NESticle turned 25 years old this week! it's hard to believe that so much time has past since this tiny piece of NES emulation software (NESticle.exe 0.20 was just 342 KB!) exploded onto the scene on Thursday, April 3, 1997. I wanted to take a moment to thank Icer Addis for his contributions to the community that still reverberate to this day. If you weren't around for this pivotal moment in emulation history, I've included a few links to help get you up to speed - and if you have, I bet you'll enjoy the stroll down memory lane! I also hosted a stream on Twitch earlier this week where we spent a few hours running through a few NSM speed runs from this very website back in 1998/1999, including Faxanadu and Solstice - and some former ZD staffers make appearances in chat as well! See below, and come celebrate 25 years of NESticle with the domain!
NESticle Emu Speedrun Night
Zophar's Realm on Twitch
MVG on YT: How NESticle changed NES Emulation forever
Stick_Fig: The Story of NESticle
EightyOne 1.28 has been released:
- URL
"EightyOne is an emulator for the range of home computers made by Sinclair Research (and their clones) in the 1980s. As well as emulating the machines themselves, various add-on interfaces are supported, including hi-res graphics, custom character sets, sound and colour cards."
AmiArcadia and WinArcadia had been updated to 28.5
- Website
- URL
WinArcadia is available for the Windows platform. AmiArcadia is available for AmigaOS and MorphOS.
"AmiArcadia and WinArcadia are multi-emulators of these machines:
* the Emerson Arcadia 2001 console family (Bandai, Emerson, Grandstand, Intervision, Leisure-Vision, Leonardo, MPT-03, Ormatu, Palladium, Poppy, Robdajet, Tele-Fever, Tempest, Tryom, Tunix, etc.) (1982);
* the Interton VC 4000 console family (Acetronic, Fountain, Hanimex, Interton, Prinztronic, Radofin, Rowtron, Soundic, Voltmace, Waddington, etc.) (c. 1978);
* the Elektor TV Games Computer (1979);
* PIPBUG-based machines (EA 77up2, EA 78up5, Signetics Adaptable Board Computer, Eurocard 2650, etc.) (c. 1977-1978);
* the Signetics Instructor 50 trainer (1978);
* the Central Data 2650 computer (1977);
* the Astro Wars, Cat and Mouse, Galaxia, and Laser Battle coin-ops by Zaccaria (1979-1982);
* the Malzak 1 and 2 coin-ops by Kitronix (c. 1980);
* the Chaos 2 computer (1983);
* the Dolphin trainer (1977);
* the PHUNSY computer (c. 1980);
* AY-3-8550/8600-based Pong systems (c. 1976-1977);
* the Ravensburger Selbstbaucomputer aka 2650 Minimal Computer trainer (1984); and
* the MIKIT 2650 trainer (1978)."
WinVICE r42171 had been released:
- Releases
- Github
WinVICE is a windows port of the VICE emulator. VICE (Versatile Commodore Emulator) is an emulator for the Commodore 8-bit computer range.
Steem SSE 4.1.2 R0 is available for download:
- Download
- URL
"Steem SSE is an update of legendary Atari ST emulator Steem. It is available for the Windows and Unix platforms. Source code is available to the public."
JavaCPC Desktop 3.0.1 had been released:
- URL
JavaCPC Desktop is a Amstrad CPC created in Java that can run on the Windows platform.
Flycast Dojo version 0.4.40 had been released:
- Git
"Flycast Dojo is a fork of Flycast, a multiplatform Sega Dreamcast, Naomi and Atomiswave emulator. Intended for netplay and quality of life improvements for training & online tournament play"
86Box 3.3 had been released:
- https://github.com/86Box/86Box
"86Box is a low level x86 emulator that runs older operating systems and software designed for IBM PC systems and compatibles from 1981 through fairly recent system designs based on the PCI bus."
Swiss 0.6 r1290 has been released.
- https://github.com/emukidid/swiss-gc
"Swiss aims to be an all-in-one homebrew utility for the Nintendo GameCube."
XEMU - 2022-03-19 has been released:
- Github
- Releases
- Website
"xemu is an Original Xbox Emulator for Windows, macOS, and Linux." Open source under the GNU GPL V2 and LGPL license.
Submitted by Reinc and translated by Alemanic Translations. You can download it from our Genesis German Translations page.
Courtesy of MrRichard999 and some of his friends you can play Famicom Yakyuuban (What they call baseball in Japan) and Takeda Shingen which is an interesting strategy game. Check them over in the NES English Translations section.
Steem SSE 4.1.1 R10 is available for download:
- Download
- URL
"Steem SSE is an update of legendary Atari ST emulator Steem. It is available for the Windows and Unix platforms. Source code is available to the public."
LaunchBox 12.8 had been released.
- URL
"LaunchBox is a emulator frontend for the Windows Platform. It supports several emulators, including support DOSBox, Steam and ScummVM launching. It also downloads the games artwork from several sources. It is freeware but you can also buy "LaunchBox Premium" that has more customization options."
WinVICE r41886 had been released:
- Releases
- Github
WinVICE is a windows port of the VICE emulator. VICE (Versatile Commodore Emulator) is an emulator for the Commodore 8-bit computer range.
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