GoNES vs NES Emulator + 6502 Studio
GoNES
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| Figure | GoNES | NES Emulator + 6502 Studio |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 0 |
| Spec score · NES Emulators | 8.7 (#1) | 7.1 (#18) |
| License | The repository identifies its license as Apache-2.0. | The repository states that the software is licensed under GPL v3. |
| Maker | The GitHub profile identifies Gabe Cook as the project maker and lists Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA as his location. | The GitHub profile identifies the maker as Maxwell Knight, a fullstack engineer based in Israel. |
| Mapper support | The README lists mappers 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 69, and 71, covering 84.34% of official NES games according to the project. | The emulator supports NROM, MMC1, UxROM, CNROM, and MMC3 with scanline IRQ. |
| Purpose | GoNES is an NES emulator written in Go. | NES Emulator + 6502 Studio is a C++ Nintendo Entertainment System emulator compiled to WebAssembly with a browser debugger called NES Studio. |
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In their own words
GoNES
GoNES is a free, open-source NES emulator written in Go. It runs on Windows, macOS, Linux and web browsers; the browser version compiles to WebAssembly, and the project links to a hosted instance. At startup, the app opens a file picker for selecting a .nes ROM, and it can also be launched from a terminal with a ROM file argument. The project lists support for mappers 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 69 and 71, which it says cover 84.34% of official NES games. Keyboard controls for two players are configurable. Save-state, load-state and undo bindings are listed. GoNES creates a configuration file on first run, with its location documented for each desktop platform. Release downloads are provided, and macOS installation through Homebrew is documented. Source installation is also documented. Building requires OpenGL development libraries because rendering uses Ebitengine. The project says its GUI renders, but menu options still need to be added.
NES Emulator + 6502 Studio
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