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

Nestopia	Windows	Freeware	Rating: 8.6 (7362 Votes)
NES Emulator
Jnes	Windows	Freeware	Rating: 8.6 (11065 Votes)
Another good NES emulator for Windows. Requires a reasonbly fast PC.
FCEUX	Windows	Freeware	Rating: 8.6 (6832 Votes)
Back again, now open source, ported for Windows and much improved!
Nesticle	Windows / DOS	Freeware	Rating: 8.5 (4215 Votes)
It's old and hasn't been updated in ages, but it still rocks!
VirtuaNES	Windows	Freeware	Rating: 8.5 (4772 Votes)
Relatively new emulator of Japanese origin. An English version is available though!
NESten	Windows	Freeware	Rating: 8.2 (1998 Votes)
Great NES emulator for Windows.
NesterJ	Windows	Freeware	Rating: 8.0 (698 Votes)
Improved version of the emulator Nester.
RockNES	Windows / DOS	Freeware	Rating: 7.9 (1251 Votes)
Nice NES emulator, but a little slower than the rest. Available for both Windows and DOS.
Nintendulator	Windows	Free	Rating: 7.7 (485 Votes)
NES Emulator
fwNES	DOS	Freeware	Rating: 7.6 (488 Votes)
Probably the most compatible NES emulator available, although it hasn't been updated in ages.
UberNES	Windows	Freeware	Rating: 7.6 (64 Votes)
FakeNES	Many	Freeware	Rating: 7.5 (258 Votes)
Nintendo NES emulator
80five	Windows	Freeware	Rating: 7.4 (87 Votes)
The new version of MarioNES
higan	Windows	GPLv3	Rating: 7.4 (139 Votes)
NES - SNES - Gameboy - Gameboy Advance emulator
MarioNES	Windows	Freeware	Rating: 7.2 (529 Votes)
NintendoNES emulator
Nemulator	Windows	Free	Rating: 7.2 (124 Votes)
NES Emulator
RetroCopy	Windows/Linux	Free	Rating: 6.8 (151 Votes)
Multiple system emulator
HalfNES	Multi platform	Free	Rating: 6.7 (508 Votes)
olafnes	Windows	Free	Rating: 6.4 (223 Votes)
NES Emulator