PP EMU - Game Emulator
Play Retro Games Anytime
Only for iPhone
Free · In-App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
PP EMU is dedicated to providing the ultimate retro gaming experience
an all-in-one emulator designed specifically for iOS.
» Supported Game Platforms
- Nintendo 3DS (3DS)
- Nintendo DS (NDS)
- Game Boy Advance (GBA)
- Game Boy Color (GBC)
- Game Boy (GB)
- Nintendo Entertainment System (NES/FC)
- Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES/SFC)
- Mega Drive (Genesis)
Arcade:
- Classic Arcade
Support for more platforms is coming soon!
» Fast Forward
Speed through the slower parts of games by running them at a much faster than normal speed.
» Realistic 3D Skins
We've infused our controller skins with detailed haptic feedback and visual design to replicate the most authentic handheld console experience, making it feel like you're holding the real hardware.
» CRT Filter
Fully equipped with a CRT filter for maximum retro vibes!
» Save States
Save and load your progress from the menu or via hotkeys.
Automatic backups of your save files ensure your progress is always safe.
Supports "Quick Save" to instantly save/load with a single button press.
» Cheat Codes
Support for various types of cheat codes is available for every supported platform.
» iCloud Sync
Sync your games, save files, save states, cheat codes, and cover art across all your devices.
» Game Artwork
No extra effort required. The app automatically fetches beautiful cover art for your imported games, making your library look clean and professional.
Other Features
- Microphone Support (DS only)
- Gyroscope Support
Legal Disclaimer: PP EMU is not affiliated with Nintendo, Sega, Sony, or any other company in any way. "Nintendo," "Sega," "Sony," and all related console names mentioned herein are registered trademarks of their respective companies.
Terms of Use (EULA): This application adheres to the standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA).
Please review it here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://pp.ppemu.com/legal/privacy/
Payment & Refund Policy: https://pp.ppemu.com/legal/payment/
more » Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where the screen would occasionally freeze after switching speeds in the game menu
» Experience Optimisation
- Optimised controller mapping for the left and right analogue sticks on PSP and PS1
- Optimised 3DS acceleration
1.2.4 3 days ago
» Core Features & Performance Optimisation
- Optimised 3DS and DC game performance
- Improved overall visual effects performance
- Reduced app size and storage usage
» Controls & Compatibility Improvements
- Added support for remapping hotkeys
- Added NES microphone support
- Fixed issues affecting DS and PS2
- Improved screen responsiveness across multiple platforms
» Saves & Data Management
- Fixed 3DS save state issues
- Improved in-game saves for J2ME games
» Display & Bug Fixes
- Fixed a crash when importing games on iOS 27
- Fixed Game Boy display settings
- Fixed GBC crashes and PSP multi-line cheat code issues
- Improved localisation and fixed multiple interface issues
1.2.3 19 July
» Core Features & Experience Optimisation
- Improved PS2 gaming experience
- Optimised game fast-forward control logic
- Optimised full-screen skin appearance
- Optimised interface visuals and scrolling animations
» Visual Themes & Detail Fixes
- Optimised page dark mode
- Fixed running issues on the GameCube platform
- Added basic compatibility support for Wii games
1.2.2 16 June
» Performance Enhancements
- Added: Support for batch importing multi-disc games and optimised in-game menu disc swapping operations.
- Optimised: Java (JavaME) platform support, enhancing graphics rendering algorithms and ensuring game audio compatibility.
- Optimised: Bluetooth controller connection and button compatibility for PS2 and NGC platforms.
- Optimised: In-game save export process for 3DS and PSP.
- Optimised: Automatic cover art error correction mechanism for more accurate matching.
- Optimised: PS2 performance. We are continuously making improvements.
- Fixed: Errors that might occur when long-pressing home page cards.
- Fixed: Known issues and controller malfunction anomalies when running Java games.
1.2.1 27 May
» Experience Optimisation
- Added more comprehensive DS core support for better compatibility
- Added multiple interactive reminders to enhance the operation guidance experience
- Optimised UI rendering logic for a smoother user interface
- Fixed potential connection or display abnormalities during AirPlay screen mirroring
1.2.0 12 May
» Stability Enhancements
- Fixed potential crashes when switching or importing 3DS games
- Fixed abnormalities with reading and exporting in-game saves for 3DS games
- Fixed potential crashes caused by continuous quick saving in GBA games
- Fixed button failures for Master System, SG-1000, and GameGear
- Fixed unrecognised imported archive files and incorrect cover display sizes
- Fixed logic issues with iCloud synchronisation and in-game preset switching
- Optimised PS1 performance and audio-video synchronisation in fast-forward mode
- Optimised the stability of transparent skins, fixing potential crashes during editing
1.1.9 6 May
» Experience Optimisation
- Fixed multiple issues affecting the gaming experience
- Optimised screenshot cropping issues
- Optimised multi-platform operational stability
PP EMU is now even better.
1.1.8 20 Apr
» Experience Optimisation
- Fixed multi-device iCloud synchronisation issues
- Fixed background music playback issues while running games
- Optimised multi-platform operational stability
1.1.7 15 Apr
»Experience Optimisation
- Optimised shader effects
- Optimised screen orientation lock memory, automatically restoring when re-entering a game
- Optimised font rendering experience for 3DS games
- Optimised the import interface, upgraded to iOS 26 style
- Optimised display adaptation for small-screen devices
- Fixed occasional crashes when restarting or exiting 3DS games
- Added transparent skin layout settings, supporting saving multiple configurations
1.1.6 6 Apr
» Experience Optimisation
- Fixed known issues with DS games
- Fixed iCloud synchronisation issues
- Fixed custom skin shapes not taking effect
- Fixed joystick edge touch issues
- Added option in settings to automatically hide on-screen buttons when a controller is connected
- Added multiple settings support for DC games
- Added quick adjustment of running speed in-game
- Optimised the default size of the transparent skin joystick, appropriately enlarged for a better feel
- Optimised localisation for global and all game platform settings
- Optimised the UI for controller control, transparent layout, button mapping, and shader management pages
1.1.5 19 Mar
» Major Experience Update
- Added: LAN multiplayer support, play with friends on the same local network
- Optimised: Nintendo DS (NDS) performance
- Optimised: Sega Dreamcast (DC) performance, significantly improving framerate stability
- Optimised: Sega Game Gear (GG) emulation quality
- Optimised: BIOS automatic recognition logic
- Optimised: Transparent skin layout customisation
- Fixed: Some known issues with 3DS
- Fixed: Abnormal audio playback issues
- Optimised: Underlying operational stability, reducing crashes and exceptions
1.1.4 9 Mar
» Major Experience Update
- Added: LAN multiplayer support, play with friends on the same local network
- Optimised: Nintendo DS (NDS) performance
- Optimised: Sega Dreamcast (DC) performance, significantly improving framerate stability
- Optimised: Sega Game Gear (GG) emulation quality
- Optimised: BIOS automatic recognition logic
- Optimised: Transparent skin layout customisation
- Fixed: Some known issues with 3DS
- Fixed: Abnormal audio playback issues
- Optimised: Underlying operational stability, reducing crashes and exceptions
1.1.3 4 Mar
» Update Highlights
- Added Sega 32X core support
- Added PSP emulator online multiplayer feature
- Added support for more archive formats
- Fixed a crash that could occasionally occur when deleting save files
1.1.2 24 Feb
» Update Highlights
- Fixed incorrect button mapping for Sega SG-1000
- Fixed stuttering when switching back to the game during gameplay
- Fixed Xbox controller not working in 3DS games
- Fixed 3DS microphone input not working on iOS
- Added support for importing .cht cheat code files
- Added support for importing 3DS DLC
- Optimised underlying runtime stability
1.1.1 20 Feb
» Update Overview
- Shaders: Optimized shader categorization for easier navigation.
- Sega MD: Fixed 6-button mode for Sega Mega Drive.
- Sega Saturn: Resolved button mapping errors for Sega Saturn (SS).
- File System: Optimized support for multi-level directory imports.
- Arcade: Fixed display size errors for arcade game covers.
- Stability: Improved underlying system running stability.
1.1.0 2 Feb
» Update Overview
- Shaders: Added new filter effects with real-time in-game toggling.
- Library Management: Batch selection enabled for fast game deletion.
- Image Fix: Resolved import failures for multi-disc game images.
- DS Controls: Fixed touch area "jumping" issues in transparent skins.
- Combo Keys: Fixed failures in specific modes; added shortcut combo support.
- Networking: Optimized multi-level directory browsing for SMB and WebDAV.
1.0.10 26 Jan
» Update Overview
- Core Engines: Deeply optimized multiple cores, significantly improving stability and frame rate.
- Audio Performance: Fixed audio stuttering to ensure continuous and high-fidelity output.
- Controls Upgrade: Controller mapping now supports "Shortcut Keys"; fixed combo key failure issues.
- Large Screen Experience: Added 3DS AirPlay support and exclusive game list styles.
» Bug Fixes & Stability
- Fixed audio logic and resolved multiple audio-related issues.
- Fixed controller joystick failure and game menu sync issues.
- Optimized controller settings UI to resolve display conflicts with transparent skins.
- Fixed transparent skin issues on certain platforms.
May every classic be perfectly passed on at your fingertips.
1.0.9 21 Jan
» Update Overview
- Added combo key feature, supports one-key rapid-fire!
- Added support for more cheat code formats.
- Resolved issues where some 3DS (CIA) images could not be imported.
- Fixed the exception where switching Saturn cores caused loading failure.
- Optimized BIOS import process.
- Optimized the issue of auto-saves lacking preview images.
Detail optimization for several transparent skins, improving both aesthetics and feel; PP EMU is now even better!
1.0.8 10 Jan
» What’s new this update
- Transparent skin is now live! Drag it anywhere you like—clean UI that won’t block your view.
- Heaps of under-the-bonnet tweaks to the core engines for smoother, more stable emulation.
- Fixed the bug where controllers wouldn’t pair mid-game.
Have a ripper time playing!
1.0.7 5 Jan
» Update Highlights
- Massive 3DS Performance Boost! Deep kernel optimization & Speed-up support.
- Added support for controller button mapping.
» Bug Fixes & Stability
- Deep optimization for N64 & PSP.
- Fixed BIOS import issues.
- Fixed Dreamcast (DC) crash issues.
- Fixed multi-disc game import failure.
- Completely fixed DS stuttering issues.
Includes various UX improvements. Happy Gaming!
1.0.6 2 Jan
- Fixed crashes occurring when launching some games and improved stability.
1.0.5 05/12/2025
» Update Highlights
- Arcade Classics Arrive! Relive childhood arcade memories.
- 3DS Performance Explosion! Deep core optimization & speed-up support.
- Graphics & Experience Upgrade! Supports PS1/PSP/DS resolution adjustment & controller hot-swapping.
» New Features & Core Optimizations
- Platform Expansion: Officially supports Arcade emulation; New 3DS core.
- Performance Boost: 3DS emulator significantly optimized, new speed-up function, smoother gameplay.
- Graphics Customization:
- New PS1 resolution settings.
- PSP supports dynamic resolution switching at runtime.
- Fixed DS blurry image issue completely.
- Controls: Controller hot-swap supported; Optimized touch response and precision of virtual buttons.
» Bug Fixes & Stability
- Crash Fixes: Fixed potential crashes on SNES and N64 platforms.
- Controller Fixes: Solved PS1 core button failure and multi-controller conflicts.
- System & UI:
- Fixed inability to return to game/page during AirPlay, optimized overall casting experience.
- Fixed DS BIOS file loading issue.
- Fixed 3DS language settings not applying.
1.0.4 05/12/2025
» New Features & Core Enhancements
DSI Compatibility Improvement: Significantly optimized compatibility and operational stability for DSI games.
Microphone Emulation: Added emulation support for the microphone blowing function in 3DS and DS games.
LAN Import: Newly supports importing game files via Local Area Network (LAN), simplifying the file transfer process.
DS Screen Layout Optimization: Added a quick-swap function for DS dual-screen positions, allowing for more flexible display.
Joystick Control Optimization: Improved the response accuracy and operational feel of the analog joystick.
» Bug Fixes & Stability
Text Garbling Fix: Resolved the issue of text garbling when importing specific language version ROM files.
PSP Text Loss Fix: Fixed the problem of missing text in some games within the PSP emulator.
File Import Alert Optimization: Improved the alert mechanism when no usable files are found within the imported compressed package.
1.0.3 25/11/2025
» What's New in This Update
- Introducing the Sony PlayStation Family!
PlayStation (PS1/PSX)
PlayStation Portable (PSP)
- New! Added N64 Platform Support!
Nintendo 64 (N64)
» New Features & Core Optimizations
- Large Format Import Support: Optimized import support for large file formats.
- Optimized Touch Controls: Improved the response and precision of virtual buttons for a more responsive feel.
» Bug Fixes & Stability
- Fixed several other known bugs and improved overall app stability.
Thanks to Max M. for the feedback and improvements!
1.0.2 07/11/2025
» What's New in This Update
- New! Added support for 4 platforms!
Sega Saturn
Game Gear
Master System
SG-1000
» New Features & Core Optimizations
- Added BIOS Import Function: You can now import BIOS files for required systems.
- Added 3DS Format Support: Now officially supports importing .cia files.
- Added Playtime Tracking: Automatically records your valuable time spent in each game.
- Added "Quick Start Game": Gets you into the game faster.
- More Archive Format Support: Added import support for multiple new compressed file formats.
- Optimized Touch Controls: Improved the response and precision of virtual buttons for a more responsive feel.
» Bug Fixes & Stability
- Fixed an error that could occur when adding or editing cheat codes.
- Fixed an issue where save states could not be exported correctly in some cases.
- Fixed several other known bugs and improved overall app stability.
1.0.1 30/10/2025
» Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where the screen would occasionally freeze after switching speeds in the game menu
» Experience Optimisation
- Optimised controller mapping for the left and right analogue sticks on PSP and PS1
- Optimised 3DS acceleration
more Version 1.2.4 3 days ago
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