Super Nintendo Entertainment System emulators: Difference between revisions

!colspan=2 |Name

!Platform(s)

!Latest version

!Compatibility

![[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]

|-

! colspan="9" |PC

|[[bsnes]]

|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|WoA|Linux|LinuxARM|macOSx86|macOSARM|FreeBSD}}

|[https://nightly.link/bsnes-emu/bsnes/workflows/build/master nightly]

|{{Green}} {{License|GPLv3}} ({{License|Copyleft}})

|?

|[https://github.com/DerKoun/bsnes-hd bsnes-hd]

|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}

|[https://github.com/DerKoun/bsnes-hd/releases {{bsnes-hdVer}}]

|{{Green}} {{License|GPLv3}} ({{License|Copyleft}})

|?

|[https://tanalin.com/en/projects/bsnes-mt/ bsnes-mt]

|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}

|[https://github.com/Marat-Tanalin/bsnes-mt/releases {{bsnes-mtVer}}]

|{{Green}} {{License|GPLv3}} ({{License|Copyleft}})

|?

|[https://github.com/awjackson/bsnes-classic bsnes-classic]<br><small>[https://github.com/Themaister/bsnes-Qt forked bsnes Qt v073]</small>

|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}

|[https://github.com/awjackson/bsnes-classic git]

|{{Green}} {{License|GPLv3}} ({{License|Copyleft}})

|?

|[https://tasvideos.org/EmulatorResources/Lsnes lsnes]

|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}

|[https://lsnes.tasbot.net/ rr2-β25]<br>[http://repo.or.cz/w/lsnes.git git]

|{{Green}} {{License|GPLv3}} ({{License|Copyleft}})

|?

|rowspan=2|Snes9x-based

|[[Snes9x]]

|[https://github.com/snes9xgit/snes9x#snes9x-1 nightly]<br>[https://github.com/snes9xgit/snes9x/releases {{Snes9xVer}}]

|{{Yellow}} {{License|NC}}

|<small>[https://github.com/snes9xgit/snes9x/issues/53 5 known issues]</small>

|Snes9x EX+

| align="left" |{{Icon|Pyra}}

|[https://pyra-handheld.com/repo/apps/84 1.5.46.02]

|{{Yellow}} {{License|NC}}

|<small>[https://github.com/snes9xgit/snes9x/issues/53 5 known issues]</small>

|colspan=2|[[CATSFC]]

| align="left" |{{Icon|Windows|Linux|LinuxARM|macOSx86|FreeBSD|Pandora}}

|[https://github.com/ShadauxCat/CATSFC git]

|{{Yellow}} {{License|NC}}<br>{{License|GPLv2}}

|?

|colspan=2|kindred (Super Sleuth PE)

| align="left" |{{Icon|Windows}}

|[https://www.crazysmart.net.au/kindred {{kindredVer}}]

|{{Yellow}} {{License|NC}}

|?

|colspan=2|[[No$|NO$SNS]]

| align="left" |{{Icon|Windows}}

|[https://problemkaputt.de/sns.htm 1.6]

|{{Red}} {{License|Proprietary}}

|?

|colspan=2|[[RetroCopy]]

| align="left" |{{Icon|Windows|Linux}}

|[https://segaretro.org/RetroCopy 0.960]<br>[https://www.emucr.com/2012/08/retrocopy-v100-beta-5.html 1.00 Beta 5]

|{{Red}} {{License|Proprietary}}

|?

|colspan=2|[[Silhouette]]

| align="left" |{{Icon|macOS}}

|[https://www.zophar.net/fileuploads/1/816uajag/Silhouette.sit.hqx 1.0]

|{{Red}} {{License|Proprietary}}<br><small>(stolen [[Snes9x]] code)</small>

|?

|colspan=2|SNESGT

| align="left" |{{Icon|Windows}}

|[http://www.zophar.net/snes/snesgt.html 2.18 (2007)]

|{{Red}} {{License|Proprietary}}

|?

|colspan=2|[[ZSNES]]

|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|DOS}}

|[http://zsnes.com 1.51]

|{{Green}} {{License|GPLv2}} ({{License|Copyleft}})

|?

|Snes9x EX+

| align="left" |{{Icon|Android}}

|[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.explusalpha.Snes9xPlus {{Snes9xVer}}]<br>[https://github.com/Rakashazi/emu-ex-plus-alpha git]

|{{Dunno}}

|<small>[https://github.com/snes9xgit/snes9x/issues/53 5 known issues]</small>

|[http://yoyofr92.free.fr/ Little John]<br><small>(Snes9x 1.39 based)</small>

| align="left" |{{Icon|PalmOS}}

|[https://www.zophar.net/palm-os/multiem/little-john-palmos.html 1.1], [https://pyra-handheld.com/boards/resources/little-john-palm-os.4443 1.2]

|{{Dunno}}

|?

|Snes8x

| align="left" |{{Icon|WinMobile}}

|[https://www.appx4fun.com/xap/497 2.15.3]

|{{Dunno}}

|?

|colspan=2|J2MESnes

| align="left" |{{Icon|Java}}

|

|{{Dunno}}

|?

|colspan=2|[http://www.superretro16.com SuperRetro16]

| align="left" |{{Icon|Android}}

|[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.neutronemulation.super_retro_16 2.2.1]

|{{Red}} {{License|Proprietary}}

|?

|?

|{{Na}}

|}

!Core(s)

!Platform(s)

!Latest version

![[Licensing|License]]

!Compatibility

![[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]

|-

! colspan="9" |PC

|[https://github.com/ares-emulator/ares/tree/master/ares sfc]

|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|WoA|Linux|macOSx86|FreeBSD}}

|[https://github.com/ares-emulator/ares/releases {{AresVer}}]<br>[https://github.com/ares-emulator/ares/releases/tag/nightly nightly]

|{{Green}} {{License|ISC}} ({{License|Permissive}})

|{{Emulator compatibility|link=https://ares-emu.net/compatibility|3107|3108}}

|

|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}

|[https://github.com/nesdev-org/MesenCE#development-builds Dev builds]

|{{Green}} {{License|GPLv3}} ({{License|Copyleft}})

|

|-

|[[BizHawk]]

|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux}}

|[https://gitlab.com/TASVideos/BizHawk/-/pipelines Dev builds]<br>[http://tasvideos.org/BizHawk/ReleaseHistory.html {{BizHawkVer}}]

|{{Green}} {{License|MIT}}<br>{{License|GPL}}

|

|[[jgenesis]]

|?

|[https://github.com/jsgroth/jgenesis/releases {{JgenesisVer}}]

|{{Green}} {{License|MIT}} ({{License|Permissive}})

|

|

| align="left" |{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}

|[https://github.com/higan-emu/higan/releases {{HiganVer}}]

|{{Green}} {{License|GPLv3}} ({{License|Copyleft}})

|

|[https://adb.arcadeitalia.net/dettaglio_mame.php?game_name=snes&back_games=m82p;&search_id=0 snes]

|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}

|{{Ya}}

|{{Green}} {{License|GPLv2}}<br>{{License|BSD3}}

|

|bsnes v059 and SNES-Faust

|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}

|[{{MednafenURL|releases/}} {{MednafenVer}}]

|{{Green}} {{License|GPLv2}} ({{License|Copyleft}})

|

|[https://github.com/rileytestut/Delta/tree/main/Cores ?]

|align="left" |{{Icon|iOS|iPadOS}}

|[https://apps.apple.com/us/app/delta-game-emulator/id1048524688 {{DeltaVer}}]<br>[https://github.com/rileytestut/Delta git]

|{{Dunno}}

|

|[https://github.com/folium-app/Folium/tree/main/Cores ?]

| align="left" |{{Icon|iOS|iPadOS}}

|[https://apps.apple.com/us/app/folium/id6498623389 App Store] ($)<br>[https://folium.emuplace.app/downloads {{FoliumVer}}]<br>[https://github.com/emuplace/folium.emuplace.app/releases/latest Latest IPA]

|{{Dunno}}

|

| ?

| align="left" |{{Icon|iOS|iPadOS}}

|

[https://apps.apple.com/us/app/manic-emu-game-emulator/id6743335790 {{ManicEMUVer}}]<br>[https://github.com/Manic-EMU/ManicEMU/releases git]

|{{Green}} {{License|AGPLv3}} ({{License|Copyleft}})

|

|[https://github.com/Provenance-Emu/Provenance/tree/develop/Cores/FCEU ?]

|align=left|{{Icon|iOS|iPadOS}}

|[https://apps.apple.com/us/app/provenance-app/id1596862805 {{ProvenanceVer}}]<br>[https://github.com/Provenance-Emu/Provenance/releases git]

|{{Dunno}}

|

|?

|{{Dunno}}

|}

!Frontend(s)

!Core(s)

![[Licensing|License]]

!Compatibility

![[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]

|-

|rowspan=7|[[File:Retroarch.png|100px|link=https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/RetroArch]]

!Name

!Platform(s)

!Latest version

!Compatibility

![[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]

|-

|[[Nintendo Switch Online|Nintendo Classics]]<br><small>([[L-CLASSICS]])</small>

| align="left" |{{Icon|Switch|Switch2}}

|5.0.0

|{{Red}} {{License|Proprietary}}

|[https://nintendo.fandom.com/wiki/Super_Nintendo_Entertainment_System_-_Nintendo_Switch_Online#Games Only for selected titles]

|Game-dependent

|{{Ya}}

|Pocket SNES

| align="left" |{{Icon|GBA|GCWZero}}

|[https://web.archive.org/web/20230308183855/https://www.pocketsnes.net/files/pocketsnes.zip Beta]<br>[https://github.com/gameblabla/pocketsnes-nspire git]<br>[https://github.com/gameblabla/PocketSNES git]

|{{Yellow}} {{License|NC}}

|?

|[[Snes9x]] for 3DS

| align="left" |{{Icon|3DS}}

|[https://github.com/bubble2k16/snes9x_3ds/releases stable]<br>[https://github.com/matbo87/snes9x_3ds/tags git]

|{{Yellow}} {{License|NC}}

|?

|{{Ya}}

|-

|{{Yellow}} {{License|NC}}

|-

|-

|DreamSNES

| align="left" |{{Icon|DC}}

|[http://www.dcemulation.org/files/emulators/dreamsnes/dreamsnes-0.9.8.zip 0.9.8]

|{{Yellow}} {{License|NC}}

|?

|DSTWO

| align="left" |{{Icon|NDS}}

|N/A

|{{Red}} {{License|Proprietary}}

|?

|Pocket SNES

| align="left" |{{Icon|Nspire}}

|[https://web.archive.org/web/20230308183855/https://www.pocketsnes.net/files/pocketsnes.zip Beta]<br>[https://github.com/gameblabla/pocketsnes-nspire git]<br>[https://github.com/gameblabla/PocketSNES git]

|{{Yellow}} {{License|NC}}

|?

|pSnes

| align="left" |{{Icon|Vita|NX}}

|[https://github.com/Cpasjuste/pemu/releases 6.6]

|{{Green}} {{License|GPLv3}} ({{License|Copyleft}})

|?

|?

|{{~}}

|SNES Station

| align="left" |{{Icon|PS2}}

|0.2.6c

|{{Dunno}}

|?

|SNES360

| align="left" |{{Icon|Xbox360}}

|[http://download.digiex.net/Consoles/Xbox360/Jtag/SNES360betaV0.21.rar 0.21 beta]

|{{Dunno}}

|?

|[[Snes9x]] Saturn port

| align="left" |{{Icon|Saturn}}

|[http://www.rockin-b.de/saturn/snes9x/snes9x-on-saturn-060729.7z Saturn 06/07/29]

|{{Yellow}} {{License|NC}}

|?

|Snes9x X

| align="left" |{{Icon|Xbox}}

|[https://digiex.net/threads/snes9x-x-0-23-download-snes-emulator-for-xbox.13688 0.23]

|{{Na}}

|{{Yellow}} {{License|NC}}

|?

|{{~}}

|-

|[https://github.com/BrinooTk/SnesC0re SnesC0re]

| align="left" |{{Icon|PS5}}

|[https://github.com/BrinooTk/SnesC0re/releases git]

|{{Dunno}}

|?

|sodium64

| align="left" |{{Icon|N64}}

|[https://github.com/Hydr8gon/sodium64 git]

|{{Green}} {{License|GPLv3}} ({{License|Copyleft}})

|?

|blargSNES

|align=left|{{Icon|3DS}}

|[http://blargsnes.kuribo64.net/ 1.4]<br>[https://github.com/Arisotura/blargSnes git]

|{{Green}} {{License|GPLv3}} ({{License|Copyleft}})

|{{Emulator compatibility|link=https://wiki.gbatemp.net/wiki/BlargSnes_Compatibility_List|474|713}}

|OpenSnes9x

| align="left" |{{Icon|GP32|Zodiac}}

|[http://yoyofr92.free.fr/os9xgp/html/downloads.html 0.3beta]

|{{Yellow}} {{License|NC}}

|?

!Core(s)

!Type

![[Licensing|License]]

!Compatibility

![[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]

|-

|[https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/SNES_MiSTer SNES_MiSTer]

!Name

!Platform(s)

!Latest version

!Compatibility

![[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]

|-

|[[SUPER ZSNES]]

| align="left" |{{Icon|Windows|macOS|Linux|Android}}

|[https://www.zsnes.com/ {{SuperZSNESVer}}]<br>[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zsnes.superzsnes Google Play]

|{{Red}} {{License|Proprietary}}

|?

{{reflist}}

* [http://wiki.superfamicom.org SNES Development Wiki] – SNES Development Wiki for you know, SNES Development.

* [http://tasvideos.org/EmulatorResources/SNESAccuracyTests.html SNES Accuracy Tests (TASVideos)] – Test results on various emulators using test ROMs

* {{YouTubeVideo|2jee4tlakqo|SuperRT - Realtime raytracing on the SNES}}