Emulation JS-VBA-M

[ILOVEPIE]

Hey guys, you probably know me as the developer of DSTELNET, but today I present something completely different:
A working Web-based Gameboy Advance Emulator that supports most games.

Here is a video of a development version from a couple days ago:
http://youtu.be/pjCuM6pnI54

Check it out:
JS-VBA-M

 

[Kioku]

Now that's intense.

 

[FAST6191]

I had seen the X86 javascript emulator but I find this more amusing. I will have to look further into this webGL stuff as well.

 

[Satangel]

Just wondering, how did you make this, and how long did it take?!
Also, it doesn't work in Firefox 16.0 atm, in the latest Chrome it does work.

 

[Deleted-236924]

It'd be funny if Golden Sun worked well on it.

 

[ILOVEPIE]

This took me less time than expected because I used the Emscripten C/C++ to Javascript translator.
It took me like a week and a half to make this.

 

[WiiUBricker]

Does this work with the 3DS? Or PSP?

 

[SifJar]

Does this work with the 3DS? Or PSP?

You know what would be a really easy way to find out? Trying it.

Although I'm fairly sure neither of those devices support WebGL. And the PSP can run homebrew even on the latest OFW, so there is absolutely no reason to run an emulator in the browser.

 

[The Real Jdbye]

This won't run any ROM for me on Firefox 15.0.1, not even Pokemon Ruby which works in the video... Anything I try to play just results in a black or white screen with 0% in the top left.

 

[ILOVEPIE]

This won't run any ROM for me on Firefox 15.0.1, not even Pokemon Ruby which works in the video... Anything I try to play just results in a black or white screen with 0% in the top left.

Firefox does not handle some javascript correctly, as such, the current build of firefox does not work with the emulator, try Google Chrome.


Update:

I just published an update that fixes the smudged pixels and stuff of the last version of the emulator. I was using the HQ versions of the filters by accident, now it should run both faster and look better.

 

[WiiUBricker]

Does this work with the 3DS? Or PSP?

You know what would be a really easy way to find out? Trying it.

Uh, yeah. But here is the thing, I don't have a 3DS and my PSP doesn't have internet. That's why I asked the question in the first place.

Although I'm fairly sure neither of those devices support WebGL.

So if you are so sure, why suggest to try it in the first place?

And the PSP can run homebrew even on the latest OFW, so there is absolutely no reason to run an emulator in the browser.

That's completly irrelevant to the question.

 

[Ziko]

I just updated my Firefox to 16.0. I just get a white screen when I run games on it. Why's that?

 

[MasterMan194]

Firefox does not handle some javascript correctly, as such, the current build of firefox does not work with the emulator, try Google Chrome.

I just updated my Firefox to 16.0. I just get a white screen when I run games on it. Why's that?

Read.

 

[Ziko]

I kinda didn't like Chrome eating up my processor and RAM with multiple processes running on my system so I'll take a pass on this one until someone fixes it.

 

[ILOVEPIE]

I kinda didn't like Chrome eating up my processor and RAM with multiple processes running on my system so I'll take a pass on this one until someone fixes it.

I reported it to mozilla already...
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=799524

 

[ILOVEPIE]

Great News!
I just released an update for JS-VBA-M that was compiled on the latest version of emscripten, which means it may work in more browsers now!

 

[grantgalitz]

So what version of VBA are you compiling from?

 

[PolloDiablo]

wow, it works