diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 745b91b..edb4112 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -810,8 +810,29 @@ elseif(PLATFORM STREQUAL "emscripten")
       src/input/OpenPinDevHandler.cpp
    )
 
+   # PinMAME VPX-side plugin glue (registers VPinMAME.Controller for real
+   # ROM-driven scoring/switches/solenoids) - statically linked and
+   # registered from player.cpp instead of desktop VP's dynamic /plugins
+   # folder scan, same as the built-in "vpx" plugin already is. The real
+   # emulation core it drives (libpinmame.a) is staged into
+   # VPINBALL_WASM_DEPS_DIR by vpinball-wasm's own build-deps.sh (see
+   # patches/pinmame/ for the 3 portability fixes that wasm32 build needed).
+   set(VPX_PINMAME_PLUGIN_SOURCES
+      plugins/pinmame/common.cpp
+      plugins/pinmame/PinMAMEPlugin.cpp
+      plugins/pinmame/Controller.cpp
+      plugins/pinmame/ControllerSettings.cpp
+      plugins/pinmame/Game.cpp
+      plugins/pinmame/Games.cpp
+      plugins/pinmame/GameSettings.cpp
+      plugins/pinmame/Rom.cpp
+      plugins/pinmame/Roms.cpp
+      plugins/pinmame/Settings.cpp
+   )
+
    add_executable(vpinball
       ${VPX_STANDALONE_SOURCES}
+      ${VPX_PINMAME_PLUGIN_SOURCES}
       ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/core/EmscriptenBridge.cpp
    )
 
@@ -824,6 +845,7 @@ elseif(PLATFORM STREQUAL "emscripten")
       ${VPINBALL_WASM_DEPS_DIR}/include/libwinevbs/wine/include
       src
       plugins
+      plugins/pinmame
    )
 
    target_compile_definitions(vpinball PRIVATE
@@ -863,6 +885,7 @@ elseif(PLATFORM STREQUAL "emscripten")
       freetype
       freeimage
       winevbs
+      pinmame
       glad
    )
 
diff --git a/src/core/player.cpp b/src/core/player.cpp
index 60c7d5f..ec9ebdd 100644
--- a/src/core/player.cpp
+++ b/src/core/player.cpp
@@ -79,6 +79,19 @@ using namespace VPX;
 // leave as-is as e.g. VPM relies on this
 #define WIN32_PLAYER_WND_CLASSNAME _T("VPPlayer")
 
+#ifdef __EMSCRIPTEN__
+// Statically-linked player plugin entry points (see the __EMSCRIPTEN__
+// branch in Player::Player below) - same declaration shape used for the
+// iOS/Android static plugin table in lib/src/VPinballLib.cpp, just declared
+// at file scope here since MSGPI_EXPORT's __attribute__((visibility(...)))
+// isn't accepted on a block-scope declaration.
+MSGPI_EXPORT void MSGPIAPI PinMAMEPluginLoad(const uint32_t sessionId, const MsgPluginAPI* api);
+MSGPI_EXPORT void MSGPIAPI PinMAMEPluginUnload();
+
+// For PinmameEmscriptenStep(), called once per frame in EmscriptenStepFrame()
+// below - see that function's own comment.
+#include "pinmame/libpinmame.h"
+#endif
 
 Player::Player(PinTable *const table, const PlayMode playMode)
    : m_ptable(table)
@@ -128,6 +141,24 @@ Player::Player(PinTable *const table, const PlayMode playMode)
    
 #ifdef __LIBVPINBALL__
    VPinballLib::VPinballLib::SetupStaticPlugins(m_pluginManager);
+#elif defined(__EMSCRIPTEN__)
+   // A browser sandbox has no dynamic-library-loading /plugins folder to
+   // scan (see the ScanPluginFolder call in the #else branch below), so
+   // player plugins have to be statically linked into this same wasm binary
+   // and registered by function pointer instead - the same technique
+   // VPinballLib::SetupStaticPlugins already uses for the iOS/Android
+   // library build (lib/src/VPinballLib.cpp), just scoped here to the one
+   // plugin vpinball-wasm actually ships: PinMAME, which is what lets
+   // table scripts get a real (non-Nothing) VPinMAME.Controller for ROM-
+   // driven scoring/switches/solenoids instead of failing on
+   // CreateObject("VPinMAME.Controller") - see patches/pinmame/ for the
+   // wasm32 portability fixes its emulation core (libpinmame) needed.
+   //
+   // Registered only, not Load()-ed here: the per-plugin enable/Load loop
+   // just below (shared with the dynamic-scan #else branch) already does
+   // that for every entry in m_pluginManager.GetPlugins(), so calling Load()
+   // here too would just load it twice.
+   m_pluginManager.RegisterPlugin("PinMAME", "PinMAME", "PinMAME", "", "", "https://github.com/vpinball/pinmame", &PinMAMEPluginLoad, &PinMAMEPluginUnload);
 #else
    class SDLModuleLoader final : public MsgPI::MsgModuleLoader
    {
@@ -2002,6 +2033,12 @@ bool Player::EmscriptenStepFrame()
    if (GetCloseState() != CS_PLAYING && GetCloseState() != CS_USER_INPUT)
       return false;
 
+   // PinMAME (VPinMAME.Controller for ROM-driven tables) is likewise
+   // single-threaded here instead of running on its own real thread - see
+   // PinmameEmscriptenStep's own comment in libpinmame.cpp. A no-op when no
+   // ROM-based table has called Controller.Run().
+   PinmameEmscriptenStep();
+
    UpdateGameLogic();
    PrepareFrame();
    UpdateGameLogic();