# KotRetro8 — Retro game emulator

> Retro game emulator (iPhone/iPad app by Tomohiro Hara.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kotretro8/id6813099820 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Tomohiro Hara](https://appshunter.io/developer/6812783293)
- Category: Games, Entertainment
- Price: Free
- Rating: 5.00/5 from 1 App Store ratings
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.0 · 5 MB
- Languages: American English, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, European Spanish
- Released: 2026-10-21
- Data updated: 2026-10-26

## What is KotRetro8?

KotRetro8 is a fast and accurate classic 8-bit game console emulator with support for save states, rewind, cheats, gamepads, and a wide range of cartridge and disk-based formats.

FEATURES

• Wide game compatibility — Supports many mapper types and hardware configurations

• Disk support — Play supported disk images with disk-side switching and dedicated sound support

• Expansion audio — Faithful audio emulation for a variety of supported sound hardware

• Save states — 20 slots per game with screenshot thumbnails, plus auto-resume that picks up right where you left off

• Quick save/load — Instant save and restore mapped to your gamepad

• Playback controls — Pause and resume from the on-screen HUD. While paused, advance one frame at a time with +1. Hold TURBO for fast-forward

• Rewind — Automatic snapshots every 5 seconds let you jump back up to 60 seconds. Undo mistakes with an on-screen button, a gamepad shortcut, or the thumbnail timeline

• Movie recording — Record your play as an FM2 movie from power-on or from the current position. Replay it later and rerecord from a save state

• Cheats — Enter supported cheat codes or raw address:value cheats, saved per game

• Controller support — Connect Bluetooth or USB gamepads with full button remapping, including two-player play

• On-screen controls — Customizable touch gamepad with turbo A/B buttons

• Speed control — Slow down or fast-forward from 0.25x to 4x

• Arcade support — Supported arcade titles with coin, service, and DIP switch settings

• Display options — Overscan cropping and pixel-perfect scaling

• Convenient library — Recent games list with thumbnails, ZIP file support, and one-tap resume of your last game

• Available in English, Japanese, Spanish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Indonesian, and Korean

REQUIREMENTS

• You must provide your own legally obtained game files. KotRetro8 does not include any games or BIOS files.
• BIOS files required by supported formats must be provided by the user.
• KotRetro8 does not provide copyrighted game content.

KotRetro8 focuses on accurate emulation, broad hardware compatibility, and a clean interface for managing your own legally obtained game files.

## Is KotRetro8 safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess KotRetro8.

## Is KotRetro8 legit?

KotRetro8 appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for KotRetro8 is 65 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 1 release)

### 1.0 — 2026-10-21

No release notes.

## More apps by Tomohiro Hara

- [Air Parcel](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/air-parcel/id6812783291)
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All apps by Tomohiro Hara: https://appshunter.io/developer/6812783293

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