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{{Infobox emulator
|title = higan
|logo = Higanlogo.png
|logowidth = 267
|developer = [[Near]] <small>(formerly known as byuu)</small>, [https://github.com/higan-emu/higan/blob/master/CREDITS.md contributors]
|version = {{higanVer}}
|active = Yes
|platform = [[Emulators on Windows|Windows]], [[Emulators on macOS|macOS]], [[Emulators on Linux|Linux]], OpenBSD, FreeBSD, [[libretro]]|target = [[Nintendo Entertainment System emulators|NES]], [[Super Nintendo emulators|SNES]], [[Game Boy/Game Boy Color emulators|GB]], [[Game Boy/Game Boy Color emulators|GBC]], [[Game Boy Advance emulators|GBA]], [[WonderSwan emulators|WS]], [[SG-1000 emulators|SG]], [[Master System emulators|SMS]], [[Master System emulators|GG]], [[Sega Genesis emulators|GEN]], [[PC Engine (TurboGrafx-16) emulators|PCE]], [[Neo Geo Pocket emulators|NGP]], [[Neo Geo Pocket emulators|NGPC]], [[MSX emulators|MSX]], [[ColecoVision emulators|COL]] |compatibility = <small>100% for commercial SNES titles<br/>Some homebrew may have small defects</small>
|accuracy = System-dependent
|website = [https://byuuhigan.orgdev/higan byuu.orgdev]
|license = GNU GPLv3
|source = [https://github.com/higan-emu/higan GitHub (active)]<br>[https://github.com/byuu/higan Github (archive)]
}}
'''higan''' is an open-source, [[Multi-system emulators|multi-system emulator]].
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|'''[https://github.com/higan-emu/higan/releases Official releasereleases]'''
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==Overview==
higan is a project that originally separated from Near's previous SNES emulator [[bsnes]] when he they started adding more system cores.
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.
Near noticed that higan's UI is not for everybody and made a standalone version of [[bsnes]] that is developed in parallel with higan's SNES core and has a Qt UI that's just like the earlier versions. He They also worked on the new multi-system emulator [[byuu (emulator)|byuu]] that aims to combine higan with the ease of use of bsnes. For those that still aren't satisfied, [[RetroArch]] has its own libretro cores of higan and bsnes to use with its interface.
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==See also==
* [[bsnes]] - Near's [[Super Nintendo emulators|Super Nintendo Entertainment System (Super Famicom)]] emulator.
* [[ares]] - Near's other [[Multi-system emulators|multi-system emulator]].* [[byuu (emulator)|byuu]] - Near's other Was a [[Multi-system emulators|multi-system emulator]]by Near that was aimed to provide the accuracy of it's predecessor higan. It is now merged back into higan.
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