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The retro gaming and emulation community needs to take a deep breath

Everyone is just too quick to grab their pitchforks.

This is part of what makes Winlator special, as it's basically like running containerized virtual machines, but with the primary focus of being able to install and play PC games from an Android device. (Image credit: Andrew Myrick / Android Central)Since Winlator burst onto the scene, we've seen a variety of "forks," or alternative iterations created, all while Bruno continued working on the "main branch." (Image credit: Andrew Myrick / Android Central)That project closed up shop in early 2023, with the developer stating that the reasons include "never-ending impersonating, complaints, demands, and now death threats."

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