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EmulatorJS Version 4.0 Re-write

As of version 4.0, EmulatorJS is no longer a reverse engineered version of https://www.emulatorjs.com/open in new window. I (Ethanopen in new window) spent several weeks re-writing the program, making it better, faster, fixing audio, iOS/Safari support, and the core quality. The backend is actually worth working on now.

EmulatorJS & LinuxServer

Both Ethan O'Brien's EmulatorJSopen in new window and LinuxServer's EmulatorJSopen in new window had humble beginnings by seeing the service on the ad ridden https://www.emulatorjs.com/open in new window and thought, 'I could make this better.'

  • EmulatorJS stuck with the original idea that is to serve as a backend used to embed the emulators into a website for maximum customizability, but also to remove ads and remove outside dependencies.

  • LinuxServer on the other hand, took things a different route. Their organization's goal is to containerize applications, and in this case, they built a front end (inspired by HyperSpinopen in new window) to automate creating the website and a backend ROM management system to automatically download and share artwork and media as well as update the ROM hash database for better, more accurate ROM-database linking.

Sources:

https://github.com/linuxserver/emulatorjs/issues/24open in new windowhttps://github.com/EmulatorJS/EmulatorJS/discussions/260open in new windowhttps://github.com/EmulatorJS/EmulatorJS/discussions/262#discussioncomment-4124425open in new window

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Contributors: Isaiah Koontz, Ethan O'Brien