apple approved for inclusion game emulator It hit the App Store earlier this month and was one of the first popular apps. gameboy emulator Already deleted.apple speaks mcroomers iGBA is not Nintendo’s, and appears to be a copy of another emulator. Riley Testut, developer of the 10-year-old Game Boy emulator GBA4IOS, said his app was cloned by iGBA.
“It appears that Apple has approved a copy of GBA4iOS, the predecessor to Delta that I created in high school, in the App Store,” Testut said. thread Saturday. “I didn’t give anyone permission and now I’m sitting at the top of the charts (despite being filled with ads and tracking).”
Testut says that in cases like this, “I’m glad App Review exists.” MacRumors notes that iGBA is Apple’s App review guidelines, restrict apps that are considered spam and intellectual property infringing.At this point, it is unclear whether iGBA was really removed to copy his Testut’s open source emulator, but Testut later posted that iGBA’s developer said: I apologized to him Because of the confusion.
Gizmodo reached out to Apple and Testut for comment, but did not immediately receive a response.
Apple began allowing retro game emulator apps on April 5th. More extensive updates To comply with the European Commission’s new anti-steering guidelines. Retro game emulators are now allowed worldwide, but not if you copy someone else’s emulator. iGBA quickly shot to the top of the gaming charts, as many users played one of the first Apple-approved Game Boy emulators on their iPhones. Emu 64XLThe Commodore 64 emulator arrived on the App Store around the same time as iGBA and is still available for download.
Over the years, several video game emulators have managed to make it onto the App Store, but this is the first time Apple has explicitly approved them. However, the gamer may have to wait a little longer until he can play Game Boy on his iPhone.