XeNES

Cross platform NES emulator. Works with Linux, Mac, Windows, Wine and more.

Input

NES	Keyboard
A	SPACE
B	LCTRL
Up	w
Down	s
Left	a
Right	d
Start	x
Select	c

Usage

Linux:

Requires SDL2 development libraries to be installed

Run make to compile program

Use program by running ./XeNES ROM.nes

Mac:

Requires SDL2 development libraries to be installed (brew recommended)

Run make mac to compile program

Use program by running ./XeNES ROM.nes

Playable games

Super Mario Bros

Donkey Kong

Spelunker

Baseball

Defender II

Dig Dug 2

Ice Climber

Balloon Fight

Donkey Kong Jr.

Donkey Kong 3

Duck Hunt

10 Yard Fight

Excitebike

Galaga

Golf

Gyromite

Hogan's Alley

Ice Hockey

Ms. Pac Man

Pinball

Popeye

And most other NROM/mapper 0 games

Sample screenshots

Next steps

Add support for more mappers

Implement timestamp based system for performance

Automated testing by hashing pixel buffer of known good test ROM screens

Issues

APU DMC needs to be added

Synchronization method (opcode then PPU catch up) is inadequate for exact VBL timing behaviour

Unknown issue with odd/even frame timing