Provenance

An iOS & tvOS Frontend for Multiple Emulators

Release Roadmap

We track upcoming releases in our GitHub Milestones. Keep in mind they are subject to change.

Issues

Community

💬 Join us and the rest of the community on the Provenence-Emu Discord.

Installation

To get started, please follow the Installation instructions on the wiki.

^{If you run into trouble, check the Frequently Asked Questions and please read up on our Issues Usage first, before posting any new issues.}

Why 'Provenance'?

Provenance is our origin story. The word has a similar meaning to Genesis, which is actually where the project started: Sega Genesis—our early beginnings as humble emulator on iOS.

^{prov·e·nance   /ˈprävənəns/   n.
¹ place of origin   ² the beginning of something's existence}

Systems Supported:

• Apple

  • II
  • Macintosh

• Atari

  • 2600
  • 5200
  • 7800
  • Lynx
  • Jaguar
  • ST

• Bandai

  • WonderSwan / WonderSwan Color

• GCE

  • Vectrex

• IBM

  • PC DOS

• Magnavox

  • Odyssey²

• Microsoft

  • MSX
  • MSX2

• NEC

  • PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16 (PCE/TG16)
  • PC Engine Super CD-ROM² System / TurboGrafx-CD
  • PC Engine SuperGrafx
  • PC-FX

• Nintendo

  • DS
  • Famicom Disk System
  • Game Boy / Game Boy Color (GB/GBC)
  • Game Boy Advance (GBA)
  • Nintendo 64 (N64)
  • Nintendo Entertainment System / Famicom (NES/FC)
  • Pokémon mini
  • Super Nintendo Entertainment System / Super Famicom (SNES/SFC)
  • Virtual Boy

• Panasonic

  • 3DO

• Sega

  • 32X
  • CD / MegaCD
  • Game Gear
  • Genesis / Mega Drive
  • Master System
  • Saturn (mednafen)
  • SG-1000

• Sinclair Research

  • ZX Spectrum

• SNK

  • Neo Geo Pocket / Neo Geo Pocket Color

• Sony

  • PlayStation (PSX/PS1)
  • PSP (ppsspp)

• Watara

  • Supervision

Systems in Development:

• Nintendo
  • GameCube (Dolphin)
• Sega
  • Dreamcast (Flycast)
• Sony
  • PS2 (Play!)

Upstream projects

Provenance would be nothing without these projects. Please consider supporting those you love or want to see improved!

Cores

• 4DO : https://fourdo.com/
• Atari800 : https://atari800.github.io
• BeetlePSX : https://github.com/libretro/beetle-psx-libretro
• Bliss :
• blueMSX : http://bluemsx.msxblue.com/download.html
• CrabEMU : http://crabemu.sourceforge.net
• Desmume20215 : https://desmume.org/download/
• Desume2015 : https://github.com/flyinghead/desmume2015
• Dolphin : https://dolphin-emu.org/
• DolphiniOS :https://dolphinios.oatmealdome.me/
• DuckStation : https://www.duckstation.org/
• emuThree : https://github.com/emuPlace/emuThreeDS
• EP128Emu : https://sourceforge.net/projects/ep128emu/
• FCEUX : http://sourceforge.net/projects/fceultra/
• Flycast/Reicast : https://github.com/flyinghead/flycast
• fMSX : https://fms.komkon.org/fMSX/
• FreeIntv : https://github.com/libretro/FreeIntv
• Fuse : https://fuse-emulator.sourceforge.net/
• Gambatte : https://github.com/sinamas/gambatte
• Gearcoleco : https://github.com/drhelius/Gearcoleco
• GenesisPlusGX : https://github.com/ekeeke/Genesis-Plus-GX
• GLideN64 : https://github.com/gonetz/GLideN64
• GME : https://zdoom.org/wiki/Game_Music_Emu
• Mednafen : https://mednafen.github.io
• MelonDS : https://melonds.kuribo64.net/
• Mu :
• Mupen64Plus : https://github.com/mupen64plus
• NP2Kai : https://github.com/AZO234/NP2kai
• O2EM : https://github.com/OpenEmu/O2EM-Core
• Opera : https://github.com/libretro/opera-libretro
• PCSXRearmed : https://github.com/notaz/pcsx_rearmed
• PicoDrive : https://github.com/notaz/picodrive
• PokeMini: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pokemini/
• Potator : https://github.com/alekmaul/potator
• PPSSPP : https://www.ppsspp.org/
• ProSystem : https://gstanton.github.io/ProSystem1_3/
• Reicast : https://github.com/reicast/reicast-emulator
• SNES9X : http://www.snes9x.com
• Stella : https://stella-emu.github.io
• TBGDual : http://gigo.retrogames.com/download.html#tgb-dual
• VecX : https://www.bannister.org/software/vecx.htm
• VirtualJaguar : https://github.com/libretro/virtualjaguar-libretro
• VisualBoyAdvance : https://sourceforge.net/projects/vba/

Cores in Testing / Development

• MiniVMac : https://www.gryphel.com/c/minivmac/
• DosBox : https://www.dosbox.com/
• Snesticle : https://github.com/iaddis/SNESticle

Additinal Code

• libretro : https://www.libretro.com
• OpenEMU : https://openemu.org

Features

• Very Accurate, Full Speed Emulation
• Stereo Sound
• Save States (save anywhere/game freezing)
• Battery Saves (native game saves)
• Adjustable Controller Overlay Opacity
• Controller Support:
  • MFi Game Controller Support
  • iCade Controller Support (8bitdo, etc…)
  • 8BitDo M30 Support
• Local Multiplayer via External Controllers
• Portrait and Landscape Orientation
• Cheat code support! Currently for SNES and PSX only
• Automatic ROM Matching (Game Title, Cover Art, Description, Genre, etc…) via OpenVGDB
• ROM Customizations (Cover Art, Game Titles) (Instructions)
• Multiple Options for Managing ROMs, Game Saves and Cover Art:
  • Import / Export:
    • Uploading (via built-in web server)
  • Import:
    • Downloading (from mobile browsers)
    • Copying (from other mobile apps and AirDrop)
    • Injecting (with desktop apps)
• Game Library Searching
• iOS 13+ (iPhone, iPad)
  • 3D Touch Shortcuts for Recent Games (iPhone 6s and later, except iPhone SE and iPhone Xʀ)
  • Taptic Engine Button Feedback (iPhone 7 and later)
  • Spotlight Searching (Setup)
• macOS
  • Native Catalyst support with Swift UI
• tvOS 10+ (Apple TV 4+)
  • [broken for now] TopShelf Support (Setup)

_{Feel free to suggest/request features or report bugs by posting an issue, but please read up on our Issues Usage first, before posting.}

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Importing ROMs

Visit our wiki on Importing ROMs to learn how to load ROMs into Provenance.

Contributions

To contribute to the Provenance project please take look at the open issues. If you see something you can help with: bug fixing, testing, implementation or relevant suggestions, discussion and research.°

Before posting new issues, we ask you to please read up on Issues Usage. If you just want to give us a a shout out, twitter: @provenanceapp, and of course, new GitHub contributors are always welcome. Thank you.

^{° Please note that Issues is not a discussion board nor a help desk. Please help us keep it focused on improving Provenance.}

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Attributions

Provenance would not be possible without the great work of those who came before us and the ongoing development of open-source projects that makeup the foundations of our emulation cores.

_{Atari 2600: Stella | Atari 5200: Atari 800 | Atari 7800: ProSystem | Atari Jaguar: Virtual Jaguar | Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom (NES/FC), Famicom Disk System (FDS): FCEUX | Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom (SNES/SFC): SNES9x | Game Boy / Game Boy Color: Gambatte | Nintendo 64 (N64): Mupen64Plus | Game Boy Advance (GBA): VisualBoyAdvance | Pokémon mini: PokiMini | Sega Master System, Game Gear, Genesis/MegaDrive, SG-1000: Genesis Plus GX | Sega 32X: PicoDrive | Atari Lynx, Bandai WonderSwan + WonderSwan Color, NEC TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine / TurboGrafx-CD/Super CD-ROM² System / SuperGrafx / PC-FX, Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom (NES/FC) / Game Boy / Game Boy Color / Game Boy Advance / Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom (SNES/SFC) / VirtualBoy, SNK Neo Geo Pocket / Neo Geo Pocket Color, Sony PlayStation: Mednafen}

_{The specific implementations used in Provenance are loosely based on some of the work done by OpenEmu (source) and RetroArch (source).}

Collaborators

James Addyman

Joe Mattiello

Sev

MrJs

Contributors

Joe Mattiello	James Addyman	Sev	Dave Nicolson	MrJs	Dan Berglund
Todd Laney	Jay Mattis	Marcel Voss	Josejulio Martínez	Max Rahm	Raf Cabezas
Leo Lobato	Will Cosgrove	Alex Martin	Error404-na	Jesús A. Álvarez	Daniel Fontes
Stuart Moore	Yoshisuga	Cplr	Steve Barnegren	Antwan Van Houdt	James Richards
Drakkhen	Nenge123	Adam Richardson	Ian Clawson	Stefano Zanetti	Tyler Hedrick
Richard

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Provenance License

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