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diff --git a/src/common/libretroplatform.ts b/src/common/libretroplatform.ts
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+import { init, WASI } from '@wasmer/wasi';
+import { AnimationTimer } from './emu';
+import { Platform } from './baseplatform';
+
+export class BaseLibretroPlatform { // implements Platform {
+
+  mainElement: HTMLElement;
+  timer: AnimationTimer;
+  wasi: WASI;
+
+  constructor(mainElement) {
+    this.mainElement = mainElement;
+    this.timer = new AnimationTimer(60, this.update.bind(this));
+  }
+
+  async start() {
+    // This is needed to load the WASI library first (since is a Wasm module)
+    await init();
+
+    let wasi = new WASI({
+      env: {
+        // 'ENVVAR1': '1',
+        // 'ENVVAR2': '2'
+      },
+      args: [
+        // 'command', 'arg1', 'arg2'
+      ],
+    });
+
+    const moduleBytes = fetch("res/quicknes_libretro.wasm");
+    const module = await WebAssembly.compileStreaming(moduleBytes);
+    // Instantiate the WASI module
+    const instance = await wasi.instantiate(module, {});
+
+    // Run the start function
+    let exitCode = wasi.start();
+    let stdout = wasi.getStdoutString();
+
+    // This should print "hello world (exit code: 0)"
+    console.log(`${stdout}(exit code: ${exitCode})`);
+
+    this.wasi = wasi;
+  }
+
+  update() {
+    // TODO
+  }
+
+  reset() {
+  }
+}
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+import * as fs from 'fs';
+import { init, WASI } from '@wasmer/wasi';
+
+describe('libretro WASI', function () {
+    it('Should run core', async function () {
+        await init();
+
+        let wasi = new WASI({
+            env: {
+                // 'ENVVAR1': '1',
+                // 'ENVVAR2': '2'
+            },
+            args: [
+                // 'command', 'arg1', 'arg2'
+            ],
+        });
+
+        // import sock_accept
+        let imports = {
+            wasi_snapshot_preview1: {
+                sock_accept: function (fd, addr, addrlen) {
+                    console.log('sock_accept', fd, addr, addrlen);
+                }
+            },
+            env: {
+                // A placeholder implementation of __cxa_allocate_exception
+                __cxa_allocate_exception: (size) => {
+                    console.error('__cxa_allocate_exception called with size:', size);
+                    // You should allocate 'size' bytes and return a pointer to this memory
+                    // The implementation here depends on how your WASM module handles memory
+                    // This is just a dummy implementation and likely won't work correctly
+                    return 0; // Returning 0 as a dummy pointer
+                },
+                __cxa_throw: (ptr, type, destructor) => {
+                    console.error('__cxa_throw called, ptr:', ptr, 'type:', type, 'destructor:', destructor);
+                    // This function should not return
+                    // This is just a dummy implementation and likely won't work correctly
+                    throw new Error('cxa_throw called');
+                },
+                retro_environment_callback: function (cmd, data) {
+                    console.log('retro_environment_callback', cmd, data);
+                    return 0;
+                },
+                retro_video_refresh_callback: function (data, width, height, pitch) {
+                    console.log('retro_video_refresh_callback', data, width, height, pitch);
+                },
+                retro_audio_sample_callback: function (left, right) {
+                    console.log('retro_audio_sample_callback', left, right);
+                },
+                retro_audio_sample_batch_callback: function (data, frames) {
+                    console.log('retro_audio_sample_batch_callback', data, frames);
+                    return frames;
+                },
+                retro_input_poll_callback: function () {
+                    console.log('retro_input_poll_callback');
+                },
+                retro_input_state_callback: function (port, device, index, id) {
+                    console.log('retro_input_state_callback', port, device, index, id);
+                    return 1;
+                },
+            }
+        };
+
+        //const moduleBytes = fs.readFileSync("res/quicknes_libretro.wasm");
+        const moduleBytes = fs.readFileSync("res/stella2014_libretro.wasm");
+        const module = await WebAssembly.compile(moduleBytes);
+        // Instantiate the WASI module
+        const instance = await wasi.instantiate(module, imports);
+        const exports: any = instance.exports;
+
+        // Run the initialize function
+        exports._initialize();
+
+        console.log(exports);
+        console.log('API version', exports.retro_api_version());
+        console.log('callbacks')
+        exports.retro_init_callbacks();
+        console.log('init');
+        exports.retro_init();
+        console.log('loading');
+        const rompath = 'test/roms/nes/shoot2.c.rom';
+        // load rom bytes
+        const romdata = fs.readFileSync(rompath);
+        /*
+        const RetroGameInfo = new Struct({
+            path: 'string',
+            data: ['char',0],
+            size: 'size_t',
+            meta: ['char',0]
+        });
+        const gameinfo = new RetroGameInfo({
+            path: rompath,
+            data: romdata,
+            size: 40976,
+            meta: []
+        });
+        const library = new Wrapper({
+            manipulate: [RetroGameInfo],
+        }, {memory: instance.exports.memory});
+        library.manipulate(gameinfo);
+        console.log(gameinfo, gameinfo.ref());
+        exports.retro_load_game(gameinfo);
+        */
+        // TODO
+        const rombytes = new Int32Array(romdata.buffer, 0, romdata.length / 4);
+        //exports.retro_load_rom(rompath, rombytes, rombytes.length, "");
+
+        let biosBinary = romdata.buffer;
+        let biosptr = exports.malloc(biosBinary.byteLength);
+        console.log(biosptr, romdata.length);
+        //let biosarr = new Uint8Array(exports.memory.buffer, biosptr, biosBinary.byteLength);
+        exports.retro_load_rom(rompath, biosptr, romdata.length, rompath);
+
+        console.log('callbacks again')
+        exports.retro_init_callbacks();
+        console.log('set inputs');
+        exports.retro_set_controller_port_device(0,1);
+        exports.retro_set_controller_port_device(1,1);
+        // run
+        exports.retro_reset();
+        console.log('running');
+        exports.retro_run();
+        console.log('ran');
+    });
+});
+