ArcEmu Reviews

I downloaded this hoping i could take my saves from my watch onto my phone and possible onto my computer to be able to eventually put them on my actual game carts for the games i own, so i could take the creatures caught in one and move them to another but there is currently no way to do this no matter what i have tried. I hope this gets added as a feature in the future until then i have to give it one star.

The audio on the sample channel sounds wrong. I’m a chiptune musician and wanted to use this for working with lsdj, but the sample channel has an added waveform whenever it’s triggered that makes it so you can’t hear anything on that channel like it’s supposed to sound.

A good example to show what’s wrong can be found with the home brew rom “amenizer.” Actual hardware and every other emulator I’ve tried all you can hear is drums, but on ArcEmu there’s an added high pitched screech.

ArcEmu is amazing on both the iPhone and iPad, however I could not get it to transfer a game to a standalone Apple Watch from family setup although the description say ArcEmu will work. Can you guide me through how to transfer a game? Thanks

First of all, thank you! It is great to finally have an emulator on my watch. There are unfortunately not many games provided by Apple. Of course gameplay is partially very difficult or impossible, so it would be great to have actionreplay/ GameShark function to add cheats, so you actually stand a chance of continuing some games. Is this something you could incorporate?

Thanks!

It’s definitely worth $1.99 us. If you’re hesitant but are looking for an emulator on your phone it works really well. It is really only good for turn based or simple games on watch, since the watch doesn’t have dual touch capability. Save states are saved to both so you can almost seamlessly transition between the two. There is some lag at times but it’s slight and momentary. Also it isn’t very customizable or advanced in terms of customization. Which makes it great for people not used to emulation, but limiting to people who like tweaking the setup. Love it, overall.

Today I played a homebrew RPG on my watch and it was great. The controls were well done and everything worked as expected. I am shocked at how well this works and I believe it shows that real games can be done on the apple watch.

I just need a setting to change the volume slider with the Digital Crown in game as an option alongside the control ones so I don’t have to back out to the settings when my watch starts blasting lol. Otherwise this is perfect companion app for the watch!!

I initially had trouble installing ArcEmu but the developer helped me via email. ArcEmu runs surprisingly good in an Apple Watch. This is perfect for when I can’t take my phone into secure areas and I have a few min here and there to kill. The kid in me is amazed I can play Nintendo on a watch.

I think this is definitely a very cool idea and it works well .
I was just disappointed to find that it does not allow importing .sav files. It says the file type isn’t supported, so you would need to start all your games from scratch.

This team is so great. They constantly update and improve their apps for quality of life. In this newest one they even got rid of the irritating “same boy” boot screen. It saves a few seconds on each game start. Also when troubleshooting the dev replies in under an hour. Wonderful guy.

I’m incredibly impressed with how well I’m able to emulate gameboy and gameboy advanced games on my Apple Watch. It’s amazingly simple with ArcEmu to add roms from your phone and they play impressively well on such a small screen. You would be surprised how well you can view these games on such a small screen and fit in the controls as well. Some games that require a lot of quick button pressing and reaction time might not be best on the watch app but I highly suggest giving games which allow for more reaction time such as turn based strategy, and rpgs a try on this. For instance any of the Pokémon games would be great on this. The price is unbeatable for the ability to add vastly better games on your Apple Watch than any that exist on ArcEmu Store.

Best two dollars I ever spent. I’m not gonna lie. I bought a smart watch because I thought I could play games on it. I found out I couldn’t but now I can! My dream has come true thank you this is lovely works great the emulation is solid very great for passing time highly recommend

I’ve always wanted to see an emulator run on a smart watch, so I want to thank the team of this app for making this a reality. Playing games on a smart watch is inherently not the most convenient way to play games (i.e. playing one handed, small screen), but I think the this app Team have done their very best to make it as convenient as possible given the limitations. I also love the added settings (i.e save/load states, volume controls, etc). this app is the only smart watch emulator, I know of, that exists right now, so that alone, makes me grateful.

This works amazing for GBA. I love how simple the controls are, and how easy it was to import games and save files. It is easy to save game states and transfer them between iPhone and Watch. I also love being able to use the game in portrait and landscape. This is the emulator I was dreaming of, thank you! Well worth the money.

I’ve been waiting forever for a game boy emulator to hit the AppStore. Being able to play all of my childhood games has been a real treat! If only there was a better and more comfortable way to use the L and R buttons for GBA games when using the touchscreen but I get it’s a limitation. You’re awesome for bringing this to us Apple users!!

This is great for turn based games like pokemon and finial fantasy where you can play them on your watch in like 5 min increments. I just hope they add the ability to sync saves between phone and watch.

Edit: this review was already 5 stars but after your reply ArcEmu is perfect!

Alright we have arrived into the future because now I can play street fighter on my wrist and super Mario world on my wrist which didn’t think would be possible; we must now develop even more emulators such as MAME and definitely Sega! ArcEmu rocks buy it now I can testify that it plays super Mario on your wrist and the game music plays well too!

Are you kidding me! Emulation on the Watch? This is just the best most ridiculous(ly) awesome little app I've seen for the watch and it's proof that devs aren't trying hard enough with it in general. Performance is good, and the saves move back and forth as needed. The UI is evolving, and while the controls are rough, that's more a consequence of being on the watch.

This a good emulator for all intents and purposes and its ability to be played on the Apple Watch really bumps it up. My only current complaint would be if you could add multi touch support for the Apple Watch companion app. I’ve noticed that I am unable to push the arrow keys and the A of B buttons at the same time. A small thing that makes a big difference in some games. Thx in advance and keep up the great work!

Amazing application, finally a real app I can use that is supported by Apple Store and it works really well! My only issue is there is no speed up or slow down function (that I could find). If these were added it would make some games a lot less grueling 😂