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Legend Of Zelda - Link's Awakening, now playable in HTML5

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Re: Legend Of Zelda - Link's Awakening, now playable in HTML5

#21
If your keyboard is like mine, and it doesn't like pressing Enter + Shift + Z + X (which is how you go to the save screen here), you can simulate the key combination with this quick hack:

    function simuSave() {
      gameboy.JoyPadEvent(4, true);gameboy.JoyPadEvent(5, true);gameboy.JoyPadEvent(6, true);gameboy.JoyPadEvent(7, true);
      setTimeout(function() {
        gameboy.JoyPadEvent(4, false);gameboy.JoyPadEvent(5, false);gameboy.JoyPadEvent(6, false);gameboy.JoyPadEvent(7, false);
      }, 20);
    }
Put that in Chrome's devtools or Firebug's console and call it with simuSave(). YMMV.

Re: Legend Of Zelda - Link's Awakening, now playable in HTML5

#23
post #7

Isn't this just the javascript gameboy emulator that has been posted here before? Or maybe it's a different one: https://github.com/grantgalitz/GameBoy-Online Gr, this link was hard to find, my Google-fu was weak. Previous discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2266701

Yup

My god this thing is loud. Also, at least on OSX, there is no way to lower the volume/mute that tab, individually(or even all of Firefox?!, which is insane, even Windows has the built-in). Can you add some kind of volume control? Or at least a mute button :)

Re: Legend Of Zelda - Link's Awakening, now playable in HTML5

#27
post #10

Strange thing just happened when I fired this up. I was playing some other music, and it suddenly sounded like I was blowing out my speakers. I wasn't playing the music very loud, but the bass became extremely scratchy. As soon as I closed the tab, it cleared up. (Win 7 Chrome 12.0.742.100)

You see, the problem is that chrome has bugs. Try running it in Firefox 5 for windows. It's not my fault. period. See some comments in http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/i9s9h/legend_of_zeld... for other various chrome related issues.

Oh! I didn't mean to blame you! I'm well aware of Chrome's various issues, but this one was new to me.

I didn't mean to detract from an awesome project!

Re: Legend Of Zelda - Link's Awakening, now playable in HTML5

#28
post #17
post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Use Firefox 5 then. Problem solved?

Look, the page itself doesn't have a 'Works best in Firefox 5'. There's no need to be so blunt/rude when people mention it doesn't work in other browsers. I'm sure they're not trying to insult your (awesome :) ) work.

Because these are OS-dependent bugs for certain browsers and should get fixed soon by the browser makers. :P
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