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I have a small number of old apps that are self-contained on the device, yet they won't ever get built for recent versions of ios. I'll be happy if I am every able to see those apps run again.

Which one are those?

They are three apps that present certain language translations and their associated pronunciations from specific texts.

The readme of this project says it's focused only on games.

You can extract or download your old apps using iMazing and install on an old device. I've done this for a couple of games.

Author here: if the EU proposal that forces Apple to open up iOS goes through, I'm definitely going to try to port it. Chances are that WebAssembly would happen before that, though.

I used to love popcap games, and thought PvsZ was one of the best mobile games...

until EA took over popcap and monetized PvsZ to put literal prices in dollars on the plants.

A jump the shark moment.

I think it makes more sense to compile this emulator with Emscripten and run it in the browser.