If you didn’t already know, your iPad is a beast at emulation, (iPad Pro 11 inch 2018)

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on /r/ipad

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  • AltStore

    AltStore is an alternative app store for non-jailbroken iOS devices.

  • First you need to go to https://altstore.io

  • Jitterbug

    Launch JIT enabled iOS app with a second iOS device

  • There’s JItterbug by osy which uses another device a developer disk image to work, I’ll link a guide on how it works , —-> https://github.com/osy/Jitterbug/releases (it’s embedded in the releases tabs) though the developer disk images github isn’t up to date, I’ll link one that is —> https://github.com/haikieu/xcode-developer-disk-image-all-platforms

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  • Xcode Developer Disk Images

    Quick fix your Xcode with the missing developer disk images. iOS, tvOS, watchOS files available.

  • There’s JItterbug by osy which uses another device a developer disk image to work, I’ll link a guide on how it works , —-> https://github.com/osy/Jitterbug/releases (it’s embedded in the releases tabs) though the developer disk images github isn’t up to date, I’ll link one that is —> https://github.com/haikieu/xcode-developer-disk-image-all-platforms

  • scummvm

    ScummVM main repository

  • - ScummVM. Not really so much of an emulator than an engine to run graphic adventures like Sierra's, LucasArts and a whole lot more. (IPA)

  • UTM

    Virtual machines for iOS and macOS

  • -UTM (actually, I use mostly UTM SE, which is the version for older systems as it doesn't have JIT. Up to Windows 95 is good. UTM itself needs altjit or jitterbug in jailed devices to run at acceptable speeds for more modern systems), based in Qemu: Lots of CPUs but most importantly x86 emulation, including support for Windows up to 10 (IPA, use UTM SE if you only need up to Windows 95. use the AltStore Repo)

  • QEMU

    Official QEMU mirror. Please see https://www.qemu.org/contribute/ for how to submit changes to QEMU. Pull Requests are ignored. Please only use release tarballs from the QEMU website.

  • -UTM (actually, I use mostly UTM SE, which is the version for older systems as it doesn't have JIT. Up to Windows 95 is good. UTM itself needs altjit or jitterbug in jailed devices to run at acceptable speeds for more modern systems), based in Qemu: Lots of CPUs but most importantly x86 emulation, including support for Windows up to 10 (IPA, use UTM SE if you only need up to Windows 95. use the AltStore Repo)

  • activegs-ios

    ActiveGS, Apple 2/2GS emulator for iOS (by yoshisuga)

  • -iUAE (Amiga), based in UAE: My current version is compiled from a forum thread but a couple of forks (mOoNsHaDoOo's and simontoens's) look's promising (IPA from Yoshisuga's fork)

  • InfluxDB

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  • em-dosbox

    An Emscripten port of DOSBox

  • -iDOS, based in DOSBox: DOS and Windows up to 3.11. Used to be in the app store, but no more. IPA in Github and beta IPA in the patreon page (PLEASE SUPPORT YOUR DEVELOPERS)

  • activegs-ios

    ActiveGS, Apple 2/2GS emulator for iOS

  • - ActiveGS (Apple II, Apple IIGS), based on ActiveGS: Not a terribly active port, but it does work. No IPA available, so source needs to be downloaded and compiled. To the best of my knowledge ths is the only one that has an active library of software built-in which you can just click and run. Works better with an attached keyboard (BT or Smart Connector). Supports bluetooth mouse but click is forced to double-click for both touch and hardware mouse/trackpad which makes it complicated to use mouse-based software (particularly games) where clicking is necessary. (no IPA, must be compiled from source)

  • Play-

    Play! - PlayStation2 Emulator

  • - Play!: Playstation 2 (IPA)

  • flycast

    Flycast is a multiplatform Sega Dreamcast, Naomi, Naomi 2 and Atomiswave emulator

  • - Flycast, based on reicast: Dreamcast (IPA is among the artifacts of each successful compilation as flycast-apple-ios. Most curent IPA as of writing this is located here, but you need to be logged into GitHub).

  • dolphin

    Dolphin is a GameCube / Wii emulator, allowing you to play games for these two platforms on PC with improvements.

  • - DolphinIOS, based on Dophin: GameCube and Wii. Requires AltJit from AltStore to run fullspeed in jailed devices (IPA, use the AltStore Repo)

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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