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|compatibility = <small>100% for commercial titles<br/>Some homebrew may have small defects</small>
|accuracy = System-dependent
|website = [httphttps://byuu.org/emulation/higan/ byuu.org]
|support = [https://www.patreon.com/byuu Patreon]
|license = GNU GPLv3
'''higan''' (formerly '''bsnes''') is an open-source, [[Multi-system emulators|multi-system emulator]]. It was created in response to inaccurate SNES emulators such as [[ZSNES]] and shoddy ROM hacks. It is also available as a [[libretro]] core for [[RetroArch]].
==DownloadsDownload==
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===bsnes (Official Release)===
'''[https://byuu.org/?bsnes_v107 bsnes bsnes]'''is a '''[https://byuu.org/emulation/bsnes/ subset]''' project of higan, and focuses on performance, features, and ease of use. It returns to the Qt GUI that it abandoned before its merger with higan and has a much faster multi-threaded PPU renderer, giving it the performance of the old bsnes-balanced core while retaining the accuracy of the bsnes-accurate core.
===csnes===
higan's bsnes and bgba cores are its most developed/accurate. The Nintendo 8-bit cores are very early in development, and are inferior to other existing emulators; alternatives include [[Gambatte]], [[BGB]], [[Mesen]], [[puNES]], and [[Nestopia]]. Bgba has made amazing strides from v095 on, getting very close to mGBA accuracy. higan also features a WonderSwan/WonderSwan Color core as of v098, which yields satisfactory results. The library-based GUI is not for everyone, though, and doesn't support drag and drop like a lot of other emulators do.
byuu noticed that Higanhigan's UI is not for everybody and made a standalone version of bsnes that is developed in parallel with Higanhigan's SNES core and has a Qt UI that's just like the earlier versions. For those that still aren't satisfied, [[RetroArch]] has its own libretro cores of bsnes to use with its interface.
==Resources==
* [https://mwww.youtube.com/channel/UCs7sHjRTpQq0BrcLtp6b75w byuusan YouTube channel] (By 'byuu')
==External links==
* [https://higan.readthedocs.io/ higan manual] (community-maintained)
* [https://byuu.org/higan/user-guide higan User Guide] (official guide to using higan)
