NES Emulator Slips into App Store

Sweet Moses, I’ve been waiting for this:

Kick it old school with games for the original Nintendo Entertainment System. Nescaline allows you to play a wide range of NES games on your iPhone and includes five public domain games developed as freeware. You may also use the download feature to add games to your library from any URL. Nescaline is not crippled; it will play a large number of games, both homebrew and commercial; it is up to the user to determine whether they have appropriate licensing to download and play any licensed titles.

Emulators are banned from the App Store, so I went ahead and dropped the $7 before Apple yanks it from iTunes. I added a few games easily — including Super Mario, which consumed several childhood years for my brother and I.

Sadly, the play is laggy, even on my 3GS. Sadly, I don’t think there will be many updates for Nescaline.

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