Recomp / OS & system / Nintendo Entertainment System

SaltyNES

NES emulator compiled to WebAssembly, forked from a Native Client C++ version that traces back to the vNES Java emulator.

Rewrite Human-led stalled
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Latest release—
Last pushNov 9, 2021

GitHub figures as of 2026-10-14, refreshed daily.

Facts

Original
Nintendo Entertainment System (1983)
Platform
Nintendo Entertainment System
Method
Rewrite
Provenance
Human-led · Repo created 2017, predates AI coding tools (GitHub) what this means
Status
stalled
Licence
GPL-3.0
Team
workhorsy
Started
2017-05
Runs on
Web
Needs the original
Yes: you supply your own legally obtained copy

How to get it legally

This project ships code only. Build or download it from the official repository, then supply data from a copy of Nintendo Entertainment System you own. Recomp never links to ROMs, discs or game data.

This project was rebuilt by workhorsy. Facts last checked 2026-10-14.

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