Determining triggers for cloud-based emulated games

A nontransitory computer readable medium containing program instructions for generating a trigger for a trigger event in an emulated video game, and wherein execution of the program instructions by one or more processors of a computer system causes the one or more processors to carry out the steps of:

• a) delivering a set of one or more game inputs to an emulator, wherein the game inputs are configured to produce the trigger event during the advancement of the video game from a first state to a second state;
• b) receiving a set of emulated data comprising at least a set of emulated data from the first state and a set of emulated data from the second state;
• c) identifying a change between the emulated data from the first state and the emulated data from the second state that corresponds to the occurrence of the trigger event;
• and
• d) delivering a copy of the change between the emulated data from the first state and the emulated data from the second state that corresponds to the occurrence of the trigger event to the emulator.

A trigger generator configured to operate on a network, comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory coupled to the processor;
• one or more instructions embodied in memory for execution by the processor, the instructions being configured to implement a method for generating a trigger for a trigger event in an emulated video game, the method comprising:
• a) delivering a set of one or more game inputs to an emulator, wherein the game inputs are configured to produce the trigger event during the advancement of the video game from a first state to a second state;
• b) receiving a set of emulated data comprising at least a set of emulated data from the first state and a set of emulated data from the second state;
• c) identifying a change between the emulated data from the first state and the emulated data from the second state that corresponds to the occurrence of the trigger event;
• and
• d) delivering a copy of the change between the emulated data from the first state and the emulated data from the second state that corresponds to the occurrence of the trigger event to the emulator.