Apollo Emulators
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Music

Listen to collected game music, organize playlists and use background playback.

Help pages

Open Music… on the home screen to browse Apollo’s tunes and the soundtracks collected from your games. You can also open a game’s Music… from its menu or library options. The player is free; playlists and Android background playback require Pro.

Collect songs as you play

For games whose music can play independently, songs you hear during play become available in Music. Play past silent logos and visit more of the game to collect more of its soundtrack. A game’s page shows the collected songs, with names or song numbers and, where captured, a picture of where you heard them.

Music playback support depends on the app, system and game. A game’s ability to keep music at 1x during fast-forward does not by itself guarantee a full standalone soundtrack player. If the app says the music cannot be played on its own yet, you can still play the game. Check your app’s music support: Apollo Boy, Apollo Super, Apollo Classic, Apollo Drive.

Play a soundtrack

  1. Open Music… from home and choose a game.
  2. Select a song to play it.
  3. Use play/pause and previous/next to control playback.
  4. Use repeat to cycle between off, the list, and one song.

A song’s … options let you play it, rename it or hide it. Leave a renamed song’s name empty to return to its number. Hidden songs can be unhidden from their options. Some sound sources offer an all-songs view as well as songs heard during play; this depends on what that source can list.

The player runs separately from active gameplay. Leaving it to resume a game returns to that game’s normal sound settings.

Playlists (Pro)

Music’s playlists can hold songs from more than one game.

  • Choose + New to create a playlist, or use a song’s Add to playlist….
  • Use a playlist’s Add songs… to pick more music.
  • Drag a song by its handle to reorder the playlist.
  • A song’s playlist options can remove it from that playlist.
  • Use the playlist’s options to rename or delete it. Deleting a playlist leaves the songs in their games.

Use shuffle for a different playing order and repeat to loop the list or a single song. A playlist still needs the games it refers to on the device; it does not contain or share the game files. Without Pro, playlists remain saved but unavailable to edit or play; the ordinary player stays free.

Background playback on Android (Pro)

In Settings > Sound, enable Music player in the background, then start a song in the Music player. You can leave the app or lock the screen and control it with Android’s media playback controls, including play/pause and previous/next. Pausing there keeps the song paused when you return.

Turn the setting off to hold playback when the app goes into the background. This setting is for the Music player, not permission to keep a game playing unattended.

Home-screen music and previews are separate settings. A game’s menu music can pick from songs you have heard; the Music player lets you choose one yourself. See Speed and sound.