ClassicBoy Pro Games Emulator

vitalsteve

1 year ago

i love this all in one app. its easy to navigate and has some features other emulator hubs dont (like uploading thumbnails). the thing i cant stand about it though is the anti-aliasing they have on all the games which i cant disable and its making me very frustrated. i want my retro games to look retro and pixelated, not with softened edges. if dev removes this filter or gives a toggle option ill give 5 stars.

Triumphant Ant

2 years ago

Very excellent emulator, though I have one small issue with the PSX portion of it. I believe that some audio channels could be possibly missing, as certain in game sounds do not play. For example, when trying the game Um Jammer Lammy, Lammy's guitar doesn't make noise upon hitting a note! Which of course, is frustrating in a rythym game. Overall though, one of the better emulators on the app store.

Peter DeFranzo

2 years ago

Erased 20hrs of gameplay Accidentally got the lite version which has a paid upgrade and then intentionally got the pro version thinking it'd be great for the variety of emulators. When I tried to use the backup data feature, it erased my game data for every game, including a game with 20+hrs of play. I then spent a couple more hours trying to see if I could repair it and was unable. I paid $7 so I wouldn't have to deal with this kind of thing. Upset and extremely disappointed.

Vince

3 years ago

A solid app, when I could get the bloody thing to work. Allow me to explain; in the older app, the controller input customization for external controllers allowed for precise key mapping for each emulator specifically. In this app, however, someone decided to do away with that controller input customization feature and replace it with an inferior one set of controller input settings, which was confusing as hell to setup, and on top of that; the manual input setup doesn't work correctly.

E Ee

8 months ago

great emulator has tons of amazing features only problem is majority of features you want to use are paywalled, such as loading save states and more. If they change that fact and make it a free to use but watch an ad to load save or something else i will change rating to 5 stars. just go into this emulator knowing that you cannot recover your saves without having to pay.

Jacob Dale

2 years ago

The developers of this app have made a very successful theft racket. I paid for the full access version of this app, and one day after an update, it was suddenly gone from my phone. After reinstalling I no longee have access to any of the features I paid for, including accessing my 80+ hour save file. Waste of money, waste of time, waste of phone memory. Do not give these crooks more money.

Danny Nomadic

1 year ago

The app works great, pretty easy to get games running and a good choice of emulators. I like having the ability to have save states and being able to change game speed. I definitely recommend getting the paid version. If you could get one more generation of consoles that would be amazing! But as is still really good would definitely recommend.

Sekluce

1 year ago

Don't be deturred! This app is amazing and has a nice easy way of adding more emulator plug ins if that's what you wish. My low rating is because I've purchased the full version twice now , even back when it was classic boy gold I think it was called, and everytime I need to redownload it , I can not resumey save states, mildly frustrating but overall the app is great and works well with input mapping

Tyler Alt

2 years ago

Really enjoy the UI and the amount of different consoles the emulator can run. However, I'm running into the issue that my save states occasionally "corrupt" and when I reenter the state, if it even allows me, no input responds and the game is essentially just background noise. I really enjoy the time I got out of the app but I'm hesitant to invest any more if at any point I can lose all the progress I've put into it. Kinda disappointing for a paid service.

James Sullivan

3 years ago

This runs most games pretty well. It just requires some set up, and going through the directories ever time you want to change a game. I purchased the full version, in hopes that it would be able to look in my sd card for the games, but still no dice. Mapping controllers works good. You can even map your controller different for each system. I would give this a higher rating if I could goto me sd card.

Jayden Hawke

2 years ago

I love the new interface. I am a big fan of the thumbnail view. It's almost like shuffleing through your carriages/disks. Some thoughts on other useful features I'd like added: 1. The ability to delete a file from the context menu. 2. Being able to associate a file with a particular game in the database. (Usefull for patched translations) 3. It would be nice to be able to collapse a specific system list in the thumbnail view so that we don't have to scroll through all of them every time.

Brandon Hoffman

3 years ago

The system works well enough. Two big problems: Paying for the "Full" version only allows it on your current phone. The moment you change phones, you lose your Full version. I loved the full version, but refuse to buy it multiple times. The second problem with the free version: you can't move off of the free version screen. If you misclick and minimize the app for *any* reason, the game closes and locks it behind the Full Version save state.

Brianna Webster

2 years ago

This is one of the best emulator apps out there for classic games. I can play what I have on my phone without much of an issue, the cool thing is if you have a curtain cable you can hook up any controller to your phone, map out the buttons in the emulator and use your controller instead of the buttons on screen which makes it easier. I hope one day the people who made this app find a way to make one for the PS2 era of games

Joshua Cutcher

6 months ago

You have to pay to reload a save file, does not allow saving -via the game- forces you to pay to load up any save file, period. I was gonna be giving a heck of a good review until I went to try to reload a game and got to a pay wall. What's the freaking point of a free app if you can't ever SAVE?!?!? If I can't even get a single -ingame- save, let alone a single save -state-. Ridiculous.

Seth Fisher

6 months ago

I paid for premium and have used this app for years, but suddenly as of march 2024 most (not SNES) systems have suddenly locked saves for premium users. There is no bug reporting so I'll edit this review once the issue is fixed. If they are forcing premium users to pay again or go on a subscription plan without any notification or explanation that seems wrong.

Chris Coleman

6 months ago

Great app only problem is it wants you to pay for the full version but when you try to pay for the full version there's no data there. You literally CAN'T buy the full version, Even though it tells you too. And even brings up the screen where the data is supposed to be at for you to click on and buy it but all the fields are blank. This should be fixed cause it makes no sense for y'all to tell me to buy something but have no way to access it so I can buy it. DL Classic boy light. It works 👍

Hornet Scout

7 months ago

My favorite mobile emulator. Please never change. It's almost TOO easy to use because of how beginner friendly it is. Even difficult consoles to emulate like Sega Saturn can be done in less than a minute. Yes, there are some microtransactions, but what I listed above is what you can do WITHOUT them. They are mainly just "load a quick save" or "play in wide-screen while in portrait mode". It's UI and menus are PC emulator-levels of advanced, but it's incredibly easy to use. Consider downloading.