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John GBC is GB/GBC emulator. This emulator is easy to use.
John GBC is GB/GBC emulator for android 6.0+. This app does not work without your own game files. Please try John GBC lite before purchasing. John GBC can take over John GBC Lite data. Features - Original GBC engine - High quality rendering - Very fast - Search game files in SDCard & Internal Storage - Virtual On-screen keypad - Zipped file support - Save States (with previews) - Customizable keys - Turbo buttons - Screenshot - Fast forward / Slow down (x0.25 - x16) - Cheats (Game Genie/Game Shark/PAR) - Bluetooth/MOGA controller support - Super Gameboy borders - Dropbox support (requires John DataSync) - No ADs - No internet connection
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-Added support for Android 16<br>-Fixed bugs
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I've been using this emulator for years with no issues. it's easy to use and highly customizable with button placement, which is amazing. cannot recommend it enough!
- Erika Wellen · vv4.15
excellent emu
- Edwin Lor · vv4.15
works well but I still get ads even after buying and installing this for what I thought would be an ad free version. guess I was wrong
- Nathan Brennan · vv4.15
great!
- Detective Rogue: 610472 · vv4.13
can't listen to a YouTube video in the background without the emulator audio automatically muting itself. other emulators do not have this problem
- Zack · vv4.13
Worth the 2.99 so you don't have to deal with adds all the time.
- AlotL1keVegas · vv4.13
after I bought the adless version it was smooth sailing
- Stilla Ragg · vv4.13
It has VISUAL BUGS (related to the VRAM of the gbc and the way it loads) creating visual aberrations on game... and the colors are oversaturated (I am 100% sure it is an issue of this emulator in specific because I tried another one here in my phone and it ran perfectly). Not worth paying for the app on this state of development.. I hope it gets better one day. Also... it asks for you to be ONLINE sometimes in order to confirm that you paid for the APP (extremely annoying)
- DecadentCat Animation · vv4.14
Have been using the lite version and recently upgraded. This has been working well for me on GBC games and roms. I have not had any issues with saving or the app crashing.
- Eric Burcham · vv4.14
Great app!
- Colin Dale · vv4.13
Paid for the app and still getting unskippable ads. Don't waste your money.
- Steve Marston · vv4.13
I've had this app for over a decade and it's still the best out there While some people may complain about the quick load button, you can actually remove it if you go to Settings>Layout(orientation) If you click the menu on the edit screen, you can "edit display items" and remove the quick load button. No more accidental lost progress!
- Skyler Ledbetter
Don't bother purchasing the premium edition, as you'll still get hit with ads.
- Dylan Goodell · vv4.13
update ruined my pokemon save file. waste of time!
- TheBig Common · vv4.13
Good app
- Zachary Craner
no link remote option
- Sahith kumar Irukulla
cant play it anymore on my s23 doesn't support my os anymore
- ShadowWizard141 · vv4.13
amazing. well worth the paid version 👌
- Gnr718 · vv4.13
My game keep crashing when I play gb game. Even my save game is not save properly.
- Howard Leow · vv4.13
decent but needs a colour correction option. pallette is way too saturated
- Dan Smith · vv4.13
"No permission. Cannot load files". Unfortunately, unusable app. Won't load or allow me to do anything
- Lukas Ka · vv4.13
take off the load state button on top of the screen, it is completely foul and ridiculous. I have undone all my progress like 5 times in an hour and wasted the entire hour replaying the same thing over and over again. foul, dumb decision to put that button at the top. unneeded as well. waste of money
- Austin Karl · vv4.13
Bought it to try it it doesn't read a single game file I have
- Bee Crislip
Does not work, just keeps asking for folder permissions then saying that nothing is found. Really annoying, have to keep using the lite version with annoying ads.
- Anthony · vv4.11
Recently purchased have used John GBA for sometime and just had to get the GBC so I can play the old Zelda Oracle series, works just as well as the GBA variant. Absolutely wonderful.
- TJ Woods · vv4.11
Don't buy.Everytime I download a rom it says the file does not exist. Used different rom sites. Now I have a bunch of unplayable nonsense
- Jane daly · vv4.11
Loved this app but now it doesn't even read any games I tried everything but doesn't read GBC files at all. Needs to be looked at
- William Ford · vv4.05
Great emulator with only one minor inconvenience. Would recommend 100% of the time. I just wish that I could make it so that the time wouldn't automatically advance between save stats and loading save states. The system time tracking is a cool idea but it doesn't work well enough, or at all when you choose to use fast forward, to have it always on. If I could dissable that feature I would give this 5 stars. I just want to play pokemon without the clock changing between save states. Plz hlp
- Jesse Sanford · vv4.11
Excellent emulator annoying DRM I finally bought this emulator after using the free version for years. I was shocked when I started it up on my flight only to find it wouldn't let me run games as it needed to "check my license" but it wasn't even the first time I opened it I'd set it all up on the ground. So great emulator but with the absolute worst kind of DRM (that punishes paying customers) I would have been better off with the free version instead I had to rawdog the flight.
- Ali Raheem · vv4.11
Used it for years off and on, paid the $4 BC why not
- Josh S · vv4.11
It stopped reading ROM files because of an Android update. You need to reinstall the app and move your files into the new folder.
- Kayla Marie · vv4.11
The app largely works well, however there is a quick load button on the screen that will load up your most recent save state. There is no secondary confirmation for this action, making it all too easy to accidentally lose progress in your game. Save your game frequently or you, like me, may lose days worth of progress. The next update to this game should either allow you to disable that button or add a confirmation to the action.
- Nate Ballinger · vv4.11
It says there is no rom downloaded no matter what I do.
- Fluid NoneBusiness · vv4.11
Top shelf application
- J Coulter · vv4.11
Stolen code
- C G · vv4.11
This app is awesome, does a great job. I am very annoyed the load state is both A. Defaulted to a quick action button and B. Doesn't prompt for confirmation with a warning. Didn't realize what that button was until I lost 2 days worth of progress because I tried to swipe to see notifications.
- Nick Elliott (OpticZen Gaming) · vv4.11
This has been a great app which I've been using for many years. However, I tried to play a game this evening on my Pixel 6a and no games are recognised (despite me authorizing access and the files being present). UPDATE: I found the answer in a review for the John GBA app - the game files must now be put in a subfolder called game. Working again! Still a fantastic app.
- Daryl Barber · vv4.11
Update : Can you check whether Pokemon Card GB (Japan) is working or not with this emulator ? It's not working for me. Every other games are working, even Pokemon CARD GB 2 (The sequel) but this one won't work. It's the japanese version only. Trying any other langage of the same game would work. It's very specific to the japanese version. Thanks in advance if you can fix it.
- A Google user · vv4.11
May game play not saving like a gameboy does its rebooting itself
- Justin William Tamares
In-game saves have never worked properly and now it can't read my game files even though I've directed it to the correct folder - which contains the correct format files - multiple times now. I used to love this emulator and now it's just not working like it used to
- Nora Buss · vv4.11
After having no choice but to accept the newest non-negotiable update, All of my roms from Over 5 years ago and multiple hard core played games were immediately erased! Be wary, this update/change only comes up "(ONCE)" IN A POP UP WINDOW WHILE YOU TRY LOAD YOUR GAME UP!
- James Foisy · vv4.05
Purchased today to play a game that wouldn't be found on the previously owned gba version and both cannot find any games I the emulator folder
- Edward Blackwood · vv4.11
Not working on s24u after update
- chin hei Chau · vv4.11
Overwrites your game with a previously saved state. Download if you enjoy starting all over randomly.
- Chris Haynes · vv4.11
John GBC is one of the best GB/GBC emulators in the Play Store. It's pretty easy to use and regularly getting updates. Much like John GBA, it's totally worth it.
- Ömer · vv4.11
Does not recognize any roms. Wish I could get my money back.
- Chris Noatch
I don't know what I keep doing but it keeps closing the game and then loading it from an old save and I'm losing all my progress. Does extremely annoying because a lot of progress is lost it should automatically save.
- Damian Duronslet · vv4.11
Useless. Doesn't recognize ANY ROMs. They show as BIN files, despite being GB/GBC.
- Matthew Gavin (Anzac-A1) · vv4.11
I've used the lite version and loved it. Went for the upgrade!!
- Christian Barger · vv4.11
Finally get to play all my gameboy color games with a backlight lol
- Matthew Trumble · vv4.05
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