Google developer writes Amiga 500 emulator that runs in the browser

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Google developer Christian Stefansen has released an Amiga emulator that runs directly in the browser. The emulator runs a Commodore Amiga 500 inside Chrome by using the Portable Native Client which is a sandbox for running compiled C and C++ code in the browser.

 

 

The emulator hasn’t been written from scratch but is based on UAE, the Universal Amiga Emulator meaning it’s a full fledged emulator. UAE also powers other Amiga emulators such as WinUAE that emulates the the OS on Windows and FS-UAE that runs Amiga on many operating systems including Linux, Windows and Mac OS X.

 

The Amiga ROM and OS are provided by the company Cloanto who holds the copyrights of Commodore and Amiga. The same company has also provided the First Demos files. It’s also possible to run own disk images in the emulator’s two drives. The emulator accepts Amiga Disk Files (ADF) files .

 

While the emulator runs in a browser screen it’s possible to run it full-screen. It’s also possible to connect an USB gamepad.

 

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