Hardware Reference
In-Depth Information
FCEUX (NES)
FCEUX is an emulator designed to run games for the
Nintendo Entertainment System
(
NES
). The NES is arguably the most popular and well known gaming system in video
game history. Released in 1984, the NES introduced such popular titles as Super Mario
Bros, The Legend of Zelda, MegaMan, and Metroid. Hundreds of games were produced for
this 8-bit system, many of which can be played on the Raspberry Pi. The following steps
will show you how to use FCEUX for running the game:
1. We will start by downloading FCEUX. Type
wget ht-
tp://raspberrypigaming.com/files/fceux.zip
into your terminal.
2. Next, type
unzip fceux.zip
and press
Enter
. If you get the error saying unzip
not found, type
sudo apt-get -y install unzip
to install the unzip pro-
gram.
3. The file
fceux
should now be in your directory. Run the emulator by typing
./fceux /path/to/game/rom
, for example,
./fceux /home/pi/
smb.nes
.
