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Nintendo Entertainment System

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Overview

Introduced in 1983 by Nintendo, the Nintendo Entertainment System was a console system. It is grouped with nes titles in EmulationStation.

Technical specifications

  • CPU: Ricoh 2A03 (NTSC) / 2A07 (PAL), a MOS Technology 6502-derived core clocked at 1.79 MHz (NTSC) or 1.66 MHz (PAL).
  • Memory: 2 KB internal RAM, 2 KB PPU VRAM plus mapper-backed cartridge RAM per title.
  • Display: 256×240 resolution with a 48-color palette and 64 sprites; scanline timing matched to CRTs.
  • Sound: Built-in APU with two pulse waves, one triangle wave, one noise channel and optional DPCM sample playback.

Supported ROM extensions

nes, unif, unf, zip, 7z

Emulators

  • fceumm (libretro) – Requires BR2_PACKAGE_LIBRETRO_FCEUMM
  • mesen (libretro) – Requires BR2_PACKAGE_LIBRETRO_MESEN
  • nestopia (libretro) – Requires BR2_PACKAGE_LIBRETRO_NESTOPIA

Notes

Source data: REG Linux emulationstation/es-system/es_systems.yml