Pokemon Emerald WebAssembly port
The most recommended of 4 game ports
Fans praise its polish, beauty and speed-up feature, which removes grinding. Common caveat: crashes, freezes and missed button presses, with bugs reported.
Fans praise its polish, beauty and speed-up feature, which removes grinding. Common caveat: crashes, freezes and missed button presses, with bugs reported.
20 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 12
- criticize it
- 8
- approval share
- 60%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 12 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 1.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Speed-up removes grinding
“Speed up removes the chore feeling. I get bugs that make me loose the progress”
Comment from 7 Jun 2026 in “Pokemon Emerald Ported to WebAssembly (100k FPS)” “Cool! I like the speeding up feature.”
Comment from 6 Jun 2026 in “Pokemon Emerald Ported to WebAssembly (100k FPS)” Impressive, polished port
“This is amazing. Are the left right up down controls a bit wonky?”
Comment from 6 Jun 2026 in “Pokemon Emerald Ported to WebAssembly (100k FPS)” “This is beautiful! With this it can all be done in-process.”
Comment from 7 Jun 2026 in “Pokemon Emerald Ported to WebAssembly (100k FPS)” Praised as a top Pokemon game
“it is my favorite of the games that have been disassembled”
Comment from 6 Jun 2026 in “Pokemon Emerald Ported to WebAssembly (100k FPS)” “Emerald is well regarded as the best of Generation 3”
Comment from 6 Jun 2026 in “Pokemon Emerald Ported to WebAssembly (100k FPS)”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Crashes and freezes in menus
“It currently freezes if you attempt to go to your Pokemon from the menu, and also when your starter evolves at level 16”
Comment from 7 Jun 2026 in “Pokemon Emerald Ported to WebAssembly (100k FPS)” “I crashed opening the Pokemon bag on the first fight”
Comment from 6 Jun 2026 in “Pokemon Emerald Ported to WebAssembly (100k FPS)” “Crashed when using a potion vs May”
Comment from 6 Jun 2026 in “Pokemon Emerald Ported to WebAssembly (100k FPS)” Button presses missed or unresponsive
“I can't get past the start page; I press all the buttons but nothing happens.”
Comment from 7 Jun 2026 in “Pokemon Emerald Ported to WebAssembly (100k FPS)” “does not pick up my A press if I release and then re-press it again quickly”
Comment from 7 Jun 2026 in “Pokemon Emerald Ported to WebAssembly (100k FPS)” “This is amazing. Are the left right up down controls a bit wonky?”
Comment from 6 Jun 2026 in “Pokemon Emerald Ported to WebAssembly (100k FPS)” No sound and buggy
“This has no sound and is horribly bugged.”
Comment from 7 Jun 2026 in “Pokemon Emerald Ported to WebAssembly (100k FPS)” “somebody vibeslopped a buggy WASM port”
Comment from 6 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: Pokémon Emerald Ported to Raspberry Pi Pico 2”
Other game ports people recommend
The three most recommended other game ports, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pokemon Emerald WebAssembly portThis page | 12 | 8 | 60% | 2 | — | — |
| Ship of Harkinian | 8 | 0 | 100% | 7 | — | — |
| Ogre Battle 64 Recompiled | 7 | 2 | 78% | 1 | — | — |
| Quake-SRP | 6 | 0 | 100% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
16 of the 20 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“somebody vibeslopped a buggy WASM port”
“Speed up removes the chore feeling. I get bugs that make me loose the progress”
“I can't get past the start page; I press all the buttons but nothing happens.”
“This has no sound and is horribly bugged.”
“It currently freezes if you attempt to go to your Pokemon from the menu, and also when your starter evolves at level 16”
“This is beautiful! With this it can all be done in-process.”
“does not pick up my A press if I release and then re-press it again quickly”
“I couldn't get trading working but maybe I'm doing something wrong.”
“I crashed opening the Pokemon bag on the first fight”
“This is amazing. Are the left right up down controls a bit wonky?”
“Cool! I like the speeding up feature.”
“Crashed when using a potion vs May”
“Now I'm getting 3000+FPS on my ancient Thinkpad T520.”
“it is my favorite of the games that have been disassembled”
“Emerald is well regarded as the best of Generation 3”
“Confirming that saving genuinely works. Interesting stuff.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.