Famicom/NES Games

There are probably more emulators for the NES than for anything else. It was an extremely popular console, in its time, it ruled absolute. I cannot quite share the enthusiasm, but then I simply lack the nostalgy, I never owned any type of console.

Emulators

NESticle
still seems to be the best NES emulator. There is a DOS and a Windows version, both are more or less the same, they run only in fullscreen mode. However, the Windows version worked better with my WingMan. Some say it's highly inaccurate, so it might not be well fit for action games. I do remember that it didn't work well with Soko-ban.
LoopyNES
A tiny NES emulator for DOS. It supports sound and joystick and runs well under Windows. If you are not used to it it is a bit irritating that it stores all settings in the executable itself, which is therefore rewritten with every change you make.
RockNES
Available for DOS, Windows and Linux. Windows version requires DirectX 8. A Mac version has been created by Richard Bannister, it needs a CPU of at least 1GHz to run the emulation at full speed. The RockNES Linux Archives still carry version 1.830 from 2001-03-04, the first release.
GodleNES
A NES emulator for Atari Falcon.

Games

I have played far less NES than SNES games, but due to the fact that more computer games were ported to the NES, this list is now longer.

Karateka Fighter 84 US Jordan Mechner Apple ][
Thexder Shoot-'em-up 85 Jp    
Arkanoid Arcade 86 Jp Coin-Op  
Crazy Climber Jp Coin-Op 1980  
Metroid Jp    
Family Computer Othello Othello Jp  
Apple Town Story sim 87 US   Apple ][
Final Fantasy RPG Jp    
Ultima III US   Apple ][
Final Fantasy II 88 Jp    
Othello (HES) Othello Au unlicensed
Defender of the Crown strat 89 US   Amiga
Marble Madness Arcade US Coin-Op 1984  
Tetris   Ru   DOS
Sweet Home RPG Jp    
The Adventures of Lolo Puzzle Jp  
Dr. Mario Tetris 90 Jp  
Final Fantasy III RPG Jp  
The Immortal US   Amiga
Times of Lore US   DOS
Ultima IV US   Apple ][
Ultima V US   Apple ][
Wizardry I and II US   Apple ][
Battle Chess Chess US   Amiga
Pipe Dream Puzzle US Port by Lucas Arts Amiga
Wall Street Kid strat Jp    
The Bard's Tale RPG 91 US   Apple ][
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure Adventure US   DOS
Bubble Bath Babes Tetris Jp    
Peek-A-Boo Poker Strip Poker Jp  
Elite   UK   BBC
The Bard's Tale II RPG 92 US   Apple ][
Dragon Wars RPG US Japan only Apple ][
Lemmings Puzzle UK   Amiga

Commercial development ended in the early 90s.

Sokoban Soko-ban 00 Se Johannes Holmberg
Escape Puzzle 04 US  
Dragoon X Omega II RPG 06 US  

Technical Specs

Links

Recent Development

Games for the NES are still developed. Most of them will probably be played with emulators, but there are flash cartridges too.


Last modified 2008-08-24