Case study

jsSMS: Master System and Game Gear emulator

jsSMS is a JavaScript emulator for Sega Master System and Game Gear ROMs, written to run quickly in mobile browsers. The README says it began as a port of JavaGear and later replaced the interpreter with a dynamic recompiler in src/compiler.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07

Stars: 152
Last commit: 2018-02-26
Language: JavaScript
License (GitHub): GPL-3.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Requirements & limits

It runs Master System and Game Gear ROMs in JavaScript.
The README credits the original JavaGear copyright to Chris White, 2002-2008.
License: GPL-3.0.

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BibTeX

@misc{jssms-case,
  title = {{jsSMS: Master System and Game Gear emulator}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/gmarty/jsSMS}},
  url = {https://github.com/gmarty/jsSMS},
  urldate = {2026-11-07},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/jssms-case/}}
}

Plain text

jsSMS: Master System and Game Gear emulator. https://github.com/gmarty/jsSMS (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/jssms-case/

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README.md GitHub · gmarty/jsSMS · Revision 5a85c08