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How to Play NES on a USB Flash Drive

The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) was host to some of the best-loved games of the so-called "Golden Age of Home Gaming." The system made arcade-style gaming available to home users, and its system design and graphical style have become iconic. Today, the technology behind the NES no longer requires a big gray box plugged into your television. Now, the machine's hardware and software can be emulated and run on a portable USB flash drive, giving you an NES in your pocket wherever you go.

Instructions

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  Download Jnes (see Resources). This small application emulates the hardware of a Nintendo Entertainment System.
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  Insert your USB flash drive into one of the USB ports of your computer.
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  Make a directory on the USB drive called "NES" and save "Jnes.exe" to this directory.
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  Download ROM files for your emulator. ROM files are the software that simulate NES cartridges. See Resources for a directory of legally available ROM files.
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  Unzip your ROM files to the "NES" directory of your USB flash drive.
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  Launch "Jnes.EXE" from your flash drive.
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  Select "Open ROM" from Jnes' "File" menu.
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  Point Jnes to the ROM files saved in your USB drive's "NES" directory. Double-click the name of the NES game you wish to play and the game will launch.

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