NostalgiaNes - NES Emulator

53.1K reviews
Content rating
PEGI 3
5M+
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About this game

NostalgiaNes is a fast, high quality NES emulator for Android based on FCEUX. Play your own NES games with rewind, save states, cheats, Zapper support and a fully customizable on-screen controller.

Features
- Modern, cool-looking & user friendly interface
- Highly customizable virtual controller! You can adjust the size and position of each button to suit your needs.
- Game progress saving and loading - 8 manual slots with screenshots & an autosave slot. Share save states among your devices via Bluetooth, email etc. directly from the app.
- Export and import your battery saves (.sav) to back them up or move them to another device or emulator
- Rewinding! Got killed by a bad guy? Never mind! Just rewind the game a couple of seconds back and try again!
- Wi-Fi controller mode! This unique feature allows several devices to be connected with each other. Turn your phone into a wireless gamepad and play your favorite multiplayer games with your friends. We support up to 4 players!
- Zapper (light gun) emulation
- Turbo buttons & A+B button
- PAL (Europe)/NTSC (USA, Japan) video modes support
- Hardware accelerated graphics utilizing OpenGL ES
- 44100 Hz stereo sound
- Hardware keyboard support
- Supports HID bluetooth gamepads (MOGA, 8bitdo etc.)
- Screenshots - easily capture an image of the game any time during gameplay
- Use special cheat codes to make games even more fun!
- Support for file with extension .nes and .zip

No ROMs are included in the application.

Import your ROMs (zipped or unzipped) with IMPORT FROM DIR or IMPORT FROM FILE in the NostalgiaNes menu.

This is the lite version of NostalgiaNes. It is ad-supported and some features (manual progress saving/loading and game rewinding) are enabled only when ads are displayed (ie. when you are connected to the internet). We do not want to disturb you during gameplay - no ads will be displayed when a game is running.

NostalgiaNes is GPLv3-licensed and you can download its source code here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/5992td4i2sxt0vq/Nostalgia.tar.gz?dl=0

Join our Discord community to get help, share cheats and suggest new features: https://discord.gg/EJwuB2gyFa

Do not hesitate to send bug reports, suggestions or questions to our email.
NES emulator with rewind, save states, cheats & turbo. Games not included.
Updated on
31 Oct 2026

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Ratings and reviews

47.9K reviews
Olivia
17 November 2024
High quality indeed! I recommend having a folder inside of your downloads folder for your games for easy scanning. Games look good, run smoothly, and control great. Ads are out of the way, not annoying and only in the menu. Probably the best free emulator for mobile devices! However, there is an error when scanning a directory (folder) that has only cropped up recently. I can't fully see the error message as it's too long.
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crisjan abalayan
20 May 2024
It's good, the controls are customizable, easy to use and easy to get used to. No real downside unless you want to cheat which it is capable of but it is weird but it is impractical so yeah it's not bad at all, no ads just a banner at the bottom of the select game menu which is easily avoidable so no real complains about it, it has save states which is good if you want to use it, if you somehow mad about the game I would be surprised it is perfect though it has a pretty small screen but depend.
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Gibson Lutts
3 January 2022
Great emulator. Runs ROMs just fine along with the cheats. I also love the sort of 'Indiglo' digital design and being able to see a preview of your game's save state with an indiglo filter as well. I've seen some reviews about issues with the controls, which may or may not have been fixed by now; to me, it's probably just a little tricky trying to use the d-pad quickly. 5 stars nonetheless; definitely recommend this emulator. 👍
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What's new

What's new
• Export and import your game saves (.sav) – back up your progress or move it to another device
• Loading ROMs from a whole folder works again
• Fixed on-screen buttons (Start, Select, menu) not responding on some newer phones
• Screenshots are saved correctly on newer Android versions
• Better support for Android 15 and 16
• Fewer crashes and better stability