Apollo Emulators
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Fast-forward the game. Not the music.

The games you love, at your speed. Fast-forward with the music at its normal tempo and pitch in supported games. Save your place, make the controls yours, and play with a friend.

No ads. Bring your own game files.

  • 1x · 2x · 3xFree
  • 4x and up · Max ♪Pro

Music stays at 1x in compatible games. Available speeds and audio stability depend on your device.

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Apollo EmulatorsDifferent consoles. The same Apollo spirit.

Inside Apollo

Your games.
Your own way to play.

Apollo Boy playing Bellward with the Console touch controls.
Console controls FREE
Apollo Boy playing Bellward with the pink Candy Gloss shell and colorful buttons.
Candy Gloss theme PRO
Apollo Boy’s Music page showing collected Bellward songs with Dunmere playing.
The Music page · Bellward’s soundtrack

The Apollo experience

Everything you love about playing.
A little more your way.

In every Apollo emulator, on Android 10 or later (Apollo Boy: Android 8.0 or later). Free to start; Pro is a one-time purchase per app. See Free and Pro.

At your speed

Faster game. Same soundtrack.

In compatible games the game speeds up while its music keeps its normal tempo and pitch, and your library marks which games those are. Other games use fast-forward sound you choose: sped up, muted, or at normal pitch. How fast a game runs depends on your device.

  • FREE 1x, 2x and 3x
  • PRO 4x and up
  • PRO Max ♪: as fast as your device keeps up, music at 1x
  • PRO Max: faster still, without sound

Saves

Save anywhere.

A quick save and save-state slots with a picture and the time, beside the game's own saves.

  • FREE Quick save
  • FREE Three save-state slots
  • PRO All eight slots
  • PRO Quick-save undo

Second chances

A second chance, on demand.

Rewind back through what you just played without touching the game's own save. Close the app mid-game and open it again right where you were, paused. Or enter cheat codes in your console's own formats.

  • PRO Rewind
  • PRO Quick resume
  • PRO Cheats

Your library

A shelf, not a file picker.

Covers, search and favorites. Add one game, a .zip or .7z, or a whole folder. A card can show a live preview of where you stopped. Sign in to RetroAchievements to earn achievements as you play.

  • FREE Library and search
  • FREE RetroAchievements

Soundtracks

Your games' soundtracks, collected.

As you play, Apollo collects the songs it hears, and the Music page plays them on their own. Which songs it can collect depends on the game.

  • FREE Music player
  • PRO Playlists
  • PRO Background playback

Your controls

Made for your hands.

Move and resize touch controls, with separate layouts for portrait and landscape. Connect a controller or keyboard and remap it. Turbo buttons and a hold-to-speed button are built in.

  • FREE Touch layout editor
  • FREE Controllers and remapping

Your look

Make it feel like yours.

Classic, Neon and Console button styles in your own colors. Pro themes change the shell and buttons together, and you can build your own.

  • FREE Button styles and colors
  • PRO Handheld shell and themes
  • PRO Custom shells
  • PRO Glow menus and underglow
  • PRO Style export and import

Create a theme in the browser →

The screen

Pixels your way.

Sharp pixels, smooth scaling, an LCD grid or scanlines.

  • FREE Screen filters
  • PRO Brightness slider

Capture

Keep the moment.

Take screenshots and clips of up to 30 seconds.

  • FREE With a small watermark
  • PRO No watermark

Backup

Your saves, on every device.

Back up saves, save states, styles and resume points to your own Google Drive. Play on your phone, continue on your tablet.

  • PRO Google Drive backup

Play together

Bring a friend.

  • Nearby FREE Play a two-player game with a friend on the same Wi-Fi, each on your own device.
  • Online PRO Host a private room for two and invite a friend with a six-character code or a link. You approve who joins. Friends join free. No account or sign-in needed.

An invite-only room for two PRO

  1. 1
    Host a room. Apollo gives you a six-character code or a link to send a friend.
  2. 2
    Your friend asks to join. Each of you plays your own copy of the game.
  3. 3
    You approve them. The host approves every person who asks to join.

Pro includes online hosting. No pass, no subscription.

Choose your console

Find your Apollo.

Choose an emulator to explore its games, sound, and ways to play.

Apollo BoyGame Boy · Game Boy Color · Game Boy AdvanceComing soon

Three generations. One library.

Three handhelds

Your handheld collection, together.

You add the .gba, .gbc, and .gb files you already own. Apollo Boy does not download or bundle games.

Apollo Boy playing Bellward, StackBlender’s original demo game.

Apollo Boy · Bellward, our own demo game

Music compatibility

Look for MUSIC 1X.

It works when Apollo Boy can safely identify and communicate with that game's sound engine. Compatible games show MUSIC 1X on their card. Other games still play normally and use standard sped-up audio during fast-forward.

Game Boy · Game Boy Color · Game Boy Advance

Link play

The link cable, without the cable.

Link Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance games with a friend, two players at a time. Play nearby on the same Wi-Fi, or join an invite-only online room. Each player brings their own game.

More about Apollo Boy
Apollo SuperSNES · Super FamicomComing soon

SNES · Super Famicom

The console

The 16-bit collection.

Play the SNES games you own, with Apollo’s saves, controls, and customization. Bring your own game files; no games are included.

Music compatibility varies by game

The sound

The SNES soundtrack, at its own pace.

Speed up the game while the music keeps its normal tempo and pitch. A few games don’t yet keep their music and sound effects fully apart.

Two players · Same game

Two players

Bring a friend.

Play a two-player SNES game with a friend. Nearby play uses the same Wi-Fi; online play uses a private room. You both need the same game, and the host is player one.

More about Apollo Super
Apollo ClassicNES · FamicomComing soon

Your own NES and Famicom game files

The console

Back to 8-bit.

Play the NES and Famicom games you own. Speed up compatible games while their music keeps its normal tempo and pitch.

Coming soon

Availability

More classics on the horizon.

Apollo Classic is coming soon. Explore its saves, controls, Free and Pro features, and policy pages.

More about Apollo Classic
Apollo DriveGenesis · Mega DriveComing soon

Genesis · Mega Drive

The console

Another side of 16-bit.

Play your own Genesis and Mega Drive cartridge game files with Apollo’s saves, controls and music-aware fast-forward.

Coming soon

Availability

A new drive, coming later.

Apollo Drive is coming soon. Explore its Free and Pro features, online play included with Pro.

More about Apollo Drive

Bring your own games.

Apollo doesn’t include or download games. Add the files you already own, and make yourself at home.