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{{Infobox emulator
 
{{Infobox emulator
 
|logo = BizHawk.jpg
 
|logo = BizHawk.jpg
|logowidth = 100
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|logowidth = 55
|screenshot = BizHawk-Screenshot.PNG
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|version = {{BizHawkVer}}
|version = {{Version|BizHawk}}
 
 
|active = Yes
 
|active = Yes
|platform = [[Emulators on Windows|Windows]]<br/>Linux
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|platform = Windows
 
|target = [[#Supported systems|Multiple]]
 
|target = [[#Supported systems|Multiple]]
 
|developer = BizHawk Team
 
|developer = BizHawk Team
 
|website = [http://tasvideos.org/Bizhawk.html TASVideos.org]
 
|website = [http://tasvideos.org/Bizhawk.html TASVideos.org]
|prog-lang = C#
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|source = [https://github.com/TASVideos/BizHawk GitHub]
|source = [https://github.com/TASEmulators/BizHawk GitHub]
 
 
}}
 
}}
 
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'''BizHawk''' is an open-source [[libretro]] frontend, as well as a [[Multi-system emulators|multi-system emulator]] designed predominantly around the production of Tool Assisted Speedruns (TAS). It is written in C# and requires .NET Framework 4.0 (in 1.X releases) or .NET Framework 4.6.1 (in 2.X releases) to run. BizHawk focuses on core accuracy and power user tools while still being an easy-to-use emulator for casual gaming.
'''BizHawk''' is an open-source [[Multi-system emulators|multi-system emulator]], as well as a [[libretro]] frontend designed predominantly around the production of Tool Assisted Speedruns (TAS).
 
 
 
It is written in C# and requires .NET Framework 4.0 (in 1.X releases) or .NET Framework 4.6.1 (in 2.X releases) to run. BizHawk focuses on core accuracy and power user tools while still being an easy-to-use emulator for casual gaming.
 
  
 
==Download==
 
==Download==
{| cellpadding="4"
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* [https://github.com/TASVideos/BizHawk/releases Official releases]
|-
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* [http://www.emucr.com/search/label/BizHawk Dev Builds]
|align=center|{{Icon|Win-big|Lin-big}}
 
|'''[https://github.com/TASEmulators/BizHawk/releases Official releases]'''
 
|-
 
|colspan="3"|<hr/>
 
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|align=center|{{Icon|Win-big|Lin-big}}
 
|'''[https://gitlab.com/TASVideos/BizHawk/-/pipelines Dev Builds]'''<br/><small><abbr title="click -Download Artifacts- for download links">GitLab</abbr></small>
 
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|colspan="3"|<hr/>
 
|-
 
|align=center|{{Icon|Win-big}}
 
|'''[https://ci.appveyor.com/project/zeromus/bizhawk-udexo/history Dev Builds]'''<br/><small>Compiled by <abbr title="Click on a build, then click Artifacts for download links">appveyor</abbr></small>
 
|}
 
 
 
==Overview==
 
For tool-assisted speedruns, BizHawk is king. Since 1.11.4, it has support for [[libretro]] cores, making it a good alternative for RetroArch, and adds TAS support for all compatible cores. Also supports [https://retroachievements.org/download.php#bizhawk RetroAchievements].
 
 
 
LUA scripting support has pretty unique utilities. For example [https://github.com/authorblues/bizhawk-shuffler-2 Bizhawk Shuffler 2] is a popular script that randomly shuffle between games played in Bizhawk, with plugins to enhance the experience.
 
  
 
==Supported systems==
 
==Supported systems==
 
===Original and ported===
 
===Original and ported===
 
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
! scope="col"|System
 
! scope="col"|System
 
! scope="col"|Based on code from:
 
! scope="col"|Based on code from:
 
|-
 
|-
|[[Apple II emulators|Apple]]
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|[[Nintendo Entertainment System emulators|Nintendo Entertainment System]]
|[https://github.com/DigitalJellyfish/Virtu Virtu]
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|Original. PPU based on [[FCEUX]], [[QuickNES]]
 
|-
 
|-
|[[Arcade emulators|Arcade]]
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|[[Super Nintendo emulators|Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]
|[[MAME]]
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|[[Higan|bsnes v0.87]], [[Snes9x]]
 
|-
 
|-
|[[Atari 2600 emulators|Atari 2600]]
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|[[Nintendo 64 emulators|Nintendo 64]]
|Original
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|[[Mupen64Plus]]
 
|-
 
|-
|[[Atari 7800 emulators|Atari 7800]]
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|[[Game Boy/Game Boy Color emulators|(Super) Game Boy]]
|Original
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|Original, [[Gambatte]], [[Higan|bsnes v0.87]], [[SameBoy]]
 
|-
 
|-
|[[Atari Jaguar emulators|Atari Jaguar]]
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|[[Game Boy/Game Boy Color emulators|Game Boy Color]]
|[[Virtual Jaguar]]
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|Original, [[Gambatte]]
 
|-
 
|-
|[[Atari Lynx emulators|Atari Lynx]]
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|[[Game Boy Advance emulators|Game Boy Advance]]
|[[Mednafen]]'s [[Handy]] core
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|[[VisualBoy Advance#VBA-Next|VBA-Next]], [[mGBA]]
|-
 
|[[WonderSwan emulators|Bandai WonderSwan/Color]]
 
|[[Mednafen]]'s [[Cygne]] core
 
 
|-
 
|-
|[[ColecoVision emulators|ColecoVision]]
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|[[Master System emulators|Master System]]
 
|Original
 
|Original
 
|-
 
|-
|[[Commodore 64 emulators|Commodore 64]]
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|[[Master System emulators|Game Gear]]
 
|Original
 
|Original
 
|-
 
|-
|[[Vectrex emulators|GCE Vectrex]]
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|[[SG-1000 emulators|SG-1000]]
 
|Original
 
|Original
 
|-
 
|-
|[[Magnavox Odyssey² emulators|Magnavox Odyssey²]]
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|[[Sega Genesis emulators|Genesis]]
|Original
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|[[Genesis Plus GX]], [[PicoDrive]] (32X only)
 
|-
 
|-
|[[Intellivision emulators|Mattel Intellivision]]
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|[[Sega Saturn emulators|Saturn]]
|Original
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|[[Yabause]] (1.X), [[Mednafen]] (2.X)
 
|-
 
|-
|[[MSX emulators|MSX]]
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|[[PlayStation emulators|PlayStation]]
|Original
 
|-
 
|[[PC Engine (TurboGrafx-16) emulators|NEC PC Engine (TurboGrafx-16)]]
 
|Original, [[Mednafen]]
 
|-
 
|[[PC-FX emulators|NEC PC-FX]]
 
 
|[[Mednafen]]
 
|[[Mednafen]]
 
|-
 
|-
|[[Nintendo 64 emulators|Nintendo 64]]
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|[[PlayStation Portable emulators|PlayStation Portable]] (NOT STABLE)
|[[Mupen64Plus]] (v2.0, for N64), [[ares]] (for 64DD)
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|[[PPSSPP]]
|-
 
|[[Nintendo DS emulators|Nintendo DS]]/[[Nintendo DSi emulators|DSi]]
 
|[[melonDS]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
|[[Nintendo Entertainment System emulators|Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom]]
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|[[PC Engine (TurboGrafx-16) emulators|PC Engine]]
|Original. PPU based on [[FCEUX]], [[QuickNES]].
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|Original
|-
 
|[[Game Boy Advance emulators|Nintendo Game Boy Advance]]
 
|[[VisualBoy Advance#VBA-Next|VBA-Next]], [[mGBA]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
|[[Virtual Boy emulators|Nintendo Virtual Boy]]
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|[[PC-FX emulators|PC-FX]]
 
|[[Mednafen]]
 
|[[Mednafen]]
 
|-
 
|-
|[[Sega Genesis emulators|Sega Genesis/Mega Drive]], Sega/Mega CD
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|[[Atari 2600 emulators|Atari 2600]]
|[[Genesis Plus GX]]
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|Original
 
|-
 
|-
|Sega 32X
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|[[Atari 7800 emulators|Atari 7800]]
|[[PicoDrive]]
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|Original
 
|-
 
|-
|[[Sega Saturn emulators|Sega Saturn]]
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|[[Atari Lynx emulators|Atari Lynx]]
|[[Yabause]] (1.X), [[Mednafen]] (2.X)
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|[[Mednafen]]'s [[Handy]] core
 
|-
 
|-
|[[SG-1000 emulators|Sega SG-1000]], [[Master System emulators|Master System]], [[Master System emulators|Game Gear]]
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|[[ColecoVision emulators|ColecoVision]]
|[http://tasvideos.org/Bizhawk/SMS.html Original]
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|Original
 
|-
 
|-
|[[ZX Spectrum emulators|Sinclair ZX Spectrum]]
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|[[Intellivision emulators|Intellivision]]
 
|Original
 
|Original
 
|-
 
|-
|[[PlayStation emulators|Sony PlayStation]]
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|TI-83
|[[Mednafen]] (Octoshock, Nymashock)
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|Original
 
|-
 
|-
|[[Neo Geo Pocket emulators|SNK Neo Geo Pocket/Color]]
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|Apple II
|[[Mednafen]]'s [[NeoPop]] core
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|[https://github.com/DigitalJellyfish/Virtu Virtu]
 
|-
 
|-
|[[Super Nintendo emulators|Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom]]
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|[[Commodore 64 emulators|Commodore 64]]
|[[bsnes]] (v087, v115+), [[Snes9x]] (1.54), [[Mednafen]] (SNES-Faust)
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|Original
 
|-
 
|-
|[[Game Boy/Game Boy Color emulators|Super Game Boy/Game Boy/Game Boy Color]]
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|[[WonderSwan emulators|WonderSwan/Color]]
|Original, [[Gambatte]], [[bsnes]] (v087, v115+), [[SameBoy]]
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|[[Mednafen]]'s [[Cygne]] core
 
|-
 
|-
|[[Calculator emulators#Texas Instruments|TI-83]]
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|[[Virtual Boy emulators|Nintendo Virtual Boy]]
|Original, Emu83
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|[[Mednafen]]
 
|-
 
|-
|[https://tic80.com/ TIC-80]
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|[[Neo Geo Pocket emulators|Neo-Geo Pocket/Color]]
|Ported
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|[[Mednafen]]'s [[NeoPop]] core
 
|-
 
|-
|[https://uzebox.org/ Uzebox]
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|[http://belogic.com/uzebox/index.asp Uzebox]
 
|[http://uzebox.org/wiki/index.php?title=Emulator Uzem]
 
|[http://uzebox.org/wiki/index.php?title=Emulator Uzem]
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|-
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|[[ZX Spectrum emulators|ZX Spectrum]]
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|Original
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
===Libretro===
 
===Libretro===
{{Stub}}
 
As of version 1.11.4.
 
 
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
! scope="col"|Core
 
! scope="col"|Core
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|Okay ([[Game Boy/Game Boy Color emulators|Game Boy/Game Boy Color]] only)
 
|Okay ([[Game Boy/Game Boy Color emulators|Game Boy/Game Boy Color]] only)
 
|-
 
|-
|[[FinalBurn Alpha]] ([[Arcade emulators|Arcade]])
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|[[Final Burn Alpha]] ([[Arcade emulators|Arcade]])
 
|Okay
 
|Okay
 
|-
 
|-
|Imageviewer
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|ImageViewer
 
|Okay
 
|Okay
 
|-
 
|-
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|Okay
 
|Okay
 
|-
 
|-
|[[Opera]]
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|[[4DO]]
 
|Okay
 
|Okay
 
|-
 
|-
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|Okay
 
|Okay
 
|-
 
|-
|PokeMini
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|[[higan|bsnes]]
|Okay
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|Not Okay
 
|-
 
|-
|[[bsnes]] (v087)
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|[[higan|bnes]]
 
|Not Okay
 
|Not Okay
 
|-
 
|-
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|Not Okay
 
|Not Okay
 
|-
 
|-
|[[FinalBurn Alpha]] ([[Neo Geo emulators|Neo Geo]])
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|[[Final Burn Alpha]] ([[Neo Geo emulators|Neo Geo]])
 
|Not Okay
 
|Not Okay
 
|-
 
|-
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* Joypad support (for both controller and hotkeys)
 
* Joypad support (for both controller and hotkeys)
 
* Auto/rapid fire controls
 
* Auto/rapid fire controls
* Re-recording and savestates
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* Basic re-recording and rerecording
 
* "Bullet-proof" rerecording
 
* "Bullet-proof" rerecording
 
* Frame/lag/re-recording counters
 
* Frame/lag/re-recording counters
 
* Input display
 
* Input display
 
* Auto-hold
 
* Auto-hold
* TAStudio
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* Alpha version of "TAStudio"
 
* RAM watching/poking tools
 
* RAM watching/poking tools
 
* RAM searching
 
* RAM searching
 
* Lua scripting
 
* Lua scripting
 
* Rewind
 
* Rewind
* Audio and video recording
 
* Custom plugin support
 
 
* [[Libretro]] support (1.11.4 onwards)
 
* [[Libretro]] support (1.11.4 onwards)
  
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==Review==
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For tool-assisted speedruns, BizHawk is king. Since 1.11.4, it has support for [[libretro]] cores, making it a good alternative for RetroArch, and adds TAS support for all compatible cores.
  
[[Category:Frontends]]
 
 
[[Category:Emulators]]
 
[[Category:Emulators]]
[[Category:Arcade emulators]]
 
[[Category:Computer emulators]]
 
[[Category:Console emulators]]
 
[[Category:Home console emulators]]
 
[[Category:Handheld console emulators]]
 
 
[[Category:Multi-emulators]]
 
[[Category:Multi-emulators]]
[[Category:Apple II emulators]]
 
[[Category:Atari 2600 emulators]]
 
[[Category:Atari 7800 emulators]]
 
[[Category:Atari Lynx emulators]]
 
[[Category:WonderSwan emulators]]
 
[[Category:ColecoVision emulators]]
 
[[Category:Commodore 64 emulators]]
 
[[Category:Vectrex emulators]]
 
[[Category:Intellivision emulators]]
 
[[Category:MSX emulators]]
 
[[Category:PC Engine (TurboGrafx-16) emulators]]
 
[[Category:PC-FX emulators]]
 
[[Category:Neo Geo Pocket/Neo Geo Pocket Color emulators]]
 
 
[[Category:Nintendo Entertainment System emulators]]
 
[[Category:Nintendo Entertainment System emulators]]
[[Category:Super Nintendo emulators]]
 
[[Category:Game Boy/Game Boy Color emulators]]
 
[[Category:Game Boy Advance emulators]]
 
[[Category:Nintendo 64 emulators]]
 
[[Category:Virtual Boy emulators]]
 
[[Category:Master System emulators]]
 
[[Category:Sega Genesis emulators]]
 
[[Category:SG-1000 emulators]]
 
[[Category:Sega Saturn emulators]]
 
[[Category:ZX Spectrum emulators]]
 
[[Category:PlayStation emulators]]
 
 
[[Category:Windows emulation software]]
 
[[Category:Windows emulation software]]
[[Category:Linux emulation software]]
 

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