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nes-py is an NES emulator and OpenAI Gym interface for MacOS, Linux, and Windows based on the LaiNES emulator.

Installation

The preferred installation of nes-py is from pip:

pip install nes-py

Debian

Make sure you have the clang++ compiler installed:

sudo apt-get install clang

Windows

You'll need to install the Visual-Studio 14.0 tools for Windows installation. The Visual Studio Community package provides these tools for free.

Usage

To access the NES emulator from the command line use the following command.

nes_py -r <path_to_rom>

To print out documentation for the command line interface execute:

nes_py -h

Controls

Keyboard Key NES Joypad
W Up
A Left
S Down
D Right
O A
P B
Enter Start
Space Select

Development

To design a custom environment using nes-py, introduce new features, or fix a bug, please refer to the Wiki. There you will find instructions for:

  • setting up the development environment
  • designing environments based on the NESEnv class
  • reference material for the NESEnv API
  • documentation for the nes_py.wrappers module

Compatibility

nes-py implements the most common mappers, which should be enough for a good percentage of the games:

  • NROM (Mapper 000)
  • MMC1 / SxROM (Mapper 001)
  • UxROM (Mapper 002)
  • CNROM (Mapper 003)
  • MMC3, MMC6 / TxROM (Mapper 004)

You can check the compatibility for each ROM in the following list

Metadata

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