vNES: Nintendo in your browser - Today's Time Waster

Posted Oct 9th 2006 3:15PM by Jordan Running
Filed under: Fun, Games, Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Web services, Freeware, Time-Wasters

Got a hankerin' for some classic 8-bit gaming? Want to play right now? Look no further than vNES, a fantastic site of questionable legality that lets you play any of almost 400 classic Nintendo games in your browser, for free. As you may have already guessed, vNES is a basic Java-powered NES emulator, and it has games for every taste, including a few dozen Japanese titles, some funky unreleased and prototype games, and even a "Games That Aren't Fun At All" category. It has most of the classics, and more are being added every day. It works great without any noticeable slowdowns or glitches in most games, but beware: vNES can be a bit of a memory hog. Bookmark vNES while you still can, as I doubt Nintendo's IP lawyers are going to be as happy about it as I am, especially once they start selling these classic games for the Wii.

[Via Lifehacker]

Tags: 8-bit, classic, emulator, free, java, nes, nintendo, retro, video games, VideoGames, vnes

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10-09-2006 @ 6:14PM

Timmah! said...

I'm so happy I could cry...

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10-10-2006 @ 12:05PM

Ian said...

Fantastic!

Super Mario Brothers marathon!!!

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10-10-2006 @ 3:17PM

2009 Ford Mustang said...

I can't believe it. Too bad Nintendo is probably going to throw a bunch of lawyers at them not too long from now.

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