NES

Nintendo · 8-bit

NES & Famicom Emulation

The branch where console emulation began: early FM Towns experiments, commercial controversy, underground DOS culture, and modern high-accuracy projects.

Planned NES profiles

Family Computer Emulator
Pasofami
Nestopia
Mesen
Nintendulator

Read the origin story in Game Emulation History: 1990–1993 and the scene explosion in 1997–1999.

Emulators for NES

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FCEUX

NES / FAMICOM EMULATOR FCEUX The all-in-one descendant of FCE Ultra: approachable for ordinary play and packed with debugging, Lua, movie-recording, and ROM-hacking tools. Jump to download ↓Jump…

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Mesen CE

Mesen CE is the community-maintained continuation of Sour’s multi-system emulator, combining high accuracy, approachable play, and powerful debugging tools.

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NESticle

NES EMULATOR · 1997 NESticle The fast, provocative DOS emulator that helped turn NES emulation from a technical curiosity into a mass hobby. Jump to download ↓Jump to…

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