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Here's why Apple removed the first Game Boy emulator from the App Store

Summary by 9 to 5 Mac

Earlier this month, Apple revised its App Store Guidelines to permit game emulator apps for the first time. On Saturday, one of the first such apps was approved: iGBA. This app allowed users to import and play ROMs download from the internet. On Sunday, however, the app was pulled from the App Store without full explanation. Apple has now provided more clarity on why iGBA was removed from the App Store after initially being approved. more…

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Sorry Nintendo fans, Apple pulled an Apple-approved Game Boy app from the 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...

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Here's why Apple removed the first Game Boy emulator from the App Store

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Apple Further Explains Why Game Boy Emulator iGBA Was Removed From App Store

Over the weekend, a Game Boy emulator named iGBA appeared in the iPhone's App Store, but Apple quickly removed the app due to violations of the...

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Emulators suffer first App Store casualty as Apple cans knockoff Game Boy app

Frankly, another unauthorized software related to Nintendo getting taken down is par for the course and not all that surprising. However, it is notable that iGBA's takedown originated from something other than Nintendo's DMCA legal hounds. Apple either removed it for its own reasons or the developer of the GBA4iOS...Read Entire Article

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