fceux6
An emulator for the original (8-bit) nintendo / famicom game console.
Usage
fceux [options]
"filename"
Overview
FCEUX is an emulator for the original (8-bit) Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). It has a robust color palette rendering engine that is fully customizable, along with excellent sound and joystick support, and even supports movie recording and playback.
Options
Misc. Options
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--no-config {0|1} -
Use default config file and do not save to it, when enabled.
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-g {0|1}, --gamegenie {0|1} -
Enable or disable emulated Game Genie.
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--nogui {0|1} -
Enable or disable the GTK GUI.
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--loadlua FILE -
Loads lua script from filename FILE.
Emulation Options
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--pal {0|1} -
Enable or disable PAL mode.
Input Options
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-i DEV, --inputcfg DEV -
Configures input device DEV on startup. Devices: gamepad powerpad hypershot quizking
- --input{1|2} DEV
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Set which input device to emulate for input 1 or 2. Devices: gamepad zapper powerpad.0 powerpad.1 arkanoid
- --input{3|4} DEV
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Set the famicom expansion device to emulate for input 3 or 4. Devices: quizking hypershot mahjong toprider ftrainer familykeyboard oekakids arkanoid shadow bworld 4player
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--inputdisplay {0|1} -
Enable or disable input display.
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--fourscore {0|1} -
Enable or disable fourscore emulation.
Graphics Options
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--newppu {0|1} -
Enable or disable the new PPU core. (WARNING: May break savestates)
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--frameskip NUM -
Set NUM of frames to skip per emulated frame.
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--clipsides {0|1} -
Enable or disable clipping of the leftmost and rightmost 8 columns of the video output.
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--slstart SCANLINE -
Set the first scanline to be rendered.
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--slend SCANLINE -
Set the last scanline to be rendered.
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--nospritelim {0|1} -
When set to 0, this disables the normal 8 sprites per scanline limitation. When set to 1, this enables the normal 8 sprites per scanline limitation. NOTE: Yes, this option is 'backwards'.
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-x XRES, --xres XRES -
Set horizontal resolution for full screen mode.
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-y YRES, --yres YRES -
Set vertical resolution for full screen mode.
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--doublebuf {0|1} -
Enable or disable double buffering.
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--autoscale {0|1} -
Enable or disable autoscaling in fullscreen.
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--keepratio {0|1} -
Keep native NES aspect ratio when autoscaling.
- --{x|y}scale VAL
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Multiply width/height by VAL. (Real numbers > 0 with OpenGL, otherwise integers > 0).
- --{x|y}stretch {0|1}
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Stretch to fill surface on x/y axis (OpenGL only).
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-b {8|16|24|32}, --bpp {8|16|24|32} -
Set bits per pixel.
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--opengl {0|1} -
Enable or disable OpenGL support.
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--openglip {0|1} -
Enable or disable OpenGL linear interpolation.
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-f {0|1}, --fullscreen {0|1} -
Enable or disable full-screen mode.
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--noframe {0|1} -
Hide title bar and window decorations.
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--special {1-4} -
Use special video scaling filters. (1 = hq2x 2 = Scale2x 3 = NTSC 2x 4 = hq3x 5 = Scale3x)
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-p FILE, --palette FILE -
Use the custom palette in FILE.
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--ntsccolor {0|1} -
Enable or disable NTSC NES colors.
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--tint VAL -
Set the NTSC tint.
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--hue VAL -
Set the NTSC hue.
Sound Options
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-s {0|1}, --sound {0|1} -
Enable or disable sound.
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--soundrate RATE -
Set the sound playback sample rate (0 == off?).
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--soundq {0|1|2} -
Set sound quality. (0 = Low 1 = High 2 = Very High)
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--soundbufsize MS -
Set sound buffer size to MS milliseconds.
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--volume {0-256} -
Sets the sound volume to the given value, where 256 is max volume.
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--trianglevol {0-256} -
Sets the sound volume of the triangle wave to the given value, where 256 is max volume.
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--square1vol {0-256} -
Sets the sound volume of square wave 1 to the given value, where 256 is max volume.
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--square2vol {0-256} -
Sets the sound volume of square wave 2 to the given value, where 256 is max volume.
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--noisevol {0-256} -
Sets the sound volume of the noise generator to the given value, where 256 is max volume.
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--lowpass {0|1} -
Enables or disables lowpass filtering of the sound.
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--soundrecord FILE -
Record sound to file FILE.
Movie Options
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--playmov FILE -
Play back a recorded FCM/FM2 movie from filename FILE.
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--pauseframe FRAME -
Pause movie playback at frame FRAME.
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--moviemsg {0|1} -
Enable or disable movie messages.
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--fcmconvert FILE -
Convert fcm movie file FILE to fm2.
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--ripsubs FILE -
Convert movie's subtitles to srt.
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--subtitles {0|1} -
Enable or disable subtitle display.
Networking Options
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-n SRV, --net SRV -
Connect to server SRV for TCP/IP network play.
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--port PORT -
Use TCP/IP port PORT for network play.
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-u NICK, --user NICK -
Set the nickname to use in network play.
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-w PASS, --pass PASS -
Set password to use for connecting to the server.
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-k NETKEY, --netkey NETKEY -
Use string NETKEY to create a unique session for the game loaded.
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--players NUM -
Set the number of local players.
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--rp2mic {0|1} -
If enabled, replace Port 2 Start with microphone (Famicom).
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--videolog c -
Calls mencoder to grab the video and audio streams to encode them. Check the documentation for more on this.?
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--mute {0|1} -
Mutes FCEUX while still passing the audio stream to mencoder.
- FCEUX
Keyboard commands
has a number of commands available within the emulator. It also includes default keyboard bindings when emulating game pads or power pads.
Gamepad Keyboard Bindings
| NES Gamepad | Keyboard |
| Up | Keypad Up |
| Down | Keypad Down |
| Left | Keypad Left |
| Right | Keypad Right |
| A | F |
| B | D |
| Select | S |
| Start | Enter |
Other Commands
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Toggle full-screen mode. |
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Cheat menu (command-line only). |
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Toggle savestate binding to movies. |
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Load LUA script. |
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Toggles background rendering. |
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Save game state into current slot (set using number keys). |
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Restore game state from current slot (set using number keys). |
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Toggle movie subtitles. |
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Reset NES. |
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Save screen snapshot. |
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Beging recording video. |
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Load recorded video. |
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Select save state slot. |
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Select next/previous state. |
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Decrease emulation speed. |
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Increase emulation speed. |
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Hold for turbo emulation speed. |
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Pause emulation. |
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Advance a single frame. |
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Toggle movie frame counter. |
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Toggle input display. |
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Toggle movie read-only. |
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Advance a single frame. |
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Lag counter display. |
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Frame advance lag skip display. |
<ESC>
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Quit FCEUX. |
VS Unisystem Commands
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Insert coin. |
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Show/Hide dip switches. |
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Toggle dip switches (when dip switches are shown). |
Famicom Disk System Commands
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Select disk and disk side. |
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Eject or insert disk. |
http://fceux.com/
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The FCEUX project homepage. |
Releases
Unchanged in 6 releases since Debian 8 (Jessie).