Secret GBA, Nintendo 64 and PlayStation Emulators On The Xbox One Store

Yes the title might sound a little crazy, however it's as legit as it comes. JaralStudio have managed to sneak a fully functional GBA emulator on to the Xbox Store, disguised as a PDF Viewer. Not only that, since publishing this article it turns out they have also published a PlayStation 1 emulator and a Nintendo 64 emulator too!

• WinPDF is a N64 Emulator
• WinPDFReader is a PlayStation 1 Emulator
• SimplePDFViewer is a GameBoy Advance, GameBoy and GameBoy Colour Emulator

To install these emulators on your Xbox One you can do the following:

1. Go to the store and search for one of the above apps
2. You then have to buy the app in question
3. Then simply let it download and install on your Xbox One

Once installed load up the app you purchased on your Xbox One, it will look just like a PDF Viewer, however press LB & RB + LT & RT. This will unlock the hidden emulator.

The emulators are capable of loading roms from a USB hard drive, or your OneDrive account.

This probably won't last too long as Microsoft has recently banned emulators from the Windows 10 and Xbox One store, however for now if you want a bit a retro action on your Xbox One, it's now more than possible.

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Cheers insane

got it installed and just trying to load the roms via USB its not letting me selct them anyone able to load roms?

 

Lmao that's amazing.
If they remove it from the store, does it also remove it from people's libraries or do they get to keep using it?

 

it wont let me select the files to import theres no function on the controller for me to selec tthe roms it sees whats up with that?

 

wouldnt allow me to import from my usb pen ... works using OneDrive ..


THANKS AGAIN INSANE

 

Apparently you can keep removed apps from what i gather, however don't take my word for that.

If you look on the Windows Store at the other apps by JaralStudio, the guys who created "SimplePDFViewer" they have released two more apps, WinPDF and WinPDFReader.

• WinPDF is a N64 Emulator
• WinPDFReader is a PlayStation 1 Emulator

 

How long will it be until Microsoft takes these down? ... unless they've already done so and I just haven't checked.

 

I got WinPDF for testing before they removed it. SM64 worked fairly okay-ish with some slight slowdowns, input lag and minor graphical issues. As far as I can tell it has been removed from the XBL marketplace and still does show up and work on my Xbox.