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{{Infobox emulator
|logo = Decaf_logo.png
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|title = RockNES
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|logo = Rocknes.png
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|logowidth = 150
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|version = {{RockNESVer}}
 
|active = Yes
 
|active = Yes
|platform = [[Emulators on Windows|Windows]]<br/>Linux
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|platform = [[Emulators on Windows|Windows]]
|architecture = x86_64
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|target = [[Nintendo Entertainment System emulators|NES]]
|developer = exjam<br/>brett19
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|developer = Zepper (aka 'Fx3')
|target = [[Wii U emulators|Wii U]]
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|website = [http://rocknes.web.fc2.com RockNES.web.fc2.com]
|source = [https://github.com/decaf-emu/decaf-emu GitHub]
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|source =
|license = GNU GPLv3}}
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}}
  
'''Decaf''' is a free and open-source [[Wii U emulators|Wii U emulator]] for Windows and Linux. It is known to be the very first Wii U emulator ever released. It's currently in the early stages of development but can successfully boot several commercial games, albeit slowly with many glitches.
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'''RockNES''' is a [[Nintendo Entertainment System emulators|Famicom (NES)]] and Famicom Disk System (FDS) emulator.
  
 
==Download==
 
==Download==
 
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|'''[https://github.com/decaf-emu/decaf-emu/actions Automated builds]'''
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|'''[{{RockNESDownloadLink}}]'''
 
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==Overview==
 
==Overview==
Decaf received some major updates in late 2018 / Early 2019. A Vulkan renderer and a qt interface have been implemented. A Discord server has been started which allows better communication between developers working almost exclusively on decaf and developers from other emulation projects. A lot of games are now working and reaching playable speeds as well as correct graphics.
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This is arguably one of the oldest, if not the oldest mature Famicom/NES emulators in existence. Its public formation started in ''Version 0.51'' on June 29, 1998. According to the [https://www.dropbox.com/s/22q3pxsjxi9fnn9/rnes554.zip?dl=0&file_subpath=%2Frnes554%2Foldnews.txt oldnews.txt] document found inside the official website, it was originally called "'''xNES'''", but was renamed to the current '''RockNES''' title on August 22, 1998, to avoid confusion that lead some people to believe that it was for Unix. The title was first seen in version ''0.53 Release 3'' (On August 23, 1998) the day after release of ''xNES 0.53 Release 2''.
  
==System requirements==
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'''[https://segaretro.org/DarcNES DarcNES]''' was another multi-system emulator for multiple platforms made in 1998-2001 by Alastair Bridgewater (a.k.a. Nyef), that mainly focused on NES emulation. Unlike RockNES here, it was abandoned few years after its creation.
Like [[Cemu]], Decaf has high system requirements.
 
  
* OS: Windows or Linux, 64-bit
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{{Nes}}
* GPU: OpenGL 4.5+ or Vulkan 1.1.92.1+
 
 
 
==Issues==
 
This emulator doesn't clean up allocations for textures and shaders, which can cause some issues (stuttering, crashes) after around a couple of hours. One possible solution right now is to periodically close the emulator.
 
 
 
==External links==
 
* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ydy1OVOayLgrEXu_1K9SQigYv7FJnbMJpQyOvBywNyY/edit Compatibility list (Google Docs)]
 
* [https://discord.gg/Td3gfas Discord]
 
  
 
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[[Category:Console emulators]]
 
[[Category:Console emulators]]
 
[[Category:Home console emulators]]
 
[[Category:Home console emulators]]
[[Category:Wii U emulators]]
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[[Category:Nintendo Entertainment System emulators]]
 
[[Category:Windows emulation software]]
 
[[Category:Windows emulation software]]
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[[Category:Closed-source emulators]]

Revision as of 03:41, 14 October 2021

RockNES
Rocknes.png
Developer(s) Zepper (aka 'Fx3')
Latest version 5.80
Active Yes
Platform(s) Windows
Emulates NES
Website RockNES.web.fc2.com

RockNES is a Famicom (NES) and Famicom Disk System (FDS) emulator.

Download

Windows RockNES 5.80

Overview

This is arguably one of the oldest, if not the oldest mature Famicom/NES emulators in existence. Its public formation started in Version 0.51 on June 29, 1998. According to the oldnews.txt document found inside the official website, it was originally called "xNES", but was renamed to the current RockNES title on August 22, 1998, to avoid confusion that lead some people to believe that it was for Unix. The title was first seen in version 0.53 Release 3 (On August 23, 1998) the day after release of xNES 0.53 Release 2.

DarcNES was another multi-system emulator for multiple platforms made in 1998-2001 by Alastair Bridgewater (a.k.a. Nyef), that mainly focused on NES emulation. Unlike RockNES here, it was abandoned few years after its creation.