Snes9x
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Developer(s) | Gary Henderson Jerremy Koot |
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Latest version | 1.62.3 |
Active | Yes |
Platform(s) | Multi-platform |
Emulates | Super Nintendo Entertainment System |
Accuracy | Highly-Accurate |
Website | Snes9x.com (outdated) |
Programmed in | C++,C |
License | Source-available, Non-commercial |
Source code | GitHub |
Snes9x is a proprietary Super Famicom (SNES) emulator written in C++. It is also available as a libretro core for RetroArch.
Contents
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Bearoso's Official Releases | |
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Nightly builds Compiled by emucr | |
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Snes9k 0.09z Backup from archive.org | |
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snes9x-gtk | |
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Snes9x GX Includes cheat files | |
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Snes9x RX First fork of Snes9xGX by niuus, based in Snes9x 1.52 | |
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Snes9x TX Fork of Snes9xGX by Tanooki16, based in Snes9x 1.60 | |
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Snes9x TYL 180404 | |
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Snes9x 3DS v1.30 |
Derivative versions
- Snes9x Next is an optimized version of Snes9x 1.52 with speed hacks and is available as a libretro core for RetroArch. It has an option to overclock the SuperFX chip, making games like Star Fox run at a higher FPS.
- Snes9x for 3DS is based of 1.43, and can run non-enhancement chip games at full speed on Old 3DS models.
- Snes9xTYL(mecm)/cm Mod is a port of Snes9x 1.39 to PSP. Inaccuracies everywhere, especially with sound, but it's the best thing available for PSP for SNES emulation. Use the mecm build where possible, unless you use the PSP emulator on Vita, in which case use the cm build.
- ZMZ (GitHub and download page) is a version of Snes9x that uses ZNES' GUI with a Snes9x libretro back end.
Review
It is a very good Super Nintendo emulator, far superior to ZSNES. It has very high compatibility and is easy to use. It is not as accurate as higan but is good for systems that can't run higan at full speed. With that said, as of 2020 you're probably better off with Mesen S on PC because of the higher accuracy, manual PAL/NTSC switching option and easily accessible auto save states, unless you're using very old translation patches (Such as the DeJap Tales of Phantasia translation which only displays tileset vomit on Mesen-S).
Problems and solutions
Snes9x has issues with XInput (such as with XInput Wrapper SCP), particularly recognizing diagonals on the d-pad and analog R2/L2 presses. The solution is to either input them manually or edit the .conf file and add in (J0)POV Up Right, (J0)POV Dn Right, etc. for the diagonal inputs.
Netplay
Developer(s) | g0ebish |
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Last version | 0.09 |
Active | No |
Platform(s) | Windows |
Emulates | Super Nintendo Entertainment System |
Website | goebish.free.fr/snes9k/ |
Snes9k is Snes9x with Kaillera client support. It is based on a very old (~2005) build of Snes9x.
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