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<nowiki>**</nowiki>Only available on consoles as a libretro core (e.g. [[RetroArch]]).
[[Category:Nintendo Entertainment System emulators|*]]
Undo revision 12319 by 200.153.181.187 (talk) Redundant, the category links to the main article
[[File:Nes.png|thumb|250px|The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)]]The '''[[gametechhttps:Nintendo Entertainment System|//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Entertainment_System Nintendo Entertainment System]]''' (NES) is an 8-bit, 3rd third-generation console released in 1983 in Japan, where it was known as the '''Famicom'''.
The Famicom Disk System (FDS) is a Japan-only add-on which played special versions of games. It featured an extra FM sound channel, which allowed for richer sounds and music than is possible on the regular console.
! scope="col"|OS
! scope="col"|Version
! scope="col"|[[gametechhttps:Famicom Disk system|//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Computer_Disk_System FDS]]
! scope="col"|[[libretro|Libretro Core]]
! scope="col"|[[Accuracy]]
! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|[[Nestopia|Nestopia UEMesen]]|style="text-align:center;"|Windows, Linux|style="text-align:center;"|[http://sourceforge.net/projects/nestopiaue/files/1.46/nestopia_1.46-win32www.zip/download 1mesen.47ca {{MesenVer}}]|style="text-align:center;"|✓
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
|style="text-align:center;"|✗
|style="text-align:center;"|Cycle
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[NintendulatorNestopia|Nestopia UE]]|style="text-align:center;"|Windows, Linux|style="text-align:center;"|[http://www0ldsk00l.emucr.comca/searchnestopia/label/Nintendulator/ SVN1.47]|style="text-align:center;"|✓
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
|style="text-align:center;"|Cycle
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[MesenNintendulator]]
|style="text-align:center;"|Windows
|style="text-align:center;"|[http://www.mesenemucr.ca 0.4.1com/search/label/Nintendulator/ SVN]
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
|style="text-align:center;"|✗
|style="text-align:center;"|Cycle
|style="text-align:center;"|✓✗
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[higan]]
|style="text-align:center;"|Windows, Linux, OS X
|style="text-align:center;"|[http://byuu.org/emulation/higan/ {{HiganVerhiganVer}}]
|style="text-align:center;"|✗
|style="text-align:center;"|✓ (as bnes v0.83)
|style="text-align:center;"|✗
|style="text-align:center;"|Mid
|style="text-align:center;"|✓✗
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|FCEUmm
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
|style="text-align:center;"|Mid
|style="text-align:center;"|✓✗
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|style="text-align:center;"|[[MESS]]
|style="text-align:center;"|[[HDNes]]
|style="text-align:center;"|Windows
|style="text-align:center;"|[http://forums.nesdev.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=9935#p109627 Git]
|style="text-align:center;"|✗
|style="text-align:center;"|✗
|style="text-align:center;"|[[Jnes]]
|style="text-align:center;"|Windows
|style="text-align:center;"|[http://www.jabosoft.com/articles/125 1.1.1 Windows]
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
|style="text-align:center;"|✗
|style="text-align:center;"|✗
|style="text-align:center;"|Low
|style="text-align:center;"|✗
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|style="text-align:center;"|3DNES
|style="text-align:center;"|Windows, Mac, Linux
|style="text-align:center;"|[https://geod.itch.io/3dnes v1.1b3]
|style="text-align:center;"|✗
|style="text-align:center;"|✗
|style="text-align:center;"|?
|style="text-align:center;"|✗
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Consoles
! scope="col"|Operating System(s)
! scope="col"|Latest Version
! scope="col"|[[gametechhttps:Famicom Disk system|//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Computer_Disk_System FDS]]
! scope="col"|[[libretro|Libretro Core]]
! scope="col"|[[Accuracy]]
|style="text-align:center;"|Nestopia**
|style="text-align:center;"|PS3, 360, Wii
|style="text-align:center;"|1.4744
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> AoEX is based on NesterJ 1.12 Plus 0.61 RM, so it includes features like rewind mode, cheat codes support, rotated/mirrored screen, sepia palette, support to rare mappers (the pirate bootleg FF7 works on it), etc, but its compatibility is inferior to 1.13 beta 2.<br /><nowiki>**</nowiki>Only available on consoles as a libretro core (e.g. [[RetroArch]]).
{| class="wikitable"
|+Mobile
! scope="col"|Operating System(s)
! scope="col"|Latest Version
! scope="col"|[[gametechhttps:Famicom Disk system|//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Computer_Disk_System FDS]]
! scope="col"|[[libretro|Libretro Core]]
! scope="col"|[[Accuracy]]
|style="text-align:center;"|Nestopia*
|style="text-align:center;"|Android, iOS
|style="text-align:center;"|1.4744
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|Nostalgia.NES[[Jnes]]
|style="text-align:center;"|Android
|style="text-align:center;"|1.144.08.55 Android
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
|style="text-align:center;"|✗
|style="text-align:center;"|MidLow
|style="text-align:center;"|✗
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|Nostalgia.NES
|style="text-align:center;"|Android
|style="text-align:center;"|1.12.2
|style="text-align:center;"|
|style="text-align:center;"|
|style="text-align:center;"|
|style="text-align:center;"|
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki>Only available on mobile as a libretro core (e.g. [[RetroArch]]).
===Comparisons===
*[[Mesen]] is the most accurate NES emulator according to tests.<ref name="nestasmesentest">http://www.mesen.ca/TestResults.php</ref> It should be the emulator of choice for those who desire the utmost accuracy. Mesen is also very user-friendly and supports a lot of futures that other emulators are missing such as: netplay, auto-updating, has good filters built in, loads both .zip and goodmerged files, etc.*[[PuNES]] is the second most accurate NES emulator according to the same tests.<ref name="nestas">http://tasvideos.org/EmulatorResources/NESAccuracyTests.html</ref> That's not to say that it will generate an absolutely perfect experience compared to actual hardware. PuNES also supports rewinding in games.
*[[Nestopia]] has a high ranking in those same tests.<ref name="nestas"/> Nestopia has issues with The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles and doesn't display the status bar in Mickey's Safari in Letterland correctly among other problems. Nestopia Undead Edition (abv. Nestopia UE) is a fork of Nestopia meant to keep it alive and fixes the aforementioned bugs. This is generally the recommended standalone version. The libretro core for Nestopia is the Undead Edition in libretro form.
*[[FCEUX]] scores fairly low in the same tests, despite being a recommended emulator on TAS Videos. The New PPU is more accurate than the Old PPU, however. The emulator is still useful, though, thanks to its robust Lua scripting features and incorporating FCEUmm into its feature set.
An arcade system based on the NES released for the US. Most emulators have an option to let you "Insert Coin(s)".
ROMs made with VC system VS System in mind played in the emulator's NES mode, or playing a NES ROM in the emulator's VS mode, will cause the colors to be totally garbled. This is either an issue with the emulator's configuration or the ROM's iNES header.
===Famicom Box===
Also rereleased re-released later as Sharp's FamicomStation. It's a bulky metal cube with a slot to insert money and tons of locks, which was distributed in select hotels and stores. It can hold at once up to 15 select Famicom releases, which much more lockout chips and pins with different behavior than usual, and support for only mapper 0 games. It also has unique boot screen for both models.
Neither the cartridges nor the BIOS have been dumped or tested if they work with an emulator, unlike with the Super Famicom Box which had its BIOS and most ROMs dumped.
A pirate NES Famicom clone which was sold in Russia and Eastern Europe, with the blueprint reused for other Famiclones. Here's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kne6AKyYUuM a link] to a CC-subtitled Kinaman video for more details. It's a very quirky NTSC NES optimized for 50Hz, with other changes from the official PAL NES - though those differences break compatibility of Dendy-specific releases with most emulators.
MESS supports this console, and some other emulators (such as Mesen, puNES and FCEUX ) introduced support for it in r3134, with the already included support for iNES 2.0 ROM headers (which include the option to mark a ROM region as PAL Dendy). The carts themselves can be played as long as the emulator supports broken cards.
Setting the "Family Keyboard" under "Input" might be needed for some of these Famiclones.
==Resources==
*[http://wiki.nesdev.com/w/index.php/Nesdev_Wiki Nesdev Wiki] - A place for all your NES programming, and NES emulator programming needs.
*[http://forums.nesdev.com/viewtopic.php?t=2818Nesdev Forum] - Discussion of NES wii virtual console Wii Virtual Console accuracy.
==References==
[[Category:Consoles]]
[[Category:Nintendo consoles]]
