NESticle

NESticle

Developer(s)	Bloodlust Software
Last version	x.xx
Active	No
Platform(s)	DOS, Windows 9x
Emulates	NES
Website	NESticle Wayback Machine backup

NESticle was a closed-source Famicom (NES) emulator for DOS and Windows 9x.

Download

	NESticle x.xx Backup from archive.org
	NESticle 0.42 Backup from archive.org

Review

For its time, it was a decent emulator. Modern emulators are much, much better, however. It is not very accurate due to needing to run on much weaker systems than currently available. Use only for curiosity purposes in DOSBox.

Trivia

• Its name is a portmanteau of "NES" (the console it emulates) and "testicle".

External links

• 6502 core source used in NESticle
• Video of NESticle on a 100mhz machine
• Leaked NESticle source code: stolen in 1997, re-surfaced in 2019
• VICE articles: NESticle Source Code Preservation

Famicom (NES) emulators(edit)

• Windows: 3dSen • ares • BizHawk • FCEUX • Mesen • Nestopia • Nintendulator • puNES
• Linux: 3dSen • ares • BizHawk • FCEUX • Mesen • Nestopia • puNES
• macOS: 3dSen • ares • FCEUX • Mesen • Nestopia
• BSD: ares • FCEUX • Nestopia • puNES
• Android: FCEUMM • Mesen • Nestopia
• iOS: FCEUMM • Mesen • Nestopia
• Solaris: FCEUX
• Web browsers: FCEUX • Nestopia
• GameCube: FCE Ultra GX
• Wii: FCE Ultra GX • Virtual Console
• 3DS: Heritage • Virtual Console
• Wii U: FCE Ultra GX • Heritage • Virtual Console
• Switch: L-CLASSICS
• Switch 2: L-CLASSICS