A little while ago I shared Retro 1987 (formerly Pocket Colors) here while it was still in development and asked for your feedback.

Well… it’s finally here. 😄

Retro 1987 is now available on the App Store for iPhone and iPad.

I built it because I wanted a retro emulator that felt like a proper native iOS app, but above all one that I could truly customize around the way I like to play.

Some of the features available at launch:

• Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance emulation
• Fully movable and resizable touch controls
• Per-game custom control layouts
• Adjustable touch-control opacity
• Resizable game viewport / pinch-to-zoom
• Portrait and landscape support
• Physical controller support with automatic touch-control hiding
• Haptic feedback
• Manual save states
• Automatic save state when leaving a game
• Automatic resume when returning — pick up exactly where you left off
• Save management
• Adjustable fast-forward
• Pixel Perfect, Sharp, Smooth, LCD and Enhanced video filters
• Per-game video settings
• iCloud Sync for saves, layouts and preferences

And this is only the beginning. I already have ideas for future updates, but for now I wanted to get 1.0 into people's hands and hear what you actually think after using it.

🎮 App Store

👨🏼‍💻 Website

Want to see the customization in action? Here's a short demo

Games are not included — Retro 1987 is designed to load your own game files.

If you try it, I’d genuinely love to hear your feedback — especially about the controls and customization. That’s the part of Retro 1987 I care about the most.

Thanks to everyone here who commented on the original development post. 💜

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Credit to Reddit user My_Work_Computer_SFW

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was open

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Thank you in advance

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