U know,SNES has ZSNES & SNES9x,Genesis has Gens & Kega,but what are the NES emu equivalents of those? Ive hopped around many NES emus in the past (the one im currently using is nnesterj but it hasnt been updated in a while... a long while). Im just asking what is the NES emulator that has the best features and emulates the NES the best cuz ive heard a lot of different responses elsewhere and i want to know for sure wich is THE best so thats why i came here . Any help would be appreciated,i hope i can get a quick response if possible. As for me im going to bed..... *disapperas*

VirtuaNES.
I use NESticle as well, but let's face it, it's somewhat deficient (still does the job to a degree though) and way old....NESticle stays in my collection for nostalgia's sake.

no no no

FCE Ultra is by FAR the best

Both VirtuaNES and FCE Ultra are good emulators, I just forgot to put that in there It boils down to a matter of taste, really.

I much prefer RockNESx over those others, but all are very accurate emulators.
My preference is due to the graphics options and rom browser.

Nesticle although, is a very INaccurate emulator. Good for playing roms on a 486, but as far as accurate emulation goes, it's VERY inaccurate.

Very true. But it was one of the first working NES emulators. It should get a proper funeral at some point.

either that or a makeover

The nesticle is somewhat...digusting. Just my opinion...

Could it be because of the "nice" GUI?

heh, and its icon...

woohoo who doesnt want to click on a pair of balls to start up an emulator?

I got to hand it to the developers....A nutsack was a pretty novel idea for an icon.

The best emulator to me is JNes. All the other emulators that i've downloaded before either have crappy Menus or it crashed upon startup. Jness has a simple interface and is very easy to use. The only problem is that there are some games with special mappers that Jnes doesn't support, and you can't run those games. It really doesn't matter anyways, because they either suck or no one would want to play those games in the first place. Besides that, Jnes can play a whole !^@*load of games and its great in speed.

Hmm, thanks guys for the suggestions. I will try them out? One more question though, have any of you heard of Nestopia? I heard it was a good emu. Whats the verdict on it?

I think FCE Ultra is the best emulator. It has run everything for me except Mach Rider.

jnes runs fine with me

I use NESTopia myself & it's my NES emu of choice Every game I played is emulated 100% accurately and as far as I know it supports all the mappers. It also perfectly emulates the Famicom Disk System. Give it a try.

I can remember when NESticle's icon was a purple pimp hat.

I've always just used it, and should probably get one of the emulators listed in this thread.

i don't play nes roms that often ,but when i do; i use rocknes

NESticle was somewhat deficient and many emulators have gone past it. However, I still use it for nostalgia's sake.

I like Jnes and virtua nes. FCE I don't mind as well. I like Jnes for it's simplicity and for kaillera. Virtua has some nice features.

From what I've experienced in other emulation communities, Nestopia is the most popular NES emulator and FCE Ultra is the 2nd most popular.

I like using nessie for my nes roms. it runs them great and has a built in gun plugin that turns the mouse into the gun. I missed playing duck hunt and the orginal mario bros. again on my computer.

I like jnes

Nessie

I Say Nesten.

i use fce ultra. never had one problem playing a game with it. havent updated to a newer version in forever either. no need.

FCE Ultra and... *gasp*... NESticle for nostalgic purposes.

Dude, your avatar pic is scary (not the infamous mummy, but that.......melting face thing). How could you choose that

What? You mean Tsukiyo's Freddy Krueger?

I am a perfectionist when it comes to emulators. I have to play the one that gives fully accurate scart graphics and the best sound etc. And RockNES is the best ever. Perfect.

I'd say FCE Ultra does it better, but you are entitled to your own opinion nonetheless.

Sad Sad Sad, Freddy is Cool, Like Pinhead!

Damn Constantly Reminding Me Of Craig Jones Of Slipknot:

I've always just used NESten.

I like FCE Ultra but I also use NESticle for my
old old laptop which I use on occasions

nesticle was the first nes emu i got so i just stuck with it.
nothing like playing p*ssy city pimps

"NESticle is somewhat deficient"

Says a friend of mine. Sure, I still use it occasionally for nostalgia's sake, but let's face it, it's horribly inaccurate and outdated.

Even so, it's part of the emulation history, by none other than the Bloodlust team.

I was talking about the dude with the Michael Jackson mugshot as his avatar. THAT is scary lol i sure took long to respond didnt i?

that was ME! I guess.

Yes, now that ive gone back a few pages it was that ME! guy. Looks like his avatar is peering into your inner soul, into your inner child sncd checking him out up & down Heres a pedo joke right on time for Halloween:

What's your favorite part of Halloween?

pedo: Free Delivery.




I cant believe this thread is STILL active. Then again, these classic system boards have next to no traffic. Funny thing is, i still havent fullfilled the purpose of this topic in finding the best NES emulator Im so lazy.

Just test them all, and find the one that tickles your fancy the most.

For me, it's FCEUltra and NESticle (for nostalgia's sake).

As an NES emulator author, I recommend Nestopia, it runs on very slow machines at 100% speed and 100% accuracy on all the games it supports. There's usually no game you can throw at Nestopia and it won't work.

I use an emulator called nester, it seems to work fine for me. http://nester.dranalli.com/

Wow, I haven't been on 1Emu in ages (6+months), and this thread is STILL on the first page!!!!

So guys, any updates on the NES emu rankings? I've been using NNNesterJ but it had this really nasty bug that froze my PC coming out of fullscreen, and I promptly chucked it. So once again I am without an NES emu. Its sad too, because from what I remember NNNesterJ was the only NES emu that IMO properly played the music of the VRC7 game Lagrange Point. Nestopia doesn't play the music at all.

People seems to like either FCEUltra, NESten, or Nestopia best. I use FCEUltra.

I like NESten pretty well. Is there anything FCEUltra can do that NESten can't? Also, does it come in a window?

Ill defend FCEUltra to the death for NES emulation, Its brilliant.

Does it come in a window though?

Does it use the same save files as NESten?

What makes it better than NESten?

well first of all, any game that ive had trouble with on any other emulator has always worked fine on FCEUltra, Secondly, Even really screwed up homebrew games and weird hacks of games run smoothly on FCE Ultra. Not only that but its fully compatible with all my joystiqs and controll doodads. It also has excellent sound emulation and excellent speed. Also, Its never currupted a savestate on me. (I admit this really doesn't happen too much, ive only had it happen 2 or 3 times on another emu, forget which one, but still, it would suck quite a lot to lose a savestate on the last level)

As for the savestate compatibility, no idea, every savestate ive downloaded worked fine with it. But i rarely download them.

Does it come in a window? If im understanding you correctly, Yes.

I'm not worried about dl'ing savestates, just transfering my own.

Thanks for the info though, I'll check it out.