ArcEmu vs ASTER

Turn your Apple Watch into a retro game console. Play Game Boy, NES, SNES, Genesis, and more on your wrist, with multi-touch controls and the Digital Crown. ArcEmu also runs on iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV. ▸ SUPPORTED CONSOLES Included for free: - Game Boy - Game Boy Color - Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) Available through in-app purchases: - Game Boy Advance - Pokémon Mini - Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) - Atari 2600 - Sega Mega Drive / Genesis - Sega Master System - Sega Game Gear - Sega SG-1000 ▸ MULTIPLAYER AND LINK CABLE Play home-console games online and locally with friends, or link Game Boy and Game Boy Advance games over the internet. Game Link Cable supports up to four players in compatible games. Online play requires a Game Center account. ▸ SHARE ROMs WITH A CODE Import your ROMs on iPhone, keep them in iCloud, and download them directly to Apple Watch or Apple TV. Share them through iCloud using a code, including with an Apple Watch configured with Family Setup. ▸ SCREEN AND CONTROLS Move and resize the game screen, choose an LCD or CRT filter, and set up the controls the way you like them. On Apple Watch, use multi-touch controls, customize the control layout, and assign actions to the Digital Crown. On iPhone and iPad, adjust button positions and transparency, and play in any orientation. Connect a controller and customize its button mappings, or use a second controller on iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV. ArcEmu also supports iPhone Duo. ▸ MORE FEATURES - Accurate, high-performance emulation - Fast-forward at 2×, 4×, or maximum speed - Slow motion at 0.5× speed - Cheat codes with a built-in database of popular codes - Touch-based light gun controls for NES and SNES - Custom Game Boy color palettes - Button hold/sustain - Accelerometer support - Gyroscope support on iPhone and iPad, with Digital Crown input on Apple Watch - Haptic feedback on iPhone ▸ YOUR ROMs AND SAVES Keep your collection organized with per-console folders, sorting, and search. Import ROMs from ZIP and 7-Zip archives, use automatic saving, and share save states between devices. Both ROMs and save states can be stored in iCloud. ▸ APPLE WATCH COMPATIBILITY - Apple Watch Series 4 or later - Apple Watch SE or later - Apple Watch Ultra or later ArcEmu does not include any games or ROMs. ▸ GAMES FEATURED IN THE SCREENSHOTS - Acorn Grove: https://gibbongl.itch.io/acorn-grove - Big2Small: https://mdsteele.itch.io/big2small - Hauntsfield: https://alliemackie.itch.io/hauntsfield - µCity Advance: https://skylyrac.itch.io/ucity-advance Cheat codes may cause unexpected behavior or affect game stability and save data. ArcEmu is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Nintendo, Sega, or Atari. All trademarks belong to their respective owners.

An SOS from twelve years ago reaches your wrist. ASTER: The Final Twelve Beats is an interactive mystery made exclusively for Apple Watch. Interpret haptic patterns, answer through movements of your wrist, and use Watch sensor records to uncover the truth behind a fatal accident. Twelve years ago, an equipment failure occurred during a test of the ASTER haptic communication system at a remote mountain observatory. Leo, a seventeen-year-old participant, was declared dead at the scene. Twelve years later, however, a recovered record suggests that he may have survived for another thirty-one minutes while continuing to send an SOS. Leo’s sister, Mina, gathers everyone connected to the accident at the closed observatory. You were Leo’s designated ASTER receiver. Only your Apple Watch, carrying the original receiver ID, can verify the records he left behind. A blizzard cuts the observatory off from the outside world. Testimonies conflict. Video files have been erased. Equipment logs reveal unexplained operations. Then, during the investigation, a new incident begins to echo the past. HAPTICS BECOME WORDS Short and long vibrations combine to form messages. Haptics become communications from the characters, while movements of your wrist become your replies. • Interpret haptic patterns without relying on sound • Reply through natural wrist movements • Remain still to separate your movement from external movement • Use direction readings to locate hidden signals • Compare motion and orientation records with witness statements Your Apple Watch is more than a small screen. It is a communicator, a measuring instrument and a piece of evidence. CHOOSE WHO TO TRUST Every person tells a different version of the past. Who will you trust? Which record will you investigate? Who will receive the evidence? How much of the truth will you reveal? Your decisions change the evidence you obtain, your relationships with the characters and the ending you reach. • Chapters 0–7 plus an epilogue • Approximately 100–125 minutes for a first playthrough • Five endings • Cinematic pixel art • Automatic saving plus one manual save slot • No voices, music or sound effects ASTER requires watchOS 10.0 or later. It cannot be played on an iPhone alone and does not use an iPhone companion app. Some scenes require sensor-based wrist or body movements. There are no time limits for these actions, and they can be paused or retried. Always check your surroundings before playing. If haptics are disabled, every essential meaning can also be checked on screen. ASTER does not access heart-rate data or other HealthKit information. It does not record audio or the surrounding environment. Raw motion, location and walking-history data are not stored in save files. The SOS reached your wrist twelve years ago. Will you answer it tonight?