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MAME Running In Chrome

Posted by timothy on from the ok-now-iterate-and-1-and-2-and-switch dept.

An anonymous reader writes to point out this interesting outgrowth of Google's Native Client: a Google engineer has ported MAME 0.143 to the browser-based platform, and written about the process in detail, outlining the overall strategy employed as well as specific problems that MAME presented. An impressive postscript from the conclusion: "The port of MAME was relatively challenging; combined with figuring out how to port SDL-based games and load resources in Native Client, the overall effort took us about 4 days to complete."

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  1. Re:Summary by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Hey, jackass, you do realize that native client is still in development phase and has not had general release right? Of course it isn't fully ready and functional yet. How about instead of being an asshole and judging free alpha software like you just paid 100 dollars for a shrink-wrapped box of it at Worst Buy, you just accept the fact that significant changes are likely to take place before release and saving your bitching and moaning until then. Fucking Slashdot know-mornings couldn't code themselves out of a wet paper bag slamming somebody elses product that hasn't even been released yet. Yeah, I'm surprised.