NES Emulator Vanishes From App Store

Update: Aaaand it's gone. On the MacRumors Forums, the developer of this emulator said they had cold feet and decided to remove it from the App Store. The app was not removed by Apple. NES Emulator for iPhone and iPad Now Available on App Store

A screenshot of a MacRumors post announcing that an NES emulator briefly became available on the App Store, followed by an update explaining that the developer removed it themselves. The joke is the abrupt reversal: the challenge seemed impossible, but the emulator appeared and then vanished because the developer got cold feet. It is used as a reaction to fragile success, sudden backtracking, or abandoning a project at the last moment.

• @gentoomemes / 10637 2024-04-16