Switch systems apparently come with an internal NES emulator

[Zkuq]

Xen said:

Zkuq said:

I know they're in an entirely different league. Still, it would have to be designed and production set up for it, which would take money. It's probably not a lot of money, but should be enough for Nintendo to prefer to not pay it. Also, it would add more overall complexity to Switch. Considering the (assumed) ease of software emulation, hardware emulation ought to be vastly inferior in Nintendo's eyes. I should probably look into how difficult exactly it is to emulate the NES, writing an emulator for it might be an interesting exercise project...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y71lli8MS8s , although this guy is quite at the top of his game..

It is actually rather fascinating. There is so much documentation available for NES though, that it's one of the easier emus to write.

I skimmed through it instead of watching it, but that seems even easier than I thought, and I already thought it would be pretty easy. I might actually try writing an emulator myself if I find the time for it.