<![CDATA[Lesson 13. FACES. NES Games]]>The purpose of this lesson

Hi! Today we will learn how to download games from NES to M5 ROM (Fig. 1).

Figure 1

Step 1. Prepare files

Download firmware files firmware.zip(link in section "Download"). We will need 3 files:
bootloader.bin, nesemu.bin and partitions.bin.

We also need to download the program ESPFlashDownloadTool_v3.6.3 and game file for NES (file size should be approximately 35 KB).

Step 2. Download the firmware

Unzip the program into a folder. Connect the M5 to your computer. Open the administrator executable file ESPFlashDownloadTool_v3.6.3.exe (Fig. Two)

Figure 2.

In the window that appears, select ESP32 DownloadTool (Fig. 3).

Figure 3.

Check the four boxes as shown in figure 4 area 1, select the files and specify the addresses in memory:

  • 0x1000 bootloader.bin
  • 0x8000 partitions.bin
  • 0x10000 nesemu.bin
  • 0x100000 Baltron.nes // Baltron - the name of the game may be different (Fig. Five)

Select the serial port as shown in figure 4 area 2. Press THE start button (Fig. 3 area 3). After the firmware is finished, FINISH will appear above the start button. Then disconnect the cable from the M5 and press the power button.

Figure 4.

Figure 5.

Step 3. Launch!

After pressing the power button, the device will reboot and the game will start (Fig. 6 - 6.1).

Figure 6.

Figure 6.1

In the section "Download" attached video demonstration. The lesson is completed.

Downloads

Downloads

]]>https://community.m5stack.com/topic/203/lesson-13-faces-nes-gamesRSS for NodeWed, 11 Mar 2026 04:30:02 GMTFri, 04 May 2018 09:48:24 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Lesson 13. FACES. NES Games on Sun, 13 Oct 2019 14:19:34 GMT]]>I had problem about color too, I tried to read other LCD libraries to know why.
The easy way to solve the problem is adding invert color command to ili_init_cmds.
I hope it's code will be updated soon.

]]>https://community.m5stack.com/post/5937https://community.m5stack.com/post/5937Sun, 13 Oct 2019 14:19:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Lesson 13. FACES. NES Games on Sat, 12 Oct 2019 15:09:52 GMT]]>I also successfully followed all these steps and loaded multiple NES roms from different sources...and all of them have inverted colors.

]]>https://community.m5stack.com/post/5921https://community.m5stack.com/post/5921Sat, 12 Oct 2019 15:09:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Lesson 13. FACES. NES Games on Mon, 30 Sep 2019 08:17:05 GMT]]>That's strange, I never came across this bug. Where did you download the M5Stack Nes emu from? from our official repo and which device were you using? and also how are you flashing the device with the firmware?

]]>https://community.m5stack.com/post/5773https://community.m5stack.com/post/5773Mon, 30 Sep 2019 08:17:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Lesson 13. FACES. NES Games on Sun, 29 Sep 2019 19:05:58 GMT]]>@lukasmaximus I used different rom, but there was such a problem with everyone

]]>https://community.m5stack.com/post/5769https://community.m5stack.com/post/5769Sun, 29 Sep 2019 19:05:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Lesson 13. FACES. NES Games on Tue, 24 Sep 2019 13:07:36 GMT]]>@mumiytrol perhaps the rom you used is not compatible with the emulator. Did you try using other roms and did you have the same result?

]]>https://community.m5stack.com/post/5715https://community.m5stack.com/post/5715Tue, 24 Sep 2019 13:07:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Lesson 13. FACES. NES Games on Sat, 21 Sep 2019 19:21:28 GMT]]>Why do I have inverted colors in my game?

]]>https://community.m5stack.com/post/5677https://community.m5stack.com/post/5677Sat, 21 Sep 2019 19:21:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Lesson 13. FACES. NES Games on Mon, 02 Sep 2019 03:11:20 GMT]]>Perhaps you ought to erase the flash first, follow this and see if it resolves the issue https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlzlFqkzhtI&t=37s

]]>https://community.m5stack.com/post/5423https://community.m5stack.com/post/5423Mon, 02 Sep 2019 03:11:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Lesson 13. FACES. NES Games on Fri, 30 Aug 2019 21:50:21 GMT]]>@lukasmaximus said in Lesson 13. FACES. NES Games:

./flash.sh

after executing flash.sh M5Stack start rebooting continously .....

]]>https://community.m5stack.com/post/5392https://community.m5stack.com/post/5392Fri, 30 Aug 2019 21:50:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Lesson 13. FACES. NES Games on Wed, 28 Aug 2019 05:24:06 GMT]]>How to NES Games on Mac.
NES GAME with M5STACKļ¼š2018.05.07
Creation date : 2018.05.07
Creator : macsbug
https://macsbug.wordpress.com/2018/05/07/nes-game-with-m5stack/

]]>https://community.m5stack.com/post/5333https://community.m5stack.com/post/5333Wed, 28 Aug 2019 05:24:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Lesson 13. FACES. NES Games on Wed, 28 Aug 2019 02:09:45 GMT]]>Hi @cepics instead of using the espflashdownload tool you can use esptool from the mac terminal

  1. download the github repository https://github.com/m5stack/M5Stack-nesemu
  2. install esptool from the setup file in the github repository https://github.com/espressif/esptool or
    from command line with
    pip install esptool
  3. Navigate to the firmware folder from the nes emulator repository and execute the flash.sh file
    ./flash.sh
    [NOTE] the flash.sh file should be edited with the name of the rom you wish to upload and that rom
    file should be in the same folder as the flash.sh file
]]>https://community.m5stack.com/post/5331https://community.m5stack.com/post/5331Wed, 28 Aug 2019 02:09:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Lesson 13. FACES. NES Games on Tue, 27 Aug 2019 16:36:26 GMT]]>Hi, how can I do that on osx?

tnks

]]>https://community.m5stack.com/post/5321https://community.m5stack.com/post/5321Tue, 27 Aug 2019 16:36:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Lesson 13. FACES. NES Games on Tue, 08 May 2018 05:56:42 GMT]]>@jimit thanks!

]]>https://community.m5stack.com/post/959https://community.m5stack.com/post/959Tue, 08 May 2018 05:56:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Lesson 13. FACES. NES Games on Mon, 07 May 2018 20:55:26 GMT]]>@Dimi

Hi Dimi,

Nice detailed outline - thanks! Been wanting to know how to do this for a while..... Got the old Excitebike motorbike game loaded successfully.

]]>https://community.m5stack.com/post/953https://community.m5stack.com/post/953Mon, 07 May 2018 20:55:26 GMT