Nestopia UE
Maintained continuation of the Nestopia NES emulator
- Open SourceGitHub
- Nestopia UE contributors, Rupert CarmichaelDeveloper
- 27 Sep 2026Page Updated
Details
- Developers
- Nestopia UE contributors, Rupert Carmichael
- Source Code
- GitHub
- Page Updated
Supported Systems
Platform Support
- Windows
- Linux
- macOS
Overview
Nestopia UE (Undead Edition) is an open source NES and Famicom emulator that carries on the original Nestopia, which Martin Freij stopped developing in 2008. It keeps Nestopia’s cycle-accurate core and adds fixes, new mapper support and database entries, and it also emulates the Famicom Disk System and VS. System.
The emulation core is now developed as Nestopia JG under the Jolly Good Emulation project, which has become the main upstream for Nestopia’s code. From version 2.0.0 the standalone emulator uses the QTea frontend and is built the same way on every platform, with releases for Windows, macOS (Apple Silicon) and Linux (as a .deb package). The older Windows-only version with the classic interface is still kept in the Nestopia UE repository.
Nestopia UE is released under the GPL v2 (or later) licence. Famicom Disk System games need the disksys.rom BIOS file.
Key Features
Cycle Accurate
Keeps the original Nestopia's cycle-accurate emulation core.
Disk System
Emulates the Famicom Disk System and VS. System.
Cross-Platform
Releases for Windows, macOS on Apple Silicon and Linux.
Open Source
Released under the GPL v2 or later licence.
