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Universal NES Emulator - Bimmy

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tsalvo

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Bimmy, an NES Emulator, is now available on the App Store:
apps.apple.com

‎Bimmy - NES Emulator

‎A simple emulator to aid in homebrew game development and testing. Play public domain ROMs and test your own creations! - CPU, APU, PPU emulation - Files integration - Game Controller support - Save State support
apps.apple.com

The app is open source, if you prefer building it yourself with Xcode:
github.com

GitHub - tsalvo/nes-emu-ios: NES Emulator for iOS / iPadOS / macOS / tvOS, written in Swift

NES Emulator for iOS / iPadOS / macOS / tvOS, written in Swift - tsalvo/nes-emu-ios
github.com github.com

There are no ads or tracking of any kind. It works with quite a few ROMs, though not every mapper is supported. Enjoy!
 

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Graphiar

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Wow, this looks incredible! Just checked out the Xcode project on github, says it builds for 14.7+. Do you think you could build it for 15.X compatibility minimum on the App Store? I’m on iOS 15 ATM so I can’t test this.

Fantastic work!
 
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tsalvo

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someone else also asked me about bringing the minimum version down, so I will look into that for the next release. I wanted to play it safe for the first round because I don’t have any test devices running older iOS versions. But I think if the simulator works fine, I should just allow it on older versions.
 
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infinitedreams

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1. Why is this categorised as a developer tool?
2. The privacy policy link on the App Store page directs you to the privacy policy for a different app.
3. I see you have blocked visionOS. Is there a technical reason for this?
 
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infinitedreams said:
1. Why is this categorised as a developer tool?
2. The privacy policy link on the App Store page directs you to the privacy policy for a different app.
3. I see you have blocked visionOS. Is there a technical reason for this?
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In the description, this app is intended as a developer tool, for testing home brew ROMs.

That is an error, which I can’t fix until the next version. Privacy Policy is here:

I have a branch on my GitHub for visionOS, and wasn’t happy with how the current iOS app worked with its virtual onscreen controller buttons. I hope to eventually release on visionOS (requiring a real controller, and using a native visionOS UI)
 
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Man, I've been waiting for Apple to lower the emulator restrictions for a long time. Thank you for this!
 
erikkfi

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Emulators for 80s and 90s systems thrive on other platforms. We just need the right developers to step up.
 
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wqopaqlp

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Thank you, but unfortunately, it is no longer possible to download this excellent app. I would like to know how to download the IPA file on iPhone as it seems that GitHub only has the open-source version for Mac.
 
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