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{{Infobox emulator
 
{{Infobox emulator
 
|title = ares
 
|title = ares
|logo = Ares-logo.png
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|logo = ares-logo.png
|logowidth = 100
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|logowidth = 230
|version = 120
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|developer = Near <small>(formerly known as byuu)</small>, LukeUsher
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|version = {{Version|ares}}
 
|active = Yes
 
|active = Yes
|platform = Windows
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|platform = [[Emulators on Windows|Windows]]<br/>[[Emulators on Linux|Linux]]<br/>[[Emulators on macOS|macOS]]
|target = NES, SNES, N64, GB, GB/GBC, GBA, WS, SG, SMS/GG, GEN, PSX, PCE, NGP, NGPC, MSX, CV
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|architecture  = x64
|developer = Near (formerly known as byuu)
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|target = [[Nintendo Entertainment System emulators|NES]]</br>[[Super Nintendo emulators|SNES]]</br>[[Nintendo 64 emulators|Nintendo 64]]</br>[[Game Boy/Game Boy Color emulators|Game Boy/Color]]</br>[[Game Boy Advance emulators|Game Boy Advance]]</br>[[WonderSwan emulators|WonderSwan]]</br>[[SG-1000 emulators|Sega SG-1000]]</br>[[Master System emulators|Sega Master System/Game Gear]]</br>[[Sega Genesis emulators|Sega Genesis/Mega Drive]]</br>[[PlayStation emulators|Sony PlayStation]]</br>[[PC Engine (TurboGrafx-16) emulators|PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16]]</br>[[Neo Geo and variants|Neo Geo AES]]</br>[[Neo Geo Pocket emulators|Neo Geo Pocket/Color]]</br>[[MSX emulators|MSX]]</br>[[ColecoVision emulators|ColecoVision]]</br>Pocket Challenge V2
|website = [https://ares.dev/ ares.dev]
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|website = [https://ares-emu.net ares-emu.net]
|license = Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0
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|license = Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) license
|source = [https://ares.dev/ zip]
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|source = [https://github.com/ares-emulator/ares GitHub]
 
}}
 
}}
  
ares is a source-available, [[Multi-system_emulators|multi-system emulator]]. It is a descendent of [[higan]] and [[bsnes]], and focuses on accuracy and preservation.
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'''ares''' is a free and open-source, [[Multi-system_emulators|multi-system emulator]]. It is a descendent of [[higan]] and [[bsnes]], and focuses on accuracy and preservation.
  
 
==Download==
 
==Download==
 
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|-
 
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|align=center|{{Icon|Win-big}}
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|align=center|{{Icon|Win-big|Mac-big}}
|'''[https://ares.dev/ Official releases]'''
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|'''[https://github.com/ares-emulator/ares/releases Official releases]'''
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|-
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|colspan="3"|<hr/>
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|-
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|align=center|{{Icon|Lin-big}}
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|'''[https://flathub.org/apps/details/dev.ares.ares Flatpak]'''<br/>'''[https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ares-emu/ ArchLinux AUR]'''
 
|}
 
|}
 
  
 
==Overview==
 
==Overview==
ares began development on October 14th, 2004. It is available under the terms of the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. This means that ares is non-commercial software that does not permit publishing modifications (forks) online. The reason for this is to prevent splintering development between higan and ares. All improvements to ares are backported to higan, so if you prefer software under the terms of the GNU GPLv3 license, please download and use higan instead.
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ares began development on October 14th, 2004. It is available under the Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) license, which is a permissive license that is functionally similar to the BSD and MIT licenses. It used to be under the terms of the Creative Commons (CC) BY-NC-ND 4.0 license, which it made the ares emulator a non-commercial software that does not permit publishing modifications (forks) online. The reason for this was to prevent splintering development between higan and ares.
  
 
==Features==
 
==Features==
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*Debugger
 
*Debugger
  
==External links==
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[[Category:Emulators]]
[https://github.com/ares-emu/ares GitHub issue tracker]
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[[Category:Multi-emulators]]
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[[Category:Console emulators]]
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[[Category:Home console emulators]]
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[[Category:Handheld console emulators]]
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[[Category:Computer emulators]]
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[[Category:Nintendo Entertainment System emulators]]
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[[Category:Super Nintendo emulators]]
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[[Category:Nintendo 64 emulators]]
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[[Category:Game Boy/Game Boy Color emulators]]
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[[Category:Game Boy Advance emulators]]
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[[Category:WonderSwan emulators]]
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[[Category:SG-1000 emulators]]
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[[Category:Master System emulators]]
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[[Category:Sega Genesis emulators]]
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[[Category:PlayStation emulators]]
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[[Category:PC Engine (TurboGrafx-16) emulators]]
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[[Category:Neo Geo Pocket/Neo Geo Pocket Color emulators]]
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[[Category:MSX emulators]]
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[[Category:Windows emulation software]]
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[[Category:Linux emulation software]]
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[[Category:macOS emulation software]]

Revision as of 16:22, 4 March 2022

ares
Ares-logo.png
Developer(s) Near (formerly known as byuu), LukeUsher
Latest version v137 [+]
Active Yes
Platform(s) Windows
Linux
macOS
Architecture(s) x64
Emulates NES
SNES
Nintendo 64
Game Boy/Color
Game Boy Advance
WonderSwan
Sega SG-1000
Sega Master System/Game Gear
Sega Genesis/Mega Drive
Sony PlayStation
PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16
Neo Geo AES
Neo Geo Pocket/Color
MSX
ColecoVision
Pocket Challenge V2
Website ares-emu.net
License Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) license
Source code GitHub

ares is a free and open-source, multi-system emulator. It is a descendent of higan and bsnes, and focuses on accuracy and preservation.

Download

Windows macOS Official releases

Linux Flatpak
ArchLinux AUR

Overview

ares began development on October 14th, 2004. It is available under the Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) license, which is a permissive license that is functionally similar to the BSD and MIT licenses. It used to be under the terms of the Creative Commons (CC) BY-NC-ND 4.0 license, which it made the ares emulator a non-commercial software that does not permit publishing modifications (forks) online. The reason for this was to prevent splintering development between higan and ares.

Features

  • Native multi-platform UI
  • Adaptive sync
  • Dynamic rate control
  • Save states
  • Run-ahead
  • Rewind and fast-forward
  • Pixel shaders
  • Color correction
  • 6th-order IIR audio filtering
  • Input multi-mapping
  • Built-in games database
  • Debugger