Appleapproved the inclusion ofgame emulatorsto the App Store earlier this month , but one of the first popularGame Boy emulatorshas already been remove . Apple tellsMacRumorsthat iGBA looks like a clone , not of Nintendo , but of another aper . Riley Testut , the developer behind a decade - old Game Boy emulator GBA4IOS , says his app was the one iGBA clone .
“ So obviously Apple approved a whang - off of GBA4iOS — the predecessor to Delta I made in high school — in the App Store , ” said Testut onThreadsSaturday . “ I did not give anyone license to do this , yet it ’s now sitting at the top of the chart ( despite being filled with advert + trailing ) . ”
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Testut says he was “ beaming App Review live ” for case like this . MacRumors reports that iGBA violated plane section 4.3 and 5.2 of Apple’sApp Review Guidelines , which restricts apps that qualify as spam and noetic property violations . It ’s unclear at this time if iGBA was truly pulled for copying Testut ’s open - informant emulator , however , Testut later on send that the developer behind iGBAapologized to himfor the pot .
Gizmodo reached out to Apple and Testut for gossip but did not immediately hear back .
Apple began allowing retro game emulator apps on April 5 , as part of abroader updateto comply with the European Commission ’s unexampled anti - steering rule of thumb . Retro biz emulators are now allowed worldwide , though not if you copy someone else ’s emulator . iGBA quickly spring to the top of the gaming chart as many users played one of the first Apple - approve Game Boy emulators on the iPhone . Emu64XL , a Commodore 64 copycat , showed up on the App Store around the same metre as iGBA and is still available for download .
A few video game aper managed to slip onto the App Store over the long time , but this is the first time Apple has explicitly approved them . However , gamers may have to hold back a little act longer before they can play Game Boy on the iPhone .
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