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Revision as of 20:07, 6 October 2014

BizHawk.jpg
Current version: 1.8.2
Active: Yes
OS: Windows
Authors: BizHawk Team
Official website: TASVideos.org
Source code: Google Code

BizHawk is a multi-system emulator designed predominantly around the production of Tool Assisted Speedruns (TAS). It is written in C# and requires .NET 4.0 to run.

Download

Dev Builds

Supported Systems

System Based on code from:
Nintendo Entertainment System FCEUX
Super Nintendo Entertainment System bsnes v087
Nintendo 64 Mupen64Plus
Game Boy Gambatte
Game Boy Color Gambatte
Game Boy Advance VBA-Next
Master System Original. Z80 CPU core based on cogwheel
Game Gear Original. Z80 CPU core based on cogwheel
SG-1000 Original. Z80 CPU core based on cogwheel
Genesis Genesis Plus GX
Saturn Yabause
PC Engine Original
Atari 2600 Original
Atari 7800 emu7800
ColecoVision Original
TI-83 Original

Features

  • Full Screen support
  • Controller and Hotkey mapping
  • Joypad support (for both controller and hotkeys)
  • Auto (Rapid) Fire controls
  • Basic re-recording and rerecording
  • "Bullet-proof" rerecording
  • Frame/Lag/Rerecording counters
  • Input Display
  • Auto-hold
  • Alpha version of "TAStudio"
  • RAM Watching/Poking tools
  • RAM Searching
  • Lua Scripting
  • Rewind

Review

For TAS purposes, this emulator is king. Otherwise, though, for multi-system emulators, RetroArch is a superior alternative, plus the fact that it is on a lot more platforms than this.