HTML5 Gameboy Emulation Comes to the iPhone

While classic gaming has certainly been possible on iOS for a while now, for the most part that has required some kind of jailbreak to accomplish. Lets be honest: there are many members of the iPhone community that dont want to jailbreak their phones for reasons related to performance or technological know-how, so this often leaves the more official types in the dust when it comes to homebrew developments.

Im here today to tell you that in some senses that time is over with the release of JS Gameboy Color Centers web-based Gameboy/Gameboy Color emulator for the iPhone. With a quick navigation over to this link youll have access to over 100 classic Nintendo games that can be played right on your phone. From Mario to Duck Hunt all of your favorites are along for the ride in this clever HTML5 package. Just like their homebrew counterparts, playing is as simple as tapping the control pad that appears on your touch screen. From there the fun is all yours!

While it should be noted that not all games are going to run at a smooth 60fps, (most wont) this is still a step forward for the community in that it shows what HTML5 programming can offer. This is only the beginning of a long line of strong browser-based innovations based on that type of coding to come. Now go get your Mario on!

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