The checklist of nice iPhone emulators solely continues to develop following new EU rules, and the newest is iDOS 3, which might help you play MS-DOS video games in your iPhone or iPad.
Developer Chaoji Li introduced the app’s approval late final week after months of fighting the App Retailer submission course of.
“It has been a protracted watch for widespread sense to prevail inside Apple,” Li wrote in a blog post. “As a lot as I wish to have a good time, I nonetheless can’t assist being a bit bit cautious concerning the future. Are we good any further?”
iDOS is a long-running app that creates a nostalgic atmosphere through DOSBox the place you may run DOS video games and truly work together with them through contact and an on-screen keyboard and trackpad. It had been accessible on the App Retailer for years till it was eliminated in 2021 as a result of, according to Li, it violated tips that apps ought to be “self-contained” and never launch “executable code.” This was after Li added file-sharing entry, a long-requested characteristic.
“The underside line is that I can’t carry myself to chop the important functionalities of iDOS 2 with a view to be compliant with Apple’s coverage,” Li wrote on the time. “That might be a betrayal to all of the customers which have bought this app particularly for these options.”
Then the EU rules kicked in, so Li determined to have one other go. iDOS 3 — which is usually just like iDOS 2 however beneath a brand new identify — was submitted to the shop in April, however rejected a few occasions. First, it was rejected as a copycat after which once more as a result of it wasn’t emulating a console.
UTM, an open-source PC emulator, went via most of the identical points earlier than the staff was capable of efficiently checklist UTM SE, an general slower model, on the App Retailer. That victory inspired Li to attempt once more.
So for now, iDOS 3 is that can be purchased for iPhones and iPads for simply $1.
