iPhone Commodore 64 Emulator App Rejected by Apple C64 App Violates iPhone SDK Agreement

If you're a fan of retro gaming or even if you're not but previously
owned a Commodore 64 and would have jumped at the chance to re-live the
days of your youth, we have some bad news - the much anticipated iPhone
Commodore 64 Emulator App from Manomio has been rejected by Apple for
violating the iPhone SDK agreement.

The Manomio iPhone Commodore 64 Emulator App which, thanks to a deal
with Kiloo Aps and Commodore Gaming, is officially licensed, is
particularly exciting for a host of reasons, not least of which is the
fact that its not only a full speed Commodore 64 emulator but also comes
with SID sound emulation, as well as offering a realistic virtual
joystick and C64 keyboard.
The Manomio iPhone Commodore 64 Emulator App - which you can see in
action below - was submitted along with three individual (officially
licensed) gamepacks but, according to TouchArcade, was rejected by the
App Store with the following communication:

Thank you for submitting C64 1.0 to the App Store. We've reviewed C64
1.0 and determined that we cannot post this version of your iPhone
application to the App Store because it violates the iPhone SDK
Agreement; 3.3.2 An Application may not itself install or launch other
executable code by any means, including without limitation through the
use of a plug-in architecture, calling other frameworks, other APIs or
otherwise. No interpreted code may be downloaded and used in an
Application except for code that is interpreted and run by Apple's
Published APIs and built-in interpreter(s).

Not withstanding the fact that Apple have allowed many an emulator
though (Sonic, Frotz, Golden Axe to name but three) we think you'll
agree that this is enormously disappointing - especially considering
that many, including ourselves, were pretty excited about getting our
hands on this.
We await developments with great interest but, for the time being at
least, it looks like the C64 Emulator App won't be appearing in the App
Store any time soon - and quite probably never in it's current full
featured state.

Perhaps Apple could be swayed in the face of public opinion? Then
again…

TouchArcade