Not ranked in any top list, NostalgiaNes is a high-quality NES emulator built on the latest FCEUX revision, delivering a modern interface and feature-rich gameplay. It offers customizable on-screen controls, save states, rewinding, and Wi‑Fi multiplayer with hardware-accelerated graphics, all under an open GPLv3 license. With 5,000,000+ total downloads and 9.4K new users in the last 30 days, it remains a popular choice for retro Android gaming.
Pros & Cons
GPLv3 open-source license
Rich feature set: save states, rewind, wifi multiplayer, and cheats
Hardware-accelerated graphics (OpenGL ES) and high-quality sound
Highly customizable on-screen controls for perfect fit across devices
Ad-supported lite version may show ads during gameplay when connected to the internet
ROMs are not included; users must source their own ROMs separately
About NostalgiaNes
NostalgiaNes is an arcade app developed by Nostalgia Emulators.
How many times has NostalgiaNes been downloaded?
NostalgiaNes has been downloaded 5.9 million times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 9.4 thousand times.
What is the rating of NostalgiaNes?
NostalgiaNes is rated 4.29 out of 5 stars, based on 48 thousand ratings.
Is NostalgiaNes free?
NostalgiaNes is free to download. The APK download size is 9.24 MB. The latest version available is 2.5.6. The last update was on October 29, 2024.
What are the requirements for NostalgiaNes?
NostalgiaNes requires Android 5.0+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play May 2013.
Description
NO GAMES ARE INCLUDED IN THE APP!
NostalgiaNes is a high quality emulator based on the most up-to-date revision of the famous FCEUX.
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 BT, mail, skype etc. directly from the app. - 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.
Place your ROMs (zipped or unzipped) anywhere on your SD card - NostalgiaNes will find them.
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: http://goo.gl/FxU6Iq
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Great little emulator for playing nes classic games on the go try it out you won't be sorry.
★★★★★Tobias Riker· Sep 27, 2025
Works. Where's the donate button? If you're just taking my info, great. Bill Gates does it without asking and Microsoft can't make a program this good.
★★★★★aditya Sharma· May 12, 2026
Thank you for making this amazing app, finally I can enjoy all my childhood games on mobile at any time.
★☆☆☆☆Infinity· May 29, 2026
Doesn't work on Android 13 OS. Even after setting up a Nostalgia game folder and installing rom files to play. The app will recognize the files (title of game), but once selected it trys to run with an error message stating the file doesn't exist!? Waste of time and effort!!!
★☆☆☆☆Bistu Sanyal· Jan 31, 2026
first of all you need to subscribe to change your game settings. And second game buttons didn't work properly if you press sometimes it will sometimes work it won't, so it is very irritating to play a game in this emulator
★☆☆☆☆Armin· Sep 5, 2025
This app used to be good, now it won't let me select a folder, in it wants me to select one at a time. Import from dir. I get" unfortunately you don't have the software installed on your... What does that mean?
★★☆☆☆R e w i n d i n g· Oct 22, 2025
When I play Super Mario so I have to press both B button and left button to run faster, but sometimes it doesn't jump and sometimes the B button stops working which makes me fail too many times and rage a lot
Google Play Rankings for NostalgiaNes
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Technologies used by NostalgiaNes
NostalgiaNes is requesting 13 permissions and is using 36 libraries.
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Trust & Safety: The app requests standard network, storage, and device-peripheral permissions to enable online features, save/load states, and Bluetooth/wireless controller support. It is GPLv3-licensed with open-source source code available. As a lite, ad-supported version, some features may rely on ad display, and no ROMs are bundled—users must provide ROM files from their own collection.
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