From their Motherboard section, really excellent article on the history of Nesticle, and where the original developers are now:
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/the-story-of-nesticle-the-ambitious-emulator-that-redefined-retro-gaming
I definitely recommend reading the article, as there's a number of revelations about the NES emulation scene, the NES Mini, and the emulated port of Super Punch-Out!! in Fight Night Round 2 that blew my mind.
NESticle got around the problems of its competitors by being fast, easy to use, and freethough not open-source. It focused on usability over accuracy, which turned out to be a bit of a breakthrough for emulation of the time. The emulator was almost entirely the work of Addis, though it had Bloodlust branding and visuals. Petty played a very tiny (but noticeable) role in the emulator's creationhe drew the famed bloody hand that was the program's mouse cursor, along with Shitman, a character from the discarded Contra-style game, showing up in the emulator's "About" menu.
"I think rather than setting out to make Bloodlust emulators, he simply used the 'brand' he had already established," Petty explained. "I'm happy he didthose emulators allowed people to re-experience many of the games that inspired Bloodlust."
The emulator's style has always been something of a trademarkfor some, even a deterrent, just like the look of the Bloodlust's games. But the emulator's success was hard to ignore.]
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/the-story-of-nesticle-the-ambitious-emulator-that-redefined-retro-gaming
I definitely recommend reading the article, as there's a number of revelations about the NES emulation scene, the NES Mini, and the emulated port of Super Punch-Out!! in Fight Night Round 2 that blew my mind.