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Nestopia UE - and its predecessor Nestopia - are
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s 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. 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. Brandon Widdler of ''
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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. Original development ended in 2008, but forked into Nestopia UE.


See also

* List of NES emulators * List of Nintendo Entertainment System games


References


External links

* {{Nintendo emulators 2003 software 2013 software Nintendo Entertainment System emulators MacOS emulation software Windows emulation software Linux emulation software Free video game console emulators Discontinued emulators