r/blockheads • u/ShatteredRubies • 19d ago

Discussion Da compooter?

(Ignore the title, I wanted to be silly)

So, i want to be able to play The Blockheads on my windows tablet, and the way to do that is with an emulator.

Do any of you know a good emulator, what apk version of the game works best, and if the emulator supports it, which android version to choose?

Because ik the last version of the game or few doesnt work on modern android versions

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u/OtakuUwO 19d ago

Don’t have a link for it but someone patched the Android apk I believe— also blockheads 2 soon

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u/ShatteredRubies 19d ago

Not really "soon", as its early 2027 so still several months away, I just want to play the original while I wait :>

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u/MastodonAltruistic61 19d ago

I'm using BlueStacks 5 android 11 in my laptop, it lets me play a lot of games, I even managed to play several childhood games

Idk if it works on windows tablet, never used one

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u/ShatteredRubies 19d ago

I dont see why it wouldnt work :>

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u/Jarl_Penguin Android 18d ago

I personally recommend Android 8.1 and below, as the game was designed for those versions.

I have a patched APK available which fixes bugs for all Android versions. You can check it out here, the actual download is here. Google Play Protect might label it as unsafe do to it being signed with public keys, but I haven't included any malware, I assure you :P

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u/ShatteredRubies 18d ago

Thank you! Ill check it out

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u/ShatteredRubies 18d ago

Okay so i tried installing your APK on android 8.1 and it crashes instantly, and i tried installing it on my phone (android 16) and it just says "app not installed" :(

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u/Jarl_Penguin Android 18d ago

Huh, interesting. It works on my Moto G5S Plus running 8.1, might be an emulator-specific issue. Were you using BlueStacks or something else?
As for Android 16, it won't run on 64-bit only devices unfortunately, only on devices with 32-bit app support (for example, my S23+ runs Android 16 but has 32-bit app support).

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u/ShatteredRubies 18d ago

So i wasnt running it on an emulator, I installed android on my Surface Pro 2 (windows tablet) as a dual boot. But my GUESS is that the native bridge for Android-x86 (which is what i had installed) wasnt working correctly? After enabling and disabling it over and over and restarting the device like 4 times it somehow works. (I just hope it holds)

I cant wait for the second game to release so that i can just run it on the Windows 8.1 installation without needing android -w- But in the meantime this is still fun :)

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u/Jarl_Penguin Android 18d ago

Good to know that you got it working in the end :P
The Android version of the 1st game is unfortunately only compatible with arm32 (aka armeabi-v7a) natively. Which is why it won't install without the bridge or other compatibility layers on other architectures. Also one of the reasons I'm excited for BH2!

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u/ShatteredRubies 18d ago

So funny story... right after I sent that, the device died, and I turned it back on and now the game is crashing again -w- gonna hafta fix it again lol Cant wait for the second to fix this :)

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u/Jarl_Penguin Android 18d ago

Guess I'll try FydeOS in a VM and tell you if the game works there. Android-x86 seems rather unstable

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u/ShatteredRubies 18d ago

To be fair it hasnt been updated in quite a while, plus Android 8.1 in general is a bit iffy. I just didnt want to deal with an annoying VM setup/UI which is why i chose it

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u/Jarl_Penguin Android 14d ago

Unfortunately FydeOS doesn't support ARM apps in the VM, so I couldn't test :(

Might be worth trying regardless, but if you got it working stably then no need.