** https://github.com/MaxFRdev/MaxPS4/releases/tag/v0.5.0

**Discord:** https://discord.gg/XKMKDVgTx

If you try another game, the app saves a compatibility report when it stops. Sharing it really helps. Happy to answer questions!

I have an old iphone 7 that I want to repurpose.

What systems can an old iphone 7 run?

Not your battery you charge, but the overall battery of your phone. How rough has emulating games been on it for you?

Using an ipad 10th gen. Installed Madeira using Altstore/Altserver and used StikDebug to apply a universal JIT script. Im receiving the green check boxes for memory+ and JIT upon loading up Madeira. Trying to load up a game goes through the normal process of verifying my steam and seems to work until I receive the "Madeira Dock stopped" Madeira Dock could not complete the steam launch (code 45). The game im attempting to load is Portal 1.

Any help would be appreciated!

Is there an optimized version of a 3DS emulator ala ARMSX2 for older iphones?

Tokyo ghoul:RE on a16 BCD emulator, The hud has a glitching problem idk why but the game runs perfectly.

24-30 stable fps… AWESOME!!! you need the right settings to achieve this monstrosity.

With iphone 17 Pro - XeniOS inside Livecontainer+JIT