You don’t install games to the V1 cubes as such. They run on the host computer; assets do get downloaded, however, so this might be what is failing. Check the charge is full on the cubes. Eventually the internal battery will fail requiring surgery – scary! – but making sure they are charged might help. Checking firmware and reattaching the cubes to the host might also fix things

I’ve tried clearing the cubes, updating the link firmware (it’s at 1.1.15 now, cubes all at 1.1.14) and even checked the “My cubes” page, nothing is installed yet any install attempt dies after around 25% progress. The cubes show progress: yellow highlight on the middle cube, before aborting.

Does anybody have any ideas?

If you go to the open source site for Sifteo there is an emulator

It should be a hidden folder in your home folder

Here’s the problem: I am using an Intel Mac with Catalina and I’m trying to use Sifteo Sync (v2 cubes). I was able to install the program, but on the file with all the games (SifteoSyncMac), I was able to move the plist file to “Preferences”, but I can’t find “Application Support/Sifteo” to put the rest of SifteoSyncMac in. How can I find it?

I love how you brought this back to life. Thank you so much in partaking in this amazing resurrection of a childhood toy! 😀

Quick question: in this article, it mentions I can play the games without the physical hardware. However, I can’t seem to find a way to install and play the V2 games, since I want to play Sandwich Kingdom, for example. Joyscubes had a shipping date 5 years ago for some reason and make me not want to risk wasting my money on buying something that has very few updates.

How can I install and play the .elf files on my computer? I don’t think they work on SiftRunner, do they?

No.they are different. V1 base a host OS command the cubes display something.and V2 are standalone working with its own OS.

Mark Ding (behind the Kickstarter and IndiGoGo campaigns) might be able to help with Joyscube purchases, as their web site is down right now; I suspect it didn’t sell well enough 🙁 and “third times the charm” didn’t work out. His publicly email for queries is dingke_dht@outlook.com

Hi Alex,
Joyscube sell a modern reimplementation of Sifteo cubes, and they are (sort of) compatible, having essentially the same firmware, but adding BlueTooth functionality. However, they are subtly different in appearance. The only other option is to set an email alert search on eBay, which is where I got most of mine, including a few broken ones for spares and to disassemble. Hope that helps!

Thanks for getting back to me! Yes, some of our cubes are starting to show signs of battery fatigue (they deplete very quickly after charging), so will look forward to seeing your efforts when you eventually do that. Cheers, Kai.