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|predecessor = [[First_and_Second_Generations_of_video_game_consolesFirst_and_second_generations_of_video_game_consoles|Color TV-Game]]

 The '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Entertainment_System Nintendo Entertainment System]''' (NES) is an 8-bit, third-generation console released 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 ($419 in 2019 money).99|1985}}. It had a Ricoh 2A03 CPU at 1.79 MHz with 2KB of RAM.

* The '''Family Computer Disk System''' (FDS), a Japan-only add-on which played games from a special proprietary magnetic disk semi-custom variant of Mitsumi's Quick Disk format strongly reminiscent of floppy disks of the time. It offered 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.

! scope="col"|Operating SystemPlatform(s)! scope="col"|Latest Versionversion! scope="col"|[[Wikipedia:Family Computer Famicom Disk System|FDS]]! scope="col"|[[libretro|Libretro Core]]! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracyaccuracy|Accuracy]]! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>

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|[[Mesen#List_of_forks|Mesen X]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows, |Linux}}|[httphttps://wwwgithub.mesencom/NovaSquirrel/Mesen-X/releases/ 2022-05-15] [https://github.ca com/NovaSquirrel/Mesen-X/actions git]|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|Cycle|{{MesenVer✓}}|{{✓}}]

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|[[puNESBizHawk]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows, |Linux}}|[httpshttp://githubtasvideos.com/punesemuorg/puNESBizHawk/releases v0ReleaseHistory.103html {{BizHawkVer}}]

|[[Nintendulator]]NintendulatorNRS|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[http://wwwunlicensed.qmtpro.com/~nesgames/nintendulatorlibg/#downloads 0static.985 Betaphp?page=NintendulatorNRS 2022-09-12]|{{✗✓}}

|My Nes[[Mesen]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows, |Linux}}|[httpshttp://sourceforgewww.net/projects/mynes/ 7mesen.5.6945ca {{MesenVer}}]|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|Cycle|{{✓}}

|[[BizHawkares]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}|[httphttps://tasvideosgithub.orgcom/BizHawkares-emulator/ReleaseHistory.html ares/releases {{BizHawkVeraresVer}}]|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|?|{{✓}}

|[[higanFinalBurn Neo]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows, Linux, macOS}}|[httphttps://byuugithub.orgcom/finalburnneo/emulationFBNeo/higanreleases/ tag/latest WIP builds]|{{higanVer✓}}]

|High|{{✓✗}} <small>(as bsnes v083)</small>|Cycle

|[httphttps://wwwfms.nesemu2komkon.comorg/ nesemu2iNES iNES]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD|Solaris}}|[https://githubfms.comkomkon.org/holodnak/nesemu2 GitiNES {{INESVer}}]|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|High|?|{{✓}}

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|[[nemulator]https://prilik.com/ANESE ANESE]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}|[httphttps://nemulatorgithub.com/downloads.html 4.2daniel5151/ANESE/releases git]

|HighCycle<ref group=N>[https://prilik.com/ANESE/#disclaimers The CPU is instruction-cycle accurate, but not sub-instruction cycle accurate (TODO ). While this inaccuracy doesn’t affect most games, there are some that that rely on sub-instruction level timings.]</ref>

|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[http://rocknes.web.fc2.com/ 5.54{{RockNESVer}}]

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|cxNES[[nemulator]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows, Linux}}|[httpshttp://githubnemulator.com/perilsensitive/cxnes/releases 0.3downloads.3]|html {{✓NemulatorVer}}]

|-|FakeNES GT|Windows, Linux, macOS, [[Intel CPUs|DOS]]|[[sourceforge:projects/fakenes/|0.59 b3]]|{{✓}}High

|[[FCEUX]]Nesemu|Windows, Linux, align=left|{{Icon|macOS,<br/>Solaris, BSD}}|[httphttps://www.fceuxgithub.com/webtsalvo/download.html 2.2.3nes-emu-ios git]

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|[http://cah4e3.shedevr.org.ru/fceultra.php FCEUmm]|Multi-platformalign=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[https://sourceforge.net/projects/fceumm/ 98.13mm] ([[Emulators on Windows|Windows]])<br />[https://github.com/libretro/libretro-fceumm Gitgit] ([[libretro]])

|Multi-platformalign=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}

|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[http://forums.nesdev.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=9935#p109627 Gitgit]

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|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 9xWin9x)

|Multi-platformalign=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[https://web.archive.org/web/20180904003223/https://kode54.net/fb2k/QuickNES.zip 0.7.0b1] ([[Emulators on Windows|Windows]])<br />[https://github.com/libretro/QuickNES_Core Gitgit] ([[libretro]])

|[[VirtuaNES]]VGBANext|Windowsalign=left|{{Icon|Android}}|[httphttps://virtuanesplay.s1.xreagoogle.com/ 0store/apps/details?id=com.97fms.emu&hl=en&gl=US {{VGBANextVer}}]|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|High|{{✗}}|{{✓}}

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|[http://freezesms.emuunlim.com/ FreezeSMS]John NESS|Windowsalign=left|{{Icon|Android}}|[httphttps://freezesmsplay.emuunlimgoogle.com/downloadstore/apps/details?id=com.html 4johnemulators.6johnness 1.09]|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|Mid|{{✗}}|{{✓}}

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|[https://web.archive.org/web/20131022152846/http://wwwNostalgia.dridus.com:80/~nyef/darcnes/ DarcNES]NES|Multi-platformalign=left|{{Icon|Android}}|[https://webplay.archivegoogle.orgcom/webstore/20131031224033apps/http://wwwdetails?id=com.nostalgiaemulators.neslite 2.dridus0.com/~nyef/dn_bin/ 9b0401/9b03139]|{{✓}}

|Nescalanesemu|macOS, Linuxalign=left|{{Icon|Pandora|Wiz|Dingoo}}|[https://githubcode.google.com/hywelandrewsarchive/p/nesemu/downloads 0.2.3 Beta Preview]<br/><small> (Pandora)</small>[https://dl.openhandhelds.org/cgi-bin/wiz.cgi?0,0,0,0,71,235 V1] <small>(Wiz)</small><br/nescala Git>[https://dl.openhandhelds.org/cgi-bin/dingoo.cgi?0,0,0,0,71,181 0.2]<small>(Dingoo)</small>|{{✓}}

|{{✗}}|-|[[Nestopia]]|align=left|{{Icon|Pandora}}|[https://repo.openpandora.org/?page=detail&app=nestopia-app V2]

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|NesterJ*Pocket Nester+|[[PlayStation Portable emulatorsalign=left|{{Icon|PlayStation Portable]]WinMobile}}|[httphttps://filetripwww.zophar.net/psp-downloadswmsphone/homebrewnes/download-nesterj-113-beta-2-f27533pocketnester+.html 10.13 beta 29]<br />[http://filetrip.net/psp|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|Low|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|-downloads/homebrew/download!colspan="9"|Consoles|-nesterj|[[L-112aoex-r3-f29028CLASSICS|Switch Online]]|align=left|{{Icon|Switch}}|2.3.html AoEX]0

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|[[align=left|{{Icon|GCN|Wii emulators}}|Wii[https://github.com/dborth/fceugx/releases {{FCEUXGXVer}}]], [[GameCube emulators|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|Mid|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|-| pNES|align=left|{{Icon|Switch|GameCube]]Vita}}|[https://github.com/dborthCpasjuste/fceugxpemu/releases 3git]|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|High|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|-|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>|align=left|{{Icon|PSP}}|[http://filetrip.net/psp-downloads/homebrew/download-nesterj-113-beta-2-f27533.html 1.313 beta 2]<br />[http://filetrip.net/psp-downloads/homebrew/download-nesterj-112aoex-r3-f29028.9html AoEX]

|FCEUltra for PS2|align=left|{{Icon|PS2}}|[httphttps://webwww.archiveemuparadise.org/webme/20090227044416Nintendo_Entertainment_System_Emulators/http:Playstation_2/FCEUltra/imbnes146 0.gamebase9.ca imbNES3]|[[PlayStation emulators|PlayStation]]|<br/>[httphttps://webmundowiihack.archivewordpress.org/web/20090221132233/http:/com/imbnes.gamebase.ca:80tag/downloads.html 1.3fce-ultra 0.290i Mod]|{{✓}}

|NESBox[https://hcs64.com/neon64.html Neon64]|[[Xbox One emulatorsalign=left|{{Icon|Xbox One]]N64}}|[https://nesboxgithub.com/ v4hcs64/neon64v2 git]|{{✓}}

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|[[Nintendo 3DS emulatorsalign=left|{{Icon|Nintendo 3DS]]}}|[https://github.com/bubble2k16TBirdSoars/emus3ds/releases 1.02VirtuaNES git]

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!colspan|nesDS|align="8"left|{{Icon|NDS}}|[https://sourceforge.net/projects/nesds/files/nesds1.3a.zip/download 1.3a]|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|Low|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|Mobile{{✗}}

|Nestopia***imbNES|[[Android emulatorsalign=left|Android]], [[IOS emulators{{Icon|iOS]]PS1}}|[http://web.archive.org/web/20090221132233/http://imbnes.gamebase.ca:80/downloads.html 1.443.2]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|Low

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|GPFCE[[Project Nested]]|ARM Devices <small>(GP2X, Pandora)</small>align=left|{{Icon|SNES}}|[httphttps://repogithub.openpandora.orgcom/Myself086/Project-Nested/?page=detail&app=package.gpfce.notaz 0.81.0.r2]|releases {{✓ProjectNestedVer}}]

|Nostalgia.NES|[[Android emulators|AndroidNeMul]]|align=left|{{Icon|MD}}|[httpshttp://playpscd.google.comru/games/storesmd/appsnsmd/details?id=com.nostalgiaemulators1247-nemul.neslite html 1.17.20]|{{✓✗}}|{{✗}}|Low|{{✗}}

|[[Jnes]]PocketNES|[[Android emulatorsalign=left|{{Icon|Android]]GBA}}|[https://playwww.googledwedit.comorg/storegba/apps/details?id=compocketnes_2013_07_01.jabosoft.silverarrow zip 7-1.1.2.11-2013]|{{✓✗}}

<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]]).<brdiv><nowiki>***<references group=N /nowiki> Only available on mobile as a libretro core (e.g. [[RetroArch]]). 

*[[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_PacksTexture_packs|HD packs]], [[netplay]], auto-updating, [[Shaders and Filtersfilters|good built-in filters]], both .zip and [[GoodTools|goodmerged]] file loading, etc. The standalone emulator has ceased development for unknown reasons, but the libretro fork and NovaSquirrel's fork is still active.*[[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.

*[[Nintendulator]] and My Nes also have a fairly high ranking in those tests.<ref name="nestas"/>. NintendulatorNRS is a fork of Nintendulator which has support for the Famicom Disk System, rare mappers, and many unlicensed and bootleg carts and systems.

* '''No Mappermapper:''' Supported on every emulator even official Nintendo emulators.* '''Official Mappersmappers''' (UNROM, AOROM, MMC1-6): Most emulators, as well as Nintendo's Virtual Console (but not their GBA emulators), will cover these.* '''Third Party Mappersparty mappers''' (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 that took advantage of their features (advanced ROM mapping, extra sound channels) 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.* '''Unlicensed Mappersmappers:''' Mostly used by pirate cartridges, often long past the console's official commercial lifespan. Only the more accurate emulators ([https://github.com/NovaSquirrel/Mesen-X/commits/master/Core Mesen-X], [https://github.com/punesemu/puNES/commits/master/src/core/mappers puNES], FCEUXNintendulatorNRS, [https://github.com/0ldsk00l/nestopia/commits/master/source/core/board Nestopia UE]) will even bother covering them in a whack-a-mole quest for every new one discovered to this very day. If you're not interested in '''unlicensed''' Chinese or Russian bootlegs or newer unofficial NES demakes, it isn't a problem.

===QD FDS Supportsupport===

===Color Palettepalette==={{Main|Famicom Color Palettecolor palette}}

The 3DS Wii and Wii U versions of [[Virtual Console]] use extremely dark color palettes. This is apparently not an accuracy issue, but rather an anti-epilepsy measure. For the Nintendo Switch Online service, the games were directly edited to remove seizure-inducing patterns, allowing it to use a normal palette.

<div style="max-width:100%; overflow:auto;">{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"! scope="col" style="width:200px;"|Name(s)! scope=Zapper"col" style="width:300px;"|Description! scope="col" style="width:150px;"|Game(s)This accessory was very common. It'! scope="col" style="width:100px;text-align:center"|Support emulator(s a )! scope="col" style="width:300px;"|Note|-!Zapper|An electronic light gun, used for many games such as accessory that allowing players to aim at the display and shoot various objects that appear on the screen.|''[[Wikipedia:Duck Hunt|Duck Hunt]]'', <br/>''[[Wikipedia:Wild Gunman|Wild Gunman]]'', and <br/>''[[Wikipedia:Hogan's Alley (video game)|Hogan's Alley]]'', to name three examples. When |Various|Emulated in the trigger is pulledform of a mouse click (PC), the screen flashes black tap (for mobile), remote ([[Wii emulators|Wii]] ports of NES emulators), or faked pointers using a period controller.|-!Arkanoid/Vaus Controller|A specific game controller with one button to "fire" and a dial to control back and forth movement.|''[[Wikipedia:Arkanoid|Arkanoid]]''<br/>''[[Wikipedia:Arkanoid: Revenge of Doh|Arkanoid: Revenge of 1Doh]]''<br/>''[[Wikipedia:Chase H.Q.|Chase H.Q.]]''|Various|N/A|-2 frames while displaying !Power Pad<br/>Family Trainer<br/>Family Fun Fitness|A game controller that allows players stepping on a white rectangle gray floor mat with 12 pressure-sensors embedded between flexible plastic to control gameplay.|''[[Wikipedia:Stadium Events|Stadium Events]]''<br/>''[[Wikipedia:Dance Aerobics|Dance Aerobics]]''<br/>''Athletic World''|[[FCEUX]]|N/A|-!NES Four Score<br/>NES Satellite<br/>4-Player Adaptor|A multitap accessory that allows players to enable up to 4-player gameplay using infrared wireless communication.|''[[Wikipedia:R.C. Pro-Am II|R.C. Pro-Am II]]''<br/>''[[Wikipedia:Bomberman II|Bomberman II]]''<ref group=N>Up to three players only.</ref><br/>''[[Wikipedia:Gauntlet II|Gauntlet II]]''<br/>''[[Wikipedia:Nintendo World Cup|Nintendo World Cup]]''<br/>''[[Wikipedia:A Nightmare on Elm Street (indicating the target franchise)#Video games|A Nightmare on Elm Street]]''|Various|Emulated by having an option to shoot atswitch between 2-player and 4-player mode or just enabling/disabling Player 3 and Player 4's controller.|-!Family Computer Disk System|''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|BIOS file (which can be found [[Emulator_Files#NES_.2F_Famicom|here]])is required for FDS emulation. If Note that there's two versions of the gun detects it is pointing at BIOS: the white rectangle, it tells 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.|-!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 register create programs in Famicom. It comes with a hitspecial designed cartridge, keyboard, and the Data Recorder. On real hardware, this could be quite unreliable unless |''Family BASIC''|[[Mesen]]<br/>[[Nestopia|Nestopia UE]]<br/>[[FCEUX]]<br/>[[VirtuaNES]]|N/A|-!Famicom Data Recorder|A Japan-exclusive compact cassette tape data interface as an addition to the lenses were thoroughly cleanFamily BASIC to save data from BASIC programs created by users.|''Family BASIC''|[[Mesen]]<br/>[[Nestopia|Nestopia UE]]<br/>[[VirtuaNES]]|N/A|-!Famicom 3D System|A Japan-exclusive active shutter glasses headset which allowed compatible games to display a stereoscopic image for 3D experience. The Zapper plugged into |''[[Wikipedia:List of Mario racing games#Famicom Grand Prix II: 3D Hot Rally|Famicom Grand Prix II: 3D Hot Rally]]''<br/>''[[Wikipedia:Rad Racer|Highway Star]]''<br/>''[[Wikipedia:Falsion|Falsion]]''|[[RetroArch]]|[https://github.com/libretro/glsl-shaders/tree/master/stereoscopic-3d GLSL shaders] is needed for RetroArch to simulate the P2 port and mainly worked 3D experience with old CRT TVs; newer LCD TVs will not register [[Virtual reality|VR]] headset, 3D TV, 3D projector or Android phone with the Zappercardboard. Many emulators support this |-!Miracle Piano Teaching System|An accessory with 100% accurate hit detection in that used an electronic MIDI keyboard as input.|''[[Wikipedia:Miracle Piano Teaching System|Miracle Piano Teaching System]]''|[[MAME]]<br/>no$nes<br/>Nintaco<br/>[https://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?t=17135 FCEUX mod]<br>[[MiSTer]]|N/A|-!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 form 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 a mouse click the Dark Lord|Haja no Fūin]]''|[[VirtuaNES]]|N/A|-!Oeka Kids Tablet|A Japan-exclusive drawing tablet for the Famicom ''Oeka Kids'' series.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160927112920/http://www.ne.jp/asahi/oroti/famicom/ish15.html ファミコンの周辺機器が大集合!　ザ☆周辺機器ズ　15] (PCArchived), tap (for mobile), remote (</ref>|''Oeka Kids: Anpanman no Hiragana Daisuki''<br/>''Oeka Kids: Anpanman to Oekaki Shiyou!!''|[[Mesen]]<br/>[[Wii emulatorsNestopia|WiiNestopia UE]]<br/>[[FCEUX]]<br/>[[puNES]]<br/>[[VirtuaNES]] ports |N/A|-!RacerMate CompuTrainer Pro|A rare series of peripherals for the game ''RacerMate Challenge II''. It comes with a interface box, a bike trainer as well as a handlebar display.<ref>[http://www.nesmuseum.com/racermate.html NES emulators)Museum: RacerMate Challenge II]</ref>|''RacerMate Challenge II''|N/A|N/A|-!Game Genie|A pass-through devices that attached between a cartridge and the console, or faked pointers allowing the player to manipulate various aspects of games and access unused assets and functions by temporarily modify game data.|Various|[[FCEUX]]<ref group=N name=gamegenie>Cheat authentically by using a controllerGame Genie ROM.</ref><br/>[[puNES]]<ref group=N name=gamegenie/>|Most emulators have a GUI to manage cheats and don't rely on real hardware cheating devices.|-!Family Computer Network System<br/>Famicom Modem|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|}</div><references group=N/>

==Hardware variants=Arkanoid/Vaus Controller====VS. System===This controller An arcade system based on the NES released for the US. It was released by Taito with one button to "fire" and a dial to control back and forth movementin two different cabinet variations: '''Vs. UniSystem''Arkanoid'and ' and ''Chase H.QVs.DualSystem''' are , which the later have double chipsets on the only NES games to utilize it, but it PCB and is still optional even so. [[Mesen]] and [[puNES]] support thiscapable of handling two different programs or simply two separate copies of a single program simultaneously.

===Miracle Piano Teaching System===By the Software ToolworksMost emulators support games in Vs. UniSystem cabinet by setting up different DIP switches. But for games in Vs. DualSystem cabinet, the ''[[Wikipedia:Miracle Piano Teaching System|Miracle Piano Teaching SystemMAME]]'' used an electronic piano keyboard as input. It is unknown if any emulator supports this featurethe only choice.

===Family Trainer/Family Fun Fitness/Power Pad===This was designed to be used Since most VS. System games have palettes that differ from the standard RGB NES palette, roms made with your feet, typically by running VS. System which are accidentally played in place on numbered circles to represent the button presses. It plugs into emulator's NES mode (or vice-versa) will cause the P2 port and has 12 different buttonscolors to be totally garbled. Notable games such as ''Stadium Events'', ''World Class Track Meet'', and ''Athletic World'', utilize this, and trying to use a standard controller This can occur when there is not an option. Despite being less accurate than puNES issue with the emulator's configuration or Mesen, [[FCEUX]] actually supports thisthe ROM's iNES header.

===NES Four Score/NES Satellite/4-Player AdaptorFamicom Box===This turned the standard two controller ports into four by plugging into both P1 and P2. A few games utilized this capability, such Also re-released later as LJNSharp's ''A Nightmare FamicomStation. The hybrid NES/Famicom arcade box [http://famicomworld.com/system/other/famicombox/ Nintendo Famicom Box] is a bulky metal cube, with a slot to insert money and secured with tons of locks. The hotel would set the amount of time you could play on Elm Street''one token, and choose the games available. You can see it in action in season 18 of [http://www.gamingcx.com/ Game Center CX]. Many emulators support this feature by having an option It was distributed in select hotels and stores and can hold up to switch between 2-player 15 select Famicom releases at once, and 4-player mode or just enabling/disabling Player 3 had many more hardware lockout chips and Player 4's controllerpins with different behavior than usual (it also only supported cartridges using memory mapper 0). Sports a unique boot screen for both models released.

===Microphone===Technically not a peripheral because it was physically part of each Model 1 Famicom, on Neither the second player's controller is a microphone and volume slider instead of having cartridges nor the START and SELECT buttons. One noteworthy game that makes use of this is the Japanese ''Legend of Zelda''. Pols Voice, BIOS has been dumped or tested with an enemyemulator, is destroyed if unlike the player makes a loud sound into the microphone Super Famicom Box (the US version changed this to merely firing an arrow to 1-shot them). Another game to make use of the microphone is ''Takeshi no Chōsenjōwhich has had both its BIOS'' (''Takeshi's Challenge''). [[VirtuaNES]] supports this, activated by tapping the 'M' key on default settings. [[Mesen]] also supports this. The 3DS and Wii U versions most of [[Virtual Console]] are currently the only emulators that support input through an actual microphone, though [[puNES]] has this feature plannedits ROMs dumped).

====Karaoke Studio====Separate from the built-in microphone, Bandai made ''[[Wikipedia:Karaoke Studio|Karaoke Studio]]'', which is a special game cartridge that has a microphone attached to it. It is unknown if any emulator supports this feature. ===Family Computer Disk SystemDendy===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 the regular pirate NES/Famicom cartridge format clone which was sold in Russia and Eastern Europe, 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 blueprint later reused for the game contained on each of the disksother Famiclones. You'll need the BIOS file to emulate games made for this add-on, which can be found [[Emulator Files#NES .2F Famicom|here]]. ItHere's interesting to note there are actually two versions of the BIOS; [[Wikipediahttp:Family Computer Disk System|Nintendo's peripheral]] and [[Wikipedia:Twin Famicom|Sharp's Twin Famicom]]. The only difference is Nintendo's displays ''Nintendo'' while [[Wikipedia:Sharp Corporation|Sharp]]'s displays ''Famicom'' when the hardware is first booted//www. Other than that, they function identicallyyoutube. ===Famicom Keyboardcom/watch?v===Only one game used kne6AKyYUuM a keyboard to program in BASIC on the Famicom and that was ''[[Wikipedia:Family BASIC|Family BASIClink]]''. [[VirtuaNES]] supports it. ====Data Recorder====The [[Wikipedia:Famicom Data Recorder|Data Recorder]] is an accessory related to the Famicom Keyboarda CC-subtitled Kinaman video for more details. Three games and one accessory supported the Data Recorder: It''Excitebike'', ''Mach Rider'', ''Wrecking Crew'', and ''Family BASIC''. These sent an analog audio stream through the keyboard to s a cassette tape deckvery quirky NTSC NES optimized for 50Hz, 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 many other changes from the "Tape" menu. ===ASCII Turbo File===Different from either batteryofficial PAL NES as well-backed ROM cartridge or through these differences often break 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 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]] and VirtuaNES supports itcompatibility of Dendy-specific releases on most emulators.

===CompuTrainer Pro===This is very rare MESS supports this console, and was only used in some other emulators (such as Mesen, puNES, and FCEUX) have introduced support for it, as well as support for iNES 2.0 ROM headers (including the unlicensed game RacerMate Challenge IIoption to mark a ROM region as PAL Dendy). It is unknown if any The cartridges themselves can still be played as long as the emulator supports this feature. <ref>http://www.nesmuseum.com/racermatebroken carts.html</ref>

===Game GenieVTxx===Although most emulatorsVTxx is a series of NOAC (Nintendo-On-A-Chip, in general, have a GUI kind of chip that contains all the components of a Famicom/NES) chips that implemented multiple changes and enhancements compared to manage cheats and don't rely on real hardware cheating devicesregular NES, manufactured by [[FCEUX]http://www.vrt.com.tw/ V.R Technology] can cheat authentically using a Game Genie ROM.

==Hardware Variants=====VS System===An arcade system based on the Differences between VTxx series chips and regular NES released for the US. Most emulators have an option to let you "Insert Coin(s)". 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 could be totally garbled. This can occur when there is an issue with the emulator's configuration or the ROM's iNES header. ===Famicom Box===Also re-released later as Sharp's FamicomStation. The hybrid NES/Famicom arcade box [http://famicomworld.com/system/other/famicombox/ Nintendo Famicom Box] is a bulky metal cube, with a slot to insert money and secured with tons of locks. The hotel would set the amount of time you could play checked on one token, and choose the games available. You can see it in action in season 18 of [httphttps://www.gamingcxnesdev.comorg/ Game Center CXwiki/VTxx NesDev Wiki]. It was distributed in select hotels and stores and can hold up to 15 select Famicom releases at once, and had many more hardware lockout chips and pins with different behavior than usual (it also only supported cartridges using memory mapper 0). Sports a unique boot screen for both models released.

Neither the cartridges nor the BIOS has been dumped VTxx is often being used in those low-quality plug & play consoles, or tested with an emulator, unlike the Super Famicom Box (which has had both its BIOS' and most of its ROMs dumped)keyboard-shaped so-called educational computers.

===Dendy===A pirate NES Famicom clone which was sold in Russia and Eastern Europe, with the blueprint later reused for other FamiclonesV. Here's R technology provides an emulator called [http://www.youtubevrt.com.tw/watch?v=kne6AKyYUuM a linkdownload.htm EmuVT] to a CC-subtitled Kinaman video for more details. It's a very quirky NTSC NES optimized for 50Hzas official development & debugging tool, with many other changes from which supports the official PAL NES as well- through these differences often break the compatibility emulation of multiple kinds of VTxx series chips, and seems to be modded out of Dendy-specific releases on most emulatorsan old emulator called [https://web.archive.org/web/20110317151619/http://www.emulation9.com/nnnesterj/ NNNesterJ].

MESS supports this ===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 some other emulators (such as Mesen, puNES, NES Classic Edition controller.Nintendo produced and FCEUX) introduced support for it in r3134sold about 2.3 million NES Classic Editions from November 2016 through April 2017, along with the already included support for iNES 2shipments selling out nearly immediately.0 ROM headers (including In April 2017, Nintendo announced they were discontinuing the option product, leading to mark a ROM region as PAL Dendy)consumer confusion, and incidents of greatly increased pricing among private sellers. The cartridges themselves can still be played as long as Due to the demand of the NES Classic, and the success of the Super NES Classic Edition console, Nintendo re-introduced the emulator supports broken cartsNES Classic on June 29, 2018. Production was discontinued again in December 2018.