I would like to get a few opinions in on this because there are so damn many, and there really should be a top 3 or something.
Adidas (an avid NES user) reckons the best is FCEUlta, I would totally concur with him as it has zip support and other features, but it runs damn slow on this comp so until I try it on the faster one I can't quite say it is yet [img]images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img].
Nesticle is definitely out now, and yet to this day I hear tons of people who still reckon it is the best. Sure in it's day it was great, but now it has not very decent sound, not the best game compatibility, and a bug that annoys me in SMB3 when the whole game "fades out" to each new scene.
Many think Nester is the best, but that can have some problems with incorrect mappers, or you have to download an additional set (just tried it, sound not working??). NESTen does support zips, but you have to click into the zip to get the ROM. Ok, just tried FCEUlta again and this time for some reason ran full speed playing FF Special (zipped heh) but slowed down with SMB3; my computer must be just on the threshold.