A video game console emulator is a type of emulator that allows a computing device to emulate a video game console’s hardware and play its games on the emulating platform. Many emulators are developed for Microsoft Windows, Macintosh or Linux platforms. Our emulators are developed to run natively directly in your web browser using Edge, Chrome, or Safari.
NINTENDO (NES) EMULATORS
We offer three NES Emulators on free80sarcade.com. The first two are written in JavaScript and will render classic Nintendo games directly in your web browser (Edge, Chrome, Safari, Firefox, etc). Our default NES emulator supports sound and very realistic game play. The second emulator supports touch devices, and it supports NES game play on mobile devices and Iphones. Sorry, no sound on mobile devices. Be careful, emulator play on mobile devices drains the battery quite fast.
The third NES emulator is written in JAVA and requires a JAVA extension to be installed to play on your computer. The Java emulator offers smoother gameplay over its JavaScript counterparts. Unfortunately a handful of NES games will not work in some of these emulators.
| Keyboard Controls | |
|---|---|
| Gamepad Button | Player 1 |
| Left | Left Arrow |
| Right | Right Arrow |
| Up | Up Arrow |
| Down | Down Arrow |
| A | X |
| B | Z |
| Start/Pause | Enter |
| Select | Ctrl |
ATARI 2600 GAME EMULATOR
Written in JavaScript, our 2600 emulator supports sound and very realistic Atari game play directly in your web browser (Edge, Chrome, Safari, Firefox, etc). It will automatically sense a ‘touch device’ (i.e. IPhone) and it supports ATARI game play on mobile devices and phones. Be careful, emulator play on mobile devices drains the battery quite fast.
CONTROLS:
Click “Game Reset” or F12 to Begin/Restart Game
Arrow Keys – Move
Space bar to fire/action button
ATARI 5200 GAME EMULATOR
Written in JavaScript, our 5200 emulator supports very realistic Atari game play directly in your web browser (Edge, Chrome, Safari, Firefox, etc). Sorry, no sound in the ATARI 5200 emulator. This emulator is slow to load, be patient and wait for the cartridge’s game to completely load into your web browser. This emulator does not support mobile devices.
CONTROLS AND INSTRUCTIONS:
1) Wait for blue screen (game console is booting up).
2) Wait for game to automatically load in console. This might take up to a minute.
3) Once game has finished loading, Press F4 to Start Game.
4) Be patient, gameplay will Start.
5) Arrow Keys = joystick directions and ALT Key = button.
ATARI 7800 GAME EMULATOR
Written in JavaScript, our 7800 emulator supports sound and very realistic Atari game play directly in your web browser (Edge, Chrome, Safari, Firefox, etc). This emulator does not support mobile devices.
CONTROLS:
Arrow Keys – Move
X and Z key to jump/fire
SEGA GAME EMULATORS
We offer two SEGA Emulators on free80sarcade.com. Both written in JavaScript, these emulators support sound and very realistic SEGA game play directly in your web browser (Edge, Chrome, Safari, Firefox, etc). This emulator does not support mobile devices. The first emulator supports the SG-1000, SG-1000 II, SG-3000 and Sega Mark III game console games. The second emulator supports the more powerful Sega Master games. The correct emulator will automatically start based on your game selection. These emulators do not support mobile devices.
CONTROLS:
Arrow Keys – Move
X and Z key to jump/fire
SNES GAME EMULATOR
We offer a Super Nintendo (SNES) emulator on free80sarcade.com. Written in JavaScript, this emulator supports sound and very realistic SNES game play directly in your web browser (Edge, Chrome, Safari, Firefox, etc). This emulator supports mobile devices. Click the ‘Load Game’ button to begin the emulator, then click on the game screen to start the game.
COLECOVISION GAME EMULATOR
We offer a ColecoVision emulator on free80sarcade.com. Written in JavaScript, this emulator supports sound and very realistic Coleco game play directly in your web browser (Edge, Chrome, Safari, Firefox, etc). This emulator supports mobile devices. Click the ‘Load Game’ button to begin the emulator, then click on the game screen to start the game.
NOTE: I did not initially write any of these emulators. All are found on the Internet under the Public Domain License. I have modified the emulator’s code to support the unique game capabilities you find on free80sarcade.com. I thank the original authors of these emulators for their contribution to maintaining classic arcade games.