INintopieces·Jan 13, 2017
https://github.com/jasarien/Provenance An AppleTV 4 can be had for ~$150 with controller.
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Provenance
iOS & tvOS multi-emulator frontend, supporting various Atari, Bandai, NEC, Nintendo, Sega, SNK and Sony console systems… Get Started: https://wiki.provenance-emu.com |
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4Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
74GitHub stars
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What it is
iOS & tvOS multi-emulator frontend, supporting various Atari, Bandai, NEC, Nintendo, Sega, SNK and Sony console systems… Get Started: https://wiki.provenance-emu.com |
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Where it is used
No documented product use has been verified yet.
What people are saying
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This week on Hacker News
Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 5:04:57 PM UTC.
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Mentions over time
HN mentions by month4 dated mentions
Observed mentions: 2015-09-20 19:48:10 UTC to 2017-01-13 06:18:41 UTC.
Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.
View mention counts and date ranges
| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2015 | 2015-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2015-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Oct 2015 | 2015-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2015-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2015 | 2015-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2015-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 2015 | 2015-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 2016 | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 2016 | 2016-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2016 | 2016-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 2016 | 2016-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 2016 | 2016-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 2016 | 2016-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul 2016 | 2016-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 2016 | 2016-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2016 | 2016-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 2016 | 2016-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2016 | 2016-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 2016 | 2016-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jan 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
What Hacker News says
4 sourcesIt took me a while to go through his entire 12 pages but here is a brief list of the apps/accessories he speaks about:
*Note: there are duplicate apps for similar situations (i.e. three writing apps) but that's because he was switching between them for different uses.
- Readdle’s Document app - ‘best file manager’
- workflow app - like IFFTT
- iA Writer - writing app ($3.99, short writing)
- Working Copy Enterprise ($14.99) - collab writing
- Twelve South’s ParcSlope ($49.99 on Amazon)
- Razer Keyboard Case for iPad Pro ($169.99 on amazon)
- Anker PowerCore 20000 Battery ($45 on amazon)
- Apple 29W USB-C Charger
- Sennheiser Momentum 2.0 Wireless (headphones)
- SteelSeries Nimbus Controller
- Tom Bihn Daylight Briefcase
- Spotify and Apple Music
- Synology NAS - DS214play (for home server/media center)
- DS Get, DS File, DS Video
Read the rest
- QuickConnect feature with Synology (allows access to home server, in non-home settings)
- Infuse Pro 5 ($12.99, for not needing to convert media files)
- Plex (free - video streaming)
- Provenance (github - old games emulator for iOS)
- https://github.com/jasarien/Provenance/wiki/Building-Provenance
- PlayMira ($9.99 - ps4 game streaming)
- Timepage for iPad (6.99 - calendar)
- Airmail ($4.99 - mail account)
- Sanebox ($ - email management assist)
- Pixelmator ($4.99 - edit images)
- Launcher with Notication Center Widges by Cromulent Labs (free - url automation)
- https://www.macstories.net/reviews/with-launcher-2-0-im-rethinking-my-notification…
- Inoreader (free - rss feed reader)
- Fiery Feeds Premium (9.99 - rss feed reader)
- Copied (free - clipboard manager)
- Bear ($4.99 - notes replacement)
- https://www.macstories.net/stories/why-im-considering-bear-as-a-notes-app-replacem…
- Ulysses ($24.99 - text document writing, zen app, short writing)
- Pinnacle Studio Pro ($12.99 - video editing)
- VideoGrade ($5.99 - color editor of videos)
- DEVONthink To Go ($14.99 - doc and info management, search function is high value)
- iThoughts ($11.99 - mindmap)
- Scrivener - ($19.99 - writing, long form writing)
- Ferrite Recording Studio (free, voice memo with editing)
- SanDisk iXpand Flash Drive (SDIX30C-064G-GN6NN) (64 gb = $49.99)
- Annotable (free, image annotation)
He writes about a lot of apps. Here is a list of it all (warning all of his stuff is affiliate links) https://www.macstories.net/stories/one-year-of-ipad-pro/12/#...
Looks like a proper nes emulator rather than just a front end. (Checked out the mapper code which is required for nes emulators)
On a side note, how hard would it be to convert this mapper to JavaScript?
https://github.com/jasarien/Provenance/blob/master/PVNES/NES...
In An AppleTV front end for NES emulatorsAn AppleTV front end for NES emulators
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