Apple Approves First PC Emulator for iOS to Run Classic Games


New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) Tech giant Apple has approved the first PC emulator for the iOS ecosystem to run classic software and games.

The iPhone maker has approved “UTM SE” after initially rejecting it and banning its app from notarizing in third-party app stores in the European Union (EU).

The app is now available for free for iOS, iPadOS and visionOS.

It can run classic software and old-school games for Windows, Mac OS 9 and Linux on your iPhone.

“We are happy to announce that UTM SE is available (for free) on iOS and visionOS App Store (and soon on AltStore PAL),” the app posted on social media platform X.

“A big thank you to the AltStore team for their help and to Apple for reconsidering their policy,” he added.

UTM SE is a PC emulator that allows users to run classic software and old-school games.

It supports both VGA mode for graphics and terminal mode for text-only operating systems.

It emulates x86, PPC and RISC-V architectures and runs pre-built machines or “create your own configuration from scratch”.

The application is built on top of QEMU, a powerful and widely used emulator.

–IANS

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