PyNES

NES Emulator made with Python3 for fun and learning purposes

Made in continuation of PyAndy streams on Twitch

Recordings that started this code

Recordings of all streams are available on PyAndy's YouTube

Current state and what it can do now

• Runs around 15-20 fps

Next steps

• Fix scrolling
• Try to optimize and see if it can get higher fps

Tested games:

No game will be actually playable as this implementation does not aim to emulate the correct speed of a NES

• Super Mario Bros.
  • as scrolling if not working properly, the game is not really playable
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• Balloon Fight
  • seems playable
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• Popeye
  • seems playable
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• Pac-Man
  • as scrolling is not working, title screen is buggy, but game seems playable
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Useful Links

• Nesdev Wiki
• Online 6502 assembler
• 6502 Wikipedia page
• Nice instruction set page
• Writing NES Emulator in Rust