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Nintendo Entertainment System / Nintendo Game Boy / Nintendo Game Boy Advance / Nintendo Game Boy Color / Super Nintendo Entertainment System /

Mesen CE Active

The community-maintained continuation of Mesen, run by the NESdev community, with the same multi-system cores and debugging tools.

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Facts

Runs on
Windows, macOS, Linux
Native: x86-64, ARM64
License
Open source (GPL-3.0-or-later)
Accuracy
Cycle-exact
Online play
Netplay
Mobile
None (no official phone or tablet version)
Models
Famicom, NES, Famicom Disk System, Super Game Boy
Opens
.nes .unf .fds .nsf .sfc .smc .bs .spc .gb .gbc .gba
Written in
C++, C#
First release
2026
Authors
NESdev community
Based on
Mesen
Last checked
Oct 2026

Features

  • HasSave states
  • HasRewind
  • HasFast-forward
  • HasRun-ahead
  • HasOnline multiplayer
  • HasCRT shaders
  • HasA/V recording
  • HasCheats
  • Not listed:Achievements
  • Not listed:Themes

Input

  • HasGamepad
  • Not listed:Touch controls
  • HasLight gun
  • HasMouse
  • Not listed:Positional key mapping
  • Not listed:Symbolic key mapping
  • Not listed:On-screen keyboard
  • Not listed:Native keyboard

For developers

  • HasDebugger
  • HasMemory viewer
  • HasDisassembler
  • HasProfiler
  • HasTrace logger
  • HasScripting
  • Not listed:Command line

Features not listed may still exist. Edit this entry if something is missing or wrong.