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. 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 | 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 | |
| iNES | Marat Fayzullin | Win32 and Linux | |
| 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 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).
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 |
| Mesen | Sour | Win32/.NET | Announcement / Source |
| ? | 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 |
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 |
