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Play NES online with friends

NES Multiplayer Emulator

Play NES games online with friends from anywhere in the world. Start a supported game, create a room, and invite another player to join from a phone, tablet, or computer.

Play NES online with friends Host a multiplayer game, create a room, and invite another player to join from anywhere in the world using touch controls or a supported game controller.

Select a ROM from your device

The selected file is read locally by your browser. Free Play Bay does not upload or store the ROM.

Play approved homebrew

Optional Free Play Bay-hosted homebrew files for this emulator. You can still choose your own local file above.

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Play NES multiplayer online

Use the multiplayer NES emulator to host classic two-player games and share the action with a friend. The host starts the game, while the other player joins the room and controls Player 2 from their own device.

Use the familiar D-pad, A, B, Select, and Start buttons with touch controls or a supported Bluetooth or USB game controller.

Player settings

Reset emulator settings or customize the touch-control layout before you start.

Bluetooth & USB controllers

Pair the controller in your device settings, then press any controller button on this page.

Not detected

Pair the controller in your device Bluetooth settings, return to this page, tap the button above, then press any controller button.

Local processing

No ROM upload route is used. Saves, settings, and custom control layouts remain in this browser.

Touch controls

Control Layout Editor

Drag a control to move it. Drag blank space to scroll the editor. Size, opacity, and nudge controls stay visible while a control is selected.

GAME SCREEN

Bluetooth & USB

Controller Setup

1. Pair the controller in your phone, tablet, or computer Bluetooth settings.

2. Return here, tap Activate Controller, then press any controller button.

3. A standard NES mapping is applied automatically. If a button is wrong, use the gamepad icon in the emulator toolbar to remap it.

Browser status Not detected

No controller input has been detected by this browser yet.

Default NES mapping

A/B/X/Y use the four face buttons, L/R use the shoulder buttons, Select uses Back/Share, and Start uses Menu/Options.

NES Player

Game Menu

Use Multiplayer Rooms to create or join an online game. The Save & Settings Menu includes save states and game options. Fullscreen and touch-layout tools let you adjust the game for your device.

Testing tools

Reset NES Player?

This restores the touch layouts, control style, and EmulatorJS gameplay settings to their defaults.

This does not delete:

Your selected ROM file, battery saves, save states, or other Free Play Bay website data.

Legal files only

This player provides emulator software and may list approved homebrew files. It does not provide commercial ROMs, BIOS files, firmware, keys, or copyrighted game files.