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Very excited about this! But I’ve also been impatient and started using Eclipse for all of my Gameboy emulation over the last year.. it a PWA and uses local sto

Very excited about this! But I’ve also been impatient and started using Eclipse for all of my Gameboy emulation over the last year.. it a PWA and uses local storage for game saves. https://eclipseemu.me/ https://eclipseemu.me/

pininja 3y ago
I’ve also enjoyed using desmume for DS emulation https://github.com/44670/desmume-wasm https://github.com/44670/desmume-wasm
speps 3y ago
What's a revoke? Why is it a problem?
- rezonant 3y ago
  Guessing here, but I suspect they are referring to the revocation of the enterprise signing certificates used by gray-market iOS app stores, since native app emulators could only be distributed that way until now. It's whack-a-mole- the stores sign their executables with a new certificate, Apple finds out about it, revokes the certificate. When that happens, I imagine the software signed by that certificate will no longer run on the devices the software was installed to.
- pininja 3y ago
  I assume they’re referring to when the App Store revoked everyone’s emulator apps. For Apple to break these they’d probably need to remove standard web APIs.
- Pfhortune 3y ago
  When you load an app on your own iOS device with a free developer account, that app will fail to open (as in be revoked) after seven days unless you refresh it from a Mac (or Windows system with AltStore or similar).
hn-acct 3y ago
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criddell 3y ago
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- Pfhortune 3y ago
  That's a very negative take, one that disparages the hard work of vast swaths of people that not only work to optimize WASM in browser engines but also emulator developers. Likely the small payload/resource-demands of a Gamegear ROM + retroarch core are far lighter than most modern websites. Your battery life would probably be shorter visiting a random ad-filled news website in your browser.
  - cqqxo4zV46cp 3y ago
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- talldayo 3y ago
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snailmailman 3y ago
I’ve been emulating DS games on my iPhone for a while with a web app pinned to my home screen. It warns to backup saves (and I have) but I haven’t had any issues yet. It lags a bit if my phone is in battery saving mode, but otherwise works flawlessly. Crazy that “old” but also relatively recent systems can just run in a web browser now. https://ds.44670.org/ https://ds.44670.org/
- agust 3y ago
  Another very good web app emulator is https://afterplay.io https://afterplay.io. It also works very well within the browser or installed on the homescreen.

pininja 3y ago

I’ve also enjoyed using desmume for DS emulation https://github.com/44670/desmume-wasm https://github.com/44670/desmume-wasm

speps 3y ago

What's a revoke? Why is it a problem?

rezonant 3y ago
Guessing here, but I suspect they are referring to the revocation of the enterprise signing certificates used by gray-market iOS app stores, since native app emulators could only be distributed that way until now. It's whack-a-mole- the stores sign their executables with a new certificate, Apple finds out about it, revokes the certificate. When that happens, I imagine the software signed by that certificate will no longer run on the devices the software was installed to.
pininja 3y ago
I assume they’re referring to when the App Store revoked everyone’s emulator apps. For Apple to break these they’d probably need to remove standard web APIs.
Pfhortune 3y ago
When you load an app on your own iOS device with a free developer account, that app will fail to open (as in be revoked) after seven days unless you refresh it from a Mac (or Windows system with AltStore or similar).

hn-acct 3y ago

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criddell 3y ago

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Pfhortune 3y ago
That's a very negative take, one that disparages the hard work of vast swaths of people that not only work to optimize WASM in browser engines but also emulator developers. Likely the small payload/resource-demands of a Gamegear ROM + retroarch core are far lighter than most modern websites. Your battery life would probably be shorter visiting a random ad-filled news website in your browser.
- cqqxo4zV46cp 3y ago
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talldayo 3y ago
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snailmailman 3y ago

I’ve been emulating DS games on my iPhone for a while with a web app pinned to my home screen. It warns to backup saves (and I have) but I haven’t had any issues yet. It lags a bit if my phone is in battery saving mode, but otherwise works flawlessly. Crazy that “old” but also relatively recent systems can just run in a web browser now. https://ds.44670.org/ https://ds.44670.org/

agust 3y ago
Another very good web app emulator is https://afterplay.io https://afterplay.io. It also works very well within the browser or installed on the homescreen.