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This is a '''list of NES emulators'''.
This is a '''list of NES emulators'''.
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== Commercial ==
== Commercial ==
{| class="tabular"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Emulator name
! Emulator name
! Author
! Author
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| Nintendo
| Nintendo
| GameCube, Game Boy Advance
| GameCube, Game Boy Advance
| Used for Animal Crossing, e-Reader, and Classic NES Series
| Used for Animal Crossing, e-Reader, and Classic NES Series. The name "acNES" is unofficial, as Nintendo has not released this emulator as a distinct product. Information from TCRF indicates that it may be called "QFC".
|-
|-
| Virtual Console
| Virtual Console
| Nintendo
| Nintendo
| Wii
| Wii/Wii U/3DS
| Most games cost 500 Nintendo Points in Wii Shop Channel
| Most games cost 500 Nintendo Points in Wii Shop Channel. The 3DS version uses the [[TNES]] file format.
|-
|-
| PocketNES
| [http://www.dwedit.org/gba/pocketnes.php PocketNES]
| Atlus, Jaleco, Konami
| loopy, FluBBa, and Dwedit
| Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS
| Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS
| source: [[wikipedia:PocketNES#Commercial_use|Wikipedia]]
| Used commercially for some emulated re-releases by Atlus, Jaleco, Konami
|-
| Nintendo Entertainment System/Family Computer - Nintendo Switch Online
| Nintendo
| Nintendo Switch
| Available for users with a Nintendo Switch Online Membership. Game selection differs between regions.
|-
|}
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These are commonly used or well-established.
These are commonly used or well-established.


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{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Emulator name
! Emulator name
! Author
! Author
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! Ports and/or other details
! Ports and/or other details
|-
|-
| [http://wiibrew.org/wiki/FCE_Ultra_GX FCE Ultra GX]
| [https://github.com/TASEmulators/BizHawk BizHawk] || Multiple authors || Win32, Linux
| Tantric
| Wii, GameCube
|
|-
|-
| [http://fceux.com/web/home.html FCEUX]
| [http://wiibrew.org/wiki/FCE_Ultra_GX FCE Ultra GX] || Tantric || Wii, GameCube
| Anthony Giorgio / Mark Doliner
| Win32, Linux
|
|-
|-
| [http://www.the-interweb.com/serendipity/index.php?/categories/9-FCEUXD-SP FCEUXD SP]
| [http://fceux.com/web/home.html FCEUX] || Anthony Giorgio / Mark Doliner || Win32, macOS, Linux
| sp
| Win32
|
|-
|-
| [http://jabosoft.com/?categoryid=1 Jnes]
| [https://github.com/higan-emu/higan higan] || Near (formerly as byuu) || Win32, FreeBSD, Linux, macOS
| Jabosoft
| Win32
|
|-
|-
| [http://www.nemulator.com nemulator]
| [http://fms.komkon.org/iNES/ iNES] || Marat Fayzullin || Win32 and Linux
| James Slepicka
| Win32 (Vista/7)
|
|-
|-
| [http://tnse.zophar.net/NESten.htm NESten]
| [http://jabosoft.com/categories/1 Jnes] || Jabosoft || Win32
| TNSe
| Win32
|
|-
|-
| [http://nestopia.sourceforge.net/ NEStopia]
| [http://www.mesen.ca/ Mesen] || Sour || Win32, Linux/.NET || [http://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?p=164372#p164372 Announcement] / [https://github.com/SourMesen/Mesen Source], excellent debugger
| Martin Freij
| Win32
| [http://rbelmont.mameworld.info/?page_id=200 Linux] port
|-
|-
| [http://www.qmtpro.com/~nes/nintendulator/ Nintendulator]
| [http://www.nemulator.com nemulator] || James Slepicka || Win32
| Quietust
| Win32
|
|-
|-
| [http://pocketnes.org/ PocketNES]
| [https://github.com/holodnak/nesemu2 nesemu2] || holodnak || Win32, OS X, Linux
| loopy, FluBBa, and Dwedit
|-
| Game Boy Advance
| [http://0ldsk00l.ca/nestopia/ Nestopia UE] || rdanbrook || Linux, BSD, Win7+ || a.k.a. Nestopia Undead Edition. Contains bugfixes/etc.<br />Windows binaries are available [http://sourceforge.net/projects/nestopiaue/ at Sourceforge] or [http://www.emucr.com/search/label/Nestopia at EmuCR]
| Updates on [http://www.dwedit.org/dwedit_board/viewtopic.php?id=409 Dwedit's board]
|-
| [http://nintaco.com Nintaco] || zeroone || Java (Windows, GNU/Linux, macOS) || [http://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=12185 Announcement] [https://nintaco.com/source.html Source] [https://nintaco.com/api.html API] [https://nintaco.com/faq.html FAQ] [https://nintaco.com/screenshots.html Screenshots]
|-
| [https://www.qmtpro.com/~nes/nintendulator/ Nintendulator] || Quietust || Win32 || [http://kkfos.aspekt.fi/projects/nes/tools/nintendulatordx/ Nintendulator DX] (by [[User:Thefox|thefox]]) for an even more-improved debugger
|-
|-
| [http://www.rocknes.net/ RockNES]
| [http://problemkaputt.de/nes.htm NO$NES] || Martin Korth || Win32
| Zepper (Fx3)
| Win32
|
|-
|-
| [http://www.ubernes.com/ UberNES]
| [http://www.dwedit.org/gba/pocketnes.php PocketNES] || loopy, FluBBa, and Dwedit || Game Boy Advance || Updates on [http://www.dwedit.org/dwedit_board/viewtopic.php?id=409 Dwedit's board]
| M \ K Productions
| Win32
|
|-
|-
| [http://virtuanes.s1.xrea.com/ VirtuaNES]
| [http://rocknes.web.fc2.com RockNES] || Zepper (formerly Fx3) || Win32
| Norix
| Win32
|
|}
|}


== Under development ==
== 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).
The following is a list of NES emulators that are under development, who their authors are, relevant home pages/sites, and the source of the announcement (direct or indirect). Only projects are listed that had a release in form of source or binary.


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{| class="tabular"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Emulator name
! Emulator name
! Author
! Author
! Platform(s)
! Technology(s) / Platform(s)
! Ports and/or other details
! Ports and/or other details
|-
|-
| [http://nesicide1.nesicide.com/ NESICIDE (version 1)]
| [http://www.nesicide.com/ NESICIDE] || cpow || Qt, C++ / Win32 / Win64, Linux32, Linux64, macOS || [https://github.com/christopherpow/nesicide Source]
| NESICIDE
|-
| Win32
| [http://www.crazysmart.net.au/kindred kindred] || Overload || Win32 || [http://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=10429 Announcement]
|
|-
| [http://nes.goondocks.se/anes.php A/NES] || Morgan Johansson || AmigaOS || [http://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?t=1279 Announcement]
|-
| [https://github.com/punesemu/puNES puNES] || FHorse || Qt, C++ / Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Win32 || [http://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?t=6928 Announcement]
|-
| [https://github.com/crudelios/jaNES jaNES] || crudelios || C++ / Win32 || [http://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?p=89751 Announcement]
|-
| [https://github.com/mkwong98/HDNes HDNes] || mkwong98 || C++ / Win32 || [https://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=9935 Announcement]
|-
| [https://github.com/scottferg/Fergulator Fergulator] || fergus_maximus || Golang, SDL / Linux, Windows, macOS || [http://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=9292 Announcement]
|-
| [https://github.com/eteran/pretendo Pretendo] || proxy || C++ / Linux/BeOS/Win32 || [http://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=10045 Announcement]
|-
| [https://github.com/Fisherman166/NES-Emulator NES-Emulator] || Dartht33bagger || C, SDL || [http://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=10266 Announcement]
|-
| [https://github.com/nwidger/nintengo nintengo] || nwidger || Golang, SDL / Linux, Windows, macOS ||
|-
| [https://github.com/rockcarry/ffnes ffnes] || rockcarry || C / Win32 || [http://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=11948 Announcement]
|-
| [https://github.com/peteward44/WebNES WebNES] || peteward44 || Javascript || [http://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=12006 Announcement] / [http://peteward44.github.io/WebNES Live demo]
|-
|-
| [http://nesicide2.nesicide.com/ NESICIDE (version 2)]
| [https://github.com/aL4ix/O-Nes-Sama O-Nes-Sama] || Fumarumota, aLaix || C++, SDL2 / Win32, Linux) || [http://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=11287 Announcement]
| NESICIDE/essial
| Win32/64, Linux32/64, MacOS
|
|-
|-
| [https://rm-rfroot.net/nes_fpga/ VeriNES]
| [https://github.com/jpikl/cfxnes cfxnes] || jonyzz || Javascript || [http://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=12315 Announcement] / [http://cfxnes.herokuapp.com/ Live demo]
| jwdonal
| FPGA (hardware)
| [http://nesdev.parodius.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=6157 Announcement]
|-
|-
| [http://danstrother.com/fpga-nes/ FPGA NES]
| [https://github.com/amaiorano/nes-emu nes-emu] || daroou || C++, SDL2 / Win32, Linux || [http://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?p=143752#p143752 Announcement]
| Dan Strother
| FPGA (hardware)
|-
|-
| [http://code.google.com/p/nesface/ NESFaCE]
| [https://github.com/fogleman/nes fogleman/nes] || Michael Fogleman || Golang, OpenGL, PortAudio / Linux, Windows, macOS || [https://medium.com/@fogleman/i-made-an-nes-emulator-here-s-what-i-learned-about-the-original-nintendo-2e078c9b28fe Medium article]
| 6T4
| Win32
| [http://nesdev.parodius.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=7499 Announcement]
|-
|-
| ?
| [https://github.com/dgrigoriou1/NES-Emu NES-Emu] || imid || C#, .NET || [http://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?p=222378#p222378 Announcement]
| allthatremains
| Win32
| [http://nesdev.parodius.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=5108 Announcement]
|-
|-
| [http://www.aminlab.cn/app/nes/ ?]
| [https://gitlab.com/hex-usr/nSide nSide] || hex_usr || C++ || Fork of byuu's higan-nes. [http://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=12792 Announcement]
| amin2312
| Flash
| [http://nesdev.parodius.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=5678 Announcement]
|-
|-
| ModNES
| [https://github.com/andrew-hoffman/halfnes HalfNES] || Grapeshot || Java ||
| Petruza
| Portable, mainly MacOS & Win32
| [http://nesdev.parodius.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=6159 Announcement]
|-
|-
| [http://www.anes.se/ A/NES]
| [https://github.com/Feuerwerk/fpgaNES fpgaNES] || Feuerwerk42 || VHDL, Verilog / FPGA (hardware) || [http://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=13966&p=166338 Announcement]
| Morgan Johansson
| AmigaOS
| [http://nesdev.parodius.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=1279 Announcement]
|-
|-
| puNES
| [https://github.com/drewying/Nintendoish Nintendoish] || drewying || Swift / Win32, macOS || [http://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=17103 Announcement]
| FHorse
| Linux32/64 Win32
| [http://nesdev.parodius.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=6928 Announcement]
|-
|-
| famique
| [https://github.com/tdondich/triforce triforce] || tdondich || JavaScript, VueJS || [http://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=17179 Announcement]
| sahib
| Mac OS X, Win32, Linux
| [http://nesdev.parodius.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=5922 Announcement]
|-
|-
| FooNES
| [https://github.com/Myself086/Project-Nested Project-Nested] || Myself086 || Assembly / SNES || [http://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=18021 Announcement]
| aphex
| Win32
| [http://nesdev.parodius.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?p=75152#75152 Announcement]
|-
|-
| ?
| [https://github.com/rodri042/nescore nescore] || rodri042 || JavaScript || [http://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?p=235687#p235687 Announcement]
| Vegenad
| ?
| [http://nesdev.parodius.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=3593 Announcement]
|-
|-
| ?
| [https://github.com/kgabis/agnes agnes] || kgabis || C with libSDL examples || [http://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=18624 Announcement]
| johnathonrh
| ?
| [http://nesdev.parodius.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=5780 Announcement]
|-
|-
| ?
| [https://github.com/JorenJoestar/HydraNes HydraNES] || BadFoolPrototype || C++, Glew/OpenGL / Win32 || [http://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=18811 Announcement] / [http://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=3829 First mention]
| Anes
| ?
| [http://nesdev.parodius.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?p=713 Announcement]
|-
|-
| ?
| [https://github.com/lukexor/tetanes TetaNES] || lukexor || Rust, SDL2 || [http://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=18972 Announcement]
| nesemuguy
| ?
| [http://nesdev.parodius.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=2798 Announcement]
|-
|-
| ?
| [https://github.com/olivecc/nos nos] || olivecc || C++, SDL2 / Linux || [http://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=19191 Announcement]
| Coldberg
| ?
| [http://nesdev.parodius.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=4231 Announcement]
|-
|-
| ?
| [https://github.com/Nax/nin nin] || Nax || C++, Qt , OpenAL, OpenGL || [http://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=19316 Announcement]
| pops
| ?
| [http://nesdev.parodius.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=6260 Announcement]
|-
|-
| ?
| [https://github.com/LilaQ/q00_nes q00.nes] || LilaQ || C++ / Win32 || [http://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=19259 Announcement]
| beannaich
| ?
| [http://nesdev.parodius.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=6240 Announcement]
|-
|-
| ?
| [https://github.com/L-Spiro/BeesNES BeesNES] || L. Spiro || C++ / Win32 / Win64 || [https://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?p=286882 First mention]
| windwakr
| ?
| [http://nesdev.parodius.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=6294 Announcement]
|-
|-
| ?
| [https://dataswamp.org/~josk/unessential/ uNESsential] || Johannes Holmberg || QBasic / DOS, Linux, Windows, macOS || [https://codeberg.org/josk/unessential Source]
| JuniorZ
| ?
| [http://nesdev.parodius.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=896 Announcement]
|-
|-
| ?
| [https://github.com/CreatureOX/nes-emulator nes-emulator] || CreatureOX || Python || [https://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?t=24735 Announcement]
| NesHackR
| ?
| [http://nesdev.parodius.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=6102 Announcement]
|-
|-
| ?
| [https://github.com/zf3/nes260 NES260] || fenzo || Verilog / FPGA (hardware) || [https://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?t=24041 Announcement] for Xilinx KV260 FPGA board
| Snaer
| ?
| [http://nesdev.parodius.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=6064 Announcement]
|-
|-
| ?
| [https://github.com/thekamalp/ArkNESS ArkNESS] ||  thekamal || C++ / Windows || [https://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?t=23736 Announcement]
| emu_enthusiast
| ?
| [http://nesdev.parodius.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=5826 Announcement]
|-
|-
| ?
| [https://github.com/daxnet/NesEmulator NesEmulator] || daxnet || C#, .NET ||
| BeTheDuck
| ?
| [http://nesdev.parodius.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=5869 Announcement]
|-
|-
| ?
| [https://github.com/maxpoletaev/dendy dendy] || Max Poletaev || Golang, raylib, Ebitengine / Linux, Windows, macOS ||
| Luke
| ?
| [http://nesdev.parodius.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=5821 Announcement]
|-
|-
| ?
| [https://github.com/kaishuu0123/chibines ChibiNES] || Koki Oyatsu || Golang, OpenGL, PortAudio / Linux, Windows, macOS ||
| The Lord
| ?
| [http://nesdev.parodius.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=5795 Announcement]
|-
|-
| ?
| [https://github.com/junnys6018/NES-Emulator NES-Emulator] || junnys6018 || C / Linux, Windows, WebAssembly ||
| essial
| ?
| [http://nesdev.parodius.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=5791 Announcement]
|-
|-
| ?
|}
| JamesK89
 
| ?
== Discontinued ==
| [http://nesdev.parodius.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=5787 Announcement]
 
These are emulators which are known to be officially discontinued, i.e. abandoned or are no longer in development.
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Emulator name
! Author
! Technology(s) / Platform(s)
! Last update
! Other details
|-
|-
| ?
| [https://archive.org/details/ha-cke-rz-kr-on-ic-kle-z LandyNES] || Alex Krasivsky || MS-DOS || 1996 || One of the first NES emulators
| yaazz
| OS X
| [http://nesdev.parodius.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=5723 Announcement]
|-
|-
| ?
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20161116081727/bloodlust.zophar.net/NESticle/nes.html NESticle] || Icer Addis || MS-DOS / Win95 || 1998
| blanham
| OS X
| [http://nesdev.parodius.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=5312 Announcement]
|-
|-
| ?
| [https://web.archive.org/web/19990423131700/http://net.dormc.nccu.edu.tw/~fanwen/index_e.htm fwNES] || Fan Wan Yang, Shu Kondo || MS-DOS || 1998 || Popularized the [[FDS_file_format|FDS]] file format
| magicphenix
| ?
| [http://nesdev.parodius.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=5703 Announcement]
|-
|-
| ?
| [http://tnse.zophar.net/NESten.htm NESten] || TNSe || Win32 || 2003
| happymaomao
| ?
| [http://nesdev.parodius.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=5678 Announcement]
|-
|-
| ?
| [http://virtuanes.s1.xrea.com/ VirtuaNES] || Norix || Win32 || 2007 || Has a real-time memory hex-editor
| someone_somewhere
| ?
| [http://nesdev.parodius.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=5638 Announcement]
|-
|-
| ?
| [http://www.the-interweb.com/serendipity/index.php?/categories/9-FCEUXD-SP FCEUXD SP] || sp || Win32 || 2007 || was merged with other FCEU forks under the name FCEUX
| Undubbed
| ?
| [http://nesdev.parodius.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=5482 Announcement]
|-
|-
| ?
| [http://nestopia.sourceforge.net/ NEStopia] || Martin Freij || Win32, OS X, Linux || 2008 || [http://rbelmont.mameworld.info/?page_id=200 Linux], [http://www.bannister.org/software/nestopia.htm MacOS]
| Muchaserres
| ?
| [http://nesdev.parodius.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=3665 Announcement]
|-
|-
| ?
| [http://kevtris.org/Projects/console/sections/index.html FPGA NES] || kevtris || FPGA (hardware) || 2008
| takeda
| ?
| [http://nesdev.parodius.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=5530 Announcement]
|-
|-
| ?
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20090904214949/http://www.aminlab.cn/app/nes AminNes] || amin2312 || Flash || 2009 || [http://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?t=5678 Announcement]
| albailey
| ?
| [http://nesdev.parodius.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=5512 Announcement]
|-
|-
| ?
| [https://rm-rfroot.net/nes_fpga/ VeriNES] || jwdonal || FPGA (hardware) || 2010 || [http://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?t=6157 Announcement] - Website is not working
| CaptainMuscles
| ?
| [http://nesdev.parodius.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=5419 Announcement]
|-
|-
| ?
| [http://fms.komkon.org/iNES/ iNES] || Marat Fayzullin || MS-DOS || 2010 || Win32 and Linux versions still active. Popularized the [[iNES]] file format.
| hatorijr
| ?
| [http://nesdev.parodius.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=5408 Announcement]
|-
|-
| ?
| [http://www.ubernes.com/ UberNES] || M \ K Productions || Win32 || 2011
| dreampeppers99
| ?
| [http://nesdev.parodius.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=1950 Announcement]
|-
|-
| ?
| [http://code.google.com/p/nesface/ NESFaCE] || 6T4 || Win32 || 2011 || [http://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?t=7499 Announcement]
| tanoatnd
| ?
| [http://nesdev.parodius.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=5189 Announcement]
|-
|-
| ?
| nesemu1 || Bisqwit || libSDL (portable), testing under Linux || 2011 || [http://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?t=8385 Announcement]
| max_sweat
| ?
| [http://nesdev.parodius.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=5388 Announcement]
|-
|-
| ?
| [http://zelex.net/nezulator Nezulator] || Zelex || JavaScript || 2011 || [http://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=7704 Announcement]
| jjpeerless
| ?
| [http://nesdev.parodius.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=5281 Announcement]
|-
|-
| ?
| [http://danstrother.com/fpga-nes/ FPGA NES] || Dan Strother || FPGA (hardware) || 2011
| Cloudy
| ?
| [http://nesdev.parodius.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=5109 Announcement]
|-
|-
| ?
| [http://www.kryptonware.com/ Kryptonware] || rubenhbaca || Java || 2012 || [http://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=9395 Initial development announcement]. Website has reported "under maintenance" for a very long time
| meatloaf69
| ?
| [http://nesdev.parodius.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?p=62817#62817 Announcement]
|-
|-
| ?
| [https://github.com/Alegend45/MSE MSE] || Alegend45 || ? || 2012 || [http://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=8853 Initial development announcement]. GitHub account has been deleted
| parth
| FPGA (hardware)
| [http://nesdev.parodius.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=4502 Announcement]
|-
|-
| ?
| [https://thegaminguniverse.org/ninjagaiden4/mottzilla/ NESSIM] || MottZilla || Win32 || 2012 || [http://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?t=8491 Announcement]
| oRBIT2002
| ?
| [http://nesdev.parodius.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=1279 Announcement]
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| ?
| [http://eigenbloom.com/projects/nes/nestest.php?version=1 ?] || graham || Javascript || 2013 || [http://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=10243 Initial development announcement].  Website returns internal server error
| Elessar
| ?
| [http://nesdev.parodius.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=7862 Announcement]
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| ?
| [https://sourceforge.net/projects/moarnes/ MoarNES] || miker00lz || Win32 || 2013 || [http://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?t=6972 Announcement]
| miker00lz
| Win32
| [http://nesdev.parodius.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=6972 Announcement]
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| ?
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20180817035049/http://www.oriku.com/emuya.html EMUya] || Zelex || Ouya || 2013 || [http://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=10002 Announcement] - Website not working anymore
| cmoh89
| ?
| [http://nesdev.parodius.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=7521 Announcement]
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|-
| ?
| [http://viktprog.narod.ru/ VPNES] || x0000 || Win32 w/ SDL || 2013 || [http://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?p=110542 Announcement]
| mkwong98
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| ?
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20190130001723/http://www.geocities.jp/submarine600/html/p8/nesemu.html ?] || submarine600 || PC-8801 || 2013 || [http://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=9921 Announcement] - Website not working anymore
| [http://nesdev.parodius.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=7848 Announcement]
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| [http://fpganes.blogspot.se/ FPGA NES] || Ludde || FPGA (hardware) || 2014
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| [https://web.archive.org/web/20190319184751/https://github.com/rohtang/famique famique] || sahib || Mac OS X, Win32, Linux || 2015 || [http://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?t=5922 Announcement] - GitHub repository has been deleted
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| [https://web.archive.org/web/20160723133101/http://www.yanese.com/ Yanese] || Anes || Win32 || 2015 || [http://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?p=713 Announcement] Website not working anymore
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| [https://bitbucket.org/austere/finalnes/src/master/ finalnes] || austere || Win32 || 2015 || [http://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=12222 Announcement]
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| [https://github.com/macifom/macifom macifom] || Auston Stewart || OS X, iOS || 2015 || [http://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=9989 Announcement]
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| [https://github.com/macifom/macifomlite macifomlite] || Auston Stewart || iOS || 2015
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| [http://alike.se/yane/ Yane] || roku6185 || libSDL (portable), testing under Linux || 2015 || [http://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=9969 Announcement]
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| [https://github.com/hlorenzi/mahnes MahNES] || HLorenzi || Win32 || 2015 || [http://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=9054 Announcement]
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| phibiaNES || nIghtorius || SDL / Win32 || 2015 || [http://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=11201 Announcement]
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| [https://github.com/ulfalizer/nesalizer nesalizer] || Ulfalizer || libSDL (portable), tested on Linux || 2016
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| [https://github.com/ThomsonKernel/EduNes EduNes] || thomson || SDL2 || 2016 || [http://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?p=167743#p167743 Announcement]
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| [https://github.com/FIX94/fixNES fixNES] || FIX94 || C, Win32, Linux || 2020
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| [https://github.com/tswilliamson/nesizm NESizm] || tswilliamson || C++, Casio Prizm graphics calculators || 2021
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== See also ==
*[[Releasing on modern platforms]]

Revision as of 15:57, 23 March 2024

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. The name "acNES" is unofficial, as Nintendo has not released this emulator as a distinct product. Information from TCRF indicates that it may be called "QFC".
Virtual Console Nintendo Wii/Wii U/3DS Most games cost 500 Nintendo Points in Wii Shop Channel. The 3DS version uses the TNES file format.
PocketNES loopy, FluBBa, and Dwedit Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS Used commercially for some emulated re-releases by Atlus, Jaleco, Konami
Nintendo Entertainment System/Family Computer - Nintendo Switch Online Nintendo Nintendo Switch Available for users with a Nintendo Switch Online Membership. Game selection differs between regions.

Popular

These are commonly used or well-established.

Emulator name Author Platform(s) Ports and/or other details
BizHawk Multiple authors Win32, Linux
FCE Ultra GX Tantric Wii, GameCube
FCEUX Anthony Giorgio / Mark Doliner Win32, macOS, Linux
higan Near (formerly as byuu) Win32, FreeBSD, Linux, macOS
iNES Marat Fayzullin Win32 and Linux
Jnes Jabosoft Win32
Mesen Sour Win32, Linux/.NET Announcement / Source, excellent debugger
nemulator James Slepicka Win32
nesemu2 holodnak Win32, OS X, Linux
Nestopia UE rdanbrook Linux, BSD, Win7+ a.k.a. Nestopia Undead Edition. Contains bugfixes/etc.
Windows binaries are available at Sourceforge or at EmuCR
Nintaco zeroone Java (Windows, GNU/Linux, macOS) Announcement Source API FAQ Screenshots
Nintendulator Quietust Win32 Nintendulator DX (by thefox) for an even more-improved debugger
NO$NES Martin Korth Win32
PocketNES loopy, FluBBa, and Dwedit Game Boy Advance Updates on Dwedit's board
RockNES Zepper (formerly Fx3) Win32

Under development

The following is a list of NES emulators that are under development, who their authors are, relevant home pages/sites, and the source of the announcement (direct or indirect). Only projects are listed that had a release in form of source or binary.

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 Technology(s) / Platform(s) Ports and/or other details
NESICIDE cpow Qt, C++ / Win32 / Win64, Linux32, Linux64, macOS Source
kindred Overload Win32 Announcement
A/NES Morgan Johansson AmigaOS Announcement
puNES FHorse Qt, C++ / Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Win32 Announcement
jaNES crudelios C++ / Win32 Announcement
HDNes mkwong98 C++ / Win32 Announcement
Fergulator fergus_maximus Golang, SDL / Linux, Windows, macOS Announcement
Pretendo proxy C++ / Linux/BeOS/Win32 Announcement
NES-Emulator Dartht33bagger C, SDL Announcement
nintengo nwidger Golang, SDL / Linux, Windows, macOS
ffnes rockcarry C / Win32 Announcement
WebNES peteward44 Javascript Announcement / Live demo
O-Nes-Sama Fumarumota, aLaix C++, SDL2 / Win32, Linux) Announcement
cfxnes jonyzz Javascript Announcement / Live demo
nes-emu daroou C++, SDL2 / Win32, Linux Announcement
fogleman/nes Michael Fogleman Golang, OpenGL, PortAudio / Linux, Windows, macOS Medium article
NES-Emu imid C#, .NET Announcement
nSide hex_usr C++ Fork of byuu's higan-nes. Announcement
HalfNES Grapeshot Java
fpgaNES Feuerwerk42 VHDL, Verilog / FPGA (hardware) Announcement
Nintendoish drewying Swift / Win32, macOS Announcement
triforce tdondich JavaScript, VueJS Announcement
Project-Nested Myself086 Assembly / SNES Announcement
nescore rodri042 JavaScript Announcement
agnes kgabis C with libSDL examples Announcement
HydraNES BadFoolPrototype C++, Glew/OpenGL / Win32 Announcement / First mention
TetaNES lukexor Rust, SDL2 Announcement
nos olivecc C++, SDL2 / Linux Announcement
nin Nax C++, Qt , OpenAL, OpenGL Announcement
q00.nes LilaQ C++ / Win32 Announcement
BeesNES L. Spiro C++ / Win32 / Win64 First mention
uNESsential Johannes Holmberg QBasic / DOS, Linux, Windows, macOS Source
nes-emulator CreatureOX Python Announcement
NES260 fenzo Verilog / FPGA (hardware) Announcement for Xilinx KV260 FPGA board
ArkNESS thekamal C++ / Windows Announcement
NesEmulator daxnet C#, .NET
dendy Max Poletaev Golang, raylib, Ebitengine / Linux, Windows, macOS
ChibiNES Koki Oyatsu Golang, OpenGL, PortAudio / Linux, Windows, macOS
NES-Emulator junnys6018 C / Linux, Windows, WebAssembly

Discontinued

These are emulators which are known to be officially discontinued, i.e. abandoned or are no longer in development.

Emulator name Author Technology(s) / Platform(s) Last update Other details
LandyNES Alex Krasivsky MS-DOS 1996 One of the first NES emulators
NESticle Icer Addis MS-DOS / Win95 1998
fwNES Fan Wan Yang, Shu Kondo MS-DOS 1998 Popularized the FDS file format
NESten TNSe Win32 2003
VirtuaNES Norix Win32 2007 Has a real-time memory hex-editor
FCEUXD SP sp Win32 2007 was merged with other FCEU forks under the name FCEUX
NEStopia Martin Freij Win32, OS X, Linux 2008 Linux, MacOS
FPGA NES kevtris FPGA (hardware) 2008
AminNes amin2312 Flash 2009 Announcement
VeriNES jwdonal FPGA (hardware) 2010 Announcement - Website is not working
iNES Marat Fayzullin MS-DOS 2010 Win32 and Linux versions still active. Popularized the iNES file format.
UberNES M \ K Productions Win32 2011
NESFaCE 6T4 Win32 2011 Announcement
nesemu1 Bisqwit libSDL (portable), testing under Linux 2011 Announcement
Nezulator Zelex JavaScript 2011 Announcement
FPGA NES Dan Strother FPGA (hardware) 2011
Kryptonware rubenhbaca Java 2012 Initial development announcement. Website has reported "under maintenance" for a very long time
MSE Alegend45 ? 2012 Initial development announcement. GitHub account has been deleted
NESSIM MottZilla Win32 2012 Announcement
? graham Javascript 2013 Initial development announcement. Website returns internal server error
MoarNES miker00lz Win32 2013 Announcement
EMUya Zelex Ouya 2013 Announcement - Website not working anymore
VPNES x0000 Win32 w/ SDL 2013 Announcement
? submarine600 PC-8801 2013 Announcement - Website not working anymore
FPGA NES Ludde FPGA (hardware) 2014
famique sahib Mac OS X, Win32, Linux 2015 Announcement - GitHub repository has been deleted
Yanese Anes Win32 2015 Announcement Website not working anymore
finalnes austere Win32 2015 Announcement
macifom Auston Stewart OS X, iOS 2015 Announcement
macifomlite Auston Stewart iOS 2015
Yane roku6185 libSDL (portable), testing under Linux 2015 Announcement
MahNES HLorenzi Win32 2015 Announcement
phibiaNES nIghtorius SDL / Win32 2015 Announcement
nesalizer Ulfalizer libSDL (portable), tested on Linux 2016
EduNes thomson SDL2 2016 Announcement
fixNES FIX94 C, Win32, Linux 2020
NESizm tswilliamson C++, Casio Prizm graphics calculators 2021

See also

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