Difference between revisions of "Emulation:NES"

Latest revision as of 22:50, 7 February 2021

This article is about the emulation of a console or deprecated PC platform on Windows, macOS (OS X), or Linux.

Key points

The Nintendo Entertainment System was also released as the Famicom in Japan.

General information

Nintendo Entertainment System at Emulation General Wiki

Emulator(s)

Mesen

Key points

Open-source and is still in active development.

Only Windows, Linux.

General information

Official website

Mesen Download

Nestopia UE

Key points

Open-source and is still in active development.

Only Windows, Linux.

General information

Official website

puNES

Key points

Open-source and is still in active development.

Multiplatform.

General information

Official website

puNES download

BizHawk

Key points

Open-source and is still in active development.

Windows only.

General information

Official website

Official releases

higan

Key points

Open-source and is still in active development.

Multiplatform.

General information

Official website

higan Patreon

Formerly known as bsnes

MAME

Key points

Open-source and is still in active development.

Multiplatform.

General information

Official website

Latest releases

References

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 {{Infobox console
 |title        = Nintendo Entertainment System
-|cover        = NES.jpg
+|cover        = NES logo.svg
 |related      =
-{{Infobox console/row/controller|cont=[[Controller:NES Controller|NES Controller]]}}
+{{Infobox console/row/controller|cont=[[Controller:Nintendo Entertainment System Controller|NES Controller]]}}
-|predecessor  =
+|predecessor  = [[Emulation:Color TV-Game|Color TV-Game]]
 |successor    = [[Emulation:SNES|SNES]]
 |wikipedia    = Nintendo Entertainment System
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 ==Emulator(s)==
-===iNES===
+===Mesen===
-iNES was one of the first emulators for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Released in 1996, it is still updated today and aims to be usable by "non-expert[s]". Multiple platforms are supported.
+'''Key points'''
+{{ii}} Open-source and is still in active development.
+{{ii}} Only Windows, Linux.
+'''General information'''
+{{mm}} [https://www.mesen.ca/ Official website]
+{{mm}} [https://www.mesen.ca/#Downloads Mesen Download]
-More information and downloads for iNES can be found [http://fms.komkon.org/iNES/ here].
+===Nestopia UE===
+'''Key points'''
+{{ii}} Open-source and is still in active development.
+{{ii}} Only Windows, Linux.
+'''General information'''
+{{mm}} [http://0ldsk00l.ca/nestopia/ Official website]
-===FCEUX===
+===puNES===
-An "all in one" emulator, the FCEUX emulator not only emulates games but can also be used for ROM-hacking, debugging, map making and more. Multiple platforms are supported.
+'''Key points'''
+{{ii}} Open-source and is still in active development.
+{{++}} Multiplatform.
+'''General information'''
+{{mm}} [http://forums.nesdev.com/viewtopic.php?t=6928 Official website]
+{{mm}} [https://github.com/punesemu/puNES puNES download]
-More information and downloads for FCEUX can be found [http://www.fceux.com/web/home.html here].
+===BizHawk===
+'''Key points'''
+{{ii}} Open-source and is still in active development.
+{{ii}} Windows only.
+'''General information'''
+{{mm}} [http://tasvideos.org/Bizhawk.html Official website]
+{{mm}} [https://github.com/TASVideos/BizHawk/releases Official releases]
+===higan===
+'''Key points'''
+{{ii}} Open-source and is still in active development.
+{{++}} Multiplatform.
+'''General information'''
+{{mm}} [https://byuu.org/emulation/higan/ Official website]
+{{mm}} [https://www.patreon.com/byuu higan Patreon]
-===Nestopia===
+{{ii}} Formerly known as ''bsnes''
-Nestopia is an open source NES/Famicom emulator designed to emulate the NES hardware as accurately as possible. Originally for Windows only, Nestopia has been ported to the Mac OS X and Linux operating systems. Nestopia ceased official development in 2008, but a number of unofficial forks have been derived from the latest source.
-More information and downloads for Nestopia can be found [http://nestopia.sourceforge.net/ here].
+===MAME===
+'''Key points'''
+{{ii}} Open-source and is still in active development.
+{{++}} Multiplatform.
+'''General information'''
+{{mm}} [https://www.mamedev.org/ Official website]
+{{mm}} [https://www.mamedev.org/release.html Latest releases]
-====Nestopia Undead====
+{{References}}
-More information and downloads for Nestopia Undead can be found [http://0ldsk00l.ca/nestopia/ here].

Related controllers

NES Controller
Predecessor
Color TV-Game
Successor
SNES