brew install gabe565/tap/gones --no-quarantineAutomated builds are uploaded during the release process. See the latest release for download links.
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Rendering uses hajimehoshi/ebiten which requires OpenGL development libraries to compile. See ebiten install steps.
Make sure you have Go and the requirements installed, then run:
go install github.com/gabe565/gones@latestWhen started, GoNES will open a file picker. Choose the .nes file to start emulation.
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GoNES also supports being launched from a terminal.
gones ROM_FILESee docs for the full command line usage documentation.
A configuration file will be generated the first time GoNES is run. Depending on your operating system, the file will be available at:
- Windows:
%AppData%\gones\config.toml - macOS:
~/Library/Application Support/pwgen-go/config.toml - Linux:
~/.config/gones/config.toml
An example configuration is also available at config_example.toml.
Keys are configurable, but the default values are listed below.
| Nintendo | Emulator |
|---|---|
| A | M |
| B | N |
| Directions | WASD |
| Start | Enter |
| Select | Right Shift |
| A (Turbo) | K |
| B (Turbo) | J |
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| Nintendo | Emulator |
|---|---|
| A | Num Pad 3 |
| B | Num Pad 2 |
| Directions | Home/Del/End/PgDn |
| Start | Num Pad Enter |
| Select | Num Pad Plus |
| A (Turbo) | Num Pad 6 |
| B (Turbo) | Num Pad 5 |
| Action | Key |
|---|---|
| Save State | F1 |
| Load State | F5 |
| Undo Save State | Shift+F1 |
| Undo Load State | Shift+F5 |
| Fast Forward | F (Hold) |
| Reset | R (Hold) |
| Toggle Fullscreen | F11 |
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| Action | Key |
|---|---|
| Toggle step debugging | ` |
| Toggle stdout trace log (when step debug enabled) | Tab |
| Step to next frame | 1 |
| Run to next render | 2 |
- CPU implementation
- CPU is stable, and
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- CPU is stable, and
- Cartridge implementation
- Support for mappers
- Common mappers implemented
- Supported mappers: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 69, 71 (84.34% of official NES games)
- PPU implementation (graphics)
- Background rendering
- Sprite rendering
- GUI
- Rendering works, but menu options need to be added.
- Basic controller support
- Player 1
- Player 2
- External controllers
- APU implementation (audio)
- Save file for games with batteries
- Save states
- Configuration (remap controllers, video config, sound config, etc)
- Config file
- Config UI
- Cheats