The lead developer of the multi-emulator app Provenance told Keynote USA that his team is working to launch the app on the App Store, but did not provide a timeline.
Provenance is an interface to many existing emulators and would allow iPhone and Apple TV users to emulate games released for a wide variety of classic gaming consoles, including the original PlayStation, GameCube, Wii, SEGA Genesis, Atari 2600, and others.
So far, Apple has approved emulators in the App Store for older Nintendo consoles and the Commodore 64. For example, Riley Testut’s popular Delta emulator is now in the App Store in many countries and can emulate games released for Game Boy Pocket, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES), Nintendo 64 and Nintendo DS. Provenance would bring the first Sony, SEGA, and Atari emulators to the App Store if approved.
Provenance has been in development since 2016 and can now be downloaded on the iPhone and Apple TV outside of the App Store.
Apple updated its App Review Guidelines earlier this month to allow “retro game console emulator apps” in the App Store for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and other devices. Earlier this week, Apple told us that emulators that can load games (ROMs) are allowed in the App Store, as long as the apps emulate only “retro console games.” It’s unclear whether Apple will consider consoles like the GameCube and Wii “retro.”
/article-new/2024/04/Provenance-Emulator.jpeg "PlayStation, GameCube, Wii, and SEGA Emulators Set to Launch on App Store for iPhone and Apple TV")
While a US court has ruled that emulators are legal, downloading copyrighted ROMs is typically illegal in the country. On its US customer support website, Nintendo says that downloading pirated copies of its games is illegal. There is a vast collection of public domain “homebrew” games available to play legally.
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