Nintendo NES Emulators 5a1w1

The Nintendo's 8 bit console was Sega's biggest rival for its Master System which was a huge hit as well at the time. Specs: Processor: 6508 8-bit (using a custom Motorola 6502 class) Processor speed: 1.79 Mhz Resolution: 256x224 (ntsc) or 256x239 (pal) Colors available: 52 Max Colors on screen: 16, 24 or 25. Max sprites: 64 Max sprites per line: 8 Sprite size: 8x8 or 8x16 Picture Scroll: 2 h.v RAM: 16 Kbit (2kb) Video RAM: 16 Kbit (2kb) Min/Max cart size: 192 Kbit - 4 Mbit Sound: PSG sound, 5 channels 2 square wave 1 triangle wave 1 noise 1 PCM

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Mesen	Windows Linux	Open-Source	Rating: 8.6 (1305 Votes)
High-accuracy NES Emulator
Nestopia UE	Windows Linux	Open-Source	Rating: 8.3 (238 Votes)
One of the most popular NES Emulators
BizHawk	Windows	Open-Source	Rating: 8.1 (780 Votes)
Multi-system emulator designed for Tool-Assisted Speedruns (TAS)
Jnes	Windows, Android	Freeware	Rating: 8.1 (39 Votes)
Another good NES emulator for Windows. Requires a reasonbly fast PC.
FCEUX	Windows	Freeware	Rating: 8.0 (93 Votes)
Back again, now open source, ported for Windows and much improved!
VirtuaNES	Windows	Freeware	Rating: 7.8 (549 Votes)
Relatively new emulator of Japanese origin. An English version is available though!
RetroArch	Multi-platform	Open-Source	Rating: 7.3 (188 Votes)
Frontend for the Libretro API, effectively a multi-system emulator
RockNES	Windows	Freeware	Rating: 7.0 (15 Votes)
Nice NES emulator, but a little slower than the rest.
Nintendulator	Windows	Free	Rating: 6.8 (33 Votes)
NES Emulator
higan	Windows	Open-Source	Rating: 6.6 (168 Votes)
Multi-system emulator with emphasis on emulation accuracy
Nemulator	Windows	Freeware	Rating: 5.9 (24 Votes)
NES Emulator