Nintendo NES Emulators

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

Emulators

Jnes	Windows	Freeware	Rating: 8.6 (9669 Votes)
Another good NES emulator for Windows. Requires a reasonbly fast PC.
Nestopia	Windows	Freeware	Rating: 8.6 (6417 Votes)
NES Emulator
FCEUX	Windows	Freeware	Rating: 8.6 (6350 Votes)
Back again, now open source, ported for Windows and much improved!
VirtuaNES	Windows	Freeware	Rating: 8.6 (4203 Votes)
Relatively new emulator of Japanese origin. An English version is available though!
Nesticle	Windows / DOS	Freeware	Rating: 8.5 (4129 Votes)
It's old and hasn't been updated in ages, but it still rocks!
NESten	Windows	Freeware	Rating: 8.2 (1950 Votes)
Great NES emulator for Windows.
NesterJ	Windows	Freeware	Rating: 8.0 (652 Votes)
Improved version of the emulator Nester.
RockNES	Windows / DOS	Freeware	Rating: 7.9 (1148 Votes)
Nice NES emulator, but a little slower than the rest. Available for both Windows and DOS.
UberNES	Windows	Freeware	Rating: 7.8 (59 Votes)
Nintendulator	Windows	Free	Rating: 7.8 (409 Votes)
NES Emulator
FakeNES	Many	Freeware	Rating: 7.7 (247 Votes)
Nintendo NES emulator
fwNES	DOS	Freeware	Rating: 7.6 (475 Votes)
Probably the most compatible NES emulator available, although it hasn't been updated in ages.
80five	Windows	Freeware	Rating: 7.4 (83 Votes)
The new version of MarioNES
Nemulator	Windows	Free	Rating: 7.3 (98 Votes)
NES Emulator
MarioNES	Windows	Freeware	Rating: 7.3 (484 Votes)
NintendoNES emulator
RetroCopy	Windows/Linux	Free	Rating: 6.9 (105 Votes)
Multiple system emulator
HalfNES	Multi platform	Free	Rating: 6.8 (426 Votes)
olafnes	Windows	Free	Rating: 6.4 (206 Votes)
NES Emulator