NES.emu Alternatives

NES.emu is described as 'Advanced open-source NES emulator (known as Famicom in Japan) based on FCEUX with a minimalist UI and a focus on low audio/video latency, supporting a wide variety of devices from the original Xperia Play to modern devices like the Nvidia' and is a Game Emulator in the gaming software category. There are more than 10 alternatives to NES.emu for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Web-based, Android and Mac apps. The best NES.emu alternative is FCEUX, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like NES.emu are Nestopia, Mesen, MESS and NESBox.

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NES.emu

Paid • Open Source
Game Emulator

Advanced open-source NES emulator (known as Famicom in Japan) based on FCEUX with a minimalist UI and a...

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FCEUX
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Free • Open Source
Game Emulator
Windows
Linux
12 FCEUX alternatives
FCEUX is a Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), Famicom, and Famicom Disk System (FDS) emulator. It supports both PAL (European) and NTSC (USA/JPN) modes. It supports both Windows and SDL versions for cross compatibility.
- - FCEUX is the most popular Windows & Linux alternative to NES.emu.
- - FCEUX is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to NES.emu.
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1. PortableFCEUX can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Enhanced Graphics
Embedded debugger
Super NES colors
Nestopia
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Free • Open Source
Game Emulator
Mac
Windows
Linux
12 Nestopia alternatives
Nestopia is a NES emulator that was written in C++ and it is perfect for games requiring precise timing since it is very cycle-accurate. With support for an incredible amount of mappers. It also supports NSFs, the famicom disk system, save states, IPS patching, battery-saved...
- - Nestopia is the most popular Mac alternative to NES.emu.
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Nestopia Features
1. PortableNestopia can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Discontinued
The project is no longer developed. Last version, 1.40, released in June 2008, can be still downloaded from the official website.
Mesen
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Free • Open Source
Game Emulator
Windows
Linux
16 Mesen alternatives
Mesen is a NES/Famicom emulator and NSF player. It is still a work in progress and under active development.
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Mesen Features
Emulation
Netplay
Texture packing
Embedded debugger
GPLv3
MESS
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Free Personal • Proprietary
Game Emulator
Mac
Windows
Linux
100 MESS alternatives
MESS emulates portable and console gaming systems, computer platforms and calculators. The project strives for accuracy and portability and therefore is not always the fastest emulator for any one particular system.
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Emulation
Multi System Emulator
NESBox
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Free • Open Source
Game Emulator
Windows
Windows Phone
Self-Hosted
JavaScript
Adobe Flash Player
22 NESBox alternatives
Nesbox Emulator is a multiplatform emulator of video consoles. You can play your favorite NES, Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis and GameBoy Color/Advanced games on any computer working under Windows 8.1/RT/Phone or directly in the browser.
- - NESBox is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to NES.emu.
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Multi System Emulator
Based on Flash Player
Jnes
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Free • Proprietary
Game Emulator
Windows
Android
8 Jnes alternatives
Jnes is a NES emulator for win32 platforms that uses DirectX for its hardware interface. Its emulation capabilities include graphics, sound, input devices, and emulating quite a few memory mapping boards found in most USA games and a few popular japanese ones.
- - Jnes is the most popular Android alternative to NES.emu.
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Jnes Features
Emulation
puNES
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Free • Open Source
Game Emulator
Windows
Linux
16 puNES alternatives
PuNES is a high accuracy NES emulator.

In addition to the standard color pallettes used by most NES emulators, PuNES uses a color palette derived from an actual tv.
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DroidEmu
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Freemium • Proprietary
Game Emulator
Android
60 DroidEmu alternatives
DroidEmu is a game system to play SNES, NES, GameBoy Advanced, GameBoy/Color, SEGA GameGear, SEGA Genesis games on your Android phone. It runs thousands of games at full speed.
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DroidEmu Features
Multi System Emulator
Discontinued
No longer available.
nemulator
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Free • Proprietary
Game Emulator
Windows
8 nemulator alternatives
nemulator is a NES emulator. nemulator uses DirectX 10, therefore Windows Vista or Windows 7 is required.
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Emulation
Nintendulator
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Free • Open Source
Game Emulator
Windows
8 Nintendulator alternatives
Nintendulator is an open source Win32 NES emulator written in C++ (plus some assembly optimization). The original goal was to emulate the NES down to its hardware quirks; though its fallen behind over the years, recent builds have caught up once again and can emulate certain...
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Emulation
My Nes
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Free • Open Source
Game Emulator
Windows
8 My Nes alternatives
My Nes is a portable open source NES/FAMICOM emulator written in C#. My Nes covers thousands of nes games and getting close and close to the real nes.
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My Nes Features
Emulation
VirtuaNES
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Free • Proprietary
Game Emulator
Windows
15 VirtuaNES alternatives
VirtuaNES is Famicom/NES emulator for Win32.
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Discontinued
last version, 0.97, was released on October 14, 2007
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