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What are the best Super Nintendo emulators for PC?
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ZSNES
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Higan (Formerly BSNES)
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Jan 24, 2023
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SNES9X
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Feb 3, 2021
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Mednafen
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Apr 13, 2020
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Mar 29, 2021
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Built-in audio capture
Game audio can be saved to a .spc file.
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Laughably out of date
Not only was it abandoned over 10 years ago, the strides that other emulators have made in the same time is astounding.
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InsightfulBathala's Experience
ZSNES may not be able to perfectly run all carts. Mecarobot Golf for example. But for flat out speed, minimal CPU usage, ease of use, and simplicity of searching for cheats, it is and always will be the best.
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Built-in support for cheat codes
ZSNES supports Game Genie, Pro Action Replay, and GoldFinger cheat codes.
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Inaccurate compared to competition
ZSNES sacrifices emulation accuracy for speed (relative to e.g. Higan emulator). Sound emulation is a particularly large weakness.
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MellowClementia's Experience
it always runs smoothly, no problems at all
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Multiplayer support
Games can be played with other people over TCP/IP network.
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No longer updated
Last update: January 24, 2007
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Built-in video capture
Gameplay can be recorded and saved as both raw or lossy files. Quality settings can be tweaked in zmovie.cfg file.
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Buggy network support
ZSnes(Win) can run games like Bomberman or Goof troop across internet or LAN so you can play with friends without having to be in the same room, on the same keyboard. However, within minutes you will experience a De-Sync. The problem in this is that both connected computers are trying to "host" the game for the sake of speed,. while 1 should be the host, and the other the "slave".
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Compatible with most games
ZSNES has been in development since the 90's, and in that time has been fixed to run the vast majority of SNES games smoothly.
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Fast playback of ROMs
ZSNES is hand-optimized for x86, so it will run incredibly smoothly even on older computers.
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Higan (Formerly BSNES)
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100% accuracy
Higan, originally BSNES, was built with the goal of 100% cycle-accurate SNES emulation. This ensures that games play exactly as they were on the original console, including low-level hacks requiring precise timing (such as shadows in Air Strike Patrol), to a degree not possible in any other emulator.
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Gamepad-unfriendly GUI
There is no way to select, run, or exit a game with a controller.
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100% compatibility
Byuu, the author of Higan, went through the effort of acquiring all Super Nintendo/Super Famicom games with extension chips, and de-capping and reverse engineering those chips, to ensure perfect, cycle-accurate emulation and flawless support for every game ever released for the console.
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High system requirements
In order to achieve such a high degree of accuracy, the emulator requires significant usage of system resources. Because of this, a system with a fast processor and a fair amount of RAM is necessary - Higan isn't recommended for use on older machines.
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Supports other consoles
Since BSNES became Higan, the emulator has begun to support emulation for other consoles as well.
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SNES9X
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Portable
If you've used an emulator on anything that isn't a PC, you were likely using SNES9x. Unlike most competing emulators, SNES9X was built to be ported to any architecture.
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Mednafen
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SnesGT
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