Brandon Coppernoll Internet marketing, social media, web based strategy and development in Indiana

Google Chrome supports original NES games

Before everyone writes me off as a Google fan boy I would like to point out that while I do have Google Chrome on my work laptop for cross-browser testing I still do not use this browser as my default. I have switched over to Firefox a long time ago for reasons that anyone in my line of work would know, but I couldn't help but notice this feature when I came across my source on Mashable.com.

Well, a chap named Ben Firshman ported a NES emulator called vNES into JavaScript, creating JSNES. Yes, it works in Firefox 3.5 and in Safari 4, but thanks to its JavaScript optimizations, it runs about 10 times faster in Chrome.

Chrome has definite apparent JavaScript advantages, but the browser itself is still young. I will be watching and waiting from a development perspective to see the improvements that come in the future. I think for any gaming fan they can appreciate the opportunity to play original NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) games once again.

To play, you only need to open this address in Google Chrome, and choose a ROM. I’ve tried out a couple of games and gotten an average FPS of around 50, compared to an unplayable 5 in Firefox.

I will probably give these ROMs the "old college try" because I would love to take a walk down memory lane. Sometimes there's nothing more enjoyable than old school original NES games.

Source: Another Reason to Switch to Chrome: Good Old NES Games