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is anyone else having issues where the .nes will not load in an emulator?

I am trying to play it on John NES on android.  It recognizes it as a NES rom but, when I try and load the game it states "failed to open game file"


And suggestions are appreciated.

It seems like John NESS doesn't support mapper 30, which is used by a lot of aftermarket NES games (including Zed and Zee).  I tried that emulator with another mapper 30 game and received the error you described.

RetroArch is free on the Google Play Store and includes multiple emulator options that work with mapper 30 games like Zed and Zee!

thank you