Pwnage. There is no other word that describes having an NES emulator on the iPhone. The iphonenes v0.20.1 is a fully functional emulator which even mirrors the original NES controller on the touch screen.

While it is in its early stages, the development of this program looks to be going quite well. This NES emulator uses the NES core for emulation and looks to be stable. Theb developers also released the complete change log which details what modifications have been done to the program since its initial release:

* 0.01 stepwhite Initial release
* 0.02 nervegas Implemented frame skip
* 0.03 nervegas Rewrote rendering routines using CoreSurface
* 0.04 nervegas Added multi-touch support to controller
* 0.05 nervegas Further optimizations
* 0.06 nervegas Corrected color palette
* 0.07 nervegas Further controller improvements (dragging, etc)
* 0.08 nervegas Further controller improvements (fixed disconnect, etc)
* 0.09 nervegas Preliminary sound support (see notes)
* 0.10 nervegas Fixed crashing when returning to file list
* 0.11 nervegas Improved sound quality, both earbuds work now, buffering+
* 0.12 nervegas Enlarged controllers, improved hot spot locations
* 0.13 nergegas Expanded on multitouch control - (see notes)
* 0.14 nervegas Added switch for landscape build OBSOLETE
* 0.15 nervegas Widened landscape mode - removed navBar
* 0.16 nervegas added toolchain header patch / better docs
* 0.17 nervegas Set orientation mode during game play, updated header patch
* 0.18 nervegas Fixed minor issue with orientation flip, added wheat to cool
* 0.19 nervegas Improved orientation transitions
* 0.20 nervegas Changes to multitouch (see notes), added DEBUG, old icon
* 0.20.1 stepwhite Added hidden diagonal controls (i.e. up&left, up&right). Added SHOW_HITSPOT.

Download the program and try it out. Unfortunately, the devs didn't include a readme file or an installation guide with the file so you'll have to click on our Read Link to check it out. Be sure to read the instructions and follow it to the letter to avoid having any untoward incidents with your iPhone.