Nintendo Entertainment System / Nintendo Game Boy / Nintendo Game Boy Advance / Nintendo Game Boy Color / Sega Mega Drive / Genesis / Super Nintendo Entertainment System /
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Near's accuracy-first multi-system emulator, which grew out of bsnes. It now only gets occasional maintenance commits; development of its cores continues in ares.
Facts
- Systems
- Nintendo Entertainment System
Nintendo Game Boy
Nintendo Game Boy Advance
Nintendo Game Boy Color
Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Super Nintendo Entertainment System - Runs on
- Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD
- License
- Open source (GPL-3.0-or-later)
- Accuracy
- Cycle-exact
- Mobile
- None (no official phone or tablet version)
- Written in
- C++
- Authors
- Near
- Used by
- ares
- Last checked
- Oct 2026
Features
- HasSave states
- Not listed:Rewind
- Not listed:Fast-forward
- Not listed:Run-ahead
- Not listed:Online multiplayer
- Not listed:CRT shaders
- Not listed:A/V recording
- Not listed:Cheats
- Not listed:Achievements
- Not listed:Themes
Input
- HasGamepad
- Not listed:Touch controls
- Not listed:Light gun
- Not listed:Mouse
- Not listed:Positional key mapping
- Not listed:Symbolic key mapping
- Not listed:On-screen keyboard
- Not listed:Native keyboard
Features not listed may still exist. Edit this entry if something is missing or wrong.