Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2024/08/03/apple-to-allow-retro-game-console-and-pc-emulator-apps-to-download-games.html
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“Cover art from Archie Comics’ Sonic the Hedgehog”
Umm…okay…
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Brings new meaning to, “gotta go fast!”.
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pocket supercomputers we already have.
I’m not saying this to start a forum riot, just my personal opinion. I really wonder what the cellphone market would look like if we had the current kind of pocket computers with the general level of societal tech integration of the early 2000’s.
I have a hard time imagining most of the computer people I knew in 2000 being okay with having a locked down system. Obviously there is the flip side of it - it just works. That is more of the modern day divide that I see. Either I love Apple because it works or I love Android (or whatever rooted system of choice you want) because I can do what I want.
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Are they still holding tight on the JIT compilation related restrictions that make all but the more undemanding emulation cases so slow as to be largely theoretical?
I guess it’s nice that we can finally buy thin clients powerful enough to move certain edge compute costs from providers onto ourselves; but that doesn’t really feel like supercomputing.
It’s also a matter of when you choose the scale.
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One step closer to fulfilling my dream of playing Yar’s Revenge on my iPhone!
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Me, when I saw that image: “I’ve clearly spent too much time on the internet.”* I guess I’m not the only one.
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Technically, since RetroArch is available on the iPhone App Store, and RetroArch has the Stella emulator for Atari 2600 games, you can play Yar’s Revenge today. You just need a Yar’s Revenge rom file. You can get that here: Myrient | Content Listing
And many years ago, Atari actually had an app that let you play a catalog of Atari 2600 and other games on the iPhone. Sadly, because it was a 32-bit app, it’s no longer available today, but there was a day where you could play Yar’s Revenge on your phone many years ago.
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I was just making a joke, but thanks for the info.
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