BizHawk

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Current version: 1.4.1
Active: Yes
OS: Windows
Authors: BizHawk Team
Official website: http://tasvideos.org/Bizhawk.html
Source code: Unknown

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.

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Supported Systems

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.