PicoPico - 8bit Retro Games1.30.0 - App Store

Enjoy 8bit retro games!

[About provide games]
We provide the games on this app under licensed from the official licensers.

[Features]
- support MFi / PS4 / XBOX-ONE GamePads
- PIN/UNDO (quick save/load)
- 3 save slots & 10 movie slots per game
- recordable your gameplay movie to the movie slot
- save slots and videos can be posted and shared with other users
- posted save slots and/or videos can be albumed on MyList
- several titles are supporting Score Ranking and/or Multi play.

[Score Ranking (leaderboard)]
- challengeable once a day for FREE.
- also challengeable any number of times within time, if you purchased the PicoTicket (*payed item)
- you can see the replay movie of the top players on the leaderboard.

[Private Board]
Aside from the leaderboard for all users, you can now create a private leaderboard (Private Board).
Private Boards can be created/entered from the leaderboard of a target game.
By creating a Private Board and sharing your room ID with viewers during a live broadcast, you can easily hold eSports tournaments and other events between the live broadcaster and viewers.
Just like regular leaderboards, Private Boards will have video replays and score registration, so you and your viewers can watch replays of the top scores during live broadcasts.
Private Boards can be used at no additional charge.
NOTE: This feature is only available for FREE PLAY titles.

[Multi play]
Some titles are support multiple-play via Bluetooth or Internet.
NOTE: Currently the Internet multiple-play server's installation region is Tokyo/Japan. Depending on the client's (smartphone's) region, there will be a delay in key entry.

[Plans]
- FREE PLAN: You can play a few games for free.
- PICO PLAN: You can play the all of games. (*payed subscription)

[About PICO PLAN]
PICO PLAN is a subscription for playing the all of games.

Outline:
- price / length: $4.99 / 1 month
- free trial length: 1 week

Payment:
- payment will be charged to Apple ID Account at confirmation of purchase
- subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period
- account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal
- This subscription has a one week free trial period when you first subscribe. If you are not satisfied with the content of the service, please cancel within 6 days from the start of the subscription.

For more information, see our Terms of service and Privacy policy.
Terms of service:
https://www.pico2.net/terms_of_service_en.html (English translation)
https://www.pico2.net/terms_of_service_jp.html (Japanese)
Privacy policy:
https://www.pico2.net/privacy.html

How to cancel:
1. open the Settings app.
2. tap your name, then tap Subscriptions.*
3. tap the subscription of this app.that you want to manage.
4. a list of subscriptions will be displayed, so tap the subscription of this application and cancel.

If you have done above, it will be canceled at the next automatic billing opportunity.

*If you don't see "Subscriptions" in the Settings app, tap "iTunes & App Store" instead. Tap your Apple ID (which is usually your email address), then tap View Apple ID. Sign in, scroll down to Subscriptions, then tap Subscriptions.

Version History •Prepared the app for upcoming new content
•Fixed minor bugs and improved overall stability 1.30.0 12/09/2025 - Preparation for adding titles.
- Minor bugfix. 1.29.0 04/15/2025 Replacement of image assets 1.28.1 02/16/2025 - Update to add games (games will be released at a later date)
- Removed the RakutenReward feature as it can no longer be built with the latest XCODE. 1.28.0 12/13/2024 - Adapting to the schedule for delivering new games
- Minor bug fixes 1.27.0 07/30/2024 Deleted because the Twitter account linking function is no longer available due to various reasons. 1.26.0 08/30/2023 Fixed a problem that prevented some games from being played when launched in offline mode in some regions. 1.25.1 06/08/2023 add new game: RELICS (MSX2) 1.25.0 05/24/2023 Added C-SO! 1.23.1 08/29/2022 Add new game: "Courageous Perseus" for MSX
In this game menu, "TAPE LOAD" and "TAPE SAVE" will always be ERROR (the same behavior as when the tape recorder is not connected to the MSX). Please use PicoPico's save/load function for these instead. 1.22.0 12/07/2021 - Added the ability to search for posted save data from the startup screen of each game.
- When you post saved data, it now asks if you want to share the address of the posted data. 1.21.0 11/25/2021 - Added "Märchen Veil"
- Scores outside the top 100 cannot be registered in the score ranking.
- Fixed a bug that may cause some MSX games to crash during play. 1.20.0 11/16/2021 Add new title: Borfes to 5 nin no Akuma 1.19.0 11/09/2021 Added the Save Data Sharing feature and the ability to open shared save data URLs (Universal Link).
The Save Data Sharing feature allows you to share your saved data on SNS.
You can share the URL link of the posted saved data to SNS by tapping and holding the posted saved data in the MY PAGE and tapping the Share button.
Tap the URL link (Universal Link) of the saved data to play the saved data on PicoPico.

Other changes:
- Fixed a bug that caused Sign in with Apple to fail with a communication error with an unspecified probability even though the communication environment was normal.
- In the past version, when you updated your high score in Score Attack or Time Attack, the replay saved data of the old high score was automatically deleted, but we have changed the specification so that the replay data of the high score is not automatically deleted, considering the case where the replay save data of the high score is shared of new feature. 1.18.0 11/01/2021 - Fixed a crash when displaying the ALL page in iOS 15.
- Removed the EVENT page
- Added the RANKING page
- Added the "Information" menu in the MENU page
- Preparing for the next title addition 1.17.0 09/28/2021 - Preparation for the addition of new titles
- Remove push notification 1.16.0 08/25/2021 - Add new title
- Add account-less feature
- Change BGM/SE specification

[New Feature: Account-less]
Added the ability to disable the use of PicoPico accounts.
If you disable your PicoPico account, you will not be able to use account-dependent features such as Score Attack, Save Data Posting, MY PAGE, etc.
To disable your PicoPico account, select "Do not use PicoPico account" when you first launch the app after installing it.
You can also enable/disable it by going to MENU → Settings and selecting "Enable PicoPico Account feature".

[Specification Changed: BGM/SE]
In the past, when you moved from the title screen to the main screen, the default setting was to turn off the BGM playback, but now it continues to play even after the transition to the home screen.
In addition, in the "Sound Volume Settings" of the MENU, the volume balance of the background music and sound effects can now be adjusted in the range of 0% to 200%. 1.15.0 08/10/2021 Add new title 1.13.0 07/06/2021 Add new title 1.12.0 06/15/2021 - Add new title
- Added support for capital letter input (CAPS LOCK) on MSX keyboard. 1.11.0 05/25/2021 New Feature: Watch Video Ads and Play for Free

Some titles can now be played for free by watching the video ads.
Please note that when playing with video ads, you will not be able to challenge score attacks, etc., but will only be able to enjoy normal gameplay.
We have also updated the game list page (ALL) to make it easier to find free-to-play titles.

Additional Titles :
- BEE & FLOWER (MSX)
- Aqua Polis SOS (MSX)
- Megalopolis SOS (MSX)
- Devil's Haven (MSX) 1.10.0 04/28/2021 Fixed a bug that caused the app to crash when selecting and deciding on an image in the "Gamepad Decoration" menu. 1.9.1 04/12/2021 Additional Titles:
* American Truck (MSX)
* Dragon Slayer IV (MSX)
* Final Zone (MSX)
* Romancia (MSX)
* Xanadu (MSX)

Bug Fixes:
Fixed a bug that could cause sound shift (e.g., sound effects sounded later than they should have) when playing games for a long time.
Note: This issue has been occur on iPad Pro 2nd generation or later we confirmed.

Minor Changes:
* When displaying games by age in the game list, the games of each age are now sorted in ascending order by name, not by release date.
* Function (F1 to F5), SHIFT, CTRL, GRAPH, and CAPS have been added to the MSX keyboard. 1.9.0 04/11/2021 Additional Titles:
- GULKAVE (MSX)
- Maou Golvellius (MSX)
- PYRAMID WARP (MSX)
- ZANAC (MSX)

New Features:
- Score Attack and Time Attack for all titles are now free
- Added a filter function to the game list page (ALL) by game console model

Improvements:
- Fixed a bug in Relics (MSX) that caused transparent sprites to be drawn with a palette of 0 when going up and down stairs.
- Fixed flickering of sprites in Relics (MSX).
- Reversed the 1/2 button placement on the MSX virtual gamepad
- Changed the UI of HELP for each game
- Moved MENU item "FOLLOW" to MY PAGE 1.8.0 03/21/2021 Fixed a bug that caused in-game savedata to be lost without auto-saved when the app went to the background during gameplay (pressing the home button, receiving a phone call, etc.). 1.7.1 02/23/2021