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NES Emulator for iPhone and iPad Now Available on App Store [Removed]
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Do you think you could re upload it to the App Store for like 10min? Really just want to have it on my phone
I'd happily pay for a legit emulator and games for same. But NFW am I buying e.g. a Nintendo console at this point. I get the business model, but they're leaving easily had incremental revenue on the table.
You’re not entirely wrong but then again so do computers in general.
And the contempt for users shown by the copyright holders is not encouraging. A user experience actually meant to be pleasant for the user remains a primary reason for piracy.
For example, the Peacock app recently removed the “keep watching” row entirely. Just one example of many. More specific to Nintendo, they are happy to keep reselling the same exact games over and over again, using hardware obsolescence to force it.
This emulator doesn’t provide ROMs. I wouldn’t say they are trivializing piracy.
Bummed I couldn’t grab it in time. Really not sure why he posted it only to remove it same day. Lame.
Starting to believe you're actually Marty. How's Doc?
And you actually end up with neither if you paid attention to the pop up in the beginning and manually disabled all the tracking options
Making good software should always get loads of positive attention.
You think Italian brothers, Mario and Luigi, paid him a visit?🤔 "That's a nice pet turtle you have there.😰 It would be a shame if someone stomped on it repeatedly."😧 1UP. 1UP. 1UP...😶
You don't understand, Nintendo went after Yuzu due to Yuzu sharing Nintendo's encryption key process, and were advocating and sharing the pirated copies of games pre-release. Nintendo emulators are fine, and have been fine for a long time - they've been on Android without issue for over a decade now, too.
Nintendo only went after Yuzu for their shady practices and monetization reasons.
I was taking a break on my bed just scrolling through MacRumors as usual and when I saw this I was like, Oh goody, let's try this. I jumped up from the bed and loaded this article on my desktop
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This goes back to my original comment where the MacRumors article starts with, "Apple today said...". I often wonder what are these official channels Apple is "communicating" through.
Can't run with what everyone tells you.
Can't run with what everyone tells you.
SNES please. I already play on my Macintosh would be cool to play on my phone.
I will pay a subscription for a PS2 emulator. Upwards of $25-50 a year for a true PS2 emulator that works across iOS and tvOS and macOS (visionOS is lower priority). I want to pair some controllers to my Apple TV and play co-op PS2 games like I did long ago. I am still enjoying the iGBA app.
I'd consult a legal service and enquire about your rights for an emulator. You didn't violate any App Store policy, and clearly from emulators being on Android and desktop so long with no issues (as long as they play by the rules.... no apps or instructions on how to get apps, etc.) You may be able to safely release your app, get credit for all your hard work. Not to mention be a hero for a lot of folks here wishing for something like this.
just install an android emulator and have fun with the many video game emulators on Android.
Apple always kills all the fun over its strict rules.
Thats why I gave up my iPhone 14 Max for an S24 with DEX and never looked back.
Apple always kills all the fun over its strict rules.
Thats why I gave up my iPhone 14 Max for an S24 with DEX and never looked back.
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?
