Free Emulator Apps

  

If you're into classic games and wish to play some old school SNES, Game Boy, and Game Boy Advance games, be sure to check out developer m.k.'s solid emulator apps which are currently now all free. I purchased all three apps when they first released and have reviewed two or the three. The apps are solid and definitely recommended. The apps were temporarily removed but are now back on the marketplace so grab them while you can!

Click here to grab the apps.

WP App Updates : 4th & Mayor, MangaTronic, Snes8x

4th & Mayor, an excellent third-party Foursquare app which I use instead of the regular Foursquare app, has been updated to Version 3.13. No change log is provided but most likely includes some bug fixes and performance tweaks.

MangaTronic, an entertaining photo app which turns your photos into Japanese anime, has been upgraded to Version 1.2 with the following changes :

- Rendering engine has been updated (and is a little bit faster)

- New original effects have been added (33 available)

- "Invert Colors' option has been added

- Ratio issue has been fixed

Snes8x, an awesome SNES emulator app, gets yet another quick update to Version 1.1.1 and includes :

- Fixed a bug that caused the emulator to crash when trying to export the save games of multiple ROMs at once and the corresponding directory on SkyDrive didn't exist yet.

- Added file associations for *.smc and *.sfc files. You can now open those files directly from e-mail attachments and browser downloads and they will be imported by the app (.smc and .sfc files inside .ZIP archives work as well since WP8 supports .zip files)

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WP App Update : Snes8x

Super Nintendo emulator Snes8x has been updated to Version 1.1 with a much needed controller size adjustment and portrait mode setting. Full change log includes :

- Added on option for gray touch buttons

- Added portrait mode

- Redesigned ROM list

- Added recently played list with a snapshot of the last games state

- Apps tile is now a live tile showing the snapshots of the last three played games

- Now possible to pin ROMs to the start screen (tap and hold in the ROM list)

- Added import and export feature for saves (SRAM and save states) via SkyDrive

- Added a feature to change the displayed name of a ROM in the ROM list (tap and hold)

- Added an option to adjust the opacity of the virtual controller

- Added an option for full screen stretch

- Added an option to scale the virtual controller's size

All these updates make Snes8x pretty much a perfect SNES emulator; and all for free. If you love classic gaming and you haven't tried this app out yet, what are you waiting for?

Click here or scan the QR code below

WP App Update : Snes8x

Snes8x has been updated to 1.0.2.0. A button setting called "dissecting" and "intersecting" has been added, but I don't really see a difference. Adjustments for the size of the buttons/d-pad are still unavailable as well as a much needed portrait mode. So it's still difficult to play action games when your fingers cover up most of the screen.

Scan the QR code below or click here to download/get the update.

WP App Update : Snes8x

Snes8x has already been updated with improved touch controls.

The new update makes running and jumping (holding Y and pressing B to jump) a whole easier. This makes playing the games like Super Mario a lot easier. Still, the button layout remains the same and covers a large portion of the screen. The update also removes the setting to adjust the button size.

Scan the QR code above or click here to download.

WP App Review : Snes8x

Snes8x (Version 1.1.4)

m.k

Free

If you're a fan of classics games, then emulators are the way to go. There's a handful of emulator apps for Windows Phone such as vNESLight which I've reviewed, along with Purple Cherry which emulates Game Boy Color and Blue Tomato which emulates the Sega Master System/Game Gear. Snes8x emulates the SNES console and it does it amazingly well.