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{{infoboxInfobox emulator|image logo = Zsnes.jpg|first logowidth = 100|last-version = 1.51|second active = No|third platform = Multi-platform|architecture = [[wikipedia:x86|x86]]|target = DOS, Windows, Linux, OS X[[Super Nintendo emulators|SNES]]|fourth developer = zsKnight, _Demo_, pagefault, and Nach|fifth website = [http://www.zsnes.com/ ZSNES.com]|sixth source = [http[sourceforge://sourceforge.net/projects/zsnes/files/zsnes/ |SourceForge]]|license = GNU GPLv2}}

'''ZSNES''' is a [[Super_Nintendo_emulatorsSuper Nintendo emulators|Super Famicom (SNES)emulator]] emulator written in [[wikipedia:x86 |x86]] assembly. It was originally made in 1997and was one of the most popular Super Nintendo emulators from late nineties to mid-2000s, but now is obsolete and has not been updated since 2007. It is currently one of the most popular SNES emulatorsMost people now just use ZSNES for its excellent netplay code.

* [http[sourceforge://sourceforge.net/projects/zsnes/files/zsnes/ |ZSNES]] on SourceForge

==ReviewOverview==The ZSNES developers focused on speed over [[Emulation Accuracy|accuracy]], so a hefty amount of games have bugs (and some just plain crashoutright). The current 1version (v1.51 ) created more problems than it fixed and many problems still remain:

*Compatibility is lower than any modern emulator emulators due to low accuracy to real SNES system.*Games crashing - : Der Langrisser (freezes after 2-3 2–3 hours), Super Mario RPG (freezes in many different points of the game), Star Ocean and many other games have freezing and crashing issues.*Bad sound emulation - A ton of : Many games sound terrible inaccurate on ZSNES; Earthworm Jim 2 has no . ZSNES's audio timer isn't floating point so there are timing artifacts in the music. ZSNES doesn't emulate release values of ADSR so held notes will sound effectspoor.*Many of the co-processors, which are actually on the game cartridges, are emulated in extremely strange ways. For example, Super FX for example is not clocked correctly - ; Star Fox runs twice as fast as it should.*Transparency - : Kirby Dreamland 3, Mecarobot Golf, Jurassic Park and any game other games that uses use pseudo -hi-res translucency won't display correctly in the default graphics enginein v1.51. To get them to display properly in 1v1.51, you have to one must press 8 to switch to the old graphics engine. Or use an older version* x86 code exploits: With specially made hacks and homebrew ROMs, it is possible for them to break out of ZSNES itself and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3SOYneC7mU execute native code on the host computer.] *Netplay While older versions of ZSNES still have one of the better netplay systems among emulators, netplay was broken removed in 1v1.5150.

These are just a few problems, there are a few more listed [httphttps://webfloating.archivemuncher.org/web/20130508120513/http:/se/byuu.org/bsnesaccuracy/accuracy here], and [http://sourceforge.net/p/zsnes/bugs/ here].

It is recommended to use [[Snes9x]] or [[RetroArchhigan]] with the bsnes core(s) instead.

==ROM Hackshacks==

===bZSNES===In 2011, byuu released [http://byuu.org/bzsnes/ bZSNES] - a modification of his bsnes that includes the optional inaccuracies of ZSNES and a similar GUI. This was done as an April Fools day joke. It however only has moderate compatibility with ROM hacks made specifically for ZSNES.{{Cite}}.*[http://snesemu.black-ship.net/emus/bsnes/bzsnes_v151w.zip bZSNES]*[http://www.mediafire.com/download/c6nylmbnca23rmy/bZSNES.rar mirror]*[http://snesemu.black-ship.net/emus/bsnes/bzsnes_v151s.zip bZSNES source code]

[http://www.smwcentral.net/?p=section&a=details&id=5681 ZMZ]  is a program that utilises utilizes libretro versions of [[Snes9x]] and the Next variant2002, 2005 and 2010 variants, as well as the [[Bsneshigan|bsnes]] cores, much like [[RetroArch]]. It uses the exact same interface that ZSNES usesand can record ZMV files.

==NetPlayNetplay==*[http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/zsnes/zsnesw142.zip ZSNES 1.42]*[http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/zsnes/zsneswv1.36.zip ZSNES 1.36] {| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" style="width: 100%;"

*Excellent netplay connectivity between 2 players (ONLY)*In-game chat that doesn't require switching focus between 2 windows*Can pause emulation at any time*The host's save file is immediately shared with the client, so you don't need to upload it elsewhere first*In case of desynchdesync, the host can make savestates save states and load them for both players to resynchresync*You can swap controllers at any time*You can change emulator latency on the fly to compensate for choppiness at the expense of slight input lag*It works just as well with between a dialup dial-up user and someone on DSL*You can switch between Windowed windowed mode and Fullscreen full screen with ease.*Using version 1.36 , games pretty much do not desync period* Still has some big communities and dedicated servers like [http://emu.z-net.us Z-Net]

*It's Netplay is 2P ONLY, with no multiplayer version foreseeable in the near future.*Sometimes it outright refuses Both players need their port forwarded to connect 2 people via netplay through over UDP for unknown reasonsnetplay, and TCP can be quite choppy*Most Konami games tend to desynch desync unless you specifically use ZSNES 1.36 or 1.337*Interface might be unappealing to some people

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