Consoles

The iCloud experience is seamless. The synchronization between devices is lightning fast. I feel like this is definitely the strongest point of the emulator that the developers should continue to advertise and lean into. For right now, the features are a little bit more sparse, even for me, who’s not a power user. I would like the option to hide the console systems that I’m not playing in the menu, add new controller skins and different save states, but I can tell this product is going to be amazing!

SNES games won’t work

Need to improve does not work with controller I try with PlayStation and nimbus and only can uploads unzip files apple will not refund if you buy it

Overall very nice. I just want to see turbo grafx-16 support and the aforementioned improvements to import my entire library vs 1 rom at a time. I’m using it with an Apple TV + 8bitdo controllers, an iPhone 15 + backbone, and maybe later on my Mac laptops.

The emulator runs great. You don’t have to go through any of the weird setup hoops of most emulators, the sound and visuals are spot on, and the interface is excellent. The only problem is importing ROMS. If you try to import more than one or two roms at a time, the app crashes. It can be super tedious to have to navigate to your ROMs folder over and over just to add a single ROM. It really needs batch ROM importing. With that said, once you manage to get your roms imported, they work on all of your devices. It keeps the ROMs in iCloud, so you just start up the app on Apple TV, and all your ROMs are there. It’s the best emulator available!

The tvOS version is useless. I can see my game sync via iCloud but there’s now way to actually select and play it. I purchased the app for the sole purpose of being able to switch between iOS and tvOS and feel like I’ve been ripped off.

Doesn’t easily integrate with backbone, otherwise amazing Emulator for apple ecosystem

Hopes cheats files coming soon this. This one best one out there out apple. Like to more feature since bought about app. Like to game genie and action replay features please!! :)

I like the concept of the app, however it doesn’t work for me. I’ve tried numerous to add games to the app but nothing happens.

Even though this is a young product on a young platform, I’m giving it 5 stars because of where I think it’s headed, and knowing that the developers are committed to constant iteration, updates, and features. I feel like retro gaming is a fantastic use case and killer app for AVP, and no one other than Consoles has jumped on it yet. Yes, I suppose you can run RetroArch as a “compatible” iPad app, but it’s nothing like seeing native visionOS app development, and the team behind Consoles seems committed to advancing the AVP version specifically in addition to adding new features and compatible systems. Consoles currently has a very sparse UI, but in a way that’s good; super easy to just launch it and jump into your favorite ROMs. I’m excited to see them continue to iterate on this app and the features they can bring to the visionOS version specifically. Maybe immersive environments, or the ability to place retro TVs and game consoles around your actual living room. (Personal wish list: Odyssey2 support!)