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> I'm not even sure how to hook an NES up to a modern TV offhand.
The original NES had RCA composite output (plus audio) - so all you'd need is a composite-to-HDMI adaptor, like this one:
https://www.amazon.com/Portta-Composite-Converter-Scaler-sup...
For something like the Sega Genesis (not that you wondered), it also had composite output, but needed a "special" mini-DIN cable; the pinout is out there, and an RCA jack can be soldered in place if you wanted. Also, the same jack (IIRC) served up S-VIDEO, so you could use that instead (S-VIDEO to HDMI).
If all you had was RF output (like for an Atari 2600) - you could do a RF-to-Composite converter, then from that into a Composite-to-HDMI converter.
Where you might run into problems on all of these solutions are those areas where artifacting was used on-screen to generate false colors; sometimes the converters will strip that out (their conversion is too good), or the TV will (same thing, plus LCD vs CRT tech).