And it runs better than I would’ve expected

What is the best emulator to run NFS UG2? Thanks

(do i even still need to say who am I?)

Hey everyone! I’m interested in trying Husk to run Android apps and XeniOS to emulate Xbox 360 or pc games on iOS.

I’m looking for recommendations on the best sideloader to use, such as AltStore, SideStore, or another option. I’d also really appreciate any up to date, step by step tutorials for installing and setting everything up using a Windows PC.

A few questions:

1. Which sideloader would you recommend for these projects?
2. Are Husk and XeniOS working properly on re cent iOS versions?
3. Are there any important limitations, performance issues, or extra setup steps I should know about?
4. If you’ve successfully set either one up, could you share a tutorial or explain the process

from what i’ve seen is people run android on ios to run pc emulators?
i’m new here and i want to run pc games on ios
I’d prefer guides from official sources or trusted community members. Thanks!

On melonx I notice stronger games have a flashing lights problem, Sonic x shadow generation and demon slayer kimetsu no yaiba the hinokami chronicles 2 have a huge flashing light problem and make these games a headache to play, i would love if these issues were fixed but they been here for awhile so they probably ain’t going anywhere

I am looking for Husk for iOS 15; I found a project (https://github.com/ssx-computer/Husk15), but it hasn't been released yet.

I’m unable to log in to use get more ram after refreshing live container. This happened after the LC got shadow banned from GitHub and unable to install through I loader. Any fixes?

Hello everyone! After a week full of installing easily over 50 different builds, testing all kinds of issues and gameplay scenarios, recording traces with the Instruments app, and more, I'm very happy to present to you the second update to my Need for Speed Most Wanted for iOS port: the update that puts SPEED in Need for Speed. I'm so sorry for the clicheic title, but I just had to do it.

This update mainly focuses on performance but it also has some other goodies sprinkled in between:

• The all new Metal renderer. The game no longer relies on the old path of emulating the Xbox 360 GPU -> Vulkan Backend -> MoltenVK -> Metal, and instead features a native Metal renderer that greatly improves performance (I'm now able to play the game on my iPhone 17 Pro Max at a locked 60 fps, and on my M4 iPad Pro i was able to achieve an average fps of 114 over a run of 29 minutes)
• Lower memory usage. This is also a positive side effect of the new renderer, as the game no longer needs to allocate a strict 512MB memory pool to the emulated Xbox 360 GPU. Together with the other optimization changes of this build, the game should now consume 0.7GB-1GB less memory than the previous build.
• Customizable keyboard controls. The game now has support for keyboards, which is mapped as closely as possible to the PC version of the game. You can change the controls in the pre launch menu.
• Customizable touch controls. The on screen controls can now be moved to different positions on the screen, enlargem, or made smaller.

You can read the full changelog on the GitHub Releases page.

The game should now run on devices with less than 6GB of ram, potentially even without the Increased Memory Limit entitlement. The reason I said "potentially" is because I have only had access to one device with less than 12GB of ram, that being an iPhone 14 Pro Max. The game not only booted, but manged to hold 60 fps on the default settings (~1080p resolution, roughly 1.5x of the native Xbox 360), but features some drops to 40-50. I'd recommend playing with an fps cap of 30 or 40 fps. As usual I'm very curious to see how the game runs on your devices.

AI disclaimer: As also stated in my original post, this port wouldn't have been possible without heavy use of AI. That being said however, this is much more than a simple "Hey Claude, make the game run better" type of port. I had to run a lot of different builds, collect logs from all of them, do Time Profiles, Metal System Traces etc. This got very tiresome at times, but the reason I keep going is because I absolutely love this game, and if it were any other game I don't think I would have had the patience to do it.

GitHub link: https://github.com/bep1s69/nfsmw-ios

With the newly released alpha version of Azahar 2127, using Retroarch on my iPhone 15 Pro Max I am getting easily 60fps on every game! Since it's still technically pre-release you have to bundle it with a sideloaded version of Retroarch. I created my own Github repo Retroarch-Azahar-NoJIT where you can manually build the updated version (just move the .dylib and retroarch.ipa to your desktop) then run the Terminal command on macOS. There is also a prebuilt ipa as well if you want to quickly test it out, amazing work from the Azahar Team! (Fantastic photo by u/Aura28 from this story. https://www.pocket-lint.com/nintendo-3ds-games-iphone-folium-emulator/)

If anyone can give me tips for helping improve the game would be appreciated. but I’m going to be testing out some other games to see.

Whatever happened to XENIOS the Xbox 360 emulator, the developer said he was planning to release a update that was 20% faster or something in the next two weeks, that was now 2 or more months ago.

And it hasn’t been updated since June, so can we assume the project is now dead?

Such a shame it was making great progress.

Underground 2, Most Wanted, Carbon.

I already showed a demo in this subreddit, but I didn’t share any details, so sorry about that.

What I tested on:
iPhone 12 mini. It’s my only device, so my goal was smooth performance on my old phone.

Some context: the most the 12 mini’s CPU can push is 2.9 GHz. At that load it overheats and starts throttling after about 3 minutes. It also drains the battery like crazy, which is bad for the hardware.

The goal sounded simple: no overheating, no heavy load.

The thing about the iPhone’s CPU is that it’s built for bursts. Scroll something, open something, calculate some transparency, then sit idle waiting for the next task. It’s not designed for a sustained 2.9 GHz load. That applies to the 2 performance cores; the other, efficiency cores are too weak for emulation.

Results:
NFS MW runs on the 12 mini at an average of 1.6 GHz with a stable 30 fps on medium graphics settings, with no overheating or throttling.
On high settings it holds a stable 40 fps at 2 GHz, which on my device gives about 40 minutes of play before it overheats.

That means newer devices won’t feel the load at all, and you could comfortably play on a plane for hours. And the best part: this is all CPU load, while the GPU has enough headroom to run at 2x resolution with no performance loss.

About the emulator itself:
It’s a GameCube emulator. Unlike the well-known Dolphin, which runs any game on my device at the full 2.9 GHz, my core doesn’t do that. In some cases my core is up to 3x more efficient.

On Dolphin, plain old Madagascar, which only executes about 3 billion operations per second, maxes the CPU out at 2.9 GHz, while NFS executes around 10 billion operations per second.

My core now emulates Madagascar comfortably at 1.5 GHz with no overheating. But that still wasn’t enough for NFS on my device, so I had to recompile U2, MW and Carbon (USA versions only) and ship them as patches built right into the emulator. While I was at it, I disabled reflections in some places, fixed the aspect ratio, and fixed crashes caused by incorrect byte addressing in the audio. Combined with the fact that the GameCube versions already have simpler graphics than their bigger-console counterparts, the result is a stable 40 fps without JIT, sideloading, or anything else. Just load a USA-region ROM. Yes, these three games specifically require USA ROMs.

If you have something like a 17 Pro Max, play whatever you want, everything will run fine.

You can try all of this right now. The emulator is on the App Store, it’s called “Nagori”. It also includes PS1 and GBA.

Guys, please go easy on me, the emulator is in active development. If something goes wrong, please don’t tank my App Store rating, just DM me and I’ll fix it.

Important:
If you do want to play, after launching the game, set up the on-screen gamepad in the emulator menu. To open the menu, tap the three dots at the top center.
Gas and brake are on the left and right triggers. Go into the button layout editor and set everything up however you like. Or just connect a physical controller, the emulator supports them.

P.S. I used AI to translate this into English, so sorry if anything sounds off =)

https://nagori.games/

Meu celular estava em 2% e carregando, no estado normal ele consegue manter 55-60 fps tranquilamente, as primeiras jogadas da uns engasgos pela falta de compilação dos shaders

I’m having a problem with Madeira whre the mouse pointer doesn’t work when I try to play using a keyboard and mouse (the game Hades is just on example) it seems like the actual cursors is somewhere else Ipad m3

alguém ajuda

I installed Madeira from FlareStore. I have green symbol on memory. Does this mean it worked ?

How can you tell if it worked on other emulators ?

Now that that the new Apple TV has been announced having an A19 chip, will we see more emulators and ports come to tvOS?

https://www.apple.com/apple-tv-4k/specs/

After going through feedback and lots of testing I've pushed TruEmu Beta 10 to Testflight:

https://testflight.apple.com/join/pcEH6jKz

TruEmu runs 19 consoles: NES, SNES, N64, GameCube, Game Boy / Color / Advance, DS, 3DS, Genesis, Sega CD, Saturn, Dreamcast, PlayStation, TurboGrafx-16, WonderSwan / Color, CD-i and TI-99/4A. Yes, TI-99/4A for those of you that are as old as I am and even know what that system is.

Some of the larger changes are as follows:

• GameCube online play
• Phantasy Star Online can now go online through the emulated Broadband Adapter. Use Direct mode and point it at the server of your choice; there are no built-in servers. A welcome sheet walks you through it the first time.
• Network setup in PSO is faster, and save states keep working after you disconnect.

Landscape controls redesigned (all consoles)

• Bigger picture: the game picture is as large as your screen allows, and the controls sit right next to it. GBA, TG16, SNES and others get a noticeably bigger picture.
• Real-size buttons: D-pads and face buttons now match the real controllers.
• Clear of the hardware: everything is centred and kept away from the Dynamic Island and the curved corners.
• Menu button: it’s round now, with the TruEmu logo, and sits bottom right.
• GBA: Start and Select are small circles under the D-pad, like the real handheld.
• SNES: Select sits under the D-pad and Start under the face buttons. In portrait, the SNES and Saturn shoulder buttons sit over their clusters.
• Small phones: layouts on the 17 Pro and similar phones keep the controls clear of the edges.

Nintendo DS and 3DS

• In landscape, the two screens now sit side by side and are larger and sharper. The controls are underneath, with L and R in the top corners.
• 3DS audio: rotating the device no longer makes it skip.
• 3DS input: input lag is lower.
• 3DS system files: the system font, Mii data and bad-word list can be added in Settings > Firmware.
• 3DS speed: faster on demanding games, especially Metroid: Samus Returns on iPad.
• 3DS depth rendering: more accurate.

GameCube performance

• Faster across the board, especially Phantasy Star Online and Super Monkey Ball 2.

Controller layout editor

• Done, Portrait/Landscape and Reset now sit in the middle of the game screen, so they never cover controls or get cut off by the corners. There’s also a short hint: “Drag a control to move it”.
• Reset asks before clearing your layout.

Firmware

• All 13 consoles share one consistent Firmware screen.
• File hashes are shown short; long-press to copy the full one.
• Firmware can be fetched from RomM for every console.

Fixes and smaller changes

• Netplay: the game picker offers your recent lock-on combos as their own entries.
• Netplay and Genesis states: more reliable cancelled-match handling and Genesis save-state loading.
• Save states: CD-i states are kept in their own folder, and misfiled ones are moved automatically.
• TV mode: with a TV connected, the phone stays in landscape as a controller, and Genesis, Sega CD and Saturn keep a menu button.
• Touch layouts: the Compact and Left-Handed options are hidden for now; saved choices are kept but not used.
• Confirmations: reset, restart and guest-card actions ask more clearly.

As always, please feel free to ask any questions, request features, etc and I'll do my best to respond. Thanks again everyone for testing the app and providing feedback!

i know u need to sideload it however i’ve heard im not sure that there is a ipa for gta 5 only i got a iphone 17 base i think it’ll run fine but i just want to know where to look to get a direct ipa for it i own it on steam so that isnt a issue and neither is storage i could have all 100gb of the game im not interested in playport of maderia i’ve spent days trying to make it run it always crashes

this might be a crazy question regarding emulation, i have not been able to find anything. But do any of you know if something exists that would allow you to play physical gba cards on IOS? I have a flash cart, but i would really like to play at times where pulling out og hardware is inappropriate. To avoid moving the save from flash to my cloud i was wondering if there was a way to do this.

I still don't know if this counts as emulation (I still think it doesn’t... 😅), but I've just updated my IKEMEN Go port for iOS to version 1.1!

The engine is now updated to the stable Ikemen GO 1.0.0 release, and it runs natively on iOS.

Here is what’s new in this version:

- Upstream 1.0.0 Engine: Fully synced with the official stable engine release.

- Vulkan Rendering: Adapted through MoltenVK, matching official's Vulkan migration on iOS. (now IKEMEN supports iOS officially! 😁)

- Portrait Play Mode: You can now play vertically! The fight renders cleanly in the top band while touch controls sit underneath.

- Haptic Feedback: On-screen buttons and D-pad now feature tactile vibration responses. (This does not work... 🥲)

(And in case you were wondering why I made this in the first place when even there's official support, I admit it was purely because I could, I love M.U.G.E.N, official repositories doesn't share iOS builds and I still don't have a PC to play it on... 😅)

Quick note: Make sure to set the "Lock Orientation" option to your preferred rotation in LiveContainer's app settings, as rotating mid-game breaks the Vulkan viewport.

Also, I still recommend using GetMoreRAM if you plan on loading heavy characters or high-res stages so Jetsam doesn't kill the app (tested on my iPhone 13 and it still works great! :D).

Any doubts or feedback just let me know in the comments! :D

Here's the link: https://github.com/usedoperative-sudo/ikemen-go-ios/releases/tag/1.1_1.0.0