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|logo = nes-t.png
|developer = [[:Nintendo]]
|type = [[:Category:ConsolesHome consoles|Home video game console]]
|generation = [[:Category:Third-generation video game consoles|Third generation]]
|release = 1983
|discontinued = 2003
|predecessor = [[First_and_Second_Generations_of_video_game_consolesFirst_and_second_generations_of_video_game_consoles|Color TV-Game]]
|successor = [[Super Nintendo emulators|SNES]]
|emulated = {{✓}}
}}
 
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|179.99|1985}}. It had a Ricoh 2A03 CPU at 1.79 MHz with 2KB of RAM.
==Emulators==
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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! 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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! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulatorsemulators|Recommended]]
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!colspan="89"|PC/ x86
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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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|[[puNES]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|FreeBSD}}
|[https://github.com/punesemu/puNES/releases {{PuNESVer}}] [https://github.com/punesemu/puNES/actions wip]
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|Cycle
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
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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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|[[puNESBizHawk]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows, |Linux}}|[httpshttp://githubtasvideos.comorg/punesemuBizHawk/puNES/releases ReleaseHistory.html {{PuNESVerBizHawkVer}}]
|{{✓}}
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|[[Nintendulator]]NintendulatorNRS|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[http://wwwunlicensed.qmtpro.com/~nesgames/nintendulatorlibg/#downloads 0static.985 Betaphp?page=NintendulatorNRS 2022-09-12]|{{✗✓}}
|{{✗}}
|Cycle
|{{✓}}
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|{{~}}
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|[[Mesen]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux}}
|[http://www.mesen.ca {{MesenVer}}]
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|Cycle
|{{✓}}
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|My Nes[[FCEUX]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows, |Linux|macOS|FreeBSD|Sol}}|[httpshttp://sourceforgewww.fceux.net/projectscom/mynesweb/ 7download.5.7202html {{FCEUXVer}}]|{{✗✓}}
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|Mid
|{{✓}}
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|[[3dSen]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
|[http://www.geodstudio.net/ {{3dSenVRVer}}]
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|?
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|{{✓}}
|{{~}}
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|[[BizHawkares]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}|[httphttps://tasvideosgithub.orgcom/BizHawkares-emulator/ReleaseHistory.html ares/releases {{BizHawkVeraresVer}}]|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|?|{{✓}}
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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]
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|Cycle
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|[[higanFinalBurn Neo]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows, Linux, macOS}}|[httphttps://byuugithub.orgcom/finalburnneo/emulationFBNeo/higanreleases/ tag/latest WIP builds]|{{higanVer✓}}]
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|High|{{✓✗}} <small>(as bsnes v083)</small>|Cycle
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|[https://fms.komkon.org/iNES/ iNES]|Multi-platformalign=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD|Solaris}}|[https://fms.komkon.org/iNES/ 5.7{{INESVer}}]
|{{✓}}
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|High
|?
|{{✓}}
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|[https://prilik.com/ANESE/ ANESE]My Nes|align=left|{{Icon|Windows, |Linux, macOS}}|[https://github.com/daniel5151alaahadid/ANESEMy-Nes/releases 0.9.1git]
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|CycleMid|{{~✓}}|{{✓}}
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|[http://www.nesemu2.com/ nesemu2[higan]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}|[https://github.com/holodnakhigan-emu/nesemu2 Githigan/releases {{higanVer}}]|{{✗✓}}|{{✗✓}}
|Cycle
|{{✗✓}}|{{✓}}
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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]
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|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>
|{{✓}}
|{{~}}
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|[[RockNES]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[http://rocknes.web.fc2.com/ 5.54{{RockNESVer}}]
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|High
|{{✓✗}}|{{✗}}
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|cxNES[[nemulator]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows, Linux}}|[httpshttp://githubnemulator.com/perilsensitive/cxnes/releases 0.3downloads.3]|html {{✓NemulatorVer}}]
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|Mid
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|-|FakeNES GT|Windows, Linux, macOS, [[Intel CPUs|DOS]]|[[sourceforge:projects/fakenes/|0.59 b3]]|{{✓}}High
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|[[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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|MidHigh|{{✓}}
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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]])
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|Mid
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|[[MAME]]
|Multi-platformalign=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
|[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]
|{{✓}}
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|Mid
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|[[VirtuaNES]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
|[http://virtuanes.s1.xrea.com/ 0.97]
|{{~}}
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|Low
|{{✓}}
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|[[HDNes]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[http://forums.nesdev.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=9935#p109627 Gitgit]
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|Low
|{{✓}}
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|[[Jnes]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
|[http://www.jabosoft.com/categories/3 1.2.1]
|{{✓}}
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|Low
|{{✓✗}}|{{✗}}
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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 9xWin9x)
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|Low
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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] ([[Emulators on Windows|Windows]])<br />[https://github.com/libretro/QuickNES_Core Gitgit] ([[libretro]])
|{{✗}}
|{{✓}}
|Low
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!colspan="9"|Mobile / ARM|-|Nestopia<ref group=N name=libretro>Only available as a libretro core (e.g. [[VirtuaNESRetroArch]]).</ref>|align=left|{{Icon|Android|iOS}}|1.44|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|High|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|Windows-|[http://virtuaneswww.explusalpha.com/home/nes-emu NES.emu]<br/><small>(based on fceux 2020.05.03 git)</small>|align=left|{{Icon|Android|Pyra}}|[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.explusalpha.NesEmu&hl=en_IN&gl=US {{.emuVer}}][https://github.com/Rakashazi/emu-ex-plus-alpha git]<small> (Android)</small><br/>[https://pyra-handheld.com/repo/apps/80 1.s15.xrea46.02]<small> (Pyra)</small>|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|High|{{✓}}<br/><small>(Android only)</small>|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|-|FreeiNES|align=left|{{Icon|Android|Maemo}}<br/>{{Icon|Symbian}}|[https://play.google.com/ store/apps/details?id=com.fms.ines.free&hl=en_US&gl=US 6.1.4]<small> (Android)</small><br/>[https://fms.komkon.org/iNES/ines_3.6.5-1_armel.deb 3.6.5]<small> (Maemo)</small><br/>[https://www.mobiles24.co/downloads/s/229852-184-ines 3.6] <small>([[Emulators on Symbian|Symbian]])</small>|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|High|{{✗}}|{{✓}}|{{~}}|-|VGBANext|align=left|{{Icon|Android}}|[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fms.emu&hl=en&gl=US {{VGBANextVer}}]|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|High|{{✗}}|{{✓}}|{{~}}|-|GPFCE|align=left|{{Icon|Linux|Pandora|GP2X}}<br/>{{Icon|Wiz}}|[http://repo.openpandora.org/?page=detail&app=package.gpfce.notaz 0.81.0.r2]<small> (Pandora)</small><br/>[https://dl.openhandhelds.org/cgi-bin/gp2x.cgi?0,0,0,0,71,2136 0.974 r313]<small>(GP2X)</small><br/>[https://dl.openhandhelds.org/cgi-bin/wiz.cgi?0,0,0,0,71,51 0.4+] <small>(Wiz)</small>|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|Mid|{{✗}}|{{✗}}
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|John NESS
|align=left|{{Icon|Android}}
|[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.johnemulators.johnness 1.09]
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|Mid
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|[[Jnes]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Android}}
|[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jabosoft.silverarrow 1.2.6.26]
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|LowMid
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|[http://freezesmsNostalgia.emuunlim.com/ FreezeSMS]NES|Windowsalign=left|{{Icon|Android}}|[httphttps://freezesmsplay.emuunlimgoogle.com/downloadstore/apps/details?id=com.html 4nostalgiaemulators.6neslite 2.0.9]|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|Mid
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|Low{{✗}}|-|nesemu|align=left|{{Icon|Pandora|Wiz|Dingoo}}|[https://code.google.com/archive/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/>[https://dl.openhandhelds.org/cgi-bin/dingoo.cgi?0,0,0,0,71,181 0.2] <small>(Dingoo)</small>|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|Mid|{{✓}}
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|[https://web.archive.org/web/20131022152846/http://www.dridus.com:80/~nyef/darcnes/ DarcNES[Nestopia]]|Multi-platformalign=left|{{Icon|Pandora}}|[https://webrepo.archiveopenpandora.org/web/20131031224033/http://www.dridus.com/~nyef/dn_bin/ 9b0401/9b0313?page=detail&app=nestopia-app V2]|{{✓}}
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|Low
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|NescalaNesemu|macOS, Linuxalign=left|{{Icon|iOS|AppleTV}}|[https://github.com/hywelandrewstsalvo/nescala Gitnes-emu-ios git]|{{✓}}
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|Mid
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|?-|Pocket Nester+|align=left|{{Icon|WinMobile}}|[https://www.zophar.net/wmsphone/nes/pocketnester+.html 0.9]
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|Low
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!colspan="89"|Consoles
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|[[L-CLASSICS|Switch Online]]
|[[Nintendo Switch emulatorsalign=left|{{Icon|Nintendo Switch]]}}
|2.3.0
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|High
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|NesterJ*|[[PlayStation Portable emulators|PlayStation PortableVirtual Console]]|[http:align=left|{{Icon|Wii|3DS|WiiU}}|N//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]A
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|Mid
|?{{✗}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|-|Nestopia<ref group=N name=libretro/>|align=left|{{Icon|PS3|360|Wii}}|1.44|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|Mid|{{✓}}|{{✓}}
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|[[Virtual ConsoleFCEUX|FCE Ultra GX]]|[[Wii emulatorsalign=left|Wii]], [[Nintendo 3DS emulators{{Icon|Nintendo 3DS]], [[Wii U emulatorsGCN|Wii U]]}}|N[https:/A/github.com/dborth/fceugx/releases {{FCEUXGXVer}}]
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|Nestopia**pNES|align=left|{{Icon|Switch|Vita}}|[[PlayStation 3 emulators|PlayStation 3https://github.com/Cpasjuste/pemu/releases git]], [[Xbox 360 emulators|Xbox 360]], [[Wii emulators{{✓}}|Wii]]{{✗}}|1.44High
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|[[FCEUX|FCE Ultra GX]]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>|[[Wii emulatorsalign=left|Wii]], [[GameCube emulators{{Icon|GameCube]]PSP}}|[httpshttp://githubfiletrip.comnet/dborthpsp-downloads/fceugxhomebrew/releases 3download-nesterj-113-beta-2-f27533.3html 1.13 beta 2]<br />[http://filetrip.net/psp-downloads/homebrew/download-nesterj-112aoex-r3-f29028.9html AoEX]
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|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]|{{✓}}
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|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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|Mid|{{✗✓}}|?
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|VirtuaNES for 3DS
|[[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{{✗}}
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|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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|NESBox
|align=left|{{Icon|XB1}}
|[https://nesbox.com v4]
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|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}}]
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|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|{{✗}}
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|[[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]|{{✓✗}}
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!colspan="9"|Other
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|[https://zardam.github.io/webnofrendo numworks-nofrendo]
|align=left|{{Icon|Numworks}}
|[https://github.com/zardam/numworks-nofrendo git]
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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]]).<brdiv><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_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.
*[[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.
*[[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.
*[[FCEUX]] scores rather low in these tests, despite being a recommended emulator on TAS Videos. The New PPU is more accurate than the Old PPU, thankfully. The emulator is still useful, though, thanks to its robust Lua scripting and incorporating FCEUmm into its feature set.
*[[VirtuaNES]] also scores quite low in the tests, but in turn supports several obscure [[#Peripherals|peripherals]] that are not available on other emulators.
===Mappers===
A key difference between many emulators nowadays is how many mappers they support.
* '''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.
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 will get, it will still never be able to run newly discovered ROM dumps from cartridges that used 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".
Related to this issue: This is why most emulators won't run unheadered NES ROMs. Newer versions of Nestopia can open those, but they're handled in a slightly different way: the information that would have been included in the iNES header is instead provided in emulator configuration files that get summoned as long as the ROM's hash matches exactly the No-Intro dump of that given game (which is inconvenient for romhacks).
===QD FDS Supportsupport===
Games dumped off the Famicom Disc System come into two major types:
[[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 no standard level of overcropping. Many games require different levels for best results. For example, Super Mario Bros. 3 requires quite a bit of cropping, however, the same level of cropping will obscure the letters of the status bar in Castlevania games.
===Color Palettepalette==={{Main|Famicom Color Palettecolor palette}}
Unlike consoles such as the SNES, which natively generate their image in pure RGB, the Famicom normally generates and outputs an encoded NTSC video signal. This must then be decoded by the TV's built-in NTSC decoder, which means the resulting color palette often varies depending on the display's decoder. For this reason, NES games will appear to have different colors on different TV sets. To properly emulate this part of the NES experience, many Famicom emulators have a variety of different palettes to choose from.
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.
==Peripherals==
There were many accessories released for the NES but Emulation General only covers accessories that are truly differentiated data streams from the basic controller. For example, the Power Glove is in actuality just a really complicated NES controller, designed to convert motion into D-PAD, SELECT, START, A, and B button commands. The same goes for R.O.B. and his ''Stack-up'' and ''Gyromite'' games because he was really just the second player. Strangely, the Famicom has a lot more peripheral hardware to emulate than the NES.<ref>[[Wikipedia:List of Nintendo Entertainment System accessories|List of Nintendo Entertainment System accessories]]</ref>
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|''[[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 3D experience with [[Virtual Realityreality|VR]] headset, 3D TV, 3D projector or Android phone with cardboard.
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!Miracle Piano Teaching System
|An accessory that used an electronic MIDI keyboard as input.
|''[[Wikipedia:Miracle Piano Teaching System|Miracle Piano Teaching System]]''
|N[[MAME]]<br/A>no$nes<br/>Nintaco<br/>[https://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?t=17135 FCEUX mod]<br>[[MiSTer]]
|N/A
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==Hardware Variantsvariants==
===VS. System===
An arcade system based on the NES released for the US. It was released in two different cabinet variations: '''Vs. UniSystem''' and '''Vs. DualSystem''', which the later have double chipsets on the PCB and is capable of handling two different programs or simply two separate copies of a single program simultaneously.
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 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.
===Famicom Box===
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- 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) have introduced support for it in r3134, along with the already included as well as 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. ===VTxx===VTxx is a series of NOAC (Nintendo-On-A-Chip, a kind of chip that contains all the components of a Famicom/NES) chips that implemented multiple changes and enhancements compared to regular NES, manufactured by [http://www.vrt.com.tw/ V.R Technology]. Differences between VTxx series chips and regular NES could be checked on [https://www.nesdev.org/wiki/VTxx NesDev Wiki]. VTxx is often being used in those low-quality plug & play consoles, or keyboard-shaped so-called educational computers. V.R technology provides an emulator called [http://www.vrt.com.tw/download.htm EmuVT] as official development & debugging tool, which supports the emulation of multiple kinds of VTxx series chips, and seems to be modded out of an old emulator called [https://web.archive.org/web/20110317151619/http://www.emulation9.com/nnnesterj/ NNNesterJ]. ===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.
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