ArcEmu brings retro game emulation to Apple Watch.
It also works on iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV, delivering a seamless gaming experience across your Apple devices.
Supported Consoles
- Game Boy (.gb)
- Game Boy Color (.gbc)
- Game Boy Advance (.gba)
- Pokémon Mini (.min)
- Nintendo Entertainment System (.nes)
- Super Nintendo Entertainment System (.sfc and .smc)
Main Features
- Accurate, high-performance emulation powered by the mGBA and Ares cores
- Game Link Cable support with online multiplayer for up to four players*
- Cheat-code support with a built-in database of popular codes**
- Frame-independent emulation at 30 or 60 FPS
- Support for all screen orientations on iPhone and iPad
- Precise, thoughtfully designed on-screen controls
- Customizable control position and transparency on iPhone and iPad
- Fast-forward at 2×, 4×, or maximum speed
- Slow motion at 0.5× speed
- Custom color palettes for Game Boy games
- Button hold/sustain feature
- Accelerometer support
- Gyroscope support on iPhone and iPad, with Digital Crown input on Apple Watch
- Haptic feedback on iPhone
- Digital Crown support on Apple Watch
- Game controller support on iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV
- ZIP archive support
- Automatic saving
- Save-state sharing between devices
- iCloud support for ROMs and save states
- ROM sharing through iCloud using share codes
- Support for Apple Watch devices configured with Family Setup
Apple Watch Compatibility
- Apple Watch Series 4 or later
- Apple Watch SE or later
- Apple Watch Ultra or later
ArcEmu does not include any games or ROMs.
You can import compatible ROM files from your iPhone and store them in iCloud. Your Apple Watch can then download them directly from iCloud.
On an Apple Watch configured with Family Setup, ROMs can be downloaded from iCloud using share codes.
Games Featured in the Screenshots
- Acorn Grove: https://gibbongl.itch.io/acorn-grove
- Anguna: https://gauauu.itch.io/anguna
- Hauntsfield: https://alliemackie.itch.io/hauntsfield
- µCity Advance: https://skylyrac.itch.io/ucity-advance
* Requires a Game Center account.
** Cheat codes may cause unexpected behavior or affect game stability and save data.
ArcEmu is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Nintendo. Nintendo and the names of its game systems are trademarks of Nintendo Co., Ltd.
I like that you can customise the buttons position! I would love the appeven more if there was a way to make the game-screen smaller, so that you have the option to not have the buttons overlap the game in landscape mode. I would be the perfect GBA/PSP-like emulator. :)
Works fine
Ganjawolf
No hiccups, good software
5/5
UrbanJungIe
Best emulator ever!!
Perfect app to play on Apple Watch
MATHIAS KONGSTAD
This Watch Emulator is almost Perfect but what this app is missing is this app need also to Apple TV would make this app Perfect
- Added support for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES).
- Added support for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES).
- Added support for Pokémon Mini.
- Improved cheat support, with the ability to specify the cheat type.
- Bug fixes and improvements.
Version 1.11
The developer, Raffaele D'Amato, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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Information
Size
176.4 MB
Category
Games
Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.5 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 15.5 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 15.5 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 15.5 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 13.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.