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{{Infobox emulator
 
{{Infobox emulator
|title = EKA2L1
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|title = RockNES
|logo = EKA2L1.gif
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|logo = Rocknes.png
|logowidth = 230
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|logowidth = 150
|version = [https://github.com/EKA2L1/EKA2L1/releases {{EKA2L1Ver}}] (official; GitHub)
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|version = {{RockNESVer}}
[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.github.eka2l1 0.0.4.2] (official; Google Play Store)
 
 
 
1.0.1480 (unofficial; AppVeyor)
 
 
|active = Yes
 
|active = Yes
|platform = Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android
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|platform = Windows
|target = [[Cellphone emulators#Symbian and N-Gage (Nokia)|Symbian and N-Gage]]
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|target = [[Nintendo Entertainment System emulators|NES]]
|developer = [https://github.com/pent0 pent0] (formerly ''bentokun'')
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|developer = Zepper (aka 'Fx3')
|prog-lang = C++ (17)
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|website = [http://rocknes.web.fc2.com RockNES.web.fc2.com]
|website = [https://12z1.com 12z1.com]
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|source =
|support = [https://www.paypal.me/thi573 PayPal]
 
|license = GNU GPLv3
 
|source = [https://github.com/EKA2L1/EKA2L1 GitHub]
 
 
}}
 
}}
 
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'''RockNES''' is a [[Nintendo Entertainment System emulators|Famicom (NES)]] and Famicom Disk System (FDS) emulator.
'''EKA2L1''' (EPOC Kernel Architecture 2 Level 1) is an open-source, [[High/Low level emulation|high-level]] [[Cellphone emulators#N-Gage (Nokia)|Symbian OS emulator]], written in C++17 and support Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android.
 
 
 
==Overview==
 
The original author of EKA2L1, formerly nicknamed "bentokun", had briefly worked on the [[Vita3K]] emulator before starting his new N-Gage emulator around 2017 or 2018. He presented progress reports on his Patreon account and on the r/emulation at Reddit in 2018. He had changed his online nick to 'pent0' perhaps in late 2018 or January 2019.
 
 
 
pent0 had cancelled his Patreon account on February 2019 with the reason being that he wanted to focus on more reverse-engineering of the Symbian operating system (Series 60 platform on Symbian OS v6.1) that was baked into the N-Gage device, and to reorganize the central repository of EKA2L1 at GitHub. Additionally, the publicly available source code (presumably for the Symbian OS that was also on legacy Nokia phones and other brands' phones) was different from the binary code from the N-Gage itself. He continued with newer progress reports at his [https://12z1.com/ new site]. You can watch the progress on his active [https://discordapp.com/invite/5Bm5SJ9 Discord server].
 
  
 
==Download==
 
==Download==
 
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|align=center|{{Icon|APK|Win|macOS|Linux}}
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|align=center|{{Icon|Win-big}}
|'''[https://github.com/EKA2L1/EKA2L1/releases Releases]'''
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|'''[{{RockNESDownloadLink}}]'''
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|align=center|{{Icon|APK}}
 
|'''[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.github.eka2l1 Play Store]'''
 
 
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==Emulator==
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==Overview==
The emulator emulates Symbian OS's EKA1 and EKA2 behavior, and re-implements most of its critical app servers, which are like the services that Windows OSes run in the background for basic essentials, communication needs and other elements such as a file system and graphical display rendering). The emulator is still in very early development and as such most games and apps either crash outright or display little to no output, but a handful of games do work such as ''Bounce Touch'' or ''Snakes 3D'' with little to no issues.
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This is arguably one of the oldest, if not the oldest mature Famicom/NES emulators in existence. Its public formation started in ''Version 0.51'' on June 29, 1998. According to the [https://www.dropbox.com/s/22q3pxsjxi9fnn9/rnes554.zip?dl=0&file_subpath=%2Frnes554%2Foldnews.txt oldnews.txt] document found inside the official website, it was originally called "'''xNES'''", but was renamed to the current '''RockNES''' title on August 22, 1998, to avoid confusion that lead some people to believe that it was for Unix. The title was first seen in version ''0.53 Release 3'' (On August 23, 1998) the day after release of ''xNES 0.53 Release 2''.
 
 
==Compatibility List==
 
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* [https://eka2l1.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page  EKA2L1 Wiki]
 
  
==External links==
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'''[https://segaretro.org/DarcNES DarcNES]''' was another multi-system emulator for multiple platforms made in 1998-2001 by Alastair Bridgewater (a.k.a. Nyef), that mainly focused on NES emulation. Unlike RockNES here, it was abandoned few years after its creation.
* [https://github.com/EKA2L1/EKA2L1 Official git repository]
 
* [https://discordapp.com/invite/5Bm5SJ9 Discord server]
 
* [https://ci.appveyor.com/project/bentokun/eka2l1-mjiuq AppVeyor page]
 
* [https://crowdin.com/project/eka2l1 The Official EKA2L1 Translation Project]
 
* [https://mega.nz/folder/JosSEZjD#isLNm8y0irCvodRGkV2dqg Symbian OS ROMs (Required)]
 
  
'''Obsolete'''
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{{Nes}}
* [https://github.com/pent0/EKA2L1 bentokun's old Git fork of EKA2L1] (Recommended to go to the official Git repository)
 
* [https://www.patreon.com/fewdspuck Patreon] (Cancelled on February 2019)
 
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20190213024230/https://bentokun.xyz bentokun.xyz] (archived)
 
  
 
[[Category:Emulators]]
 
[[Category:Emulators]]
[[Category:Mobiles emulators]]
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[[Category:Nintendo Entertainment System emulators]]
[[Category:Cellphone emulators]]
 
 
[[Category:Windows emulation software]]
 
[[Category:Windows emulation software]]
[[Category:Linux emulation software]]
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[[Category:Closed-source emulators]]
[[Category:macOS emulation software]]
 
[[Category:Android emulation software]]
 

Revision as of 15:06, 19 July 2021

RockNES
Rocknes.png
Developer(s) Zepper (aka 'Fx3')
Latest version 5.80
Active Yes
Platform(s) Windows
Emulates NES
Website RockNES.web.fc2.com

RockNES is a Famicom (NES) and Famicom Disk System (FDS) emulator.

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Windows RockNES 5.80

Overview

This is arguably one of the oldest, if not the oldest mature Famicom/NES emulators in existence. Its public formation started in Version 0.51 on June 29, 1998. According to the oldnews.txt document found inside the official website, it was originally called "xNES", but was renamed to the current RockNES title on August 22, 1998, to avoid confusion that lead some people to believe that it was for Unix. The title was first seen in version 0.53 Release 3 (On August 23, 1998) the day after release of xNES 0.53 Release 2.

DarcNES was another multi-system emulator for multiple platforms made in 1998-2001 by Alastair Bridgewater (a.k.a. Nyef), that mainly focused on NES emulation. Unlike RockNES here, it was abandoned few years after its creation.