ClassicBoy Lite Games Emulator

PortableAndroid

In-app purchases

About this game

Classicboy is a powerful video games emulator that let you play many retro video games on your Android devices.

This lightweight version comes with eight emulation cores that includes PCSX-ReARMed, Mupen64Plus, VBA-M/mGBA, Snes9x, FCEUmm, Genplus, FBA and Stella.

FREE VERSION FEATURES
• Play games from start
• Resume game states from battery-sram file
• Touchscreen input by on-screen 2D buttons
• Graphic buttons editor for position and size definition. Graphic buttons appearance custom settings such as style, scale, animation, opacity etc.
• External gamepad/keyboard input, maximum 4 players are supported
• Switch between digital and analog D-pad at runtime
• Controller profiles.
• Custom setting for game audio/video
• Game data export/import
• Game cheats function

PREMIUM VERSION FEATURES
• All features in free version
• Resume game states from auto-saves and slots-saves
• Gestures controller
• Sensor controller

PERMISSIONS
• Access external storage: optional, identify and read games by native files manager
• Vibrate: optional, support game controller feedback
• Modify audio settings: support audio reverb
• Bluetooth: support wireless game controller connection

DATA PRIVACY & SECURITY
This app request external storage write/read permission only below Android 10 to access game data and app settings, your private information includes photos and media files will NOT be accessed.

Ratings and reviews

I'd give it a full 5 stars if it weren't for the lack of settings for the controls. It looks great and the emulators run at a smooth framerate no matter which one it is. The problem is no settings for the game pad itself. You can't change the sensitivity, sensors, or opacity settings for the control pad. It makes it an issue when you can use all the other directions on the D-Pad other than the right button because for some odd reason it's hard for that specific direction to pick up on your touch to move forward. Another issue is that sometimes the jump button will cut you off if you're playing a game where you have a double jump or flying mechanic for no reason. Like in S3&K I try to glide as Knuckles and it takes 3 tries because the jump button refuses to let me do that when I hold it down the second time and paired up with how finicky the right direction on the D-Pad is makes a bad combination.

Update: The August 5, 2021 update lost the saves from my current game. Dozens of hours lost. After downloading an enhanced file browser and hunting around, I was able to locate the save files. Using "Load from file" in ClassicBoy I restored them one by one until I found my current saves. Other than that the new update is okay but the analog joystick still doesn't work in Diablo. I purchased this app last year and have otherwise enjoyed it.

I gotta say it's been great. Plays all of the retro games great. I paid so that I could use the save state features etc. For me it was worth it. I stopped playing it for a while and it was super disappointing when I loaded back up to find ALL of my Sega CD game states gone. All of the other systems were fine. I even have PNG files of the thumbnails from where my states were saved, BUT no sta files to found. You shouldn't break the old app, just stop updating it instead; don't break what we buy.

What's new

- Fixed a few bugs