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Ask HN: How can I recover and run my old mobile game from the 2010s?

56 points diasks2 | 2 comments | 25 Aug 25 06:41 UTC | HN request time: 0.437s | source

I developed a game called "Putter King Adventure Golf" for iOS and Android back in the 2010s. It's long since disappeared from the app stores, but my son recently asked if he could play it, which got me thinking about whether it might be recoverable.

I'm wondering if there's any way to find a copy of it somewhere on the web (I assume it was probably pirated at some point during its lifetime). And if I could find it, what would be the best approach to get it running again?

Has anyone here successfully recovered and revived their old mobile apps? I'd appreciate any suggestions on:

* Where to look for archived APKs or IPAs * How to sideload/run old mobile apps on modern devices * Whether emulators might be a viable option

1. mclau157 ◴[26 Aug 25 13:56 UTC] No.45026639[source]▶
The Tiger Woods PGA Tour game on IPhone in the 2010s was a full fledged PGA tour game with fun entirely 3D golf courses and a full career of tournaments and points to earn and spend, I consider the best full 3D game ever on IPhone and spent many hours playing it
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2. fidotron ◴[26 Aug 25 14:25 UTC] No.45027005[source]▶
That game was ahead of its time. My team worked on the post launch updates/ports of it, and because it was well optimized for the original dev target it was actually a bit of a pain! (The shadows especially).

It was working on that which caused us to find a certain SoC supplier saying different things to different manufacturers.