Stupid Question: NES

aerith099 · April 26th, 2004

Hey, this is a dumb question, and I'm sorta new to emulation, but is there an emulator out there for the original Nintendo, from the 80's? I've been wanting to play Legends of Zelda (arguably the best game ever on NES) lately.

Thanks, and sorry for the dumb question.

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**Chrono Archangel** · April 26th, 2004

sure there are alot of NES emulators.

RockNES (the best)
FCE Ultra (another good one)
Nesticle (old...dunno if its still worked on)

those are the ones ive used

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**Katsuya** · April 26th, 2004

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Originally Posted by aerith099

Hey, this is a dumb question, and I'm sorta new to emulation, but is there an emulator out there for the original Nintendo, from the 80's? I've been wanting to play Legends of Zelda (arguably the best game ever on NES) lately.

Thanks, and sorry for the dumb question.

A

Use nnnesterJe023. Its one of the Best. also try FCE Ultra.

(use NESticle 0.42 if you have on old system with win98)

Go here for all the info you need www.zophar.com

RPGWizard · April 26th, 2004

It's technically www.zophar.net

And I agree with Katsuya, use NNNesterJe v0.23. It's the best.....(Somebody needs to start working on it again.....I wish I could.....can't remember the language(s) it's written in.....)

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Esturk · April 27th, 2004

NES emulators have been around far longer than most newer emus. As for Nesticle... It's total crap compared to todays NES emulators. I would reccomend VirtuaNES and FCEultra. Both of which are extremely compatible and will run on anything of at least 300+Mhz or higher in Windows. Both of these emus are updated quite frequently as well, which is a very good thing.

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**FLaRe85** · April 27th, 2004

No way, jNES!

http://www.jabosoft.com/jnes/

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**hushypushy** · April 27th, 2004

man, there are a billion to pick from..but VirtuaNES is probably the best as far as emulation, with NESten being my favorite for interface/save states/ease of use/running in a cute window

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aerith099 · April 27th, 2004

Sweet, thanks guys!

And fyi, I really did own Legend of Zelda once, so this is perfectly legal...right?

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**hushypushy** · April 27th, 2004

shh, dont mention it

it's not exactly legal...but it's not a big deal either. they dont sell retail Legend of Zelda for NES anymore, so no matter what you do, the big N aint making a profit anyway

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Quatro · April 27th, 2004

well just don't tell it to the proper authorities and you'll be fine

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MaZa · April 27th, 2004

Didnt Nintendo stop supporting NES completely a while ago? Doesnt it bring NES emulation and roms from grey area to more legal area?

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Quatro · April 27th, 2004

well it is still ROMs, therefore its still illegal...

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Bahamut_Xero · April 27th, 2004

if you owned it, and threw the cartidridge away then i would sleep easy at night. you still paid the $$$ for it so no1's getting ripped off from it. just dont go giving it out to everyone you can find ect.

Cypherswipe · April 27th, 2004

I read somewhere that nintendo actually likes emulation of their older systems such as the nes, because it increases people's interest in their games, and makes them more likely to but a GBA or GC game.

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cloudvii · April 27th, 2004

and i heard too , that nintendo is going to port some of it's nes games to gba , then nes roms are still illegal

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**Chrono Archangel** · April 27th, 2004

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and i heard too , that nintendo is going to port some of it's nes games to gba , then nes roms are still illegal

well some nes games have been released for gba. give me a sec and ill find the link. i rememeber seeing Zelda 1 remade (or emulated..?)

edit: OK found the pages :
First set of ten NES games for GBA :
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n08/fmk/index.html

Second set of ten games:
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n08/fmk2/index.html

and ill throw in another interesting link
Mario Golf GBA:
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n08/bmgj/index.html

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_hyde_ · April 27th, 2004

You are looking for a good emulator huh? Well, you should definitely try FCEUltra, because it's probably the best NES emu. If you are going to be playing games that require extremely accurate emulation (such as Pirates, RadRacer2, etc) use Nintendulator. The latter will require a faster computer, but will emulate most games flawlessly.

Summary: first try the game you wanna play on FCEUltra; if you see glitches, run it on Nintendulator. If Nintendulator runs it like crap, then I guess you are out of luck.

April 27th, 2004

my favourite nes emu is nestopia; http://sourceforge.net/projects/nestopia/

**Snake785** · April 27th, 2004

I mostly use VirtuaNES (just because of HQ2x ^^ and that it's very compatible and sound emulation is great). I occasionally use jNES tho because it has "stereo" support.

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Seta-San · April 27th, 2004

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NES emulators have been around far longer than most newer emus. As for Nesticle... It's total crap compared to todays NES emulators. I would reccomend VirtuaNES and FCEultra. Both of which are extremely compatible and will run on anything of at least 300+Mhz or higher in Windows. Both of these emus are updated quite frequently as well, which is a very good thing.

Nesticle was a godsend back in the day. it'd run on extremely old PCs at full speed with sound. The icon was also classic too

. Bloodlust Software was one of my favorite sites. Anyone remember the site sections were split from dismembered body part? Anywho i use NEStopia which seems to work pretty well despite full screen doesn't have stretching.

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Chrono Archangel Administrator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 7,842	sure there are alot of NES emulators. RockNES (the best) FCE Ultra (another good one) Nesticle (old...dunno if its still worked on) those are the ones ive used __________________ When Pigs Fly: The Death of Oink, the Birth of Dissent, and a Brief History of Record Industry Suicide.

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Esturk Registered User Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Posts: 6,958	NES emulators have been around far longer than most newer emus. As for Nesticle... It's total crap compared to todays NES emulators. I would reccomend VirtuaNES and FCEultra. Both of which are extremely compatible and will run on anything of at least 300+Mhz or higher in Windows. Both of these emus are updated quite frequently as well, which is a very good thing. __________________ Necrosaro: Windows XP Pro x64 Edition SP2 \| Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.00GHz, 1333MHz FSB, 6MB L2 Cache \| Asus P5Q Deluxe, Intel P45 Chipset, Socket 775 \| 4GB Kingston PC5300 DDR2 \| Nvidia GeForce 8800GT, 1024MB \| Creative SB X-Fi Fatality Edition \| Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD, 150Gb, SATA, Western Digital WD5000AAKS, 500GB, SATA \| LG 16x DVD-RWx2 SATA.

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aerith099 Aerith's Ghost Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Wash DC Posts: 385	Sweet, thanks guys! And fyi, I really did own Legend of Zelda once, so this is perfectly legal...right? __________________

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_hyde_ Meh. Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Los Angeles - CA Posts: 130	You are looking for a good emulator huh? Well, you should definitely try FCEUltra, because it's probably the best NES emu. If you are going to be playing games that require extremely accurate emulation (such as Pirates, RadRacer2, etc) use Nintendulator. The latter will require a faster computer, but will emulate most games flawlessly. Summary: first try the game you wanna play on FCEUltra; if you see glitches, run it on Nintendulator. If Nintendulator runs it like crap, then I guess you are out of luck.

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Samor Guest Posts: n/a	my favourite nes emu is nestopia; http://sourceforge.net/projects/nestopia/

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