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[[File:SNES-and-controller.jpg|thumb||250px|The Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES)]]The '''[[gametech:Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]''' (SNES) is a 16-bit, fourth-generation console released in 1990 by [[wikipedia:Nintendo|Nintendo]] in North America. In Japan, it was known as the Super Famicom. The This console had fierce competition with SEGA'''Satellaview''' was a subscription-based add-on released only s Mega Drive console (Genesis in Japan that streamed content to the Super Famicom. The '''[[gametech:Super Game Boy|Super Game Boy]]''' was a peripheral designed to play Game Boy and black Game Boy Color cartridges on the Super Nintendo. Both the Satellaview and the Super Game Boy are supported by [[higan]]North America).
Emulation for the SNES is robust, with several high quality emulators for various systems, some of which are [[cycle accurate]].
==Accessories==
===Super Game Boy===
The '''[[gametech:Super Game Boy|Super Game Boy]]''' was a peripheral designed to play Game Boy and black Game Boy Color cartridges on the Super Nintendo through the cartridge slot, just like a typical SNES game. Although many [[Game Boy/Game Boy Color emulators]] and [[Game Boy Advance emulators]] fake this ability, [[Higan]] and forks are the only emulators to truly emulate its features. There are a few hiccups with this however. The Super Game Boy uses a special version of the Game Boy hardware to allow for ''Super Game Boy enhanced'' Game Boy games to operate its otherwise hidden features.
Higan's Game Boy core isn't up to snuff yet. One notable example is Pokémon Yellow Version and the special border that is supposed to display. Higan displays the standard Game Boy border while the real hardware displays a special green Pikachu border. On the other hand, Pokémon Gold/Silver Version, designed for Game Boy Color, can operate on a Game Boy and that operates as intended when played on a Super Game Boy. Also, if one attempts to run Game Boy Camera in Higan in Super Game Boy mode, the emulator crashes.
===Super Scope===
The Super Scope is a bazooka-looking light gun that is a bit more complex compared to the Zapper for the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]]. ''Super Scope 6'' and ''Yoshi's Safari'' used it. Some emulators including Snes9x and bsnes/higan support the Super Scope, emulated with the mouse.
==Satellaview emulation==
The '''Satellaview''' was a subscription-based add-on released only in Japan that streamed content to the Super Famicom. BS-X or Satellaview software was broadcast the console add-on and stored as temporary data to be deleted shortly afterwards. As such, a wealth of games went undumped and lost forever.
Many of these games had Soundlink features and would have assets like streamed music and voice acting, as well as some extra data, but these have been lost forever outside of video recordings and OST releases. These games will likely play without music on your emulator. The entirely fan-made MSU-1 feature on the higan emulator tries to replicate the BS-X Satellaview and unreleased SNES-CD concept for streamed music in SNES games far beyond the maximum cartridge capacity (12MB), but it's not the same thing.
