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PC emulators are now explicitly allowed on the iPhone and iPad

Apple has updated its App Review Guidelines to allow PC emulators to offer downloads of games, a move that could improve the state of emulation in the App Store.

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An example of an emulator on an iPhone

It’s been three months since Apple revised its App Review Guidelines to enable emulators into the App Store. While there have been a lot of emulators introduced to the store, another set of rule changes could allow even more to work on the iPhone and iPad.

Advised through Apple’s Developer site, the August 1 update affects elements within the 4.7 section of the App Review Guidelines, which deals with streaming games and game emulators, among others.

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