Apple Removes Game Boy Emulator from App Store for Violating Rules, But Stands by Decision to Permit Game Emulators
Apple has removed iGBA, a Game Boy emulator app for the iPhone, after approving its launch over the weekend.
First launched on Sunday, iGBA was an ad-supported copy of the open-source project GBA4iOS that offered a Game Boy game emulator for iOS.
The new app worked as described, allowing users to download both Game Boy Advance and Game Boy Color ROMs from the web and then open them in the app to play.
The Cupertino-based tech giant has been pushed to make the App Store more open thanks to the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA).
Following an update to its App Store rules to comply with the new regulation, Apple had announced it would also allow streaming game stores globally.
