I remember back in late 1990s when I discovered the 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) on emulators and illegal ROM games, became craze in Internet.
Until yesterday, my friend shared with me, to check out the gaming site: vNES or Virtual NES, that allows playing any 8-bit Nintendo games (including homebrew and unreleased games) on web browser without needing to download into local hard drive.
The only real requirement to play those 8-bit games is that you need Java 1.5.0 or higher to play on the computer.
The only interesting part in my mind about vNES, can this emulator be played on Internet Browser over gaming platforms I own: Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DSi and PlayStation3? I bought my time to take some experiment to try this out if it is compatible with browser platform. I selected the vNES game page, Super Mario Bros 3 to try:
Wii: Internet Channel
Developed by Opera Software, I just discovered that Opera does not support Java package. The screenshot would look like on my 42-inch LCD HDTV:
The screenshot displayed: "Because of a lack of the Java Standard Edition environment, vNES is not currently supported on the Nintendo Wii."
Source: Wikipedia - Wii Internet Channel
Wikipedia - Opera Browser
Nintendo DSi Browser (Titled: Opera Browser)
Another one for Opera Software, I tried to get into selected game to play, and I get the whole black screen on web browser with nothing in there:
PlayStation 3 Internet Browser
Built by Netfront (a microbrowser for embedded devices) and developed by Access Co. Ltd. of Japan, I get the same whole black screen as DSi.
Source: Wikipedia - Netfront
Conclusion
All three gaming platforms with Internet web browser application does not support Java 1.5.0 package which is required to run and play Virtual NES games, it is sad to see that I am unable to play NES on web browser-based emulator on gaming systems.
Same with iPhone all these companies need to stand up and support Java!!
Posted by Anonymous | June 1, 2009 5:39 AM