madeira

The world's first Windows PC game emulator on iOS. Open-source.

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Red Dead Redemption 2 is now running on an iPhone 18 Pro.

It’s running fully on the phone with no PC and no streaming, using an experimental build of Madeira PC Emulator that translates DirectX 12 to Metal.

[madeira @madeira_app]

@KarrDriver In some ways, sure, but it will be running very well quite soon :)

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Red Dead Redemption 2 is now running on an iPhone 18 Pro.

No PC, no streaming, fully on-device. Translating DirectX 12 to Metal with custom runtime that leverages DXMT's airconv for SM5 shader conversion. This is an experimental build of Madeira with graphical glitches.

[madeira @madeira_app]

@NurNochCube Correct! At the very least it will be possible in Madeira when the PC version releases late next year. But people may get it running before then with a PS5 emulator on iOS.

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@tauqqqq how so?

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@Eltomex56 Thanks! It will definitely work on the 17 Pro, but I can't promise playable framerate quite yet.

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@babypluto______ I think 20 FPS is considered running. And once we have graphical accuracy it will not hurt performance much due to it being CPU-bound.

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@Korabutozor 20 FPS so far. The 1 FPS section was a bug that is very fixable. 30 FPS should be possible soon, with correct rendering!

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@logicLuminary Not the shader conversion, as airconv is quite mature. Our translation layer is currently incomplete, it doesn't handle everything yet. But we should be able to reach perfect rendering soon!

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@lastframe_ @SmeshbroMMA @videotech It's not about if you would buy a PC or console. Many people already have an iPhone, and some only have an iPhone, and they should be able to play their favorite games on it.

[Techjunkie Aman @Techjunkie_Aman]

This shouldn't be possible.

Red Dead Redemption 2 is now running on an iPhone 18 Pro.

No PC.
No cloud streaming.
Fully on-device.

An experimental Madeira build translates DirectX 12 to Metal using DXMT's airconv for Shader Model 5 conversion.

It's still early, so graphical glitches are expected—but this is a huge step toward AAA Windows gaming on iPhone.

I'll keep posting Madeira updates as they happen.

Or join their discord: https://t.co/ve34lz9Whj

Would you try this on your iPhone?

[madeira @madeira_app]

@SmeshbroMMA @videotech Possibly, but the point is to allow the game to be played on iPhones at all. In the future, it will be possible to run this game on base model iPhones at playable speeds with a controller connected. A bit later in the future, it will be possible to AirPlay to your TV at 1080p+

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@videotech Yeah haha, for now! We should be able to get it running much better soon :)

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@abrevityy Yes

[Brevity @abrevityy]

This is wild…

[Will Faust @willfaustcuber]

This project has been very fun to work on, with much more coming soon :)

30 FPS with perfect rendering in RDR2 should be possible!

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https://t.co/mU0tCLWHjs

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@4k_isn We're doing our best to help with the community support section :)

[madeira @madeira_app]

@4k_isn It's coming! But first RDR2 :)