Emulators

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
PocketNES	loopy, FluBBa, and Dwedit	Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS	Used commercially for some emulated re-releases by Atlus, Jaleco, Konami

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
higan	byuu	Win32, FreeBSD, Linux, macOS	Multi-platform
iNES	Marat Fayzullin	Win32 and Linux
Jnes	Jabosoft	Win32
Mesen	Sour	Win32/.NET	Announcement / Source, excellent debugger
nemulator	James Slepicka	Win32 (Vista/7)
nesemu2	holodnak	Win32, OS X, Linux	github source
NESten	TNSe	Win32
NEStopia	Martin Freij	Win32	Linux, MacOS
Nestopia UE	rdanbrook	Linux, BSD, Win7+	a.k.a. Nestopia Undead Edition. Contains bugfixes/etc. Windows binaries are available at Sourceforge or at EmuCR
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
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).

Emulator name	Author	Platform(s)	Ports and/or other details
NESICIDE (version 1)	NESICIDE	Win32
NESICIDE (version 2)	NESICIDE/essial	Win32/64, Linux32/64, macOS
FPGA NES	Ludde 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 / Source
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
AwesomeNES	Snaer	libSDL (portable)	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
?	emu_enthusiast	?	Announcement
MahNES	HLorenzi	Win32	Announcement
?	haydenmuhl	?	Announcement
?	urbanspr1nter	?	Announcement
Fergulator	fergus_maximus	Mac OS X or X Windows	Announcement
?	ermular	Win32	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 w/ SDL	macifom	Auston Stewart	osx, ios	ms.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=9989 Announcement]
Pretendo	proxy	Linux/BeOS/Win32	Announcement
?	samfoo	?	Announcement
?	LightStruk	?	Announcement
Nezulator	Zelex	JavaScript	Announcement
EMUya	Zelex	Ouya	Announcement
?	dreampeppers99	?	Announcement
?	Skypher	?	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
?	codeblox	?	Announcement
FC87	Boolean	SDL (Win32, GNU/Linux)	Announcement
phibiaNES	nIghtorius	Win32	Announcement
?	Choz	?	Announcement
nintengo	nwidger	Go w/ libSDL
ffnes	rockcarry	Win32	Announcement
WebNES	peteward44	Javascript	Announcement / Live demo
O-Nes-Sama	Fumarumota, aLaix	SDL2 (Win32, GNU/Linux)	Announcement
Nintaco	zeroone	Java (Windows, GNU/Linux, macOS)	Announcement
?	austere	?	Announcement
cfxnes	jonyzz	Javascript/CoffeeScript	Announcement / Live demo
?	mreiland	?	Announcement
?	daroou	Win32	Announcement
fogleman/nes	Michael Fogleman	Go with Go/GL and PortAudio	Medium article
?	RobertLoggia	?	Announcement
nesalizer	Ulfalizer	libSDL (portable), tested on Linux
?	NewDietCoke248903	?	Announcement
?	imid	Win32/.NET	Repeated questions/details on NESdev IRC channel
?	mreiland	Linux (?)	Announcement
nSide	hex_usr	?	Fork of byuu's higan-nes. Announcement
?	DarylTechNES	?	Announcement
HalfNES	Grapeshot	Java	Github source
EduNes	thomson	SDL2	Announcement
?	Feuerwerk42	FPGA (hardware)	Announcement
?	fspinolo	?	Announcement
?	DaNES	?	Announcement
?	charrli	?	Announcement
?	amhndu	?	Announcement
SharpNES	colinvella	Win32/.NET	Announcement
?	Alyosha_TAS	?	Announcement
NESfusto	DarkMoe	?	Announcement
?	Bowie90333212391	?	Announcement
?	RomarioSilva	?	Announcement
?	JSBryan	?	Announcement
?	Sarospa	?	Announcement
?	Totolasticot42	?	Announcement
?	been_jamin	?	Announcement
?	wbrian	?	Announcement
?	lord_Chile	?	Announcement
Nintendoish	drewying	Win32	Announcement / Source
?	tdondich	JavaScript (Vue.js)	Announcement / Source
?	ace314159	?	Announcement
?	iOSBrett	Swift	Announcement
?	relaxok	?	Announcement
?	jamieyello	?	Announcement
macifom	Auston Stewart	macOS
macifomlite	Auston Stewart	iOS

Discontinued

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

Emulator name	Author	Platform(s)	Other details
iNES	Marat Fayzullin	MS-DOS	Version discontinued; Win32 and Linux still active
Kryptonware	rubenhbaca	Java	Initial development announcement. Website has reported "under maintenance" for a very long time
MSE	Alegend45	?	Initial development announcement. GitHub account has been deleted
?	graham	Javascript	Initial development announcement. Website returns internal server error
Alphanes	zerojnt	Go	Initial development announcement