NES Bundler

Transform your NES-game into a single executable targeting your favourite OS!

Did you make a NES-game but none of your friends own a Nintendo? Don't worry.
Put your ROM and configuration in NES Bundler and build for Mac, Windows or Linux.
What you get is a single executable with

• Simple UI for settings (Show and hide with ESC).
• Re-mappable Keyboard and Gamepad input (you bundle your default mappings).
• Save/Restore state (F1 = Save, F2 = Load).
• Netplay! (Optional feature, can be disabled if not wanted).

Bundling

To create a bundle you first need to configure it with your ROM and a build configuration.
After that you can either ship your game with the configuration inside the executable or next to it.

Next to it (the easy way)

• Download the binary of your choice
• Run it and select the directory with your bundle (config.yaml and rom.nes)
• This will result in bundle.zip being placed next to the executable which will load automatically on startup.

Inside it (the not so easy way)

• Install Rust.
• Make sure your bundle configuration is in the config directory.
• Run cargo build --release to build and if you want netplay use --features netplay
• This will result in an executable with the bundle embedded inside of it.

Limitations

• It's built on rusticnes-core so it's limited to what that can emulate (f.ex no PAL).
• Save/load state and thus netplay is currently working for mappers nrom, mmc1, mmc3, uxrom, axrom, bnrom, cnrom, gxrom and ines31.
  If you want to contribute, please implement save/load for a mapper over here.