The most probable reason that this happened is that Java is either out of date, or not installed at all. Although Java is not preinstalled on some computers, it is free and easy to install. Click here to download the Java installer.

You will need to restart your preferred browser after installing Java for the changed to take effect.

For Windows users, if installing Java doesn't seen to have fixed the problem, open the Control Panel, and in list view, click "Java". Click the "Advanced" tab, then find "Default Java for Browsers." Ensure that all available options under this menu are checked, then click Apply. Restart your computer, and try playing games on VirtualSuperNES again.

For organizational purposes, those games have been moved from the main list into the new Unlicensed category.

VirtualNES.com is only able to provide our users with games that we have the original cartridge of in the Emulation Collective library. Although we have acquired over 85% of the NES games released in North America, we do not yet have all of them. Until we have acquired all of the games released in North America, some will continue to be listed in grey.

Most of the games in the Emulation Collective library were donated by Players Like You™. If you have games to donate for any system, please click here.

Emulation Collective is based in North America and caters to a primarily English-speaking audience, and as such, our first priority is on games released here. In addition, we do make an effort to collect games that were released in Europe or Australia (PAL regions) that were not released in North America. There are roughly three dozen such games for the NES.

As Emulation Collective is funded primarily by user donations, we have limited resources. To conserve resources, and to keep our website less cluttered, we do not collect games from PAL regions that were also released in the United States. Some games were released under different names between North America and PAL regions, for which we only collect the version released in North America, but we do provide a list of alternate titles to assist users in PAL regions to find games that were released under a different name in their home country.

Games released in Japan are only listed in the event that Emulation Collective acquires those games. There are over one thousand Famicom (NES) games released in Japan, and considering the cost and difficulty of importing games from Japan, combined with our relative lack of resources, we do not anticipate our collection of Japanese games will reach 100%.

That feature is not available at this time, but is being researched for possible future inclusion.

That feature is not available at this time, but is being researched for future inclusion.

You can not download the games from VirtualNES.com to your computer.

VirtualNES.com depends on the Java Virtual Machine to allow users to play games online. Regrettably, no console or handheld that has web browsing functionality has the Java Virtual Machine plugin. Therefore, we are unable to provide support for these devices.

VirtualNES.com depends on the Java Virtual Machine to allow users to play games online. Regrettably, iOS devices do not have any version of the Java Virtual Machine. Although Android and webOS devices do incorporate some amount of Java into their core operating system, both lack applet support in their bundled web browsers, which is required to use VirtualNES.com. Therefore, we are unable to provide support for these devices.

Due to repeated bad experiences with reciprocal link affiliate programs, we no longer participate in such programs.

The friends of VirtualNES.com page is what the name implies - websites run by people we like, and with the exception of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, these are also people we know. If you'd like to have your site considered for inclusion, you can inquire using the Contact form, but keep in mind the following qualifications:

• Altogether, there is a very low chance your website will be accepted.
• Your website must have a proper paid domain name and web host.
• Your website must not have pornographic advertisements or content.
• Your website must be in some way related to video games, computers, or technology.