bsnes

bsnes is a multi-platform Super Nintendo (Super Famicom) emulator, originally developed by Near, which focuses on performance, features, and ease of use.

Unique Features

• True Super Game Boy emulation (using the SameBoy core by Lior Halphon)
• HD mode 7 graphics with optional supersampling (by DerKoun)
• Low-level emulation of all SNES coprocessors (DSP-n, ST-01n, Cx4)
• Multi-threaded PPU graphics renderer
• Speed mode settings which retain smooth audio output (50%, 75%, 100%, 150%, 200%)
• Built-in games database with thousands of game entries
• Built-in cheat code database for hundreds of popular games (by mightymo)
• Built-in save state manager with screenshot previews and naming capabilities
• Customizable per-byte game mappings to support any cartridges, including prototype games
• 7-zip decompression support
• Extensive Satellaview emulation, including BS Memory flash write and wear-leveling emulation
• Optional higan game folder support (standard game ROM files are also fully supported!)
• Advanced mapping system allowing multiple bindings to every emulated input

Standard Features

• MSU1 support
• BPS and IPS soft-patching support
• Save states with undo and redo support (for reverting accidental saves and loads)
• OpenGL multi-pass pixel shaders
• Several built-in software filters, including HQ2x (by MaxSt) and snes_ntsc (by blargg)
• Adaptive sync and dynamic rate control for perfect audio/video synchronization
• Just-in-time input polling for minimal input latency
• Run-ahead support for removing internal game engine input latency
• Support for Direct3D exclusive mode video
• Support for WASAPI exclusive mode audio
• Periodic auto-saving of game saves
• Auto-saving of states when unloading games, and auto-resuming of states when reloading games
• Sprite limit disable support
• Cubic audio interpolation support
• Optional high-level emulation of most SNES coprocessors
• Optional emulation of flaws in older emulators for compatibility with older unofficial software
• CPU, SA1, and SuperFX overclocking support
• Frame advance support
• Screenshot support
• Cheat code search support
• Movie recording and playback support
• Rewind support
• HiDPI support
• Multi-monitor support
• Turbo support for controller inputs

Links

• Official git repository
• Official Discord

Nightly Builds

• Windows
• macOS
• Linux
• FreeBSD

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