BizHawk

BizHawk

Developer(s)	BizHawk Team
Latest version	2.9.1
Active	Yes
Platform(s)	Windows
Type	libretro frontend
Emulates	Apple ][, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Atari Lynx, Bandai WonderSwan/Color, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, Mattel Intellivision, NEC PC Engine (TurboGrafx-16), PC-FX, Nintendo 64, Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy Advance, Virtual Boy, Sega Game Gear, Genesis/Mega Drive, Sega/Mega CD, 32X, Master System, Saturn, SG-1000, Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Sony PlayStation, PlayStation Portable, SNK Neo Geo Pocket/Color, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Game Boy/Game Boy/Game Boy Color, TI-83, Uzebox
Website	TASVideos.org
Source code	GitHub

BizHawk is an open-source libretro frontend, as well as a 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.

Download

• Official releases
• Dev Builds

Supported Systems

Original and ported

System	Based on code from:
Apple ][	Virtu
Atari 2600	Original
Atari 7800	Original
Atari Lynx	Mednafen's Handy core
Bandai WonderSwan/Color	Mednafen's Cygne core
ColecoVision	Original
Commodore 64	Original
Mattel Intellivision	Original
NEC PC Engine (TurboGrafx-16)	Original
NEC PC-FX	Mednafen
Nintendo 64	Mupen64Plus
Nintendo Entertainment System/Family Computer	Original. PPU based on FCEUX, QuickNES.
Nintendo Game Boy Advance	VBA-Next, mGBA
Nintendo Virtual Boy	Mednafen
Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, Sega/Mega CD	Genesis Plus GX
Sega 32X	PicoDrive
Sega Saturn	Yabause (1.X), Mednafen (2.X)
Sega SG-1000, Master System, Game Gear	Original. Z80 came from Cogwheel.
Sinclair ZX Spectrum	Original
Sony PlayStation	Mednafen
Sony PlayStation Portable (NOT STABLE)	PPSSPP
SNK Neo Geo Pocket/Color	Mednafen's NeoPop core
Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Family Computer	bsnes v087, Snes9x (1.54)
Super Game Boy/Game Boy/Game Boy Color	Original, Gambatte, bsnes v087, SameBoy
TI-83	Original
Uzebox	Uzem

Libretro

Core	Compatibility
2048	Okay
CATSFC	Okay
FCEUmm	Okay
mGBA	Okay
Emux	Okay (Game Boy/Game Boy Color only)
FinalBurn Alpha (Arcade)	Okay
Imageviewer	Okay
Mednafen	Okay (Neo Geo Pocket only)
Gambatte	Okay
FFmpeg	Okay
DeSmuME	Okay
4DO	Okay
MAME	Okay
bsnes v087	Not Okay
Mupen64Plus	Not Okay
blueMSX	Not Okay
fMSX	Not Okay
FUSE	Not Okay
FinalBurn Alpha (Neo Geo)	Not Okay
Handy	Not Okay
DOSBox	Not Okay
vecx	Not Okay

Features

• Full screen support
• Controller and hotkey mapping
• Joypad support (for both controller and hotkeys)
• Auto/rapid fire controls
• Basic re-recording and rerecording
• "Bullet-proof" rerecording
• Frame/lag/re-recording counters
• Input display
• Auto-hold
• Alpha version of "TAStudio"
• RAM watching/poking tools
• RAM searching
• Lua scripting
• Rewind
• Libretro support (1.11.4 onwards)

Review

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.