Run Microsoft Windows Games NES
One programmer / software engineer managed to run Microsoft Windows games on the original NES using a special cartridge, Wine, a compatibility layer capable of running Windows applications on several POSIX-compliant operating systems, and a LattePanda development board. The X11 development library is the key to linking all of these parts together after 32-bit Linux was installed on LattePanda.



Now the final part was finding a way to implement the X11 development library using SDL2, a cross-platform development library designed to provide low level access to audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick, and graphics. What he ended up doing was spending over 3-months to rewrite an SDL2X11Emulation library to work with his NES setup. Lastly, all of the hardware was installed inside the NES console itself before testing out the games, including Earthworm Jim.

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Hyperkin RetroN 2 HD Gaming Console for NES/Super NES/Super Famicom (Gray)
  • HD audio and video (720p) with 16: 9/4: 3 Switch (HD cable only); 3 ft. HD cable; includes AV ports with AV cable
  • High compatibility with (NTSC/PAL) NES, Super NES, and Super Famicom cartridges
  • Hyperkin-engineered perfect pin (patent pending) Technology sets a new standard for state-of-the-art, high-quality pins

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