Nestopia UE - and its predecessor Nestopia - are an
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NES/Famicom emulator
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designed to emulate the NES hardware as accurately as possible.
Features
The requirements for the original Nestopia were considered higher than some of its contemporaries such as Stella.
In order to run an optimal emulation, the program requires a minimum 800 MHz processor. Its high requirement is due to its accurate emulation of the NES hardware. The emulator will play most ROMs and has a strong port for the Apple Macintosh.
The original Nestopia allowed customization of colors, sounds, and graphics. It includes special features such as Power Glove.
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'' considers the emulator one of the best for the NES, though he admits that it has fewer features than its rival FCEUX.
Development history
Nestopia was originally developed for Windows by Martin Freij. Richard Bannister and R. Belmont later ported it to Mac OS X and Linux, respectively.fork
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ed into Nestopia UE.
See also
* List of NES emulators
* List of Nintendo Entertainment System games
This is a list of games for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) home video game console. Some games have been officially licensed by Nintendo, and some are unlicensed.
The final licensed NES game released was the PAL-exclusive ''The L ...
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