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! scope="col"|Latest Versionversion! scope="col"|[[Wikipedia:Family Computer Famicom Disk System|FDS]]

|[[Mesen#List_of_forks|Mesen X]]

|[httphttps://wwwgithub.mesencom/NovaSquirrel/Mesen-X/releases/ 2022-05-15] [https://github.ca {{MesenVer}}com/NovaSquirrel/Mesen-X/actions git]

|[[Nestopia|Nestopia UEpuNES]]

|[httphttps://0ldsk00lgithub.cacom/nestopiapunesemu/ puNES/releases {{NestopiaVerPuNESVer}}]|{{✓}}[https://github.com/punesemu/puNES/actions wip]

|[[puNESNestopia|Nestopia UE]]

|[httpshttp://github0ldsk00l.comca/punesemunestopia/puNES/releases {{PuNESVerNestopiaVer}}]|{{✓}}

|[[3dSen]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}|[http://www.geodstudio.net/ {{3dSenVRVer}}]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|?|{{✗}}|{{✓}}|{{~}}|-|[[Mesen#List_of_forks|Mesen XBizHawk]]

|[httpshttp://githubtasvideos.comorg/NovaSquirrelBizHawk/Mesen-X/releases/ 1ReleaseHistory.0html {{BizHawkVer}}]

|{{TBD~}}

|[http://unlicensed.games/libg/static.php?page=NintendulatorNRS 2021052822242022-09-12]

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|[[FinalBurn NeoMesen]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux}}|[httpshttp://githubwww.com/finalburnneo/FBNeo-WIP-Storage-Facility/releases/tag/appveyor-build WIP buildsmesen.ca {{MesenVer}}]

|?|{{✗}}Cycle

|[[aresFCEUX]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD|Sol}}|[httpshttp://githubwww.fceux.com/ares-emulatorweb/ares/releases download.html {{aresVerFCEUXVer}}]

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|[[RockNESares]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}|[httphttps://rocknes.web.fc2github.com /ares-emulator/ares/releases {{RockNESVeraresVer}}]

|High|{{✗}}|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|-|Gearnes|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|macOS|Lin|LiA}}|[https://github.com/drhelius/Gearnes git]|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|High?

|Nintaco[[FinalBurn Neo]]

|[https://nintacogithub.com/ 2020-05-01finalburnneo/FBNeo/releases/tag/latest WIP builds]|{{✓}}

|{{✓}} <small>(as bsnes v083)</small>

|Cycle<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>

|[http://www.nesemu2.com nesemu2[RockNES]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|MacOS}}|[httpshttp://githubrocknes.web.fc2.com/holodnak/nesemu2 git{{RockNESVer}}]|{{✓}}

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|[https://sourceforge.net/projects/fceumm/ 98.13mm] ([[Emulators on Windows|Windows]])<br />[https://github.com/libretro/libretro-fceumm git] ([[libretro]])

|[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 git] (libretro)|{{✗}}|{{✓}}|Low|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|-|[[VirtuaNESlibretro]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[http://virtuanes.s1.xrea.com/ 0.97]|{{~}})

|[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>

|[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 0.4 r313]<small> (GP2X)</small><br/>[https://dl.openhandhelds.org/cgi-bin/wiz.cgi?0,0,0,0,71,51 0.4+]<small> (Wiz)</small>

|[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>

*[[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. 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.

* '''Unlicensed mappers:''' 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], NintendulatorNRS, FCEUX[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 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.

|N[[MAME]]<br/A>no$nes<br/>Nintaco<br/>[https://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?t=17135 FCEUX mod]<br>[[MiSTer]]