Jitterbug VS scummvm

Efficient VMs on iPhone would be great. I experimented with sideloading Jitterbug (1) and using it to launch qemu, but the process currently requires a second device or setting up a VPN - in practice it was annoying.

I just want/need a Linux environment; coming from my laptop, I really miss rsync… FTP/SMB over VPN work but rsync is usually faster!

Fingers crossed that easily sideloading apps becomes a thing here in the US.

1: https://github.com/osy/Jitterbug

If you’re using a Developer certificate or some other certificate, that has VPN entitlements you can use Jitterbug.

You can still self host with JITStreamer, then theirs two alternatives, SideStore, made by the same devs, also lets you sideload and refresh on any Wi-Fi network. Then theirs JITterbug, that you just have to be on any Wi-Fi network, with (you need TrollStore, or paid dev cert to do with just one device or any other way to get VPN entitlements.) Or have another device other than the one you want the app with JIT on, and pair the two.

Jitterbug Pair (Windows 64)

For the last: UTM + JIT. Unfortunately it’s not on the AppStore, but those utilities will allow you to run any operating system (that doesn’t mean they’ll be useable). I use Debian ARM64 (with LXQt environment) on my iPad mini (A12) which runs fast enough to handle sublime text and one terminal window (but not a web browser ;_;). Some software won’t run on it like PSEint (unless you figure out how to compile it), but it’s faster than iSH and has more software compatibility than a-shell

you're going to need to get on your computer and download JitterbugPair (https://github.com/osy/Jitterbug/releases/latest). download the zip file that works on your device.

https://github.com/osy/Jitterbug Here's the recommended app for enabling JIT in UTM. There are instructions on the main page. The key point I found a little confusing is that the instructions are for setting it up on two separate devices, but if you're using TrollStore, the "primary device" and "secondary device" can be the same device (your iPhone). The end result is that launching UTM normally will open it without JIT, and using Jitterbug to launch UTM will enable JIT.

Jitterbug v.1.3.1

ScummVM - Engine to run DOS Point & Click Adventure games. C++, SDL2, OpenGL

They're now affiliated with ZoomPlatform, if you want to both buy DRM-free and support ScummVM: https://www.scummvm.org/news/20230830/ , https://www.scummvm.org/ (link on right under PayPal)

u/d10sfan has added ScummVM port for Sanitarium to Luxtorpeda repos. Thanks to that, modern port of the game can be played as a Steam game.

u/d10sfan has added ScummVM port for Sanitarium to Luxtorpeda repos. Thanks to that, modern port of the game can be played as a Steam game.

SCUMM VM is now like that, plenty of Point and Click games https://github.com/scummvm/scummvm

It's a long shot, but some old games are available via https://www.scummvm.org/

Ultima 6 - I use ScummVM to play it. It's a great engine that provides a layer of UI compatibility over the game.

The game is "Beneath A Steel Sky", an old school point and click adventure. And though the graphics are pixel style, they are still very well done, and the game and story are still great. The emulator is ScummVM. There's some other games that were released as freeware.

ScummVM, which has been working on Adobe Director support, can detect the game (thank you @mistydemeo <3), but trying to run it will softlock you on the game's title screen, unable to click anything. It's likely this will be fixed in the future, but for now I can't recommend it for this particular game.