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| − | |first = 1.51
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| − | |second = No
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| − | |third = Linux, Windows, DOS, OS X
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| − | |fourth = zsKnight, _Demo_, pagefault, and Nach
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| − | |fifth = http://www.zsnes.com/}}
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| − | '''ZSNES''' is an [[SNES]] emulator written in x86 assembly. It was originally made in 1997, and has not been updated since 2007. It is currently one of the most popular SNES emulators.
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| − | ==Downloads==
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| − | *[http://snesemu.black-ship.net/emus/bsnes/bzsnes_v151w.zip bZSNES]
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| − | *[http://www.mediafire.com/?uw1nbacn12dfcmk mirror]
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| − | ==Review==
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| − | The ZSNES developers focused on speed over [[accuracy]], so a hefty amount of games have bugs (and some just plain crash). It is recommended to use [[Snes9x]] or [[RetroArch]] with the bsnes core(s) instead.
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| − | ===Problems===
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| − | [[File:Kirby3-forest.gif|frame|SNES Pseudo Hi-Res translucency]]
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| − | *Compatibility is lower than any modern emulator due to low accuracy to real SNES system.
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| − | *Games crashing - Der Langrisser (freezes after 2-3 hours), Super Mario RPG (freezes in many different points of the game), Star Ocean and many other games have freezing and crashing issues.
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| − | *Bad sound emulation - A ton of games sound terrible on ZSNES; Earthworm Jim 2 has no sound effects.
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| − | *Super FX not clocked correctly - Star Fox runs twice as fast as it should.
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| − | *Transparency - Kirby Dreamland 3, Mecarobot Golf, Jurassic Park and any game that uses pseudo hi-res translucency won't display correctly.
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| − | These are just a few problems, there are a few more listed [http://byuu.org/bsnes/accuracy here], and [https://zsnes.bountysource.com/development/bug_report here].
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| − | ==ROM Hacks==
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| − | Many ROM hacks and ROM hacking tools were made using ZSNES as a testing platform because of its popularity. However, because of the inaccuracies of the emulator, these tools and hacks are broken on other, more accurate emulators and real hardware.
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| − | ==bZSNES==
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| − | In 2011, byuu released [http://byuu.org/bzsnes/ bZSNES] - a modification of his bsnes that includes the optional inaccuracies of ZSNES and a similar GUI. This version of bsnes can accurately emulate the ROM hacks made specifically for ZSNES{{Cite}}, which means the only thing ZSNES had going for it can now be played on a much more accurate emulator.
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| − | ==NetPlay==
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| − | ===Downloads===
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| − | *[http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/zsnes/zsnesw142.zip ZSNES 1.42]
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| − | *[http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/zsnes/zsneswv1.36.zip ZSNES 1.36]
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| − | ! colspan=2 width="250"|Review
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| − | | '''PROS''' ||
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| − | *Excellent connectivity between 2 players (ONLY)
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| − | *In-game chat that doesn't require switching focus between 2 windows
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| − | *Can pause emulation at any time
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| − | *The host's save file is immediately shared with the client, so you don't need to upload it elsewhere first
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| − | *In case of desynch, host can make savestates and load them for both players to resynch
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| − | *You can swap controllers at any time
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| − | *You can change emulator latency on the fly to compensate for choppiness at the expense of slight input lag
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| − | *It works just as well with between a dialup user and someone on DSL
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| − | *You can switch between Windowed mode and Fullscreen with ease.
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| − | | '''CONS''' ||
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| − | *It's 2P ONLY, with no multiplayer version foreseeable in the near future.
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| − | *Sometimes it outright refuses to connect 2 people via netplay through UDP for unknown reasons
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| − | *Most Konami games tend to desynch unless you specifically use ZSNES 1.36 or 1.337
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| − | *Interface might be unappealing to some people
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| − | ==Source Code==
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| − | http://snesemu.black-ship.net/emus/bsnes/bzsnes_v151s.zip
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| | [[Category:Emulators]] | | [[Category:Emulators]] |
| | [[Category:Linux emulation software]] | | [[Category:Linux emulation software]] |
| | [[Category:OS X emulation software]] | | [[Category:OS X emulation software]] |
| | [[Category:NetPlay]] | | [[Category:NetPlay]] |
