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Joe Thundercheeks edited this page Sep 22, 2025 · 112 revisions

v2.7.3 - 9/21/25

  • Updated the EmulatorJS page's CSS
  • Changed a p tag thing to span

v2.7.2 - 9/13/25

  • Changed some of the auto loading stuff for EmulatorJS

v2.7.1 - 9/8/25

  • Added the same fade animation that's on buttons to underlined text

v2.7.0 - 9/6/25

  • REWRITE of:
    • Index/home page
    • Help page
    • EmulatorJS Javascript and CSS files
    • Webretro page's (Retroarch) Javascript
  • Theme system was removed, will be re-added.
  • Retroarch page is now known as "Webretro" (EmulatorJS is Retroarch too so it didn't really make sense)
  • New animations for index and help pages
  • Fixed transparency effect not working on the Webretro page

v2.6.5 - 9/3/25

  • Changed #f9f9f9 things to pure white
  • Changed the head of all the pages' HTML to be similar
  • Changed default save state method to be download. This behavior can be changed in the settings. (You can still save/load from the browser with F1 and F2.)

v2.6.4 - 8/30/25

  • Removed text that popped up when you had no save state and tried to load it specifically with F2
  • Removed "help" h1 at the top of the help page
  • Removed top padding from index page

v2.6.3 - 8/24/25

  • Removed saves (not save states) because they don't work 99% of the time
  • Fixed "Atari" section not having a colon
  • Added text to the help page

v2.6.2 - 7/25/25

  • Fixed custom themes not working.
    • Fixed default themes not working after this change.

v2.6.1 - 7/18/25

  • Changed browser save state buttons to F1 and F2 (On Chromebook, pressing the Search/Launcher key turns the top row into 'F' keys).
  • Optimized JavaScript files.

v2.6.0 - 7/15/25

ADDED FLASH PLAYER!!! It's not included on the top menu bar, as the site's mainly for retro systems, but it can be found on the help page as "Flash Player"

  • Optimized files
  • Made internal improvements to the theme system (You might need to hard refresh every page and choose your theme again)
  • Changed the EmulatorJS settings menu

v2.5.3 - 7/13/25

  • Many systems now automatically load based on their file extension (So you won't have to choose the system)

v2.5.2 - 7/7/25

  • Changed "joe t web emulator" to "joe t emulator" so it's more consistent with the URL and other things.
  • Changed/removed buttons on the Retroarch page.
  • Fixed updates not applying on the Retroarch page.
  • Removed cloud upload buttons on the Retroarch page, as all 3 didn't work.

v2.5.1 - 7/6/25

  • Re-added PSP

v2.5.0 - 7/5/25

  • EmulatorJS v4.2.3 (minor release). Patch notes
  • Added DOSBox core, so you can now play DOS games. Screenshot of Doom 2 running: Doom 2 using DOSBox core
  • Changed text on the help page again.

v2.4.1 - 7/4/25

  • Changed some theming on the Retroarch page
  • Fixed custom themes not working on Retroarch page
  • Changed order of some of the systems at the bottom of the EmulatorJS system chooser
  • Changed "Panel" text on the custom theme menu to "Panel/Button"

v2.4.0 - 7/3/25

  • I said I added 14 systems a while ago, but 12 of them didn't work. Now they do!!! (at least they should)

  • You can now quick save state to the browser (meaning no downloading files) on the EmulatorJS page by pressing - for save and = for load (CHANGED TO F1 AND F2 AS OF v2.6.1) Screenshot_20250703_031313

  • Changed text on the help page for 27th time and organized JS and CSS files into folders

v2.3.2 - 7/2/25

  • Fixed DS touch not working on the Retroarch page
  • Fixed Retroarch page's keybind and save menu themes being broken

v2.3.1 - 7/1/25

  • Removed buttons on the EmulatorJS page when you're in game, changed icons for others
  • Fixed Retroarch box being down and to the right of the center of the page

v2.3.0 - 6/14/25

  • EmulatorJS v4.2.2 (major release). Patch notes
  • Made it so your save states stay in the browser instead of you downloading them for the EmulatorJS page

v2.2.5 - 6/5/25

  • The box on the Retroarch page has the same dimensions as the one the EmulatorJS page.
  • Gave Retroarch page the same animations as the EmulatorJS one.
  • Made it so the Retroarch page has a black background after the game loads and fixed errors.
  • The help page now has a link to the old Retroarch emulator in case you want to use that

v2.2.4 - 6/3/25

  • Fixed Retroarch page being completely broken for a week without me fixing it. 🛜

v2.2.3 - 5/30/25

  • Fixed bold text being different widths between pages

v2.2.2 - 5/27/25

  • Changed some text on the help page and fixed custom theme bugs

v2.2.1 - 5/14/25

  • Made some UI improvements to the Custom theme menu new

v2.2.0 - 5/13/25

  • CUSTOM THEMES! YOU CAN CHOOSE ANY COLOR OF THE IMAGINATION TO USE FOR THEMES!!!!!! Also I fixed the bright yellow theme being inconsistent on different pages example Custom theme menu: image

  • The EmulatorJS loading screen is now the same as the background color from the theme

v2.1.4 - 5/12/25

  • Added some cool animations to the emulatorjs page, the emulatorjs ui matches with the chosen theme in game

v2.1.3 - 5/11/25

  • Changed some UI in the emulatorjs page, everything uses local files now

v2.1.2 - 4/30/25

  • Completly got rid of the old Google site from the help page because it was really bad. 🦐

v2.1.1 - 4/24/25

  • I removed the Retroarch animations in the last update, now I added better ones

v2.1.0- 4/18/25

  • Changed the EmulatorJS page to look similar to the Retroarch one (also removed latest and nightly because they're unneeded)

v2.0.5 - 4/17/25

  • Fixed help page default theming and changed text on it

v2.0.4 - 4/15/25

  • (retroarch) Updated some theming

v2.0.3 - 4/14/25

  • (retroarch) Changed some theming, rearranged some buttons
  • (retroarch) Centered the game canvas (the screen) because it was slightly to the right for whatever reason

v2.0.2 - 4/12/25

  • (retroarch) Significantly reduced file size from 43 KB to just 10 KB. This due to the fact that I used jsDelivr instead of putting everything in 1 HTML file, which means the page won't take 76 years to load
  • (EJS) Also reduced file size
  • (retroarch) Removed the ugly ?core=autodetect in the URL
  • (retroarch) Made the top bar transparent so it doesn't conflict with other elements

v2.0.1 - 4/11/25

  • (retroarch) Changed font sizes
  • (retroarch) Made it so colors are more consistent, made the center box bigger

v2.0.0 - 4/9/25

  • ADDED WEBRETRO EMULATOR!! (to replace the old retroarch page) There are lots of bugs, so I'll add patches soon.

v1.3.1 - 4/5/25

  • Removed PSP from the console list as it was either slow when it worked or completely broken. I will readd it once it either updates to fix it or I figure out how to get it to work
  • Fixed new theme issues and removed unnecessary code. 😼

v1.3.0 - 4/4/25

  • THERE ARE NOW 14 THEMES TO CHOOSE FROM!!!! Added colors in between each other, meaning double the colors: +2 more, black/white and beige. 🐴

v1.2.3 - 4/3/25

  • Changed text on the "help" page
  • Centered a question mark on a button and removed unnecessary code

v1.2.2 - 4/2/25

  • Removed all the versions from the dropdown other than latest, stable, and nightly

v1.2.1 - 4/1/25

  • Fixed CSS bugs and changed the EmulatorJS page to use the same CSS as the rest of the site. 🐸

v1.2.0 - 3/31/25

  • 14 new systems added:
    • Arcade (FinalBurn Neo)
    • Panasonic 3DO
    • ColecoVision
    • NEC TurboGrafx 16
    • SNK NeoGeo Pocket
    • Bandai WonderSwan
    • Commodore PET
    • Commodore VIC20
    • Commodore Amiga
    • Commodore 64
    • Commodore 128
    • Commodore P/4
    • NEC PC-FX
    • MAME 2003

v1.1.2 - 3/29/25

  • fixed more color bugs

v1.1.1 - 3/27/25

  • bug fixes; changed default/blue theme to be more consistent with the others

v1.1.0 - 3/26/25

v1.0.0 - 3/20/25

  • Release
  • Migration from Google Sites, changed color of the emulator to match the new site's menus