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NES Emulator for iPhone and iPad Now Available on App Store [Removed]
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Yes, SNES and Genesis are the ones I’m waiting for.
I asked my uncle that works for Nintendo and he said that "it was definitely *not* Nintendo that reached out and pressured him to remove it and deny it for risk of bad publicity".
This seems to be a good way to get 15 min of fame as a software developer. Release an emulator, have a bunch of tech news sites report on it, then remove it despite no illegal activity or complaints from Apple, Nintendo, or anyone else. Why bother putting on the effort to develop and release the app otherwise.
I wouldn't bet on that. nintendo has lots of lawyers
Please put it back up, there is a ton of case law that affirms emulation IS LEGAL.
So do you just spend your time on Apple message boards to tell people to switch to android?
That’s weird.
Honestly I don’t think he’s being 100% truthful on what happened here.Why weren’t you afraid to release it in the first place, then? Not trying to be hostile but…how did you think this would go?
My guess; since he initially charged money for it before going free, he really removed it because he realized he couldn’t actually charge for it and get away with it in the end without Nintendo knocking.
I briefly went down the road of hacking Delta onto my iPad mini and connecting a USB PlayStation controller. It was as glorious as I had hoped, but I got tired of the hacky nature of it and ended up going the Steam Deck route for my portable gaming needs. Glad to see Apple finally allowing this, though - the mini with a controller is the perfect retro gaming device.
I specifically bought an Apple device because these kinds of apps aren't available. I hate that Apple has changed the rules to allow these kinds of apps after I had already bought the device. Why is Apple taking away consumer choice? At least both of the Nintendo emulators have been pulled. I hope Apple doesn't allow any others.
/parody of comments about alternative app stores and sideloading
/parody of comments about alternative app stores and sideloading
Yes. It is legal to dump your own ROMS. Nintendo included.
Those apps have been on Apple's platforms since the PowerPC Classic Mac OS days.
Emulators have been around for ages. They are on Apple platforms (just not phones). They are available for Android. Many legacy platform companies don't really care. Why is the iPhone so unique that you feel that emulation of legacy platforms shouldn't belong? Apple itself has said that they will determine whether a given emulated platform should belong, and they will scrutinize the app to keep our walled garden as clean as possible.
If you personally don't want to emulate old software, you can ignore the emulators.
Don’t sweat it, developers. Is not like an indy game developer like Nintendo have an army of lawyers.
Did you know a lot of classic games apps from the likes of Sega were emulators?
Ultimate Genesis: Sega's Official Console Emulator for iPhone
Apple's finicky about emulators in the App Store, but most of the candidates have been unofficial, and dubiously legal. Sega's Ultimate Genesis, though, is official, and looks like a full virtual console for your iPhone.
gizmodo.com
Why should Sega have an emulator on Apples platform while we cannot?
Steve Jobs and Phil Schiller literally demoed a PS1 emulator, on a Mac, during a keynote. This is a terrible take.
It’s not even Apple. Apple says emulators are allowed; they approve them and people go crazy because of the attention.
Lets be honest, that's not the apple we have today. Apple back then didn't care about pushing the envelope legally and pandering to shareholders. Heck they didn't even pay dividends.
Copying and pasting something doesn’t make you a lawyer and I’m betting Nintendo would win at the end of day
It's funny that Apple finally says "go for it, emulators are allowed now", yet everyone is too scared to publish one.