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#52

README Pictures Not Displaying

Fixed certain screenshot pictures not displaying by removing alt text.

#51

Stuck at boot screen.

Hello, I have used this emulator before and wanted to start coding with it again. I just cloned it and threw in the XAudio stuff, loaded my BIOS and a ROM to test. I used the same BIOS and ROM as I used ...

  • Opened by donaldej Apr 4, 2017
  • 1 comment
#50

saix2 filter

Please add Saix2 filter to improve the look of the games.

#49

How to get this to work

Im not super into computers so I dont know how to get it to work so can someone tell me all of the steps one by one.

#48

E-reader

Hi, is there anyway to utilize the e-reader with IodineGBA?

#47

No Preloads?

I can't download emulators and I would really love a list of preloaded games (Please add Zero Mission if you do!). Could you please add this in sometime in the future? Thanks!

  • Opened by Nt45 Feb 14, 2017
  • 9 comments
#46

On Screen Controls for Mobile Devices

I am not able to figure out if it works on mobile iOS, however, a similar emulator worked, so I imagine this would too. If on screen controls were added you could run the program on phones and tablets ...

  • Opened by oVexlz Feb 13, 2017
  • 4 comments
#45

Design improvements

Do you have interest in someone else improve the design and implement in the CSS? If you do, I can make some proposals and bring it to discuss.

#44

How to import save state

Hi, when I try to import a saveState, I call to the function importSave which is in saves.js. I don't get any warning or error, but the emulator stills running the rom that was loaded at the beginning, ...

#43

Save State

When closing a window, it would be nice to have the game state saved, so when I open my browser back up, I can resume from exactly the spot where I stopped.