Apple removes the first iOS Game Boy emulator released under new App Store rules

Apple pulls a Game Boy emulator for App Store violations, but says game emulators are allowed

iGBA was an ad-supported copy of the open-source project GBA4iOS that offered a Game Boy game emulator for iOS.

Apple removes the first iOS Game Boy emulator released under new App Store rules

iGBA seems to have taken unauthorized code from earlier GBA4iOS project.

Apple Pulls Game Boy Emulator From App Store

Apple approved the inclusion of game emulators to the App Store earlier this month, but one of the first popular Game Boy emulators has already been removed. Apple tells MacRumors that iGBA appears to be a knockoff, not of Nintendo, but of another emulator. Riley Testut, the developer behind a decade-old Game Boy…Read more...

So it quickly went missing, and this weekend it was announced that a Game Boy emulator was available for the iPhone through the App Store, hours after Apple had removed the app invoking spam...

iGBA: GameBoy Emulator's Swift Rise & Removal from App Store

iGBA, the 1st GameBoy emulator on App Store, rises to fame but vanishes due to copyright & spam violations. Legal complexities loom over future.

Recently, it has been allowed for the first time to distribute retro emulators via Apple’s App Store. A Gameboy emulator was there, but is now gone again – for reasons.