[iOS] Free ScummVM app (runs Monkey Island, DoTT, Kings Quest, Full Throttle, Sam&Max, Leisure Suit Larry, etc) @ Apple AppStore

guidedlight on 31/12/2023 - 04:11
Last edited 31/12/2023 - 04:59

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This is available for the first time on iOS.

ScummVM is an open-source engine that primarily runs old point & click adventure games from the 90’s.The data files required to run the games are not included.

Example games that can be run…

Over 500 games are available for ScummVM.

Games can be purchased on Steam or GOG, and the data files copied across to the app.

Free Software/Websites

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Comments

  • PainToad on 31/12/2023 - 06:25
    -1

    This will get removed from the App Store for sure. Even though it doesn’t include ROMs and is open source, emulators are explicitly banned.

    Interested to see if it continues to work once installed and remove from the store but.

    • mr_me450 on 31/12/2023 - 07:57
      +1

      ScummVM isn’t an emulator though, it’s a rewrite of the games’ executables. You can read more about it here: https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=About and here: https://docs.scummvm.org/en/latest/help/faq.html#is-scummvm-…

      • PainToad on 31/12/2023 - 08:02
        -1

        Interesting, so it’s more like WINE.

        It's possible to listen to a supported game's MT-32 music score (if present) without an actual MT-32, via a sophisticated system which emulates it

        Still uses emulation for audio, however.

      • guidedlight on 31/12/2023 - 08:12
        -1

        Yeah. But the games contain the game scripts not the app. So this is a violation of the AppStore guidelines.

        • DoctorCalculon on 31/12/2023 - 08:15
          +1

          Whoever the original app reviewer was must have fallen asleep on their work desk, and simply hit Approve.

          • guidedlight on 31/12/2023 - 08:21

            @DoctorCalculon: Not sure. There definitely is inconsistency in how the AppStore rules are applied.

            “iSH Shell” is still on the AppStore, and that is an emulator capable of running Linux.

        • PainToad on 31/12/2023 - 08:23
          -1

          I’m not sure if they reversed engineered the scripts in the games and rewrote them to run natively or if they reversed engineered the interpreters that run the original scripts.

          Ie. is all that’s being used from the original game files the images and sound files? Or are the scripts in the original game files also being used? The later is definitely in violation of the rules.

          Really all irrelevant as they admit the sound files are still being emulated.

  • Windows7forever on 31/12/2023 - 07:32
    +2

    Is there similar for Android?

    • PainToad on 31/12/2023 - 07:54
      +2

      Have you considered Googling “ScummVM Android” and finding out?

      • NobleSyco on 31/12/2023 - 08:13
        +1

        There's no need to behave like that towards someone simply asking a question.

        • PainToad on 31/12/2023 - 08:26
          +7

          Sorry for being abrasive. I just wish people would try Googling things more often. We’re lucky to live in a time where information is so easily available.

          • Ostrich on 31/12/2023 - 09:15

            @PainToad: This has been available for android since forever. Scumm also works on multiple O/S (linux, windows, android etc). You can always download this from scummvm.

            I have loaded scummvm on my ipads since ios 8, however used to have to jailbreak or resign, this is just now available through app store so you dont have that worry

    • gosm on 31/12/2023 - 08:13

      Yes

  • jace88 on 31/12/2023 - 08:28

    Looking forward to reliving my childhood memories playing these games…

  • PainToad on 31/12/2023 - 08:31
    +4

    Webrcade is getting ScrummVM support soon if anyone wants an alternative that works on most modern devices with a browser; iPhone, iPad, Android, Xbox, Mac, Windows…

    Being web based, it can’t be blocked by Apple.

    https://www.webrcade.com/

    https://youtu.be/CtPtDszpq-0

  • Jimothy Wongingtons on 31/12/2023 - 09:16
    +6

    If you fondly remember playing these games as a kid it is almost guaranteed you have back pain.

  • Mahogany Granger on 31/12/2023 - 09:42
    -1

    Any way to play jedi academy on ios?

  • YellowKnight on 31/12/2023 - 11:26
    -1

    I wish I could get Maniac Mansion Deluxe somewhere.

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