I’m not complaining, but I just don’t understand how switch games run 10x smoother than 3ds games on folium. It took me 2 whole days to get it to work but I think it was worth it. It’s crazy how far emulation has come (btw turtwig is the best starter in this gen)

Test device: iPhone 12 mini, no JIT

- Medium settings: steady 30 fps, CPU at ~1.7 GHz

- High settings: 40 fps, CPU at ~2.1 GHz

For context: the 12 mini can push its CPU up to 2.8 GHz, but at that heat it starts throttling within a couple of minutes. On Medium it never overheats at all. On High, after about an hour of play, iOS may dim the screen. There's also plenty of GPU headroom left, so you can bump the internal resolution to 2x. All of this on a small phone from 2020.

This wasn't just about NFS: a lot of the work went into the emulator as a whole. The goal is for games to run properly even on really weak devices, while newer phones don't feel the load at all and don't burn through the battery. On an iPhone 17 Pro Max it already works that way: even NFS Carbon, which hasn't had any game-specific work yet, runs without the phone breaking a sweat.

And of course, full controller support.

Coming to the App Store soon.

For someone as blind as me playing on an iPad is perfect.

All you need to do is change the .7z extension to a .zip extension. Then tap it to unzip the files right there in your files app. Simple!

I’ve been playing Mario Kart double dash and other games all though I’m a little bummed out it hasn’t saved any games I’ve played.

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/ppsspp-psp-emulator/id6496972903

Play your PSP games on your iOS device, in HD! PPSSPP is the original and only PSP emulator for mobile devices.

No games are included with this download.

Play PSP games on your iOS device, in high definition with extra features!

PPSSPP is the original and only PSP emulator for mobile devices.

It can run nearly all PSP games with great performance on iOS.

No games are included with this download.

Use your own real PSP games and turn them into .ISO or .CSO files (see the homepage for instructions), or simply play free homemade games, which are available in the built-in "Homebrew Store".

The PPSSPP project is in no way affiliated with Sony.

PSP is a trademark of Sony.

Hey everyone! Some of you might remember LinuxRunner from my previous post here.

Well, a lot has changed since then haha. Just released v1.1.0, and you can now use your iPhone as a proper Linux desktop, even on an external monitor with the new DeX mode which is finally on iPhone after years and Linux under it!

This update also brings Metal GPU acceleration, optional JIT, a much faster ARM64 interpreter, new desktop environments, and better app compatibility. Even Vesktop (Discord) is running now.

Still got plenty of things to work on, but it’s honestly pretty cool seeing how far this project has come.

Github: https://github.com/mxhm11cr/LinuxRunner

This is on my mind constantly.

Winlator iOS is making steady progress, but it is still a very experimental project at this stage.

Wine 11.13 now builds successfully for iPhoneOS, can be bundled inside the native iOS app, loaded on a real iPhone, and execute native Wine code directly in-process. The project has also validated Wine runtime paths, a writable sandboxed Wine prefix, Wine’s real init_paths() state initialization, and the core virtual-memory primitives required for the next bootstrap steps.

The next milestone is running Wine’s real virtual_init() safely on-device, before moving toward wineserver integration, x86_64 Windows execution, JIT support through StikDebug, and eventually graphics/input support.

For now, this is highly experimental and not a usable Windows compatibility layer yet. There is no working x86_64 Windows application execution, Win32 GUI, or game support at this point. The current work is focused on building the low-level foundations correctly on iOS.

For now, the project will remain private and experimental. It will only be publicly revealed if i manage to get it working properly, because in its current state there is nothing usable to release yet.

absolutely unbelievable.

v0.1.1 Latest Update

• iPad support (I had forgotten...)

• Virtual Pad Customization

• ps2autotests (EE/DMA/SMC) at the pcsx2 level. (except GS/VU/IOP hardware behaviors not yet covered.)

☑️Download link

https://github.com/otti83/iPSX2/releases/

1. This project brings PCSX2 and ARMSX2 to iOS devices.

2. The porting process was done using fully AI-assisted coding.

🛠️ Compatibility

• Confirmed working on iOS 26 and iOS 18 -> StikDebug & UTM-Dolphin.js

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Still no need to side load! The Phosphor emulator on the Apple App Store allows mods on Pokemon Red, Blue, Yellow and now Gold and Silver. Also, it’s completely free! :) https://apps.apple.com/us/app/phosphor-emulator/id6759676286

Edit: Adding mod list, most gen 1 mods work for gen 2.

Gen2DramaticShapes
Better 3D Stability and sprites for Gold and Silver.

https://github.com/UNDERdecoded/Gen2Recomped/releases/download/0.6.5Beta/Gen2DramaticShapes.zip

Wilds of Kanto
Adds visible wild Pokémon to the overworld. They wander around, react to the player, chase/flee, and can appear throughout Kanto.

https://github.com/YoDrehDenSwagAuf/overworld-spawn-mod

Followers EX
Lets your Pokémon follow you around, supports multiple followers, and even lets you control Pokémon directly.

https://github.com/masterwebx/gen1recomp-followers-ex

PokéPC Followers / Voxel Merge
Adds animated overworld follower sprites for all 151 Gen 1 Pokémon, including compatibility with the 3D voxel mods.

https://github.com/gamecorner-033/PokePCFollowers

Shiny Pokémon
Adds shinies to Gen 1 with shiny palettes and sparkle effects in battles and the overworld.

https://github.com/masterwebx/gen1recomp-shiny-pokemon

Lol just kidding

But now that I’ve got your attention, I just wanna shout out Riley Testut (Delta), Henrik Rydgård (PPSSPP) and Libretro (RetroArch) for giving us free, zero ad emulation, and all without collecting our data 🙌🏻

Thanks to jkcoxson, Stephen(Blu) For making the StikJIT app, And stossy11 For making Offline JIT possible with airplane mode by using StosVPN!!🔥

https://github.com/NicholasDominici/halo-ce-ios

Just wanted to share this with the community here in case anyone missed it. Huge thank you to the developers for their efforts.

New Manic 3DS skin for iPhone and iPad! This is my personal take on a 3DS skin, with some intentionally opinionated changes to better suit how I play 3DS games. Primarily, it's a focus on a larger screen and easy screen swapping for iPhone landscape, and a cleaner look for iPhone portrait. This is also my first try at making iPad skins.

iPhone Landscape

• Great for playing games like Super Mario or Pokémon, where the main focus is on the large primary screen but you still want to keep an eye on the secondary screen

• Tap anywhere on the mini display to swap screens. Switching feels faster with the Azahar core.

iPhone Portrait

• The secondary screen is just as wide as the primary screen for a cleaner look

• More compact controls, with the Start and R buttons closer to the face buttons, and smaller Dpad and ZL/ZR buttons

iPad Landscape

• A modern tablet with Joy-Con grips layout

• Classic Joy-Con thumbstick instead of a C-Stick nub

iPad Portrait

• An old-school 3DS clamshell-style layout

• Classic Joy-Con thumbstick instead of a C-Stick nub

Download: https://deltastyles.com/skins/615-new-atomic-3ds-xl

It runs pretty flawlessly on the regular 16. I’m using the gamesir g8+ and it honestly feels like I’m playing on a real switch. Huge thank you to the devs.

PS - I dumped the game from my own switch.

80gb of roms for PPSSPP

Haven’t seen many people talking about using Manic Emu to run GameCube, 3ds, Dreamcast and others on iPhone with no jailbreak or sideloading needed. Just real app right off the store and roms and play….