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Richard Bannister
Nestopia is a Nintendo NES emulator for Mac OS X. Nestopia is by far the most compatible of any NES emulator for Mac OS X. Using cycle-exact emulation, it is able to run titles that rely on precise timing, and which therefore break under other emulators. It supports five extra sound chips and an astonishing 143 mappers. This accurate emulation comes at a cost; Nestopia requires an 800MHz machine for full speed; but if you have one, this the best available NES emulation for Mac.
Nestopia was initially developed for Windows by Martin Freij. The original sources may be downloaded from
Nestopia was initially developed for Windows by Martin Freij. The original sources may be downloaded from
What's New
Version 1.4.1: Updated to shell version 2.3. See "About the Shell" for changes.
Requirements
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
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| Downloads:47,641 |
| Version Downloads:21,211 |
| Type:Games : Gaming Tools & Utilities |
| License:Free |
| Date:27 Sep 2008 |
| Platform:PPC / Intel |
| Price:Free |
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Nestopia is a Nintendo NES emulator for Mac OS X. Nestopia is by far the most compatible of any NES emulator for Mac OS X. Using cycle-exact emulation, it is able to run titles that rely on precise timing, and which therefore break under other emulators. It supports five extra sound chips and an astonishing 143 mappers. This accurate emulation comes at a cost; Nestopia requires an 800MHz machine for full speed; but if you have one, this the best available NES emulation for Mac.
Nestopia was initially developed for Windows by Martin Freij. The original sources may be downloaded from the Nestopia home page. The toolkit used to develop the Macintosh port, including the bridge code to link it to Nestopia, will be available in the longer term from my developer pages. Certain portions are available now, and more will be added in the future. Further information is also available from the enclosed Read Me file.
Nestopia was initially developed for Windows by Martin Freij. The original sources may be downloaded from the Nestopia home page. The toolkit used to develop the Macintosh port, including the bridge code to link it to Nestopia, will be available in the longer term from my developer pages. Certain portions are available now, and more will be added in the future. Further information is also available from the enclosed Read Me file.
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Utrunn reviewed on 15 Dec 2011
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Em Adespoton reviewed on 14 Mar 2006
* Completely free to use.
* Efficient CPU usage, for improved battery life on PowerBooks.
* Flexible video display sizes with numerous Blitter effects.
* Sound recording functionality.
* Transparent decompression of GZIP-compressed game files.
* Support for 174 different mappers.
* Support for five additional sound chips.
It is THE BEST cycle-exact emulator for NES on OS X.
The previous reviewer who said Nestopia can't run full screen stated falsely. The free version of Nestopia cannot run full-screen; with the purchase of Emulator Enhancer (which works with ALL of Bannister's 28 current emulators).
From his web site:
Additional Features
This feature set above can be expanded using Emulator Enhancer, a shareware module which adds the following additional options:
* Full screen mode.
* Network play (some emulators).
* Real time video and sound filtering.
* Support for USB game pads and joysticks.
EE is currently available for . If anyone wants to rate EE (based on the customer having to pay for it), this belongs in a review of that software, not Nestopia.
Nestopia even has its own support forum now; use it if you need help with the program: http://www.bannister.org/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=forum;f=36
I rated the Features as low, as Nestopia is missing a few features in the free version -- also, it is currently missing support for zip and 7-zip archives, as well as for Quartz effects and OpenGL overlays.
Everything else, I rated as 5, as there are no other NES emulators that perform as well (on ANY platform) as long as you have a fast enough CPU to run it at full speed.
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emulaunch reviewed on 14 Mar 2006
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graknor reviewed on 29 Jan 2006
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Anonymous reviewed on 16 Oct 2005
Get this emulator, and get commercial ROMs for it with Limewire a free program that lets you download files
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Anonymous reviewed on 17 Jul 2005
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Anonymous reviewed on 11 Sep 2004