Mesen S

Mesen-S

Developer(s)	Sour(formerly); just like Mesen, Nova Squirrel also has a fork for maintaining the code base and accept pull requests
Latest version	0.4.0
Active	No
Platform(s)	Windows Linux
Emulates	SNES
Accuracy	Cycle-Accurate
Website	Mesen.ca
Support ($)	Patreon
Programmed in	C++, C#, C
License	GNU GPLv3
Source code	GitHub

Mesen-S is an open-source (GPLv3) SNES emulator for Windows and Linux. It is a hard fork of the cycle-accurate NES/Famicom emulator Mesen, developed by the same author using .NET. In 2023, it is confirmed discontinued and got merged into Mesen2 itself.

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Overview

Mesen-S has cycle-accurate emulation and offers numerous features, including:

• Support for specific onboard chips.
• NTSC/PAL support
• NSF/NSFe support
• Video recording/playback
• Video filters (xBRZ, NTSC, etc.)
• Netplay
• Debugging tools
• Overclocking
• Custom palettes
• Sound effects (fake stereo, reverb, etc.)
• Rewind

List of forks

Name	Platform(s)	Latest Version	libretro	Active	Recommended
PC / x86
Mesen SX		2022-3-10	✗	✗	✗

Comparisons

Mesen SX

This fork is meant to gather development efforts from different forks. Not under active development but pull requests are welcome. This fork is deprecated as of Mesen2's release