I loved this app on my OnePlus 8, and I'm super stoked to say it works just the same (beautifully) on my new phone, the Cat S22. This is a flip phone that runs android Go, and while I'm not a techie per se, I had a feeling it would work and it does. There's a very special feeling to pulling out a flip phone, opening it and then playing Mario kart haha
I've tried a few GBA emulators and this is by far the best. The interference is simple and easy, and the emulation is (relatively) easy on the battery while being very faithful and smooth. All the bells and whistles like save state, custom virtual buttons/dpad, speedup, etc are there. Well worth the small cost!
I'm loving this emulator. my only gripe is when playing a game such as the "sims:bustin out" where moving diagonally is required. I've fooled around with the settings( making diagonals larger, smaller etc.), but I can't get it to read diagonal movement very well. wish there was maybe a virtual control stick option, unless I glanced over it. Otherwise 5/5, awesome emulator.
EDIT: I found the solution on my end. You have to make a new folder in your SD card for games exclusively, so when you get to the scan step, use a created folder and place all the ROMS you have in there! Then, the emulator will recognize the game files. I'm giving 4 stars now, but only because this is a very specific workaround, and shouldn't be here to begin with. It's not a hard one, just oddly specific. You try to make the files inside the Johnemulators folder, and it doesn't work; use an SD.
Used to be an amazing app, found all GBA files no problem. But for some reason now it insists on using it's own file, and even when you move GBA files into it's file, it can't find them. I honestly have no idea why on earth this change was made when there was absolutely no problems with this app to begin with. Please revert this change ASAP or at least fix the app so it finds GBA files inside the john emulator folder
Used to find this amazing, was well worth the money. Could download a game, it would find it anywhere on my phone, read zips without extractions and add it to its library simple, no hassle. Just reinstalled it and i suddenly cant play ANYTHING. it cant find files, it isn't allowed to look into anything other than its own file, when i move games over to its own specific files it still cant recognise the games and insists theres nothing to play. Really frustrating.
I used to use this in the past, and it did use to be worth all the good reviews as well... But now this thing doesn't let you do ANYTHING. You can't select a folder for it to read games. It'll keep asking you to,but it won't let you because it CANT EVEN READ .GBA FILES. Do not use this app, at least until they fix these issues. If you can get the free version to work then you might be fine, but this app used to be so much better...
Honestly, I would have considered this emulator to be one of the better ones for GBA games, however, when I needed it the most (I was off the net, bored), a message popped up stating I had to have an internet connection to validate that I had paid for it and that I would be unable to use the app until I had done so. If you ever want to take a break from the net, or find yourself in places with no connection, this app is NOT for you.
I love this emulator and dig the ability to move my buttons around, its very streamlined as well. However, i can not get cheats working in any way shape or form regardless of the type of cheat. It always says invalid code when entering anything more than one line long (which most master codes are)
It once was my premier GBA emulator. Now it keeps asking for folder permission every single time I start the app and it doesn't detect my game at all anymore. Money was worth paying in the past. Now it was a waste. App is utterly useless nowadays and I had to ditch John emulators to buy an app which actually does work. So I'm forced to discard John Emulators.
