PlayCase was born from a love of emulation.
It turns your iPhone into a handheld for the emulators you already use.
How It Works
01Pick your emulator
PlayCase works with Manic EMU, Delta, Retro Pal, Gammawave, Provenance and Foxol. Use the one you already play on.
Add the PlayCase skin
A PlayCase skin moves the emulator’s on-screen controls under PlayCase’s buttons, so every press lands where the game expects it.
Snap on and play
Magnets hold the faceplate on. Press a button and its conductive pad touches the screen: a real click, with no batteries and nothing to pair.
Find Your App
02
Provenance
PlayCase skins are ready for:
- GBA
- Not yet: GBC
- Not yet: NES
- SNES
- Not yet: DS
Foxol
Foxol works with PlayCase. We’re putting its console list together: ask us which consoles are ready today.
Ask on DiscordConsole Chart
03| Emulator | GBA | GBC | NES | SNES | DS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Manic EMU | |||||
 Delta | – | ||||
 Retro Pal | – | – | – | ||
 Gammawave | |||||
| Provenance | – | – | – | ||
| Foxol | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
? Foxol works with PlayCase; ask us which of its consoles have skins.
Launch from PlayCase Arcade
04Keep your emulator games next to the Arcade’s own. PlayCase Arcade can show your Delta and Manic EMU games as cards on its home screen; tap one and it opens in its emulator. Everything starts in PlayCase Arcade under Settings → Games in other emulators.
Delta · experimental
Your whole Delta library
- In Delta, turn on Settings → Experimental Features → Library Export.
- In PlayCase Arcade, open Settings and tap Import from Delta.
- Delta opens and sends your library back. Your games appear on the Arcade home screen.
Delta
One game from Delta
- In Delta, touch and hold a game and tap Share.
- Choose PlayCase Arcade in the share sheet. If it asks which emulator the game is in, pick Delta.
- The game appears on the Arcade home screen. (Or copy its link with Share → Copy Deep Link and tap Paste a game link in PlayCase Arcade’s Settings.)
Manic EMU
One game from Manic EMU
- In Manic EMU, open a game’s options and tap Share.
- Choose PlayCase Arcade in the share sheet. If it asks which emulator the game is in, pick Manic EMU.
- The game appears on the Arcade home screen. (Or tap Copy Launch Link and use Paste a game link in PlayCase Arcade’s Settings.)
Your games stay in their emulator. A shared game file is deleted as soon as it’s read: PlayCase Arcade keeps only each game’s name, cover and launch link, and nothing about them leaves your phone. About PlayCase Arcade
Using a different emulator?
Other apps may work too. We’ll help you check compatibility or get set up.
PlayCase LLC does not supply emulators or game ROMs. We firmly uphold the principle that ROMs should only be used if they are legally owned and personally extracted from physical copies of the games. PlayCase LLC does not condone or support piracy in any form.
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