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Apps ATV4: how to play classic Nintendo and Sega games!
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Yeah. I got an error at first, but it was a problem with my free developer account. I just started over and it worked the second time.
this is cool. I'm using the nimbus controller but it sucks that I can't really play my all time favorite: Mike Tysons Punchout. No select button which is needed for the super punches 
this is cool. I'm using the nimbus controller but it sucks that I can't really play my all time favorite: Mike Tysons Punchout. No select button which is needed for the super punches
Damn that's the one game I was looking forward to
never mind!!! on NES games, the left trigger becomes the select button!! been playing my way through it since about 5 mins after I posted that post! no complaints regarding provenance or the nimbus controller!!!
Since this app is not official on the AppStore
Can the dev add support for PS3 PS4 controllers ?
And another question
People here like to complain a lot , I haven't seen any in this thread
Is there something you don't like about this emulator that could be better ?
Not too sure about the PlayStation controllers, I think it would possibly require a jailbreak to get the required Bluetooth compatibility in there.
So far I've no complaints with Provenance. Been using it on my iPad and iPhone for ages as well and it works very well.
So far I've no complaints with Provenance. Been using it on my iPad and iPhone for ages as well and it works very well.
How does it handle thousands of games?
I plan to throw the entire nes snes and sega library in there
I plan to throw the entire nes snes and sega library in there
Can't say for sure, I've only ever had a few dozen on at any one time (I've still got all of my old consoles set up in my office, so the emulator just gets used now and again).
But considering how well it's programmed, I think it'll handle it well enough.
But considering how well it's programmed, I think it'll handle it well enough.
Provenance is great. I would like the developer to focus more on game organization and menus in future updates. I would like to load my entire game collections and then be able to select favorites. I would also like to see filtering options based on region, release year, company, etc. I heard that PS1 emulation has been added. I would love to see N64 as well.
I think the PS1 is still in progress, thou I could be wrong, last I heard it was working but very slowly so it hadn't been added yet.
I'm picturing a team of Apple programmers ignoring all the issues with the AppleTV and feverishly programming to block this while a Nintendo representative stands in the corner arms crossed tapping his foot.
It won't happen. All you're doing here is compiling an Xcode app and loading it on a device just like any developer would do with any application. Nothing special is happening here. Apple isn't going to start blocking Xcode apps from being loaded on devices.
They can't, if they block this app which you compile from source code in Xcode. Then they block us from making and releasing our apps.
Depending on how it's compiled it could be broken with an update requiring the dev to rebuild it. When it comes to copyright issues I wouldn't put anything passed Apple.
I feel you are right for the most part and the process plus the relatively low amount of users that will be doing this probably won't warrant any concern.
There has never been a time that any emulator or any other type of app has been blocked within Xcode. It doesn't even have that capability.
I didn't say it would be blocked, I said broken. Your right a simple emulator hasn't been blocked/broken but that's not what this is, which is why many apps can't be sideloaded onto iOS without a full jailbreak of the device.