Gameboy Pocket Emulator on Windows Phone 7

Microsoft Windows 7 Phone seems very able to run a Game Boy emulator, Silverlight and all. The emulator is still a work in progress, but the important thing to remember is that it works so far, opening the possibility for many more emulators for the platform.

The creator, Samuel Blanchard, writes that the emulator is far from complete. He says he has no RAM memory management and the ability to back up the state of the game, but he says that games are still playable. It also emphasizes that the screen is very fast, thanks to a trick I will discuss in a future article. This is all written and French, and so is the proof:



Unfortunately, an application like this is not available on Windows Mobile Marketplace. When the NES emulator was developed by Matt Bettcher, Microsoft said it violated copyright law, not be allowed in the store of Microsoft applications. Fortunately, homebrew community definitely make applications like this reaches the right hands. If not earlier this month, you can see a video of the NES emulator below:



Emulators always give us a little excited, as they bring memories of our childhood. That said, we wonder: if you have a smartphone, do you have an emulator on it?