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touchHLE @touchHLE

Welcome to the Twitter account of touchHLE, a high-level emulator for iPhone OS applications!

Joined February 2023
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touchHLE@touchHLE
24 Sep 2024
touchhle.org/download/ is the new place to download touchHLE. It has both the stable and the preview builds. This page and github.com/touchHLE/touchHLE…, are the only official download pages for touchHLE. Do not trust any others!
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The touchHLE team is proud to announce the release of touchHLE v0.2.3! Compatibility has grown from dozens of games to over 300 apps with 3 stars support 🎉 github.com/touchHLE/touchHLE…

Release v0.2.3: The Happy New Year release! · touchHLE/touchHLE

Hello everyone! The touchHLE team is proud to announce the new release! Compatibility has grown from dozens of games to over 300 apps with 3 stars support 🎉 Many thanks to all of the contributors...

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touchHLE@touchHLE
27 Aug 2025
This is a big threat to the touchHLE project and all emulators and software preservation projects on Android more generally. Please do what you can to push back against this, while you still can.
The Hacker News
@TheHackersNews
26 Aug 2025
🛑 Important: Google is locking down Android. Starting Sept 2026, every app — even outside the Play Store — must come from a verified developer. No more anonymous sideloads. No quick comebacks for malware gangs. First up: Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand. Full story ↓ thehackernews.com/2025/08/go…
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touchHLE@touchHLE
14 Jul 2025
New addition to the touchHLE copyright policy:
Because large language models have most likely "seen" things during their training process that would break these rules, and because they are impossible to audit, ⚠️ use of AI assistants or AI code generation like ChatGPT, Copilot or similar is also forbidden.

ALT Because large language models have most likely "seen" things during their training process that would break these rules, and because they are impossible to audit, ⚠️ use of AI assistants or AI code generation like ChatGPT, Copilot or similar is also forbidden.

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ciciplusplus@ciciplusplus
3 Feb 2025
This is a casual reminder that no one of actual #touchHLE developers are having Telegram channels about #touchHLE. Anyone claiming so is an imposter. Don't believe anything they claim.
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touchHLE@touchHLE
30 Nov 2024
Screenshot of a post on Bluesky from “touchHLE” with the handle “touchhle.org”: “Hello! There is now an official account on Bluesky for touchHLE, a high-level emulator for iPhone OS applications. As always, you can recognise an official source by whether it is listed on the website, touchhle.org. You can follow this account for updates on the project.”

ALT Screenshot of a post on Bluesky from “touchHLE” with the handle “touchhle.org”: “Hello! There is now an official account on Bluesky for touchHLE, a high-level emulator for iPhone OS applications. As always, you can recognise an official source by whether it is listed on the website, touchhle.org. You can follow this account for updates on the project.”

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touchHLE@touchHLE
30 Nov 2024
The touchHLE app compatibility database now has a table summarising how many apps have each compatibility rating. We're very close to having 150 apps with at least three-star compatibility!
Screenshot: touchHLE.org > touchHLE app compatibility database Apps Legend/Stats # of apps Rating Description 243 ⭐️ Completely broken: app crashes immediately without any user interaction. 54 ⭐️⭐️ Only (part of) the main menu, intro or similar is working. 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Some of the main content of the app works, but with major issues. 32 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The main content of the app works (e.g. entire game is playable) with only small issues. 93 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Everything works. The app is fully usable.

ALT Screenshot: touchHLE.org > touchHLE app compatibility database Apps Legend/Stats # of apps Rating Description 243 ⭐️ Completely broken: app crashes immediately without any user interaction. 54 ⭐️⭐️ Only (part of) the main menu, intro or similar is working. 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Some of the main content of the app works, but with major issues. 32 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The main content of the app works (e.g. entire game is playable) with only small issues. 93 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Everything works. The app is fully usable.

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touchHLE@touchHLE
10 Nov 2024
There is now a FAQ (frequently asked questions) page on the touchHLE website.
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AppleInsider
@appleinsider
3 Nov 2024
A new project is trying to preserve click-wheel iPod games appleinsider.com/articles/24… #Apple

AppleInsider.com

Gaming on the iPod barely predates the iPhone's arrival in 2007, but fans have launched a project to be sure they can still play the games into the future.

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touchHLE@touchHLE
16 Oct 2024
The touchHLE website has been redesigned. Sadly, it is no longer built using Dashcode, but the new design is a lot more practical.
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touchHLE@touchHLE
15 Oct 2024
There is no official Telegram channel for touchHLE and never has been. I (hikari_no_yume) am not on Telegram. There are some people on there who want to impersonate us (the project/developers) and harm our image by posting horrible images and harassing people.
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touchHLE@touchHLE
15 Oct 2024
If you see something related to touchHLE on Telegram that shouldn't exist, please know that we unfortunately can't do anything about it. Thanks for your understanding.
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ciciplusplus@ciciplusplus
7 Oct 2024
I wanted to do it on perfect time, but better late than never: #touchHLE now supports the original "Cut the Rope" game!
Om Nom
@Cut_The_Rope
2 Oct 2024
OKtober is Om Nom's BDay month 🎂 can't believe it's been 14 years since he popped up in Cut the Rope and demanded his first candy🥲 forgive us for getting nostalgic...it's not tears, it's the rain!
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touchHLE@touchHLE
26 Sep 2024
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@3letter_
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touchHLE@touchHLE
25 Sep 2024
in the past 24 hours, touchHLE finally passed a huge milestone: 100 working or semi-working apps! the app compatibility database now lists 100 apps with at least ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 3/5 stars 🥳
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touchHLE@touchHLE
25 Sep 2024
I was expecting this would happen within a year of the initial release, but it seems it took longer. keeping up constant progress isn't easy. slowly but surely we're getting more and more games working, though! ~ hikari_no_yume
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…at which point it becomes very tempting to just move to a completely closed development model, where we only publish code that is complete enough to land on trunk. and already we are like half of the way there with @touchHLE, but it's tempting to go all in. perverse incentives!
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maintaining an open-source game emulator has really perverse incentives. users do not care whether your code is good or clean or properly tested. if a horrible hack gets a popular game running, they will plagiarise your WIP patch, make their own build of it, and distribute both…
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touchHLE@touchHLE
16 Sep 2024
Very sad news. Thanks for all you did.
TouchArcade@toucharcade
16 Sep 2024
It is with immense sadness that we must announce that after more than 16 years TouchArcade will be shutting down. We thank anyone and everyone who has ever been a part of this amazing journey with us. More details here: toucharcade.com/2024/09/16/t…
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touchHLE@touchHLE
15 Aug 2024
youtube.com/watch?v=bUYwgrgP… this is what apple took from you

iPod Touch 2G Ad

New iPod Touch Official Apple Ad

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