NostalgiaNes Alternatives

NostalgiaNes is described as 'High quality emulator based on the most up-to-date revision of the famous FCEUX' and is an app in the gaming software category. There are more than 10 alternatives to NostalgiaNes for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Android, Mac and Web-based apps. The best NostalgiaNes alternative is PicoNES, which is free. Other great apps like NostalgiaNes are FCEUX, Nestopia, Nestopia UE (Undead Edition) and Mesen.

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  1. PicoNES icon
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    PicoNES is an easy to use NES emulator for your Android device. It allows you to play backups of your favorite classic games, or explore new indie games developed for the console.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
     
    • PicoNES is the most popular Web-based & Android alternative to NostalgiaNes.

    • PicoNES is the most popular free alternative to NostalgiaNes.

    • PicoNES is Freemium and ProprietaryNostalgiaNes is Free Personal and Open Source
    • PicoNES is LightweightNostalgiaNes is not according to our users
  2. FCEUX icon
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    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.

    13 FCEUX alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • FCEUX is the most popular Windows & Linux alternative to NostalgiaNes.

    • FCEUX is the most popular Open Source alternative to NostalgiaNes.

    • FCEUX is Free and Open SourceNostalgiaNes is Free Personal and Open Source
  3. Nestopia icon
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    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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • Nestopia is the most popular Mac alternative to NostalgiaNes.

    • Nestopia is Free and Open SourceNostalgiaNes is Free Personal and Open Source
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    Nestopia is a portable NES/Famicom emulator written in C++. Nestopia UE (Undead Edition) is a fork of the original source code, with enhancements from members of the emulation community.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  5. Mesen icon
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    Mesen is a multi-system emulator (NES, SNES, Game Boy, PC Engine, Master System/Game Gear) for Windows, Linux and macOS built in C++ and C#.

    It also includes an extensive set of debugging tools for homebrew development and romhacking.

    17 Mesen alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
     
  6. puNES icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. NESBox icon
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    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.

    26 NESBox alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Phone
    • Self-Hosted
    • JavaScript
    • Adobe Flash Player
     
    • NESBox is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to NostalgiaNes.

    • NESBox is Free and Open SourceNostalgiaNes is Free Personal and Open Source
  8. MESS icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. Nesoid icon
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    NES emulator for Android phones.

    This project is based on sources, published by original Nesoid developer, who in turn used code of GPFCE, forked from FCEUltra, currently incarnation of which is known as FCEUX.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  10. DroidEmu icon
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    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.

    55 DroidEmu alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  11. VirtuaNES icon
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    VirtuaNES is Famicom/NES emulator for Win32.

    16 VirtuaNES alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  12. JSNES icon
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    A JavaScript NES emulator.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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