Update, though not yet good news.
Firstly I bought an old gen1 ipad mini and the game installs but crashes, wont work.
I managed to get in touch with the guy who uploaded it to internet archive. Sadly he doesnt own the file himself so couldnt do a decrypted version. He got the file from a russian file sharing forum and supposedly it is already cracked but just doesnt work.
He wasnt sure if it was just a damaged file or if the game requires some online content that no longer exists hence it tries to run but then crashes. Is there any way to check this? Like a monitoring program that would see if it is trying to call-out for extra files/info?
Myself I am hoping that it doesnt need online files, because when I have seen this before, the usual thing was for the game to hang while awaiting the missing files/contact, whereas this just crashes instantaneously and goes back to desktop, so it doesnt feel like an internet issue but I dont know for sure and it would be good to know if this is the case or not as that makes the difference between it being a lost cause or still having hope to find a person with the game file.
Please any advice or thoughts appreciated
Alex