Gamma - Game Emulator Reviews

1. App crashes when you connect Bluetooth controller and press a button 2. The md5 deep links seem to be broken and don't let you link them to a shortcut like delta. It just throws an error saying it can't find Gamma . 3. The built in syncing service doesn't seem to be syncing my save data, just the game file itself. 4. The audio is pretty crackly whenever there's a "loud" noise such as an explosion like in the intro scene to crash 2. If these were fixed I'd give 5 stars!

App crashes whenever I press any button or move the joysticks, and crashes when I go into options to change the controller mapping. Aside of that it runs fine and does what it’s supported to do

A retro PS emulator should not require your data/location. The DELTA emulator is the gold standard for IOS emulators. It does not collect your data and protects your privacy. This Application how is different. It collects data that tracks your location, data that links to your device, and identity.

In terms of us, Gamma is strict with what ROMs it supports and does not take the Bios I’ve used on duckstation. I’d recommend holding out for a better PS emulator, like duckstation.

Works perfect! Glad to see you’re still active all these years still. Please bring tutorials for skins and support for chd format please

So you know me, playing games on the go is fun, and as soon as this came out, I was ecstatic! When I tried to import a file however, it kept saying “error importing file”. Is there going to be a fix for this?

I mean it's exactly what its supposed to be. Need I say more? Runs amazing on my iPhone 14+
With Provenance releasing soon for PSP games and more, this completes everything Ive been wanting! Thank you this app!

When using backbone controller it crashes.

On screen controller works fine. But would love to be able to play with the backbone.

Runs everything flawlessly the format is almost exactly like delta

Been playing FF7 with this for the last hour or so, no issues so far

I very satisfied with this emulator but i will be waiting for someone to make eh ps2 emulator for iphone i really wanna play Simpson hit and run

Works great until you use a physical controller. Please fix dev so I can update my 3 stars to 5.

Optimize space, acceleration needs to be optimized, and UI needs to be more optimized.

Using a Backbone controller keeps crashing Gamma

Any input from my Bluetooth controller crashes Gamma , I can’t give a better rating until this is fixed.

I’m hoping this is just a case of me being stupid, but whenever I boot up a game and press anything I automatically get booted out of the emulator.

Is there a reason for this?

App works fine with the touch screen controller. But when backbone is attached Gamma crashes as soon as you press any button.

Emulation works fine if you’re using the touch controls but as soon as you plug in a backbone controller Gamma crashes. What gives?

it seems to work perfectly fine without it though, but im not playing ps1 with touch controls

外接手柄有bug，闪退

This is the best (and currently only, as far as I know) emulator on iOS that emulates ps1! The frame rate is smooth, and I’ve had no issues!

Gamma obviously will have some things it needs to iron out. This is a new market on IOS and I don’t expect it to be perfect right away.

Features I hope to see soon:

•Better controller support for PlayStation, Xbox and third party Bluetooth controllers

•PS2 support if possible

•I haven’t tried it yet, and I’m sure it will work fine, but stable HDMI output support is very important. Unlike Delta where I’m expecting to play gameboy games in my hand, I expect to play the PS1 on TV. Making sure it runs smoothly over Apples HDMI adapter with minimal lag is going to be a big feature for me and I’m sure other retro game enthusiasts.

•Stable local multiplayer with controller support

•a dedicated “report bug or issue” button in the apps setting menu

I believe in these projects and don’t think they deserve an immediate bad review. Give them a chance. I will be trying to send any issues I have directly to the devs instead of review bombing a project in its baby stages.

Good luck guys and thanks for your hard work! This is awesome to bring these old games back on a common and easy to use platform, preserving them for the future.

I would really love to give Gamma four or five stars because being able to play your favorite psx games on your iPhone it’s insane.

What stops me from giving full stars? The fact that the audio like others mentioned it’s somewhat “crippled” when there are loud noises and stuff. Also the ads, is it really needed? I don’t see Delta having any of those so it’s a bit annoying having to skip those for playing games. Remove that and maybe I can modify to three stars. But outside that? The last problem is that no matter what controller I try to use, Gamma crashes. And it’s not really fun playing games like Resident Evil and Dino Crisis in this terrible way since you can’t modify the buttons at all outside the ones in game, which are also already pre-made layouts.

Truly a shame. I hope that the controller and the obnoxious ads will be fixed asap.

Definetly isn’t as smooth as Delta, but if you have the right game it works fine. Only problem, some games don’t have audio due to seperate files, and the emulator only reading .bin files so games like UMK3 and SFA3 work, but don’t have music. Load times are kinda long but expected kinda expected. Some games don’t work at all and I don’t know why, MGS only gets past the difficulty select before showing nothin but black. And i’ve heard, not tested, that bluetooth controllers crash the game. There are still alot of tweaks needed for this to run as seamlessly as Delta, but its fine right now, especially if you’re a Crash fan, cause that games runs really well for some reason.

Once I heard that Gamma was released to Gamma Store I instantly went and downloaded it. I enjoy playing PS1 games and figured this would be the perfect solution to playing them on my phone.

Well, that was mostly the case. Emulation is smooth, but the soundtrack in one particular game is messed up. Said game is Need for Speed 3: Hot Pursuit. I have tried two different game files and both have a messed up menu and gameplay soundtrack. The soundtrack just repeats the first couple beats and never plays through the entire song. I do not have this issue in RetroArch, so I know the files themselves are perfectly fine.

I have also tried NFS: Porsche Unleashed and SimCity 2000 and both work perfectly fine with zero soundtrack issues.

I’d give it 5 stars if my favorite PS1 game wasn’t messed up! Despite this I 100% recommend you download Gamma if you’re into emulation and PS1 gaming.

Thank you for bringing ps emulation to IOS however there are currently some issues that need fixed in particular that could really help the overall experience. Controllers keep crashing a lot when using Gamma . No CHD supports the file size is extremely high compared to it and we can save a lot of memory for users by switching to it. Needs some upscale options. And many users are reporting game freezing. I hope my overall feedback was helpful in anyway and thank you for the application.

Upon downloading Gamma , similar to delta. Felt like it could be easy to use. Further tried setting up cloud saving, immediately crashed, trued it again and luckily was able to gain access but was stuck on syncing. Tried installing bios, tried 3 different one but still was unable to run the games with it.

Tried playing the game, immediately an ad comes up. Noticed that my battery was at a 100% and decreased down to 74% in less than an hour 🙄. Every time i tried to boot up a game, 15 to 20 sec add would come up.

Extremely rushed app, could have taken time to develop it and given an extremely well design app that would have dominated the PS1 community.

I really want to like Gamma but the current state is unstable and full of ads, the ads might not be as bad if it worked as intended but as said by other reviewers the entire app crashes when using a controller immediately and I found another crash when backing out of the load state menu. That said the roms tested generally ran ok with the exception of about 1 in 3 crashing before making it to main menu of game. I can see Gamma doing better in the future with updates to fix most of the issues but for now it’s more of a chore to use at all.

looks promising and downloaded it immediately when I heard this was out - I linked up my dualshock 4 wireless controller via bluetooth, headed to the settings controller type click on customize controls and Gamma crashes. I loaded a game into it it runs fine, I just can't play with my controller. can't set up the controls nor anything. bummer, but hoping this is a current fixable bug

Very happy to see PS1 making it's way to the ohone. Could be me doing something wrong but when adding games, it seems to add all the bin files and then a main playable file but it wouldn't let me add the cue file. So it's starts but doesn't play the game past the menu. Speaking about Tomb raider specifically with like 50 bin files lol. A select and delete function for these specific situations would be appreciated. But otherwise a great app

Anybody else getting random ads? The games I got ran pretty good at worst to perfect at best. But 90% of the games I play on there are fighting games missing vs mode which is odd. Also downloading games seems like more of a hassle then other emulators, don’t know if that’s just a ps1 thing. Definitely worth a shot if you got some games that are way to expensive for you to buy on ur own but until ads are removed I’m good personally

It works well for just hand held but crashes if you connect a PS5 controller to your phone to try and play with a controller. The ads before you start playing a game are a little annoying but hey I get it. Once the controller issue gets fixed I would definitely rate this 4 stars. Also don’t ask me why but the buttons in the default layout are a little funky and don’t have the (X, O, Square, Triangle) they’re just blank making it a little confusing. I’d love to see PS2 support in the future as well if possible

Watch It Beat Out Delta In The Next Few Weeks Also Keep Your Eyes Out For Provenance Emu And PPSSPP Emulator To Drop In The Appstore Word To Dev Of this app Please Add Emulator And Advanced Emulator Settings In The Quick Menu Also Give Us The Ability To Cyvle Thru Live On Screen Filters And Shaders From GL To Slang To Mednafen All The Different Shaders You Can Also Make Your Emu Have Multi System Support E.G. GBA GB GBC Genesis Sg-1000 Master System Neo Geo So On So Forth Fb Neo Arcade

I’ve tried a couple games now and they work very well on the visual and frame rate side. The only problem is the triggers and bumpers (L1,L2,R1,R2) don’t work well on the touchscreen controls. In vertical those buttons don’t work at all. In horizontal the input will work occasionally if I smash my thumbs around the edge of the screen. I’m currently trying it on an iPhone SE. If there’s a fix or it gets patched I’d really appreciate it.

There’s basically no settings for anything other then the touch controls, Metal Gear Solid doesn’t even get past the main menu, once you go into the vr training or main game it just shows a black screen, also experienced no audio even with my mute button off. This can definitely get better but I’m surprised how they thought it was okay to publish this to Gamma Store when it doesn’t even work properly. They also copied some of delta’s design and Gamma requests to track you and wants your location data.

I REALLY hope the Dev sees my review. Dev, I kid you hit, the only thing missing from Gamma is the ability to pair it with a controller.

As many have stated, whenever you do pair a controller, the second you press ANY button the entire app crashes. Please do your best to fix this issue so many of us can finally enjoy our favorite games from one of the golden era’s of gaming 🫡👍

Pretty much downloaded it, chugged Spyro and Crash into it and they worked perfectly with the touch controls! However if I try using a DualSense controller connected to my iPhone then Gamma crashes.

I LOVE seeing more emulators starting to pop into Gamma Store. Thanks for letting me play while on the go!

Don’t get me wrong. You successfully found a way to bring the ps1 games over before provenience did, HOWEVER when I tried to play the games I downloaded (even tho I downloaded two so I guess that’s me) i got stuck on the loading screen to the first level, the only other thing I’d give a critique about is the fact that in the default skin, there’s no way to tell which button is which.

Aside from all that. Pretty good.

It works, I tried with a free demo that I found and worked fine, touch controller was responsive, I would like more skins options, options to change filters like scan lines, a refresh option to recognize a game already saved in Gamma folder.

The ads don’t show up at first. About an hour after playing you’ll start seeing ads before you launch a game, and after! For the games that don’t work you’re seeing 2 ads just to pick another game!
The lack of information and the way questions have been answered is vague. I have removed Gamma and recommend you not download this until the developer is more up front with things.

This actually works quite well! This emulator runs the games at full speed and has good sound. It lets you push two face buttons at once, and it also has haptic feedback which is helpful because it means I don’t have to look at the buttons when I’m pressing them. The buttons are also positioned so they are easy hit.

If it sounds like I’m maybe I’m overfocusing on the controls, that’s because the recent emu boom in Gamma Store has brought a few emulators that are practically unplayable due to bad controls. This handles it quite well, though.

Now on to the problem. The four back buttons seem to be missing. In portrait mode, there are four buttons ( 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 ) across the top, but none of them press. In landscape mode, only the L1 works, the others don’t. But if you play games that only use the front of the controller this emulator basically does everything right.

Really good thank you for Gamma, please if there’s a way we could remove Ads maybe through an external website or using an app purchases I don’t know. Or you could switch it to a donation base system, you may need to change course though or add alternate course for better performance or more options like resolution and frame rate, and you know using enhancements or hacks. But definitely giving us some options with different core, or at least fixing certain core issues I don’t know if it’s your core or someone else’s open source, but there are some issues with artifacts and such but other than that it’s really good. Thank u!

I recently wrote a review on Gamma and I didn’t like it because of the ads and no controller support. Once I heard about the update fixing the controller support and ads, I noticed a huge difference. Now Gamma is enjoyable with the controller and less ads. I can see what needs to be tweaked up still. For example the audio can be choppy and the quality of the graphics can be rough. I tried playing spideman 2 enter electro on Gamma and it runs greatly with a couple of audio flaws but nothing too major. Some of the text are a little unreadable but I was able to pick up what the text was saying. I see a bright future with Gamma, soon I see myself coming back and changing it to 5 stars

I don’t ever leave reviews for apps. This is my first in almost 15 years… I first used Gamma when it was in terrible shape almost a week ago, and still I wasn’t going to leave negative a review. But after revisiting Gamma and seeing the improvements I felt inclined to leave this note/review for developers.
- Added controller support
-multiple audio issues resolved
-multiple FILES actually working now that wouldn’t load days ago
-fewer crashes

With these improvements, I can actually recommend this emulator now. Its legit.

CONS
The Ads don’t really bother me too much if I’m in a longer session (Having to switch apps or changing settings triggers an Ad….I've seen worse, but it could also be better…. The PPSPP Emulator has a slightly better and less tedious advertisement mold that maybe you guys could use???? If there was an Ad Free paid version, I would purchase due to the fact actually improvements tho…. Still a little more crashing and audio issues I’d like, but much less than before.

3.8/5

Gamma has only been out a few days, so I find it promising that a handful of updates have already been addressed. It’s awesome being able to play my PlayStation games with a controller now that those issues seem to be fixed.

I’d love to see the ads and tracking go away, even if there is a reasonable cost to do so. Aside from that, I don’t know what’s typical for emulators with multiple discs, but it would be cool if there was a way to combine the discs into a single cover through naming conventions or a menu option to merge discs so things are a little more organized. I have a lot of RPGs that all tend to have 2-4 discs.

Thanks for a great product so far!

Very good emulator but some downsides here,
1. Adding roms I have found very difficult because you get the file type and then you have to extract that file and then go into the other file and share the .bin file into this app, pretty complicated when you just wanna play some retro, and nice looking games. Also just get Delta emulator from Gamma Store for the love of god, it’s just such a well made emulator.
2. Developer collects data which is weird for an emulator
3. The EMULATOR HAS WAY TOO MANY ADS, like why even have ads, this is an emulator
3. They promote some weird company
5.They are somehow the only PS emulator out there, but for sure not a good one
6. At this point just get a retro handheld because they are so small and cool and I could go on and on and on and on about the reasons to get one.

All these things add up to a pretty negative rating here, if you just wanna play some PS1 games so badly on IOS even with ads, get this it’s fine for you but if you have a computer you can just use an emulator there and even if you don’t but you have like 60 bucks buy a retro handheld. Setup process is also very hard here.

It is the best PS1 emulator but please add these points:
1-Add effects when pressing buttons
2- Change or add 3 or more controllers
3- There is a small black frame when you are playing a game, which is annoying when playing
I hope the developer implements this command. You can contact me via Discord. My identity is: moham360 so that I can advise you and suggest very good things for you to develop all your applications, and I will be the first to support you. Good luck and success 💖

Update for v1.1.0
- Problems with controllers are fixed now, thanks!! 😊
- So far no crash neither 😊
- Distortions I was talking about seems also gone 😊

I think this version is already pretty great, I would be willing to pay to get rid off ads. Bumping stars from 2 to 4 😊 (inability to remove ads, still few minor rendering glitches)

Original review for v1.0.0
Emulator itself is working great, but there are too many of problems which prevents me give me more stars at this moment 😕 - App is always crashing with backbone one controller when I press any button. - Virtual keyboard is missing labels on what button is which. - In portrait mode image is somehow distorted. - I did not find way how to get rid off the ads (payment option) Biggest problem is definitely inability to use controller, it’s making it unusable for me 😕

Great emulator…. But ads pop up occasionally. It isn’t excessive thankfully but please give me an option to pay for no ads, I would absolutely pay it!!! Other than that, the control pad in portrait mode needs to be tweaked a bit. Because of the odd shape of the button layout, I find myself accidentally pressing the circle button when I meant to press the X button, or press circle while pressing X. An option to customize my own sizes of the buttons would be great.

The emulators runs more or less just fine. The controller crash was fix. However there is 1 glaring issue, the Game Roms being read are ONLY the Bin files. There is no-way to download the CUE file of the game from the cloud/iCloud. The PS1 emulators NEED BOTH “bin and cue” files to work properly without audio issues. This emulator simply doesn’t read the CUE files which is a shame. You can only run the game through a Bin file, which sometimes there is more than 1 for a reason (You are supposed to run it from the CUE file). Expect your games to run with audio issues or to not run at all until they implement CUE files properly.

Not a bad first start but the Xbox Controller doesn’t seem to have correct button layout. You would think the “A” button would be the PlayStation’s “X” button. Since both are on the bottom but no - its the B button. Makes playing games on an Xbox hard to map. If possible please fix this — or better yet, let us customize the button’s actions are selves in settings, so that we can map it to whatever we like; Please :)

On all the games I have, the audio sounds distorted and it almost sounds like someone is turning a microphone on and off. I don’t even want to play certain games like Symphony of the Night because the soundtrack is half the reason I play it lol. But other than that, it’s works great!

I’ve seen Gamma on iPhone 12 mini and it works great but on the 2016 se. I know it’s old but it actually runs things pretty smooth it’s just with the touch buttons. The R and L buttons both 1 and 2 don’t press when playing in portrait mode and when in landscape the L ones work but the R buttons aren’t working where the buttons show on the screen. Other than that it’s good

The update has made Gamma significantly better and i’m happy considerably fast. I still have a quite bit of issue with the ads and dealing with the files. However, i’m still happy the developer of Gamma actually updated some of the big mistake. I’m excited to see the next update

Finally I have a chance to play my PS library on mobile. This is absolutely awesome! Yes it took a while to set up but if you just search “How to set up this app emulator” you’ll find an article explaining exactly how to do so. Works for me perfectly. Thank you devs!

The data collecting is an absolute nonstarter for me. Let alone the ads, which were reduced but NOT removed, nor was the data collecting. There are other great emulators recently released that DO NOT collect your data, and many have zero ads. Until these problems are actually resolved, and not weakly defended with “It’s what I did in 2008” by the developer (consumers today have much higher expectations in regards to their privacy), this is not the emulator to download. Steer clear.

Works perfectly. I’m not experiencing any ads, but maybe because I’m always running an ad blocker. 4 stars for sure. I’d give it 5 if there was an ability to sync save game data ONLY and not ALL data. I added about 5 games and my Google drive is almost full.

There is no reason Gamma should have an ad when you start it up and then before starting a game. Other emulators currently on the market for iOS do no such thing and offer much more quality.

Data collection also has no place in an app like this and lowers my score. Combo this with crackling audio even after proper bios have been installed, it’s not a solid application for playing backups of physical media.

If you are curious about Gamma, tread carefully and know there are better alternatives on the horizon.

If the above is addressed and fixed, I’d gladly give this a 4 out of 5 but until then my score rests at a 1 out of 5. This is a cash grab at best to beat better emulators to the market.

Everyone complaining is just annoying. I haven’t had one problem with Gamma. Works perfectly fine.