Mesen S

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Mesen-S
Mesen-S logo.png
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 a free and 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