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|[[Mesen]]
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|[http://www.qmtpro.com/~nes/nintendulator/#downloads 0.985 Beta] [https://github.com/quietust/nintendulator git]
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|[[Mesen#List_of_forks|Mesen X]]
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|[https://github.com/NovaSquirrel/Mesen-X/releases/ 2022-05-15] ([[Mesen#List_of_forks|Mesen X]]) <br/> [https://github.com/NovaSquirrelnegativeExponent/libretro_builds/releases libretro core] ([[Mesen#List_of_forks|Mesen-X]])<br /actions git> [https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/ libretro core]<br/> [http://www.mesen.ca {{MesenVer}}]|{{✓}}
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|{{✓~}}<ref group=N>[https://github.com/libretro/Mesen/commits/master libretro core] and [https://github.com/NovaSquirrel/Mesen-X/ NovaSquirrel's fork] is still active.</ref>
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|[[puNES]]
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|[[Nestopia|Nestopia UE]]
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|NintendulatorNRS[[Nintendulator]]
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|[http://unlicensed.games/libg/static.php?page=NintendulatorNRS 2022-09-12] (NintendulatorNRS)<br/>[http://www.qmtpro.com/~nes/nintendulator/#downloads 0.985 Beta]<br/>[https://github.com/quietust/nintendulator git]
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|[[MetalNES]]
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|[https://github.com/iaddis/metalnes git]
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===Comparisons===
*[[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 [https://github.com/libretro fork /Mesen libretro] and [https://github.com/NovaSquirrel/Mesen-X 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>
*[[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, VRT chipsets, 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.
|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/>[[puNES]]<ref group=N name=microphone/><br/>[[VirtuaNES]]<ref group=N name=microphone/><br/>[[Virtual Console]]<ref group=N>Through an actual microphone.</ref>
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|A Japan-exclusive peripheral that includes a enchanced dialect of [[Wikipedia:BASIC|BASIC]] programming language that allow users to create programs in Famicom. It comes with a special designed cartridge, keyboard, and the Data Recorder.
|''Family BASIC''
|[[Mesen]]<br/>[[Nestopia|Nestopia UE]]<br/>[[FCEUX]]<br/>[[puNES]]<br/>[[VirtuaNES]]
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|A Japan-exclusive compact cassette tape data interface as an addition to the Family BASIC to save data from BASIC programs created by users.
|''Family BASIC''
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