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Mesen

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{{Infobox emulator
|logo = Mesen_logo.png
|logowidth = 64
|version = {{MesenVer}}
|active = Yes
|platform = Windows, Linux
|target = [[Nintendo Entertainment System emulators|NES]]
|developer = Sour
|website = [https://www.mesen.ca/ Mesen.ca]
|source = [https://github.com/SourMesen/Mesen GitHub]
}}
'''Mesen''' is an open-source (GPLv3) [[Nintendo Entertainment System emulators|Famicom (NES)]] and Famicom Disk System (FDS) emulator for Windows and Linux.

==Download==
* [https://www.mesen.ca/#Downloads '''Official release''']

==Overview==

According to test ROMs, it is ranked as the most compatible NES/FDS emulator, slightly above [[puNES]] with a score of 100%.<ref>https://www.mesen.ca/#Compatibility</ref>

It has [[Emulation Accuracy|cycle-accurate]] emulation and offers numerous features, including:
* Support for over 290 mappers, (all licensed games supported.)
* FDS (Famicom Disk System) support
* [[Wikipedia:Nintendo Entertainment System (Model NES-101)|Top loader NES variant]] support
* [[Wikipedia:Nintendo VS. System|VS. System]] support
* [[Wikipedia:Dendy (console)|Dendy]] support
* [[Texture_Packs#Sprite_Replacement_.282D.29|HDNes HD packs]]
* NTSC/PAL support
* NSF/NSFe support
* Video recording/playback
* Video filters (xBRZ, NTSC, etc.)
* Netplay
* Debugging tools
* Overclocking
* Custom palettes
* Sound effects (fake stereo, reverb, etc.)
* Rewind

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==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Nes}}

[[Category:Emulators]]
[[Category:Nintendo Entertainment System emulators]]
[[Category:Windows emulation software‏‎]]
[[Category:Netplay]]
[[Category:Custom Assets]]

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[[File:Nintendo.png|400px]]

Nintendo Consoles [[File:n64 logo.png|21px]]
* [[Color TV-Game emulators|Color TV-Game]]
* [[Nintendo Entertainment System emulators|NES / Famicom]]
* [[Super Nintendo emulators|Super Nintendo / Super Famicom]]
* [[Nintendo 64 emulators|Nintendo 64]]
** Nintendo 64DD
* [[GameCube emulators|GameCube]]
* [[Wii emulators|Wii]]
* [[Wii U emulators|Wii U]]
* [[Nintendo Switch emulators|Nintendo Switch]]

Nintendo Handhelds [[File:Gameboy Advance.png|30px]]
* [[Game & Watch]]
* [[Game Boy/Game Boy Color emulators|Game Boy/Color]]
* [[Virtual Boy emulators|Virtual Boy]]
* [[Game Boy Advance emulators|Game Boy Advance]] ([[GBA e-Reader emulators|e-Reader]])
* [[Nintendo DS emulators|Nintendo DS / DSi]]
* [[Nintendo 3DS emulators|Nintendo 3DS]]

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Nintendo Switch emulators

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{{Infobox console
|title = Nintendo Switch
|image = nintendo-switch.png
|image2 = switchdocked.png
|imagecaption = The Switch in its two forms, portable (above) and docked (below).
|developer = [[:Nintendo]]
|type = [[:Category:Consoles|Home video game console]]
|generation = [[:Category:Eighth-generation video game consoles|Eighth generation]]
|release = 2017
|predecessor = [[Wii U emulators|Wii U]]
|emulated = {{~}}
}}
The '''[[wikipedia:Nintendo Switch|Nintendo Switch]]''' is a eighth-generation hybrid gaming console released by Nintendo in 2017. During its development, the Switch was known as the NX (short for NeXt or Nintendo "Cross") and was widely speculated up until its announcement. Aside from specialized components unique to the console, the hardware is more or less off-the-shelf, being built around a semi-custom variant of Nvidia's Tegra X1 system-on-a-chip which was also used on a number of [[Android emulators|Android devices]].

While Nintendo intended to step up the security of the console, vulnerabilities were still found early on that allowed tons of system files to be dumped, including dumps of games in the form of romfs.istorage archives, an exefs folder, and license files. These game dumps eventually got shared online by scene groups except for their licenses but were missing important files to run and even if they had been completed, there were no custom homebrew apps let alone solutions to load unofficial game dumps for the system. A number of prominent hacking teams (starting with shuffle2 and fail0verflow in collaboration) all came across a new exploit independently of each other that allowed complete control over the system, later officially recognized by Nvidia as CVE-2018-6242.

A "debugging emulator" for the Nintendo Switch, CageTheUnicorn (now [https://github.com/reswitched/Mephisto Mephisto]), popped up not long after the first components were dumped. It was designed to emulate sysmodules with "no support for graphics, sound, input, or any kind of even remotely performant processing [...] by design". It was then revealed that members of both the [[Citra]] and [[Dolphin]] teams were already working on [[yuzu|their own emulator]] in secret, followed by another developer releasing an emulator named [[Ryujinx]].

==Emulators==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+PC
! scope="col"|Name
! scope="col"|Operating System(s)
! scope="col"|Latest Version
! scope="col"|Active
! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
|-
|[[yuzu]]
|Windows, Linux
|[https://yuzu-emu.org/downloads/ Nightly]
|{{✓}}
|{{~}}
|-
|[[Ryujinx]]
|Windows, Linux, macOS
|[https://ryujinx.org/#/Build Nightly]
|{{✓}}
|{{~}}
|-
|[https://github.com/RKX1209/nsemu NSEmu]
|Windows
|{{✗}} (WIP)
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
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|[[SphiNX]]
|Windows
|{{✗}} (WIP)
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|}

;[[yuzu]]
:An open-source cross-platform emulator made by the [[Citra]] team. yuzu has seen it's development pace grow extremely fast during 2018 to the point that certains games are now fully playable.<ref>[https://yuzu-emu.org/game/ Yuzu - Compatibility list] </ref> Some 2D games now show correct graphics and sometimes good speed. Some 3D games are playable but almost none is running full speed.
:A lot of Nintendo Switch exclusives games are playable already but can't be considered perfect yet.<ref>[https://twitter.com/yuzuemu/status/1057781359639490560 Yuzu - Super Mario Odyssey now playable] (Oct 31, 2018)</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/yuzuemu/status/1063573285391294465 Yuzu - Pokémon Let's Go Ingame on release day] (Nov 16, 2018)</ref>
:It is known that the devs are now working on a Vulkan renderer and continually work to improve the emulator compatibility and accuracy. Note that top tier Hardware is required to get decent speed in most games at the moment.
;[[Ryujinx]]
:An open-source public domain emulator programmed in C#. Compared to it's early days<ref>[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5rwaENaDLQ Ryujinx - This Emulators Progress is INSANE] (Jul 24, 2018)</ref>, it has now slower development than yuzu but seems to focus on full system accuracy. Most 2D games are now booting despite of confortable speeds and some 3D games are showing graphics.
;[[SphiNX]]
:A closed-source emulator in the work since late July / August 2018. It can boot some homebrews as well as the title screen of one commercial game. This is more a one man project for personnal training at the moment.

Both Ryujinx and yuzu are sharing code between themselves to grow faster.

==References==
<references />

{{Nintendo}}

[[Category:Consoles]]
[[Category:Eighth-generation video game consoles]]
[[Category:Very early emulation]]
[[Category:Nintendo consoles]]

Yuzu

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{{lowercase title}}
{{Infobox emulator
|title = yuzu
|logo = yuzu-icon.svg
|logowidth = 150
|active = Yes
|platform = Windows, Linux
|target = [[Nintendo Switch emulators|Nintendo Switch]]
|developer = [https://github.com/yuzu-emu/yuzu/graphs/contributors yuzu Team]
|website = [https://yuzu-emu.org/ yuzu-emu.org]
|source = [https://github.com/yuzu-emu/yuzu/ GitHub]
|support = [https://www.patreon.com/yuzuteam Patreon], [https://yuzu-emu.org/donate/ email]
}}
'''yuzu''' is an experimental, open-source [[Nintendo Switch emulators|Nintendo Switch]] emulator/debugger written in C++. Due to its preliminary state, it has not yet had a stable release.

==Download==
*[https://yuzu-emu.org/downloads/ Latest nightly and canary builds] (Windows, Linux, macOS)

==Overview==
The titles ''The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+, Puyo Puyo Tetris'' and ''Cave Story+'' formed the first group of games to boot on this emulator.<ref>{{cite web|title=First games are running!|url=https://yuzu-emu.org/entry/first-games-are-running/|author=JMC47|date=April 15, 2018|accessdate=April 16, 2018}}</ref> On late [https://t.co/2ctw1wBN3S April 2018], yuzu booted its first Switch exclusive, ''1-2-Switch''. On [https://t.co/8FY1zFoM7X July 2018], yuzu was able to run its first 3D rendered game, ''Minecraft: Story Mode''.

Be sure to read this first insightful [https://yuzu-emu.org/entry/yuzu-progress-report-2018-p1-1/ progress blog report] (July 14, 2018), which details the background and efforts at the reverse-engineering and emulation work required to get yuzu up and running and a small bundle of games and apps to work better over time. It also covers a significant number of surprising similarities between the hardware and operating systems of the [[Nintendo_3DS_emulators|3DS]] and Switch. Thus, a lot of the code made for the 3DS emulator [[Citra]] was also shared and re-interpreted for yuzu.

yuzu started showing some 3D rendering on ''Super Mario Odyssey'' in early August<ref>[https://twitter.com/yuzuemu/status/1027066281441341440 First 3D Graphics] (August 8, 2018)</ref>. This awaited exclusive game bringed a lot of interest in the project. yuzu covered all the August change in another
detailled [https://yuzu-emu.org/entry/yuzu-progress-report-2018-p3/ progress report] (September 11, 2018).

As of today, yuzu is now in-game in several Nintendo Switch exclusives and keep improving it's compatibility day by day with active developers.
==References==
<references />

==External Links==
*[https://yuzu-emu.org/game/ Official compatibility list]
*[https://yuzu-emu.org/ Official Website]
*[https://discordapp.com/invite/u77vRWY Discord]
*[https://twitter.com/yuzuemu Twitter news feed]
*[https://yuzu-emu.org/donate/ Donation email link]

[[Category:Nintendo Switch emulators]]
[[Category:Emulators]]
[[Category:Windows emulation software]]
[[Category:Linux emulation software]]
[[Category:macOS emulation software]]