NES reference guide

This page lists all major hardware reference divided by categories in their simplest form. From this list, you can drill down to a more specific section of the selected category.

General

• Glossary
• Cartridge and mappers' history

Hardware reference

• 2A03: APU, CPU
• PPU
• Input devices
• Mapper
• Pinout
• Cartridge board
• Misc

File format reference

• iNES
  • NES 2.0
• UNIF
• NSF
• FDS

Emulation reference

• Emulator tests
• Game bugs - games that display buggy behavior on the actual hardware
• Tricky-to-emulate games

Notes

• All content refer to the NTSC system unless otherwise specified