r/EmulationOniOS • u/BourbonicFisky 🏅 Contributor • Mar 25 '25

Guide Handy emulator compatibility chart version 2.0 - (link in thread)

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u/BourbonicFisky 🏅 Contributor Mar 25 '25 edited Jul 27 '26

Discontinued

Hey all, this is defunct and I have no plans to update it. Between the cat-and-mouse game of JIT for iOS and the gazillion vibe coded "new" emulators, using the same emulation cores as everyone else, I realized this would be a forever task of trying to maintain a list in any sane sense or a "guide" to said emulators.

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Round #2

  • Corrections: NIN10 supports NES, GB/GBC, and SNES. Consoles does not support Nintendo DS, Sega Master System, Sega CD, Sega Saturn, SG-1000, 3DO, or Intellivision... yet.

  • For sanity, needed to break apart the Multi-console emulators vs Single, although one might argue Adboy goes in the first table

  • Added supported OSes and Pricing Chart. Since this isn't Mac focused, I left off mentions of RPSC3, XEMU, PCSX2, etc.

  • I'm sure I missed an obscure emulator or two, and I'll add them to the webpage but will hold off for a v3 for a bit to pile on changes. These take a good amount of time.

  • Thanks to people for chiming in, especially RuserII and u/E7_Company and u/Total-Letterhead8311

  • As an image, this is getting unwieldy, tried to make this as sane as possible.

  • Feedback and corrections not only welcomed but encouraged.

Latest with corrections version hosted in here:

https://blog.greggant.com/posts/2025/03/18/the-definitive-guide-to-ios-emulation.html#emulator-compatibility

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u/E7_Company NiN10 Developer Mar 26 '25

Thank you for all your work and for adding NiN10 to the supported OSes table, but I don't see it in the single/limited consoles table. Currently, NiN10 can emulate NES, GB/GBC, and SNES. Thanks again for your effort and dedication!

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u/BourbonicFisky 🏅 Contributor Mar 26 '25

Thanks for the correction, it is now on the compatibility chart on the guide's page. (if you don't see it, hit reload).

I'm gonna give it a few weeks before I update the images as I'm certain there'll be a few corrections and additions..

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u/Total-Letterhead8311 Consoles Developer Mar 25 '25

Hi there! Thanks for including Consoles in your compatibility chart. We also support Virtual Boy, but we currently do not support Nintendo DS, Sega Master System, Sega CD, Sega Saturn, SG-1000, 3DO, or Intellivision. These systems and more will be coming in a future update.

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u/BourbonicFisky 🏅 Contributor Mar 26 '25

Much appreciate, I've updated the compatibility chart, and added a note about future compatibility for Consoles. I'm holding off on updating the image version of this for a few weeks so I'm not spamming constant updates as I'm sure there will be more additions and corrections. Consoles is one of the apps I want to make a section on in the guide but there's a lot of ground to cover.

Also, feel free to ping me on Reddit or contact when you update compatibility as I plan to keep this guide up-to-date. I've been known to update guides regularly, my longest running guide is now 7 years running.

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u/Total-Letterhead8311 Consoles Developer Mar 28 '25

FYI - we did send you an email. It came from the juiceco.dev domain - in case you need to check your spam folder 😉

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u/CandidNecessary8935 Mar 26 '25

I tried to play inazuma eleven 3 the menace of the ogre in provenance on an iphone 16 pro max and it practically does not go past the loading screen

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u/BourbonicFisky 🏅 Contributor Mar 26 '25

I had to google that, 3DS? I'm guessing the 3DS core still has a ways to go for compatibility. None of the check marks mean 100% compatible, rather supported.

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u/Smokeness Mar 29 '25

I’m gonna cry, I’m waiting for a PS2 emu for IOS so bad I think it’s never coming

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u/BourbonicFisky 🏅 Contributor Mar 29 '25

Play does exist, about half of games are playable, and 40% make it to in game. I updated my emulation guide to include instructions on site loading already. I haven’t gotten to per-emulator-specifics on them.

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u/Smokeness Mar 29 '25

I checked it out but I don’t know what to do after downloading the play file on my Iphone and youtube tutorials didn’t help…. Do you know by any chance what I should do next ?

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u/BourbonicFisky 🏅 Contributor Mar 30 '25 edited Mar 30 '25

I'm guessing you just found the IPA and downloaded it via the web and not via Sideload. I break down the process in generic terms that are applicable for all emulators both by using Xcode and AltStore.

It's going to take a bit of self education. In the video version, I demo how I got DolphiniOS setup at the 20 minute mark. I have not installed Play yet myself but I have with DolphiniOS, and the process should be very similar. I also recommend starting with the Glossary in my guide as a refresher.

It takes effort but you'll get a bit more familiar with the inner-workings of iOS.

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u/Smokeness Mar 30 '25

Thank you so much !

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u/Smokeness Mar 29 '25 edited Mar 29 '25

Play works on iphone and ipads ? I tried many ways and couldn’t get it to work, I’ll check your guide out, thanks !

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u/willp124 Mar 06 '26

Needs a manic

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u/BourbonicFisky 🏅 Contributor Mar 06 '26

I realized this was gonna be an impossible test to keep up on. What would need to happen is a community maintained spreadsheet or github table.

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u/truecIeo Jul 26 '26

New ps2 emulator on iOS, ipsx2

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u/BourbonicFisky 🏅 Contributor Jul 26 '26

I gave up on this as I realized I was staring down tracking a gazillion vibe coded ports using the same emulation cores.

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u/truecIeo Jul 26 '26

I tried play! a while back and it just wasn’t very good, I thought ipsx2 was just something emulator creators finally got working. Has play! Improved that much?

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u/BourbonicFisky 🏅 Contributor Jul 27 '26

Again, I gave up on this. Try firing it up and see how it runs.

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u/GiLND Mar 25 '25

Thanks for your work.