Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)

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Contents 1 System Info 2 Emulators 2.1 jNES 2.2 VirtuaNES 2.3 FreezeSMS

[edit] System Info

The Nintendo Entertainment System (often referred to as the NES[7] or simply Nintendo) is an 8-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America, Brazil, Europe, and Australia in 1985. In most of Asia, including Japan (where it was first launched in 1983), the Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam, and Singapore, it was released as the Family Computer (ファミリーコンピュータ, Famirī Konpyūta?), also known as the Famicom (ファミコン, Famikon?) listen (help·info) or simply FC for short. In South Korea, the hardware was licensed to Hyundai Electronics, which marketed it as the Comboy (컴보이).[8]

The best-selling gaming console of its time in Asia and North America[citation needed] (Nintendo claims to have sold over 60 million NES units worldwide),[4] it helped revitalize the US video game industry following the video game crash of 1983.[9] It set the standard for subsequent consoles in everything from game design (the commonly-bundled game Super Mario Bros. popularized the platform game genre, and introduced elements that would be copied in many subsequent games[10]) to controller layout (the D-pad refinements used in the NES controller would be incorporated in nearly every major console to follow, and garnered Nintendo an Emmy Award[11]). In addition, with the NES, Nintendo introduced a now-standard business model of software licensing for third-party developers.[12]

[edit] Emulators

Website: jNES Home Page
License: Freeware
Sound: Good
Video: Good
Version: 0.6
Compatibility: Windows
File Formats: NES
Size: 815KB
Downloads: Windows: Direct Download
Description: This is a cool Nintendo NES emulator for Windows. The system requirements are higher compared to other emulators. Jnes requires at least a Pentium 133 (MMX prefered) and a good video card with 2D acceleration. For Jnes to work properly, you also need to have the latest drivers (video, sound, DirectX) installed. Failing to do so might cause strange problems.

Website: VirtuaNES Home Page
License: Freeware
Sound: Good
Video: Good
Version: 0.97
Compatibility: Windows
File Formats: NES
Size: 373KB
Downloads: Windows: Direct Download
Description: VirtuaNES is a relatively new NES emulator from Japanese origin. Fortunately there is an English version of it though. Being newer than other NES emulators doesn't mean it's bad, on the contrary in fact. It supports full CPU and sound emulation. As with most emulators for Windows, VirtuaNES requires a recent version of DirectX. Being a NES emulator it doesn't require a very fast PC though.

Website: FreezeSMS Home Page
License: GNU
Sound: Good
Video: Good
Version: 4.6
Compatibility: Windows
File Formats: SMS, GG, NES, SG, COL
Size: 1.6MB
Downloads: Windows: Direct Download
Description: Although FreezeSMS was not natively designed to play the NES, it has a high compatibility for it