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BlackThunder (Chinese:黑雷模拟器) is a commercial, closed-source iOS emulator developed by Hangzhou Kiwi Logic Technology Co., Ltd in China. Currently it is capable to run a few commercial iOS applications and games.
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|active = Yes
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BlackThunder (Chinese: 黑雷模拟器) is a commercial, closed-source iOS emulator developed by Hangzhou Kiwi Logic Technology Co., Ltd in China. Currently it is capable to run a few commercial iOS applications and games.
==General Information==
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To use this emulator, a specially made [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackintosh Hackintosh] VirtualBox disk image (Which is a highly trimmed [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacOS macOS] High Sierra containing Xcode) is required. This image can be obtained on the downloading page of BlackThunder website.
BlackThunder is capable to run up to 73 commercial iOS programs (10 applications, 63 games), including some popular games like ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arena_of_Valor Arena of Valor]''. However, all applications must be download from BlackThunder server and user cannot run their own apps. All officially supported applications run quite fine (including graphic, 3D acceleration, sound, touch and network) as long as the host PC is capable to run the emulator.
==System Requirements==
Due to its double-layer virtualization, a mid-high end PC is required.
Officially suggested hardware : <ref>https://www.heilei.com/question_content-54.html</ref>* CPU:Intel i3 series processor or better ** AMD processors are '''NOT SUPPORTED'''Notice: AMD processors are not supported due to the Hackintosh image used in the emulator is not patched for AMD.'''
* RAM: 8GB or more
* Disk: 10GB or more free space. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_drive Solid state drives] ** SSDs are recommended due to high read/write burden on hard drive.
* Video card: Any modern video card that support OpenGL is okay.
The Hackintosh image used in BlackThunder is highly trimmed (under 3GB) and contain other modification compared to regular macOS in Mac computers, and distributed on BlackThunder website, which violates [https://www.apple.com/legal/sla/docs/macOS1013.pdf Apple Software License Agreement of macOS High Sierra].
Probably to avoid legal impact on the company, The image is distributed either torrent or via a Chinese file sharing service called [http://pan.baidu.com/ hosting services (BaiduPan] or torrent under individual nameand CtFile), rather than hosted on BlackThunder server.
===Lack of Applications===
Currently, users cannot load their own apps into the emulator, and all apps provided by BlackThunder privided apps are heavily China-oriented, which render it useless for non-Chineseusers.
===Localization Issues===
Users need a BlackThunder account to login the emulator before using. Registering such an account require a in-use Chinese cellphone number that can receive SMS, or a any Chinese social media account accounts (such as QQ/, WeChat/and Sina Weibo). such limitation make it quite hard for non-Chinese users to register an account in order to use the emulator.
Also, the emulator UI is in Chinese and not localized. However, users can still change the emulated iOS UI language.
