If we were to start an archival project to preserve some of these classics for posterity, it seems there are a couple of techniques. Internet Archive's strategy of collecting (public domain?) ROMs and exposing via JSMAME. Use an open clone as reference and then port again to WebGL. Or for games ported to SDL perhaps re-compile via Emscripten to Javascript.
HTML5 and browsers are becoming performant enough. Is there some other portable emulator that might be a better target?
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Great list!
If we were to start an archival project to preserve some of these classics for posterity, it seems there are a couple of techniques. Internet Archive's strategy of collecting (public domain?) ROMs and exposing via JSMAME. Use an open clone as reference and then port again to WebGL. Or for games ported to SDL perhaps re-compile via Emscripten to Javascript.
HTML5 and browsers are becoming performant enough. Is there some other portable emulator that might be a better target?
libretro is pretty cool: https://www.libretro.com/index.php/mission/