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!colspan="8"|Mobile
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|Nestopia***
|[[Android emulators|Android]], [[IOS emulators|iOS]]
|1.44
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|High
|?
|{{✓}}
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|GPFCE
|ARM Devices <small>(GP2X, Pandora)</small>
|[http://repo.openpandora.org/?page=detail&app=package.gpfce.notaz 0.81.0.r2]
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|High
|{{✗}}
|{{✓}}
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|Nostalgia.NES
|[[Android emulators|Android]]
|[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nostalgiaemulators.neslite 1.17.2]
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|High
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
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|[[Jnes]]
|[[Android emulators|Android]]
|[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jabosoft.silverarrow 1.1.2.11]
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|Low
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
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|N/A
|N/A
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!Datach
|A barcode card reader packaged with ''Dragon Ball Z: Gekitō Tenkaichi Budokai'', which required several character cards to be swiped in order to select a character.<ref>[http://www.nesworld.com/datach.php NESWORLD.COM - DATACH - JOINT ROM SYSTEM (FAMICOM)]</ref>
|''[[Wikipedia:List of Dragon Ball video games#Dragon Ball Z: Gekitō Tenkaichi Budokai|Dragon Ball Z: Gekitō Tenkaichi Budokai]]''
ROMs Most emulators support games in Vs. UniSystem cabinet by setting up different DIP switches. But for games in Vs. DualSystem cabinet, [[MAME]] is the only choice. Since most VS. System games have palettes that differ from the standard RGB NES 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.
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! scope="col"|Name
! scope="col"|Operating SystemPlatform(s)
! scope="col"|Latest Version
! scope="col"|[[Wikipedia:Family Computer Disk System|FDS]]
! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
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!colspan="8"|PC/ x86
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|[[Mesen]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows, |Linux}}
|[http://www.mesen.ca {{MesenVer}}]
|{{✓}}
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|[[Nestopia|Nestopia UE]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows, |Linux, |macOS, <br/>BSD|FreeBSD}}
|[http://0ldsk00l.ca/nestopia/ {{NestopiaVer}}]
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|Cycle
|{{✓✗}}
|{{✓}}
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|[[puNES]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows, |Linux}}
|[https://github.com/punesemu/puNES/releases {{PuNESVer}}]
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
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|[[3dSen]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
|[http://www.geodstudio.net/ {{3dSenVRVer}}]
|{{✗}}
|{{✗}}
|?
|{{✓}}
|{{~}}
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|[[FinalBurn Neo]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
|[https://github.com/finalburnneo/FBNeo-WIP-Storage-Facility/releases/tag/appveyor-build WIP builds]
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|?
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
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|[[Nintendulator]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[http://www.qmtpro.com/~nes/nintendulator/#downloads 0.985 Beta][https://github.com/quietust/nintendulator Git]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|Cycle|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
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|Nintaco
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
|[https://nintaco.com/ v.2020-05-01]
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|Cycle
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|My Nes
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows, |Linux}}|[https://sourceforge.net/projects/mynes/ 7.58.72027520]
|{{✗}}
|{{✗}}
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|[[BizHawk]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
|[http://tasvideos.org/BizHawk/ReleaseHistory.html {{BizHawkVer}}]
|{{✓}}
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|[[higan]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows, |Linux, |macOS}}
|[http://byuu.org/emulation/higan/ {{higanVer}}]
|{{✓}}
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|[https://fms.komkon.org/iNES/ iNES]
|Multi-platformalign=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[https://fms.komkon.org/iNES/ 5.78]
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
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|[https://prilik.com/ANESE/ ANESE]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows, |Linux, |macOS}}
|[https://github.com/daniel5151/ANESE/releases 0.9.1]
|{{✗}}
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|[http://www.nesemu2.com/ nesemu2]
|align=left|{{Icon|Linux}}
|[https://github.com/holodnak/nesemu2 Git]
|{{✗}}
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|[[nemulator]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
|[http://nemulator.com/downloads.html 4.2]
|{{✗}}
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|[[RockNES]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
|[http://rocknes.web.fc2.com/ 5.54]
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|High
|{{✓✗}}
|{{✗}}
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|cxNES
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows, |Linux}}
|[https://github.com/perilsensitive/cxnes/releases 0.3.3]
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|Mid
|{{✓✗}}
|{{✗}}
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|FakeNES GT
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows, |Linux, |macOS, [[Intel CPUs|DOS]]}}
|[[sourceforge:projects/fakenes/|0.59 b3]]
|{{✓}}
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|[[FCEUX]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows, |Linux, |macOS,<br/>Solaris, BSD|FreeBSD|Sol}}
|[http://www.fceux.com/web/download.html 2.2.3]
|{{✓}}
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|FCEUmm
|Multi-platformalign=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
|[https://sourceforge.net/projects/fceumm/ 98.13mm] (Windows)<br />[https://github.com/libretro/libretro-fceumm Git] (libretro)
|{{✗}}
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|[[MAME]]
|Multi-platformalign=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
|[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]
|{{✓}}
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|[[HDNes]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
|[http://forums.nesdev.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=9935#p109627 Git]
|{{✗}}
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|[[Jnes]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
|[http://www.jabosoft.com/categories/3 1.2.1]
|{{✓}}
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|[[NESticle]]
|Windows 9x, [[Intel CPUsalign=left|{{Icon|DOS]]|Windows9x}}
|[http://web.archive.org/web/20070227191851/http://www.zophar.net/NESticle/nestcxxx.zip x.xx] (DOS) <br /> [https://web.archive.org/web/20070116124329/http://www.zophar.net:80/NESticle/nestc042.zip 0.42] (Windows 9x)
|{{✗}}
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|[[QuickNES]]
|Multi-platformalign=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20180904003223/https://kode54.net/fb2k/QuickNES.zip 0.7.0b1] (Windows)<br />[https://github.com/libretro/QuickNES_Core Git] (libretro)
|{{✗}}
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|[[VirtuaNES]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
|[http://virtuanes.s1.xrea.com/ 0.97]
|{{~}}
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|[http://freezesms.emuunlim.com/ FreezeSMS]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
|[http://freezesms.emuunlim.com/download.html 4.6]
|{{✗}}
|-
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20131022152846/http://www.dridus.com:80/~nyef/darcnes/ DarcNES]
|Multi-platformalign=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20131031224033/http://www.dridus.com/~nyef/dn_bin/ 9b0401/9b0313]
|{{✗}}
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|Nescala
|align=left|{{Icon|Linux|macOS, Linux}}
|[https://github.com/hywelandrews/nescala Git]
|{{✗}}
|?
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
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!colspan="8"|Mobile / ARM
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|Nestopia<ref group=N name=libretro>Only available as a libretro core (e.g. [[RetroArch]]).</ref>
|align=left|{{Icon|Android|iOS}}
|1.44
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|High
|?
|{{✓}}
|-
|GPFCE
|align=left|{{Icon|Linux|Pandora}}
|[http://repo.openpandora.org/?page=detail&app=package.gpfce.notaz 0.81.0.r2]
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|High
|{{✗}}
|{{✓}}
|-
|Nostalgia.NES
|align=left|{{Icon|Android}}
|[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nostalgiaemulators.neslite 1.17.2]
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|High
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|-
|[[Jnes]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Android}}
|[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jabosoft.silverarrow 1.1.2.11]
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|Low
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
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|VNES
|align=left|{{Icon|Java|Symbian}}
|[http://web.archive.org/web/20111010231155/http://www.vampent.com/vnes.htm 1.7 (S60v3)]
|?
|{{✗}}
|Low
|{{✗}}
|{{✗}}
|-
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|[[L-CLASSICS|Switch Online]]
|[[Nintendo Switch emulatorsalign=left|{{Icon|Nintendo Switch]]}}
|2.3.0
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|-
|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 emulatorsalign=left|PlayStation Portable]]{{Icon|PSP}}
|[http://filetrip.net/psp-downloads/homebrew/download-nesterj-113-beta-2-f27533.html 1.13 beta 2]<br />[http://filetrip.net/psp-downloads/homebrew/download-nesterj-112aoex-r3-f29028.html AoEX]
|{{✓}}
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|[[Virtual Console]]
|[[Wii emulatorsalign=left|{{Icon|Wii]], [[Nintendo 3DS emulators|Nintendo 3DS]], [[Wii U emulators|Wii U]]WiiU}}
|N/A
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
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|Nestopia**<ref group=N name=libretro/>|[[PlayStation 3 emulatorsalign=left|PlayStation 3]], [[Xbox 360 emulators{{Icon|PS3|Xbox 360]], [[Wii emulators|Wii]]}}
|1.44
|{{✓}}
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|[[FCEUX|FCE Ultra GX]]
|[[Wii emulatorsalign=left|{{Icon|GCN|Wii]], [[GameCube emulators|GameCube]]}}
|[https://github.com/dborth/fceugx/releases 3.3.9]
|{{✓}}
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|[http://web.archive.org/web/20090227044416/http://imbnes.gamebase.ca imbNES]
|[[PlayStation emulatorsalign=left|PlayStation]]{{Icon|PS1}}
|[http://web.archive.org/web/20090221132233/http://imbnes.gamebase.ca:80/downloads.html 1.3.2]
|{{✗}}
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|NESBox
|[[Xbox One emulatorsalign=left|Xbox One]]{{Icon|XB1}}
|[https://nesbox.com/ v4]
|{{✗}}
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|VirtuaNES for 3DS
|[[Nintendo 3DS emulatorsalign=left|{{Icon|Nintendo 3DS]]}}
|[https://github.com/bubble2k16/emus3ds/releases 1.02]
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|}
<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]]).
===Comparisons===
*[[Mesen]] is the most compatible 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.
*[[puNES]] 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 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.
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!Family Computer Disk System
|An Japan-exclusive peripheral using proprietary floppy disks format for implementing extra features that lacked in original Famicom console, such as saving game data (without needing battery-backed ROM), high-fidelity audio and other gameplay enhancements. FDS comes with its own game library, some of these were later ported to the regular NES/Famicom cartridge format with significant downgrades.''See above''
|''[[Wikipedia:The Legend of Zelda (video game)|Legend of Zelda: The Hyrule Fantasy]]''<br/>''[[Wikipedia:Zelda II: The Adventure of Link|Zelda II: The Adventure of Link]]''<br/>''[[Wikipedia:Metroid|Metroid]]''<br/>''[[Wikipedia:Kid Icarus|Light Mythology: Palutena's Mirror]]''<br/>''[[Wikipedia:Castlevania (1986 video game)|Akumajō Dracula]]''<br/>''[[Wikipedia:Ice Hockey (1988 video game)|Ice Hockey]]''
|Various
|A BIOS file (which can be found [[Emulator_Files#NES_.2F_Famicom|here]]) is required for FDS emulation. Note that there's two versions of the BIOS: the one that comes with FDS and another one that comes with Sharp's [[Wikipedia:Twin Famicom|Twin Famicom]]. They function identically despite showing different intro during first boot.
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!Microphone
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!ASCII TurboFile<br/>ASCII TurboFile II
|A Japan-exclusive external storage devices for saving game positions on Famicom.
|''[[Wikipedia:Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord|Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord]]''<br/>''[[Wikipedia:Wizardry II: The Knight of Diamonds|Wizardry II: The Knight of Diamonds]]''<br/>''[[Wikipedia:River City Ransom|Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari]]''<br/>''[[Wikipedia:Miracle Warriors: Seal of the Dark Lord|Haja no Fūin]]''
|[[VirtuaNES]]
|A Japan-exclusive network peripheral that allowed users to connect to a Nintendo server which provided extra content such as jokes, news, game tips, weather forecasts, horse betting and downloadable content via dial-up modem.
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
==Hardware Variants==
===VS . System===An arcade system based on the NES released for the US. Most emulators It was released in two different cabinet variations: '''Vs. UniSystem''' and '''Vs. DualSystem''', which the later have an option to let you "Insert Coin(s)"double chipsets on the PCB and is capable of handling two different programs or simply two separate copies of a single program simultaneously.
===Famicom Box===
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.
===NES Classic Edition===
{{main|wikipedia:NES_Classic_Edition}}
The NES Classic Edition is a mini console that emulates the experience of the Nintendo Entertainment System. It includes 30 classic NES games and is compatible with the Wii Classic Controller and NES Classic Edition controller.
Nintendo produced and sold about 2.3 million NES Classic Editions from November 2016 through April 2017, with shipments selling out nearly immediately. In April 2017, Nintendo announced they were discontinuing the product, leading to consumer confusion, and incidents of greatly increased pricing among private sellers. Due to the demand of the NES Classic, and the success of the Super NES Classic Edition console, Nintendo re-introduced the NES Classic on June 29, 2018. Production was discontinued again in December 2018.
==Resources==
