PS2 games run in the browser via static recompilation
What happened
On October 12 a Show HN post on the Hacker News front page described statically recompiling PS2 games to WebAssembly so they run in the browser without an emulator. The developer compiles the game's Emotion Engine machine code ahead of time to C++, then to WebAssembly, alongside a reimplementation of the PS2 operating system and hardware, with WebGPU for graphics. Together these let PS2 games run in the browser. Static recompilation plus the system and hardware reimplementation are the main technical paths the post describes.
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- Hacker News front pageShow HN: PS2 games statically recompiled to WebAssembly
开发者将 PS2 游戏的 Emotion Engine 机器码提前编译为 C++ 并转为 WebAssembly，配合 PS2 操作系统与硬件的重实现及 WebGPU 绘图，实现浏览器中无需模拟器运行 PS2 游戏。
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