PlayStation, GameCube, Wii, and SEGA Emulator for iPhone and Apple TV Coming to App Store

The lead developer of the multi-emulator app Provenance has told iMore that his team is working towards releasing the app on the App Store, but he did not provide a timeframe. Provenance is a frontend for many existing emulators, and it would allow iPhone and Apple TV users to emulate games released for a wide … Read more

Delta Game Emulator Now Available From App Store on iPhone

Game emulator apps have come and gone since Apple announced App Store support for them on April 5, but now popular game emulator Delta from developer Riley Testut is available for download. Testut is known as the developer behind GBA4iOS, an open-source emulator that was available for a brief time more than a decade ago. … Read more

Delta all-in-one retro game emulator now out for iPhone

Delta turns an iPhone into a range of classic handheld consoles. Screenshot: Testut Tech Delta retro game emulator is now on the iPhone App Store. Not only can it handle ROMs originally for the classic Game Boy handheld console, but it also emulates NES, SNES, Nintendo 64 and Nintendo DS. It’s a launch that fans … Read more

NES Emulator for iPhone and iPad Now Available on App Store

The first approved Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) emulator for the iPhone and iPad was made available on the App Store today following Apple’s rule change. The emulator is called Bimmy, and it was developed by Tom Salvo. On the App Store, Bimmy is described as a tool for testing and playing public domain/”homebrew” games created … Read more

Apple Further Explains Why Game Boy Emulator iGBA Was Removed From App Store

Over the weekend, a Game Boy emulator named iGBA appeared in the iPhone’s App Store, but Apple quickly removed the app due to violations of the company’s App Review Guidelines related to spam and copyright. Apple has since shared additional details about why it removed iGBA from the App Store, and it also clarified its … Read more

First iPhone Game Boy emulator quickly disappears from App Store

iPhone users have to keep waiting for the Game Boy emulator of their dreams. Photo: Caleb Oquendo/Pexels A Game Boy emulator was added to the iPhone App Store over the weekend. This might be proof that Apple really has removed restrictions blocking retro game emulators. Trouble is, the iGBA app has already been kicked out … Read more

Apple Removes Game Boy Emulator iGBA From App Store Due to Spam and Copyright Violations

Apple today said it removed Game Boy emulator iGBA from the App Store for violating the company’s App Review Guidelines related to spam (section 4.3) and copyright (section 5.2), but it did not provide any specific details. iGBA was a copycat version of developer Riley Testut’s open-source GBA4iOS app, which has long been distributed outside … Read more

Game Boy Emulator for iPhone Now Available in App Store Following Rule Change

A week after Apple updated its App Review Guidelines to permit retro game console emulators, a Game Boy emulator for the iPhone called iGBA has appeared in the App Store worldwide. The emulator is already one of the top free apps on the App Store charts. It was not entirely clear if Apple would allow … Read more