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I don't want to become the victim of assault and battery for having published an iNES file that hasn't been tested on real hardware. Until Squeedo comes out, I can test NES ROMs on real hardware only by sending a copy to a trusted party on this board, but the logistics of that method limits such testing to happen only occasionally and never in person. So until this situation improves, is there a better emulator than Nintendulator for testing scrolling engines?

My opinion is a bit biased, but I would certainly give my emulator a try. Even though it does not have many features, it does emulate some of the trickiest games / demos out there, like the Retrocoders - Years Behind demo, which almost no emulator can run properly. It has been updated just today, so feel free to try it out and suggest changes.

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Emulators were written by humans, and humans are susceptible to errors. Asking for the "best emulator than X" is quite an harsh question.

Can't you give a try by yourself? Download the top-10 active emus (if 10) and take your conclusions.

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Zepper
RockNES developer

That almost sounds like a defense of Nesticle


However, "which emulator in the experience of other NESdev members has fewest differences from the NES hardware?" is still a valid question, right?


No, because as I said, I have no rewritable NES cartridge to put in my NES to compare the behavior of the "top ten emulators" to. Therefore, I must rely on the opinions of other NESdev members who have had an opportunity to test homebrew ROMs and make such a comparison.

What is NESticle?
Anyway, even the 'top-emulator' has bugs.

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Zepper
RockNES developer

Which are they? Known bugs are a lot easier to work around in my code than unknown bugs.