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 # nes-tools
+
+NES emulator toolchain based on [ObaraEmmanuel/NES](https://github.com/ObaraEmmanuel/NES).
+
+## Dependencies
+This project requires the [SDL2](https://www.libsdl.org/) library to be installed in a searchable path (i.e. within your OS `PATH` variable). Additionally, you'll need a C compiler and [Make](https://www.gnu.org/software/make/).
+
+⚠️⚠️BEWARE OF BUGS⚠️⚠️
+
+Windows support coming soon...
+
+## Install
+
+Clone the repository
+```
+https://github.com/zeim839/nes-tools.git
+```
+
+Navigate to the project directory and run the configuration script
+```
+cd nes-tools
+./configure
+```
+
+Build and install
+```
+make install
+```
+
+Run the emulator
+```
+nes-tools help
+```
+
+### Uninstall
+```
+make uninstall
+```
+
+## Usage
+
+The emulator is currently designed to support mapper #0 game ROMs (see [NES Directory](https://nesdir.github.io/mapper0.html) for a complete list of supported games), which you'll need to install independently. To run a ROM, call the `nes-tools` executable as follows:
+```
+nes-tools run [path/to/rom/]
+```
+
+nes-tools supports [iNES](https://www.nesdev.org/wiki/INES) format cartridge ROMs.
+
+## License
+[MIT](LICENSE)