Zaxnes v0.4.2 is released. Zaxnes is a free, GPL-3.0 NES emulator that renders games in 3D: each frame's tiles and sprites are turned into extruded 3D objects, placed in a scene and drawn with a real camera, lighting and shadows. A 3D profile describes, per game, which patterns become which geometry, and carries Lua scripts that drive the scene while the game plays.
Zaxnes changelog:
Independent project, not affiliated with Geod Studio or Nintendo. NES is a trademark of Nintendo.
A demo game included, and Zaxnes on Android.
FlappyZaxNes: a demo game, with its 3D profile and widescreen
Zaxnes now includes the demo of a simple game, FlappyZaxNes, with its own 3D profile and widescreen, so that you can get an idea of how the emulator works without having to unlock profiles in 3dSen.
A NES game made for Zaxnes, after Flappy NES by filipemd (GPL-3.0): a city scrolling behind the pipes, music, and from the tenth pipe on, pipes that go up and down.
At the first start, its ROM is put in your ROM folder and its profile in your profiles, tied together: pick FlappyZaxNes in the ROM list and play. Delete them and they stay deleted, until a new version of Zaxnes brings a new version of the game.
Its widescreen is a hack pack like the other games' (the pipes' caps and the clouds shown in the margins); it is documented in rust/docs/hacks/flappyzaxnes/WIDESCREEN-HACK.md.
Android
A first APK for Android tablets and handhelds (64-bit ARM, Android 7.0 or later), with the console interface: a gamepad, or a transparent touch pad (shown always, never, or only without a gamepad).
Outside a game a finger scrolls the lists and taps the menus; in a game, with the camera unlocked, one finger turns the camera and two fingers zoom. The touch pad also has 2D/3D, recentre and a camera lock.
The system keyboard types the RetroAchievements sign-in.
Your files go in the app's own folder, Android/data/io.github.nixxou.zaxnes/files (roms, profiles, saves, states, movies): no permission is needed.
Console interface (handhelds, Android, F1 on the desktop)
Advanced options: the settings of the desktop window's Video, Camera, Light and Emulation tabs, stepped with the pad.
The ROM list's X hint reads "3D Profile"; choosing a profile keeps it for the ROM and goes back to the list, where A plays.
On handhelds and Android the experimental Lua paths are on by default.
Download:
Zaxnes v0.4.2
Source: Here
2026-11-02
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