NESOS, an OS with GUI that runs on Famicom, is born
Nintendo's family of game consoles, released in 1983, are still loved by many fans even today, nearly 40 years after their release. An OS with a GUI that runs on such family computers, `` NESOS '', was developed. With NESOS, you can display a desktop screen with a taskbar, freely rearrange the icons on the desktop, and edit text.
NESOS
NESOS was developed by Inkbox Software , which has developed multiple family computer-related software.
NESOS desktop looks like this. The Nintendo logo created by Inkbox Software is placed at the top, and the taskbar is placed at the bottom. Kirby, which is displayed on the desktop, acts as a mouse cursor.
You can freely rearrange the icons on your desktop, and you can also place files and apps on the taskbar.
Inkbox Software also creates a text editor and settings app for NESOS. In the text editor, you can enter alphabets and various symbols using
The following is the state in which characters are entered in the text editor.
You can also draw illustrations by combining symbols that can be entered.
Up to 8 documents created with a text editor can be saved. You can also specify the cursor type and desktop background color in the Settings app.
Inkbox Software also develops emulators for family computers, and is applying the knowledge gained from developing emulators to the development of NESOS. In the movie below, Inkbox Software explains the details of the technology used to develop NESOS.
Please note that NESOS is distributed free of charge and can be downloaded from the download link on the official page . In addition, NESOS will run on emulators as well as on actual Family Computer and Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) machines.
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