Mesen |
Windows Linux |
Open-Source |
Rating: ![Full Star](/images/star_full.gif) ![Full Star](/images/star_full.gif) ![Full Star](/images/star_full.gif) ![Full Star](/images/star_full.gif) 8.6 (2026 Votes) |
High-accuracy NES Emulator |
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FCEUX |
Windows |
Freeware |
Rating: ![Full Star](/images/star_full.gif) ![Full Star](/images/star_full.gif) ![Full Star](/images/star_full.gif) ![Full Star](/images/star_full.gif) 8.5 (99 Votes) |
Back again, now open source, ported for Windows and much improved! |
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Nestopia UE |
Windows Linux |
Open-Source |
Rating: ![Full Star](/images/star_full.gif) ![Full Star](/images/star_full.gif) ![Full Star](/images/star_full.gif) ![Full Star](/images/star_full.gif) 8.2 (410 Votes) |
One of the most popular NES Emulators |
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BizHawk |
Windows |
Open-Source |
Rating: ![Full Star](/images/star_full.gif) ![Full Star](/images/star_full.gif) ![Full Star](/images/star_full.gif) ![Half Star](/images/star_half.gif) 8.0 (1336 Votes) |
Multi-system emulator designed for Tool-Assisted Speedruns (TAS) |
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VirtuaNES |
Windows |
Freeware |
Rating: ![Full Star](/images/star_full.gif) ![Full Star](/images/star_full.gif) ![Full Star](/images/star_full.gif) ![Half Star](/images/star_half.gif) 7.8 (634 Votes) |
Relatively new emulator of Japanese origin. An English version is available though! |
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Jnes |
Windows, Android |
Freeware |
Rating: ![Full Star](/images/star_full.gif) ![Full Star](/images/star_full.gif) ![Full Star](/images/star_full.gif) ![No Star](/images/star_empty.gif) 7.7 (59 Votes) |
Another good NES emulator for Windows. Requires a reasonbly fast PC. |
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RetroArch |
Multi-platform |
Open-Source |
Rating: ![Full Star](/images/star_full.gif) ![Full Star](/images/star_full.gif) ![Full Star](/images/star_full.gif) ![No Star](/images/star_empty.gif) 7.7 (234 Votes) |
Frontend for the Libretro API, effectively a multi-system emulator |
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higan |
Windows |
Open-Source |
Rating: ![Full Star](/images/star_full.gif) ![Full Star](/images/star_full.gif) ![No Star](/images/star_empty.gif) ![No Star](/images/star_empty.gif) 6.7 (275 Votes) |
Multi-system emulator with emphasis on emulation accuracy |
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Nintendulator |
Windows |
Free |
Rating: ![Full Star](/images/star_full.gif) ![Half Star](/images/star_half.gif) ![No Star](/images/star_empty.gif) ![No Star](/images/star_empty.gif) 6.4 (35 Votes) |
NES Emulator |
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RockNES |
Windows |
Freeware |
Rating: ![Full Star](/images/star_full.gif) ![Half Star](/images/star_half.gif) ![No Star](/images/star_empty.gif) ![No Star](/images/star_empty.gif) 6.1 (41 Votes) |
Nice NES emulator, but a little slower than the rest. |
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Nemulator |
Windows |
Freeware |
Rating: ![Full Star](/images/star_full.gif) ![No Star](/images/star_empty.gif) ![No Star](/images/star_empty.gif) ![No Star](/images/star_empty.gif) 5.9 (36 Votes) |
NES Emulator |
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