Emulators
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This is a list of NES emulators.
Commercial
Emulator name | Author | Platform(s) | Ports and/or other details |
---|---|---|---|
acNES | Nintendo | GameCube, Game Boy Advance | Used for Animal Crossing, e-Reader, and Classic NES Series |
Virtual Console | Nintendo | Wii/3DS | Most games cost 500 Nintendo Points in Wii Shop Channel |
PocketNES | Atlus, Jaleco, Konami | Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS | source: Wikipedia |
Popular
These are commonly used or well-established.
Emulator name | Author | Platform(s) | Ports and/or other details |
---|---|---|---|
BizHawk | Multiple authors | Win32, MacOS | |
FCE Ultra GX | Tantric | Wii, GameCube | |
FCEUX | Anthony Giorgio / Mark Doliner | Win32, Linux | |
FCEUXD SP | sp | Win32 | |
Jnes | Jabosoft | Win32 | |
nemulator | James Slepicka | Win32 (Vista/7) | |
nesemu2 | holodnak | Win32, OS X, Linux | github source |
NESten | TNSe | Win32 | |
NEStopia | Martin Freij | Win32 | Linux, MacOS |
NEStopia | rdanbrook | Win32 | a.k.a. Nestopia Undead Edition. Contains bugfixes/etc. Win32 binaries are available via EmuCR |
Nintendulator | Quietust | Win32 | |
NO$NES | Martin Korth | Win32 | |
PocketNES | loopy, FluBBa, and Dwedit | Game Boy Advance | Updates on Dwedit's board |
RockNES | Zepper | Win32 | |
UberNES | M \ K Productions | Win32 | |
VirtuaNES | Norix | Win32 |
Under development
The following is a list of NES emulators that are supposedly under development, who their authors are, relevant home pages/sites, and the source of the announcement (direct or indirect).
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Before considering developing your own NES emulator, ask yourself if your efforts may be better spent helping out those who already have emulators in development! |
Emulator name | Author | Platform(s) | Ports and/or other details |
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NESICIDE (version 1) | NESICIDE | Win32 | |
NESICIDE (version 2) | NESICIDE/essial | Win32/64, Linux32/64, MacOS | |
FPGA NES | Ludde | FPGA (hardware) | |
VeriNES | jwdonal | FPGA (hardware) | Announcement |
FPGA NES | kevtris | FPGA (hardware) | |
FPGA NES | Dan Strother | FPGA (hardware) | |
NESFaCE | 6T4 | Win32 | Announcement |
kindred | Overload | Win32 | Announcement |
? | allthatremains | Win32 | Announcement |
? | amin2312 | Flash | Announcement |
ModNES | Petruza | Portable, mainly MacOS & Win32 | Announcement |
A/NES | Morgan Johansson | AmigaOS | Announcement |
puNES | FHorse | Linux32/64, Win32/64 | Announcement |
famique | sahib | Mac OS X, Win32, Linux | Announcement |
FooNES | aphex | Win32 | Announcement |
nesemu1 | Bisqwit | libSDL (portable), testing under Linux | Announcement |
MoarNES | miker00lz | Win32 | Announcement |
jaNES | crudelios | Win32 | Announcement |
? | neet | ? | Announcement |
? | foobaz | Java | Announcement |
? | MottZilla | ? | Announcement |
? | runaway pancake | ? | Announcement |
? | Vegenad | ? | Announcement |
? | johnathonrh | ? | Announcement |
Yanese | Anes | Win32 | Announcement |
? | nesemuguy | ? | Announcement |
? | Coldberg | ? | Announcement |
? | pops | ? | Announcement |
? | beannaich | ? | Announcement |
? | windwakr | ? | Announcement |
? | JuniorZ | ? | Announcement |
? | NesHackR | ? | Announcement |
? | Snaer | ? | Announcement |
? | BeTheDuck | ? | Announcement |
? | Luke | ? | Announcement |
? | The Lord | ? | Announcement |
? | essial | ? | Announcement |
? | JamesK89 | ? | Announcement |
? | yaazz | OS X | Announcement |
? | blanham | OS X | Announcement |
? | magicphenix | ? | Announcement |
? | happymaomao | ? | Announcement |
? | someone_somewhere | ? | Announcement |
? | Undubbed | ? | Announcement |
? | Muchaserres | ? | Announcement |
? | takeda | ? | Announcement |
? | albailey | ? | Announcement |
? | CaptainMuscles | ? | Announcement |
? | hatorijr | ? | Announcement |
? | tanoatnd | ? | Announcement |
? | max_sweat | ? | Announcement |
? | jjpeerless | ? | Announcement |
? | Cloudy | ? | Announcement |
? | meatloaf69 | ? | Announcement |
? | parth | FPGA (hardware) | Announcement |
? | oRBIT2002 | ? | Announcement |
? | Elessar | ? | Announcement |
? | cmoh89 | ? | Announcement |
HDNes | mkwong98 | Win32 | Announcement |
? | ehguacho | ? | Announcement |
? | nop | Java | Announcement |
MSE | Alegend45 | ? | Announcement |
? | emu_enthusiast | ? | Announcement |
? | HLorenzi | ? | Announcement |
? | haydenmuhl | ? | Announcement |
? | urbanspr1nter | ? | Announcement |
Fergulator | fergus_maximus | Mac OS X or X Windows | Announcement |
? | ermular | Win32 | Announcement |
Kryptonware | rubenhbaca | Java | Announcement |
? | natt | ? | Announcement |
? | alexwy | ? | Announcement |
? | caiiio | ? | Announcement |
? | miguelsfp | Win32 | Announcement |
? | ember | FPGA (hardware) | Announcement |
? | ninjis | ? | Announcement |
? | submarine600 | PC-8801 | Announcement |
Yane | roku6185 | libSDL (portable), testing under Linux | Announcement |
VPNES | x0000 | Win32 | Announcement |
? | proxy | ? | Announcement |
? | samfoo | ? | Announcement |
? | LightStruk | ? | Announcement |
Nezulator | Zelex | JavaScript | Announcement |
EMUya | Zelex | Ouya | Announcement |
? | dreampeppers99 | ? | Announcement |
? | Skypher | ? | Announcement |
? | graham | JavaScript | Announcement |
? | ArsonIzer | Java | Announcement |
? | SuperFXMaster | FPGA (hardware) | Announcement |
? | Choz | Win32 w/ SDL | Announcement |
? | sronsse | ? | Announcement |
? | Emu6502Writer | ? | Announcement |
? | fred | ? | Announcement |
? | janzdott | ? | Announcement |
? | d15ea5e | ? | Announcement |
? | mrhyde | ? | Announcement |