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The '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Entertainment_System Nintendo Entertainment System]''' (NES) is an 8-bit, third-generation console released in on July 15, 1983 in Japan, where it was known as the '''Family Computer''' or '''Famicom''', and on October 18, 1985, it released in the US. It retailed for {{Inflation|USD|179.99|1985}}. It had a Ricoh 2A03 CPU at 1.79 MHz with 2KB of RAM.

The earliest games released on the Famicom suffered from significant hardware constraints caused by due to the way the Famicom was designed: limitations for limited memory addressing (which meant games had a low maximal maximum ROM size), how the graphics are loaded onscreen, just the native sound processing is available, no saving... To solve this problem, Nintendo came up with two solutions:

* The '''Family Computer Disk System''' (FDS), a Japan-only add-on which played games from a special Nintendosemi-only magnetic disk custom variant of Mitsumi's Quick Disk format strongly reminiscent of floppy disks of the time. It offered a slightly higher data storage, and slightly enhanced sound processing. It also had a microphone never found anywhere else. There were plans to release it in the US, however since the NES itself had its launch delayed to late 1985, and the mapper solution obsoleted it, the add-on was never exported and some of its exclusives were ported as regular cartridge releases.* '''Memory Management Controllers''' (MMC), also known colloquially as '''mappers'''. They solved every single problem above with bankswitching bank switching for much more data, onboard FM audio chips, and much more. Most games released after 1986 that really pushed the system to its limits used mappers. A similar solution was used for the Game Boy.

Emulation for the NES is robust, with several many high -quality emulators for various systems.

Like for [[Game Boy/Game Boy Color emulators|Game Boy/Color]], tons of NES emulators exist. For a list of open-source projects, see this [https://github.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=nes+emulator&type=Repositories GitHub query].

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|NesterJ*<ref group=N>AoEX is based on NesterJ 1.12 Plus 0.61 RM, so it includes features like rewind, cheat code support, rotated/mirrored screen, sepia palette, support for rare mappers (the pirate bootleg FF7 works on it), etc. Its compatibility is inferior to 1.13 beta 2.</ref>|[[PlayStation Portable]]align=left|{{Icon|PSP}}

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<nowiki>*</nowiki> AoEX is based on NesterJ 1.12 Plus 0.61 RM, so it includes features like rewind, cheat code support, rotated/mirrored screen, sepia palette, support for rare mappers (the pirate bootleg FF7 works on it), etc. Its compatibility is inferior to 1.13 beta 2.<br><nowiki>**</nowiki> Only available on consoles as a libretro core (e.g. [[RetroArch]]).<br><nowiki>***<references group=N /nowiki> Only available on mobile as a libretro core (e.g. [[RetroArch]]).

*[[Mesen]] is the most accurate NES emulator according to currently established NES test ROM suites.<ref name="mesentest">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 features that other emulators are missing such as; [[Texture_Packs|HD packs]], [[netplay]], auto-updating, [[Shaders and Filters|good built -in filters]], both .zip and [[GoodTools|goodmerged]] file loading, etc.*[[PuNESpuNES]] is the second most accurate NES /FDS emulator according to a separate test battery run by the TASVideos community.<ref name="nestas">http://tasvideos.org/EmulatorResources/NESAccuracyTests.html</ref> It should be noted that PuNES puNES used to have one mapper that Mesen didn't: 116, which allows games like Kart Fighter and Somari to be supported. This has since been added to Mesen.*[[Nestopia]] also has a high ranking in those same tests.<ref name="nestas"/> Even so, 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 is a fork of Nestopia meant to keep it alive and fix the aforementioned bugs. This version is generally recommended over vanilla. Even the libretro core for Nestopia is in the Undead Edition in libretro form.*[[Nintendulator]] and MyNes My Nes also have a fairly high ranking in those tests.<ref name="nestas"/>

*For official emulation, use there is Nintendo's own [[Virtual Console]]. It has the backing of many of the developers, including or [[L-CLASSICS|Nintendo, Capcom, Square Enix and NamcoSwitch Online]]. The Wii has a significantly larger library of NES games to choose from than the 3DS or Wii U, especially from third-party publishers.

==Emulation Issuesissues==

* '''Official Mappers''' (UNROM, AOROM, MMC1-6): Most emulators, as well as Nintendo's Virtual Console (but not their GBA emulators) , will cover these.* '''Third Party Mappers:''' Since (Various: e.g. Konami's VRC6/VRC7) While officially licensed by Nintendo, they were not allowed outside Japan. As a result, for their Western releases, many games redid their soundtracks that took advantage of FM their features (advanced ROM mapping, extra sound offered by thesechannels) were reprogrammed significantly and shipped on the official mappers, often with simplified soundtracks. A lot of fan emulators worth their salt will cover these. With those , you cover the entire officially licensed library.

The NES ROM information isn't sufficient to describe the cartridge and emulate it, so emulators have to include the layout and behavior of these mappers in their code, while the ROM header tells the emulator which mapper to choose. So unlike with other consoles, no matter how accurate a given NES emulator is accuratewill get, it will still can't never be able to run newly discovered ROM dumps from cartridges that used an original a so-far unknown mapper. Thus, Unlicensed NES support will be inevitably incomplete and a constant work-in-progress, hence claims some emulators are "inaccurate" because their unlicensed NES rom support is inevitably complete and still a constant WIP.

[[File:Retroarch_2013-08-16_06-32-24-62.png|thumb|250px|Example of faulty visuals that are exposed when no overscan is cropped. Note the blank blue area to the left and the green garbage on the right. On NTSC CRT TVs, these areas may or may not be visible]]Several NES games need their overscan to be cropped to look proper. Unfortunately, there is seemingly no standard level of overcropping. Many games appear to require different levels for best results. For example, SMB3 requires quite a lot of cropping, however the same level of cropping will certainly obscure the letters of the status bar in Castlevania games.===Color PaletteQD FDS Support==={{Main|Games dumped off the Famicom Color Palette}}Disc System come into two major types:

Unlike consoles such as the SNES, which natively generate their image * '''.fds format''': Most common format. Ubiquitous in pure RGBROM sets (GoodSets, the Famicom normally generates and outputs an encoded NTSC video signalNo-Intro). Omits some checksum data.* '''. This must then be decoded by the TVqd format's built'' (stands for QuickDisk): Only ever used in official Nintendo re-in NTSC decoder, which means the resulting color palette often varies depending on the display's decoderreleases. For this reason NES games will appear Almost identical to have different colors on different TV sets. To properly emulate this part of the NES experiencefds, many Famicom emulators have but a variety of different palettes to choose fromfull dump with checksum data. May omit padding.

==Peripherals==There were many accessories released for The checksum data in question would be checked at BIOS startup to verify the NES but Emulation General only covers accessories that are truly differentiated data streams from integrity of the basic controllerimage and whether it was tampered with, in which case it will throw an anti-piracy error. For exampleAs of now, no NES emulators support the Power Glove is in actuality just a really complicated NES controlleralternate more complete dumps, designed as well as fudging that check's result to convert motion into D-PAD, SELECT, START, A, and B button commandsalways return a negative. The same goes for R.O.B. and his ''Stack-up'' and ''Gyromite'' games because he was really just the second playerTo emulate a . Strangelyqd image, stripping the Famicom has checksum data with a lot more peripheral hardware to emulate than the NEScustom script is needed.<ref>[[Wikipedia:List of Nintendo Entertainment System accessories|List of Nintendo Entertainment System accessories]]</ref>

===ZapperOverscan===This accessory was very common. It's a light gun, used for many games such as ''Duck Hunt'', ''Wild Gunman'', and ''Hogan's Alley'', to name three examples. When the trigger is pulled, the screen flashes black for a period of 1-2 frames while displaying a white rectangle (indicating the target to shoot at). If the gun detects it is pointing at the white rectangle, it tells the game to register a hit. On real hardware this could be quite unreliable unless the lenses were thoroughly clean. The Zapper plugged into the P2 port and mainly worked with old CRT TVs; newer LCD TVs will not register with the Zapper. Many emulators support this accessory with 100% accurate hit detection in the form of a mouse click (PC), tap (for mobile), remote ([[Wii]] ports of NES emulators), or faked pointers using a controller.{{Main|Overscan}}

===Arkanoid/Vaus Controller===This controller was released by Taito with one button [[File:Retroarch_2013-08-16_06-32-24-62.png|thumb|250px|Example of faulty visuals that are exposed when no overscan is cropped. Note the blank blue area to "fire" the left and a dial to control back and forth movementthe green garbage on the right. ''Arkanoid'' and ''Chase H.Q.'' are the only On NTSC CRT TVs, these areas may or may not be visible]]Several NES games need their overscan to utilize itbe cropped to look proper. Unfortunately, but it there is still optional even sono standard level of overcropping. Many games require different levels for best results. For example, Super Mario Bros. [[Mesen]] and [[puNES]] support this3 requires quite a bit of cropping, however, the same level of cropping will obscure the letters of the status bar in Castlevania games.

===Miracle Piano Teaching SystemColor Palette===By the Software Toolworks, the ''[[Wikipedia:Miracle Piano Teaching System{{Main|Miracle Piano Teaching System]]'' used an electronic piano keyboard as input. It is unknown if any emulator supports this feature.Famicom Color Palette}}

===Family Trainer/Family Fun Fitness/Power Pad===This was designed to be used with your feetUnlike consoles such as the SNES, typically by running which natively generate their image in place on numbered circles to represent pure RGB, the button pressesFamicom normally generates and outputs an encoded NTSC video signal. It plugs into This must then be decoded by the P2 port and has 12 different buttons. Notable games such as ''Stadium Events'TV's built-in NTSC decoder, which means the resulting color palette often varies depending on the display''World Class Track Meet'', and ''Athletic World'', utilize s decoder. For thisreason, and trying NES games will appear to use a standard controller is not an optionhave different colors on different TV sets. Despite being less accurate than puNES or MesenTo properly emulate this part of the NES experience, [[FCEUX]] actually supports thismany Famicom emulators have a variety of different palettes to choose from.

===NES Four Score/NES Satellite/4-Player Adaptor===This turned the standard two controller ports into four by plugging into both P1 The 3DS and P2Wii U versions of [[Virtual Console]] use extremely dark color palettes. A few games utilized this capabilityThis is apparently not an accuracy issue, such as LJN's ''A Nightmare on Elm Street''but rather an anti-epilepsy measure. Many emulators support this feature by having an option For the Nintendo Switch Online service, the games were directly edited to switch between 2remove seizure-player and 4-player mode or just enabling/disabling Player 3 and Player 4's controllerinducing patterns, allowing it to use a normal palette.

===Microphone=Peripherals==Technically not a peripheral because it was physically part of each Model 1 Famicom, on There were many accessories released for the second player's controller is a microphone and volume slider instead of having START and SELECT buttons. One noteworthy game NES but Emulation General only covers accessories that makes use of this is are truly differentiated data streams from the Japanese ''Legend of Zelda''basic controller. Pols Voice, an enemyFor example, the Power Glove is destroyed if the player makes in actuality just a loud sound really complicated NES controller, designed to convert motion into the microphone (the US version changed this to merely firing an arrow to 1D-shot them)PAD, SELECT, START, A, and B button commands. Another game to make use of the microphone is The same goes for R.O.B. and his ''Takeshi no ChōsenjōStack-up'' (and ''TakeshiGyromite's Challenge'')games because he was really just the second player. [[VirtuaNES]] supports thisStrangely, activated by tapping the 'M' key on default settingsFamicom has a lot more peripheral hardware to emulate than the NES. <ref>[[MesenWikipedia:List of Nintendo Entertainment System accessories|List of Nintendo Entertainment System accessories]] also supports this.</ref>

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They function identically despite showing different intro during first boot.|-!Microphone|A Japan-exclusive built-in feature in the original Player 2 Famicom controller that allows players to use external sound source (e.g. player's voice) as input.|''[[Wikipedia:The Legend of Zelda (video game)|Legend of Zelda: The Hyrule Fantasy]]''<br/>''[[Wikipedia:Kid Icarus|Light Mythology: Palutena's Mirror]]''<br/>''[[Wikipedia:The Legend of Zelda (video game)|Kaiketsu Yanchamaru]]''|[[Mesen]]<ref group=N name=microphone>Cheated by pressing any specific key ("M" by default).</ref><br/>[[VirtuaNES]]<ref group=N name=microphone/><br/>[[Virtual Console]]<ref group=N>Through an actual microphone.</ref>|N/A|-!Family BASIC|A Japan-exclusive peripheral that includes a enchanced dialect of [[Wikipedia:BASIC|BASIC]] programming language that allow users to create programs in Famicom. 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==Hardware Variants=Family Computer Disk ====VS. System===A Japan-only peripheral using a magnetic disk format instead of cartridges, with its own unique game library. Some of these were later ported to An arcade system based on the regular NES/Famicom cartridge format with significant downgrades (particularly the loss of enhanced FDS hardware audio). This accessory made it possible to save game data without needing battery-backed ROM, but only released for the game contained on each of the disks. You'll need the BIOS file to emulate games made for this add-onUS. It's interesting to note there are actually was released in two versions of the BIOS; [[Wikipediadifferent cabinet variations:Family Computer Disk System|Nintendo's peripheral]] and [[Wikipedia:Twin Famicom|Sharp's Twin Famicom]]'Vs. The only difference is NintendoUniSystem's displays ''Nintendoand '' while [[Wikipedia:Sharp Corporation|Sharp]]'s displays Vs. DualSystem''Famicom'' when , which the hardware is first booted. Other than that, they function identically. ===Famicom Keyboard===Only one game used a keyboard to program in BASIC later have double chipsets on the Famicom PCB and that was ''[[Wikipedia:Family BASIC|Family BASIC]]''. VirtuaNES supports it. ====Data Recorder====The [[Wikipedia:Famicom Data Recorder|Data Recorder]] is an accessory related to the Famicom Keyboard. Three games and one accessory supported the Data Recorder: ''Excitebike'', ''Mach Rider'', ''Wrecking Crew'', and ''Family BASIC''. These sent an analog audio stream through the keyboard to a cassette tape deck, but really any device capable of analog audio recording/playback can work with it. The "sounds" are really just 0s and 1s to represent the data the games are trying to write. VirtuaNES supports this accessory, controlled from the "Tape" menu. ===ASCII Turbo File===Different from either battery-backed ROM cartridge handling two different programs or the FDS, ASCII Corporation (based in Japan) created their own method to save game data with the [[Wikipedia:Turbo File (ASCII)|ASCII Turbo File]]. VirtuaNES supports this too. ===Oeka Kids tablet===This accessory was simply two separate copies of a tablet for the Famicom games ''Oeka Kids: Anpanman no Hiragana Daisuki'' and ''Oeka Kids: Anpanman to Oekaki Shiyou!!''.<ref>http://www.ne.jp/asahi/oroti/famicom/ish15.html</ref> [[Mesen]] supports itsingle program simultaneously.

===CompuTrainer Pro===This is very rare and was only used Most emulators support games in the unlicensed game RacerMate Challenge IIVs. No known emulator supports itUniSystem cabinet by setting up different DIP switches. <ref>http://wwwBut for games in Vs.nesmuseum.com/racermateDualSystem cabinet, [[MAME]] is the only choice.html</ref>

===Game Genie===Although Since most emulators in general have a GUI to manage cheats and don't rely on real hardware cheating devices, [[FCEUX]] can cheat authentically using a Game Genie ROMVS. ==Hardware Variants=====VS System===An arcade system based on games have palettes that differ from the standard RGB NES released for the US. Most emulators have an option to let you "Insert Coin(s)". ROMs palette, roms made with VS . System in mind which are accidentally played in the emulator's NES mode (or vice-versa) will cause the colors to be totally garbled. This can occur when there is an issue with the emulator's configuration or the ROM's iNES header.

Neither the cartridges nor the BIOS have has been dumped or tested with an emulator, unlike the Super Famicom Box (which has had both its BIOS' and most of its ROMs dumped).

A pirate NES Famicom clone which was sold in Russia and Eastern Europe, with the blueprint later 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 many other changes from the official PAL NES as well- though through these differences often break the compatibility of Dendy-specific releases on most emulators.

MESS supports this console, and some other emulators (such as Mesen, puNES , and FCEUX) introduced support for it in r3134, along with the already included support for iNES 2.0 ROM headers (including the option to mark a ROM region as PAL Dendy). The cartridges themselves can still be played as long as the emulator supports broken carts.