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|logo image = Super Famicom.png|image2 = snesna.png|imagecaption = The Super Famicom (above) and Super Nintendo Entertainment System (below).

|release = 1990(Super Famicom)<br/>1991 (SNES)|discontinued = 20032005|predecessor = [[Nintendo Entertainment System emulators|NESFamily Computer / Nintendo Entertainment System]]

{{for|other emulators that run on SNES hardware|Emulators on SNES}}

The '''[[gametech:Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]''' (SNES) is a 16-bit, fourth-generation home video game console released by [[wikipedia:Nintendo|Nintendo]] originally released as the '''Super Famicom'''(SFC), in Japan, on November 21, 1990. The Super Famicom retailed for ¥25000. The console would release outside of Japan as the SNES on August 23, 1991, in North America. The SNES retailed for {{Inflation|USD|199.99|1991}}. It has a Ricoh 5A22 CPU at 3.58 MHz. While the Super Famicom did well in Japan, outselling the [[PC Engine (TurboGrafx-16) emulators|PC-Engine]], outside of Japan during that time the SNES had ''fierce'' competition with SEGA's [[Sega Genesis emulators|Genesis]] (known in other regions as the Mega Drive).

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!colspan="11"|PC / x86|-|[[bsnes]]<br/><small>bsnes_libretro<br/>abbr title="bsnes_hd_beta_libretro<abbr/><br/>, bsnes_mercury_libretro<br/, bsnes_2014_libretro, bsnes_cplusplus98_libretro">bsnes_2014_libretrobsnes_libretro<br/abbr>bsnes_cplusplus98_libretro</small>

|[https://nightly.link/ares-emulator/ares/workflows/build/master <abbr title="Latest development build version">git Artifacts]</abbr>]<br/>[https://github.com/ares-emulator/ares/releases {{aresVer}}]

|[[Mesen|Mesen]]<ref name=MesenS>Mesen libretro core doesn't support SNES emulation. On the other hand Mesen S libretro core supports it but it's obsolete and [https://github.com/NovaSquirrel/Mesen-X/issues/152#issuecomment-1416507779 superseded by Mesen standalone (with version 2.0)]</ref>

|<abbr title="Latest development version">[https://nightly.link/SourMesen/Mesen2/workflows/build/master git artifacts]</abbr><br/>[https://github.com/SourMesen/Mesen2/tags 2.0.0-preview1]<br/><small>[[Mesen S]]<ref name=MesenS></ref><br/>[https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/ Mesen S libretro]<ref name=MesenS></ref><br/>[https://github.com/NovaSquirrel/Mesen-SX/releases Mesen SX]<ref name=MesenS></ref></small>

| [https://github.com/snes9xgit/snes9x/issues/53 99.5%]

|[https://github.com/higan-emu/higan/releases {{higanVer}}]<br/>[[Higan#nSide|nSide]]<br/>[https://github.com/libretro/higan libretro core]</abbr>

|[{{MednafenURL|releases/}} {{MednafenVer}}]<br/>[https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/ <abbr title="beetle_snes_libretro (Standalone port of Mednafen BSNES to libretro, itself a old fork of bsnes 0.59) and mednafen_supafaust_libretro (Libretro port of mednafen's SNES-Faust)">libretro core]</abbr>]

|kindred (Super Sleuth PE)

|jgenesis|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux}}|[https://github.com/jsgroth/jgenesis {{jgenesisVer}}]||||?|?|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{TBD}}|-|[[RetroCopy]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux}}|[https://segaretro.org/RetroCopy 0.960]</br>[https://www.emucr.com/2012/08/retrocopy-v100-beta-5.html 1.00 Beta 5]||||?|?|{{N}}|{{N}}|{{N}}|} ===ARM===<div style="overflow-x:auto;width:100%">{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;width:100%"! scope="col"|Name! scope="col"|Platform(s)! scope="col"|Version! scope="col"|[[#Hardware_variants|Hardware<br/>variants]]! scope="col"|[[#Enhancements|Enhancements]]! scope="col"|[[#Hardware_features_and_accessories|Hardware features<br/>and accessories]]! scope="col"|Compatibility! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]!colspanscope="11col"|Mobile <abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</ ARMabbr>! scope="col"|Active! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]

|[[Snes9x]]<br/><small>snes9x_libretro</small><br/><small><abbr title="Snes9x 2010. Port of Snes9x 1.52+ to Libretro (previously called SNES9x Next).">snes9x2010_libretro</abbr/></small><br/><small>snes9x2005_libretro</small><br/><small>snes9x2002_libretro</small>

|} ===Console===<div style="overflow-x:auto;width:100%">{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;width:100%"! scope="col"|Name! scope="col"|Platform(s)! scope="col"|Version! scope="col"|[[#Hardware_variants|Hardware<br/>variants]]! scope="col"|[[#Enhancements|Enhancements]]! scope="col"|[[#Hardware_features_and_accessories|Hardware features<br/>and accessories]]! scope="col"|Compatibility! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>!colspanscope="11col"|ConsoleActive! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]

|[[Snes9x]]<br/><small>snes9x_libretro</small><br/><small><abbr title="Snes9x 2010. Port of Snes9x 1.52+ to Libretro (previously called SNES9x Next).">snes9x2010_libretro</abbr/></small><br/><small>snes9x2005_libretro</small><br/>

|Snes9x GX |align=left|{{Icon|GCN|Wii|WiiU}} | [https://github.com/dborth/snes9xgx#nightly-builds Nightly Builds]<br/>[https://github.com/dborth/snes9xgx/releases {{Snes9xGXVer}}]

| [https://githubwiki.com/snes9xgit/snes9xgbatemp.net/issueswiki/53 99Snes9x_GX_for_Wii#Z 97%]

|[[Nintendo Switch Online]]<br/><small>([[L-CLASSICS]])</small>

|[https://web.archive.org/web/20230308183855/https://www.pocketsnes.net/files/pocketsnes.zip Beta]<br/>[https://github.com/gameblabla/pocketsnes-nspire git]<br/>[https://github.com/AkimanBengus/pocketsnes-libretro libretro core]<br/>[https://github.com/gameblabla/PocketSNES git]

| ?[https://wiki.gbatemp.net/wiki/SNEmulDS_Compatibility_List 44%<br/><small>77 out of 175 reported titles </small>]

| ?[https://www.psdevwiki.com/psp/Snes9xTYL#Compatibility 70%<br/><small>27 out of 38 reported titles </small>]

| ?[https://wiki.gbatemp.net/wiki/BlargSnes_Compatibility_List 77%<br/><small>476 out of 714 reported titles </small>]

* Older versions rely on external pre-decompressed graphical packs to emulate some games with elaborate chips, much like older versions of Snes9x, such as 1.43. Assuming you get (what are now rare and very hard-to-find) graphical packs for the SPC7110—like from [http://other.ipherswipsite.com/gpacks/ here]—and Star Ocean and put them in folders you then set under "Paths" in ZSNES, they can be playable without missing graphics. With that being said, however, the newest version does not need them for SDD-1 titles, only for SPC7110 titles.

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! Mesen<ref name=MesenS></ref>

| rowspan=5 6 | Quality of life

| {{?Y}}[https://old.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/1ay6fm1/ares_v136_released/krslaki/ *]

| colspan=7 | <small>Exclusive to [https://docs.libretro.com/guides/crtswitchres/ libretro cores] and [[GroovyMAME]] at the moment.<br/>Also there is a [https://github.com/psakhis/Groovy_MiSTer project] for achieving software emulators like libretro cores and GroovyMAME send the raw RGB data over a network to a core running on MiSTer, it basically turns the MiSTer into a GPU for the emulator allowing for easy setup and use with CRT TVs/Arcade monitors.</small>

| [[Frontends#Graphical_User_Interfaces_.28GUIs.29|Big Picture Mode]]| {{~}}<ref group=N2 name=RA></ref>| {{N}}| {{~}}<ref group=N2 name=RA></ref>| {{~}}<ref group=N2 name=RA></ref>| {{N}}| {{~}}<ref group=N2 name=RA></ref>|-| rowspan=2 4 | Post-Processing

| {{NY}}[https://github.com/ares-emulator/ares/pull/1397 *]

|[[High_dynamic_range#Inverse_tone_mapping|Inverse tone mapping compatible]]| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}|-| rowspan=4 5 | Misc| [[Netplay#SNES|<abbr title="Should not be confused with BS-X or XBAND modem emulation, see #Hardware Features and Accessories section for more information.">[[Netplay#SNES|Netplay]]</abbr>]]

No emulator support this at the moment, but a

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| {{✗✓}}

| {{✗✓}}

| [[Early_Online_Services#XBAND_Modem_.28Multi_Platform.29XBAND_Modem|XBⱯND modem]]

| {{✓}}[https://ares-emu.net/compatibility/14 nintendo-snes-super-famicom *]

:''This shouldn't be confused with [[Game_Boy_Advance_emulators#Hardware_features_and_accessories|GB/GBC backwards compatibility emulation/GBA mode]] or [[Game_Boy/Game_Boy_Color_emulators|Game Boy/Game Boy Color emulation]].''<br/>

Similar to the NES Zapper, but differs from the Super Scope. It's a another light gun, but requiring calibration this time around. It looks like a real gun. It and was intended to simulate the shooter arcade experience. Only one game is compatible, and that's [[wikipedia:Lethal_Enforcers|''Lethal Enforcers'']]. Snes9x and higan support this gun.

It's pretty well-known that the The Super Famicom was originally going to get a CD add-on called the SNES-CD, developed by Sony, who had already helped with the sound chip for the SNES. However, Nintendo were unhappy with Sony's clause in the contract that would give them the rights to any software developed on the device. In retaliation, Nintendo announced that they'd would be partnering with Phillips instead. Talks between Sony and Nintendo continued afterward as late as 1993, but the project couldn't be salvaged. Nintendo lost interest in the CD peripheral, seeing how the Sega CD failed in the US, and the PC-Engine CD only enjoyed modest success. They canceled the Phillips collaboration on yet another SNES-CD prototype, but in return, they allowed them to use some of their properties for their Phillips CD-i console. Later, they collaborated with the St. Giga radio service to create the Japan-exclusive Satellaview add-on for the Super Famicom, which played broadcasts of SFC games using streamed audio. As for Sony, they took the hardware and experience from their collaboration with Nintendo to create the first PlayStation. Nintendo would continue to support the cartridge format for its next console, the Nintendo 64. A shy attempt at rewritable disk media was attempted with the 64DD, but the add-on failed due to its 64 MB maximum storage limit, which would be obsoleted by later, bigger N64 cartridges, as well as the lack of support from third parties - many of whom had opted to support the PS1 instead.