Provenance 3.4 is in testing, with beta support for Atari Jaguar CD, Sega NAOMI, NAOMI 2 and Atomiswave. The team’s October 14 development update also details RetroAchievements fixes and changes to controls and video effects. There is no confirmed App Store release date.
Provenance is an open-source emulator app for iPhone, iPad and Apple TV. It brings together software for running games from older Nintendo, Sega, Sony, Atari and other systems, with a library organised around game artwork and information. Different emulation cores handle different machines: the familiar library interface sits above several separate pieces of emulation software.
Jaguar CD and arcade systems join the beta
Jaguar CD import currently accepts BIN/CUE and CDI disc images, but not ISO or CHD. Some CD games still crash, according to the developers, so compatibility remains experimental.
NAOMI, NAOMI 2 and Atomiswave are arcade platforms. All three also carry a beta label; their inclusion does not guarantee that every game will run smoothly on every Apple device.
The development update also lists a newer Dolphin foundation, ROM patching with RHDN search and support for importing RetroArch save states from Provenance 3.3.x.
RetroAchievements fixes and more control over games
RetroAchievements is receiving memory-map corrections for SNES, Game Boy Advance, PSP, PC Engine and Game Boy Color. NES support is connected through FCEU, while quickloading must respect hardcore mode. These are improvements to an existing feature: RetroAchievements was already named in the earlier Provenance 3.1.0 release.
Some of the control and display work was first outlined in the team’s March development preview. CRT effects gain adjustable settings such as curvature, brightness and scanlines. Those effects already existed in Provenance; the change gives players more control over how strongly they alter the picture.
Cheat lookup draws on libretro’s database, with optional online searches alongside the bundled data. Controller remapping uses named profiles that can apply to a system or an individual game, with game-specific settings taking priority. That should reduce repeated adjustments when switching between consoles with different button layouts.
What you can use on iPhone, iPad and Apple TV
The US App Store listing still showed version 3.3.0 when checked on October 18. An ordinary App Store download should therefore not be assumed to include the development features described here.
The official beta page is the route to TestFlight access. For sideloading, the team distributes Provenance Alpha, with iOS and tvOS builds listed on GitHub. Alpha installs as a separate app and can sit alongside the stable release. It remains a development build, so users should expect bugs and possible regressions.
Virtual Jaguar has a separate desktop app
The same October announcement also covered Virtual Jaguar’s standalone desktop app. Version 3.9.0, released on October 14, introduced that application for macOS, Windows and Linux. It uses the Jaguar core maintained for RetroArch and Provenance, but the desktop application is a separate product.
A follow-up, Virtual Jaguar 3.9.1, arrived on October 17 with sound and emulation fixes, expanded shader packaging and additional interface settings. Those desktop changes should not be read as features already available in Provenance 3.4.
Related reading: our coverage of the Super Pocket Activision Edition looks at a dedicated handheld with its own collection of licensed retro games.
Release status and availability checked on October 18, 2026.