GoRK's Journal: Incredible - SNES Emulated on GameBoy Advance!

I just discovered that a SNES emulator for the GBA that will apparently run at "Playable" speeds is currently in development and fairly close to an initial release by none other than Loopy, the fellow who brought us PocketNES, the absolutely incredible NES emulator. PocketNES was the reason I bought a GBA in the first place.

There is apparently a video demo floating around out there somewhere, but I was unable to locate it. The emulator runs without sound (at least currently). Porting games is one thing, but it's quite amazing that that a system with such similar capabilities and specifications can be emulated on the GBA with all the extra things that have to happen to make things work. Take a look at the specifications:

SNES CPU 16-Bit CPU - 3.58mhz
GBA CPU 32-Bit ARM - 16.7 mhz

SNES Work RAM 128 Kb (CPU internal)
GBA Work RAM 256 Kbyte (external to CPU)

SNES Video RAM 16Kb (CPU internal)
GBA Video Ram 32 Kbyte + 96 Kbyte VRAM (in CPU)

SNES Total Colors 32,768
GBA Total Colors 32,768

SNES Onscreen Colors 256
GBA Onscreen Colors 511 (character mode)

SNES Colors in Bitmap Mode 256
GBA Colors in Bitmap Mode 32,768

SNES Resolution 256x224 (512x448 hires)
GBA Resolution 240x160 fixed

SNES Sprites 128 Max size 64x64
GBA Sprites 128 Max size 64x64

SNES Scrolling H, V, Diag
GBA Scrolling H, V, Diag

SNES Sound 8-bit 8 channel Sony
GBA Sound 8-bit 2 channel + GBC sound

SNES SRAM Available
GBA SRAM Available

SNES Max Cart Size 48mbit (6MB)
GBA Max Cart Size 256mbit (32MB) (Flash carts to 128MB with bank switching)

Update!

I found the video. You can get it here -- while the link stays up anyway...