Play-Yan Emulation: it's real!

Intro

After 19 years, people can finally emulate the Play-Yan. And as the only Play-Yan fan site on the web (possible???), it had to be tested. And now, you can too can emulate the Play-Yan!

What you'll need:

1. A computer that can run GBE+

2. GBE+ itself

3. Play-Yan ROM

How do I do it?

Go and download GBE+. Since Webmaster uses a Linux rig, he went for the Flatpak variety. While that's downloading, scour the Internet for a Play-Yan ROM. We will NOT be providing links to these ROMs, but a quick search on your search engine of choice will let you find one.

Open GBE+, and go to Options, then General Settings. In the general settings, change the General ROM Type to AGB - Play-Yan. You can now open up the ROM. ALWAYS do this before you run the ROM. Otherwise you'd be stuck staring at the Play-Yan title screen, waiting for it to load.

The Play-Yan shall now boot up. However, I do not know how to load up the minigames. This site tells me there's a data folder... Nevermind. I have found the data folder by searching "gbe" in the files. I have also popped a random MP3 in just for the giggles.

Now, for the moment of truth. The MP3 may have broke the thing, so I have substituted the other file with one I know works on a Play-Yan. Hold on... the special rom type was turned off! Let's try again.

Let's see if this thing can play some MP3, shall we? MP3s show up, but I don't hear the Play-Yan's UI beep or any sound whatsoever. Now, to play some Jump. It works, but I have a web browser opened and THAT might be the cause of the sound issue (and that it ran slower than usual). 

I will, however, keep testing it out. And MAN, the Play-Yan looks gorgeous on a 1600x900 computer screen... Now I can see him in detail.

I would like to thank whoever made this possible. Might have been the edge of emulation guy (see: Resources)