Famicom Disk System Emulators for Linux

The best NES/ Dendy/ FDS emulator for Linux, based on FCE Ultra.

• Qt/SDL (old version GTK2 based GUI)
• Emulates a huge number of mappers
• Support for saves
• Many customizations
• OpenGL support (no video filters)
• Video filters (scale2x/3x, hx2x/3x)
• Support custom palettes
• Record/playback gameplay
• Game Genie support
• Network play (not Kaillera)
• NSF playback
• ZIP support
• Gamepad Support
• Screenshot creation

The fceux package is present in many distributions.

Mednafen is a great multiplatform emulator that emulates the following platforms:

• Atari Lynx [lynx]
• GameBoy (Color) [gb]
• GameBoy Advance [gba]
• Neo Geo Pocket (Color) [ngp]
• Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom [nes]
• PC Engine (CD)/TurboGrafx 16 (CD)/SuperGrafx [pce]
• PC-FX [pcfx]
• Sega Game Gear [gg]
• Sega Genesis/MegaDrive [md]
• Sega Master System [sms]
• Sony PlayStation [psx]
• Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom [snes]
• Virtual Boy [vb]
• WonderSwan [wswan]

The quality of emulation is very good.
There is support for graphic filters.
The mednafen package is present in many distributions.
The emulator runs only from the command line, but you can try the front-end of mednaffe and mfe.
To fully work with the emulator, you should read the documentation. Also, do not forget about F1 key.
What to do if there is no sound.

Excellent NES/ Famicom and Famicom Disk System emulator for Linux with user interface based on GTK2 (up to version 0.90, then Qt). Supports a large number of mappers, saves, filters, Dendy emulation mode and other features.
BIOS for Famicom Disk System put in "$HOME/.puNES/bios/disksys.rom".

NEStopia port, NES / Dendy / FDS emulator for Linux (SDL). Supports saves, gamepad, graphics filters, GUI (FLTK). Available in the repositories of many Linux distributions.

Features:

• Full GUI configuration of all options
• .nes and .unf/.unif ROM support
• .fds Disk System support
• .nsf music player support
• .nst save state support
• .nsv movie play and recording
• .sav battery saving
• All the video filters from the Windows version (NTSC, Scale2x/3x, ScaleHQ 2x/3x/4x)
• Limited configuration of the NTSC filter (via presets)
• Sound volume, output rate, stereo/mono
• Rewind capability, so you can put time into reverse and fix that bad jump or ill-timed use of your last missile
• Keyboard and joypad support, fully remappable via a simple config file