>>53522366
Do you know assembly language for the platform you want to emulate?

>>53522391
I've downloaded a manual for it, I've been reading through it, wouldn't say I know it yet though

Was thinking about tackling the Gameboy

>>53522416
Do you have any idea how a CPU works?
Because you're trying to emulate one in software.

>>53522434
I have a vague idea from a course I took in school, but I guess not.

make a saya anime emulator ^^

>>53522492
M8
This is not entry-level java course shit.

I suggest you lay off your pipe dreams of playing free games and being the super cool l33t hax0rz emulator for a time and actually hit the books.

Learn about x86 architecture, how CPU and it's different components work, what are registers and ALU, what is a heap and stack, how the cache works, what's the mobo's job in the PC, what it means to render an image, what is virtualization and software emulation in practice, what hardware does the desired device have and how it functions.

This is not a simple thing, emulation is one of the harder challenges software engineering offers.

>>53522620
I appreciate the suggestions, but it wasn't about playing "free games". There already a metric fuck ton of emulators to use for that. It was a matter of getting a better understanding of how shit worked.

I'll take a look at it though

I FUCKING LOVE SAYA

>>53522366
I co-developed a PS4 emulator with a team in Latvia. We are done with it months ago, but are too scared of lawsuits to release it.

Start with the basics. Gameboy uses a simple chip (Zilog Z-80) and those are fairly simple, but you should start with something even easier, like CHIP-8. Some links to get you started:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip-8
http://www.codeslinger.co.uk/pages/projects/chip8.html
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Creating_a_Virtual_Machine

>>53522620
He wants to learn through hands on approach. Which includes trial and error. Quit acting like you're superior and help the motherfucker you whiny bitch.