Editing Ares

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{{Infobox emulator
|title = ares
|logo = ares-logo.png
|screenshot = Ares_Screenshot.PNG
|logowidth = 230
|developer = Near <small>(formerly known as byuu (謬/view))</small>, LukeUsher
|version = {{Version|ares}}
|active = Yes
|platform = [[Emulators on PC|Windows]]<br/>[[Emulators on macOS|macOS]]<br/>Linux
|architecture  = x64
|target = [[Atari 2600 emulators|2600]]</br>[[Nintendo Entertainment System emulators|Famicom / NES]]</br>[[Super Nintendo emulators|Super Famicom / SNES]]</br>[[Nintendo 64 emulators|Nintendo 64]]</br>[[Game Boy/Game Boy Color emulators|Game Boy (Color)]]</br>[[Game Boy Advance emulators|Game Boy Advance]]</br>[[WonderSwan emulators|WonderSwan (Color), Pocket Challenge V2]]</br>[[SG-1000 emulators|SG-1000]]</br>[[Master System emulators|Mark III / Master System, Game Gear]]</br>[[Sega Genesis emulators|Mega Drive / Genesis]]</br>[[PlayStation emulators|PlayStation]]</br>[[PC Engine (TurboGrafx-16) emulators|PC Engine (SuperGrafx) / TurboGrafx-16]]</br>[[Neo Geo and variants|Neo Geo]]</br>[[Neo Geo Pocket emulators|Neo Geo Pocket (Color)]]</br>[[MSX emulators|MSX2]]</br>[[ColecoVision emulators|ColecoVision]]</br>[[ZX Spectrum line|ZX Spectrum]]</br>[[My Vision emulators|My Vision]]
|website = [https://ares-emu.net ares-emu.net]
|license = Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) license
|source = [https://github.com/ares-emulator/ares GitHub]
}}

'''ares''' is a free and open-source, [[Multi-system_emulators|multi-system emulator]]. It is a descendent of [[higan]] and [[bsnes]], and focuses on accuracy and preservation.

==Download==
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|'''[https://github.com/ares-emulator/ares/releases Official releases]'''
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|'''[https://flathub.org/apps/details/dev.ares.ares Flatpak]'''<br/>'''[https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ares-emu/ ArchLinux AUR]'''
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==Overview==
ares began development as bsnes on October 14th, 2004. It is available under the Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) license, which is a permissive license that is functionally similar to the BSD and MIT licenses. It used to be under the terms of the Creative Commons (CC) BY-NC-ND 4.0 license, which it made the ares emulator a non-commercial software that does not permit publishing modifications (forks) online. The reason for this was to prevent splintering development between higan and ares.

Most cores in ares are original and were started when the project was run by Near, although its Nintendo 64 core's graphics emulation is based on Themaister's ParaLLEl-RDP Vulkan renderer as well as MAME's software renderer, and an original Atari 2600 core was added later. Its most useful cores are the ones that have been in development the longest or that have few competing options. Its SNES emulation is derived from that of the original [[bsnes]] project and is the most accurate one around. Its WonderSwan and Neo Geo Pocket emulation are also the most complete and accurate, with the highest compatibility available (100% in the case of the WonderSwan). The Genesis emulation is highly accurate as well and supports <100% compatibility across the console and its add-ons. 32x and CD emulation both have >95% compatibility with commercial games and is by far the best option for 32x across emulators.

Other cores are less useful, with known incompatibilities and other emulators available that are both faster and more accurate. The GBA emulation was derived from work done in bsnes for the ST018 coprocessor, but is slower and less accurate than [[mGBA]]. Its Atari 2600 emulation is well behind [[Stella]] and [[MAME]].

==Features==
*Native multi-platform UI
*Adaptive sync
*Dynamic rate control
*Save states
*Run-ahead
*Rewind and fast-forward
*Pixel shaders
*Color correction
*6th-order IIR audio filtering
*Input multi-mapping
*Built-in games database
*Debugger

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