PSX Party
Games
browser emulator
SHOW HN2020
How HN took it
18 positive, 30 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 10 critical, out of 59 comments about the project. Thread score +0.19.
Idea: 14 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 4 againstDesign: 2 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Fun nostalgic idea for playing old games with friends
From 4 comments
SNES party helped my partner and I get through the Covid quarantine apart from each other. I'm really happy to see efforts like this. Hopefully the author open sources this so…
Nuzzerino on HNTekken 3 nostalgia
gfalcao on HNA way to bring back my memories...
germanka on HNI've been dreaming of something like this for a while. This is amazing. Thank you so much!
chejazi on HN
Easy to get two players into a game
From 1 comment
I found their NES version[0] just the other day, tried it with a friend, and there was a consistent 0.5-1s delay with button inputs. We both tried hosting, but had same issue and…
hellojason on HN
Objections
Input lag and frame skipping in performance
From 3 comments
I found their NES version[0] just the other day, tried it with a friend, and there was a consistent 0.5-1s delay with button inputs. We both tried hosting, but had same issue and…
hellojason on HNGreat idea, but the performance is very poor for me. The games skip frames all the time, almost like a slideshow. I've only tested it locally, by the way. (Windows 10, Chrome,…
Karuma on HNAs someone working on real time streaming, I find this both interesting and impressive, but I also cannot shake the feeling that WebRTC will be too slow for most games. At least…
fxtentacle on HN
Gamepad mapping cannot be configured
From 1 comment
This is very neat but gamepad mapping can't be configured and the browser default "standard" mapping doesn't work very well (at least with my Xbox one controller). If you visit…
framp on HN
Stalls on Initializing screen for some users
From 1 comment
Why does it stall in "Initializing..."?
plumeria on HN
Requests
Multitap support for more than two players
From 1 comment
Amazing. Needs multitap support for more than two players!
rtb on HN
Open source release
From 2 comments
SNES party helped my partner and I get through the Covid quarantine apart from each other. I'm really happy to see efforts like this. Hopefully the author open sources this so…
Nuzzerino on HNThis isn't open-sourced is it?
okokok___ on HN
Game caching
From 1 comment
Is there a way to cache games?
arvinsim on HN
Questions
How does multiplayer work: host streaming or lockstep sync
From 2 comments
So how does this work? Does the "host" run the emulator and stream the video feed of it and accept inputs, or do both players run the emulator in lockstep or something? The first…
grishka on HNDoes it stream video, draw commands, or emulator state?
remram on HN
BIOS legality
From 1 comment
AFAIUI the legal gray area with PSX emulation (and many other consoles) wasn't limited to just the ROMs, but also the console BIOS. Most emulators would tell you to dump (or…
_underfl0w_ on HN
Alternatives named
NES Party and SNES Party
From 2 comments
I found their NES version[0] just the other day, tried it with a friend, and there was a consistent 0.5-1s delay with button inputs. We both tried hosting, but had same issue and…
hellojason on HNSNES party helped my partner and I get through the Covid quarantine apart from each other. I'm really happy to see efforts like this. Hopefully the author open sources this so…
Nuzzerino on HN
Dolphin Netplay
From 1 comment
Emulators are very impressive! The biggest innovation here is running the emulator in browser (presumably a WASM cross-compilation of an existing desktop emulator?). Dolphin has…
singhrac on HN
Jitsi
From 1 comment
Jitsi
chefkoch on HN