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higan, the multi-system emulator
higan emulates a number of classic videogame consoles of the 1980s and 1990s, allowing you to play classic games on a modern general-purpose computer.
As of v102, higan has top-tier support for the following consoles:
- Nintendo Super Famicom/Super Nintendo Entertainment System,
including addon hardware:
- Super Game Boy
- Sufami Turbo
- Nintendo Game Boy Advance
It also includes some level of support for these consoles:
- BS-X Satellaview addon for the Super Famicom
- Nintendo Famicom/Nintendo Entertainment System
- Nintendo Game Boy
- Nintendo Game Boy Color
- Sega Master System
- Sega Game Gear
- Sega Megadrive/Genesis
- NEC PC Engine/TurboGrafx 16 (but not the CD-ROM² System/TurboGrafx-CD)
- NEC SuperGrafx
- Bandai Wonderswan
- Bandai Wonderswan Color
higan is actively supported on FreeBSD 10 and above, and Microsoft Windows XP and above. It also includes some level of support for GNU/Linux and macOS.
About this document
This is the unofficial higan README, a community-maintained introduction and reference. It may be out of date by the time you read this, and it may contain errors or omissions. If you find something that's wrong, or you have a suggestion, see "Unofficial higan resources" below.
Official higan resources
Unofficial higan resources
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the git repo
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hunterk's quark shaders
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mercurial magic for MSU-1 games
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the most important higan forks?
Installing higan
Installing an official release on Windows
Installing an official release on Linux
Compiling from source on Windows
Compiling from source on Linux
Installing the GBA BIOS
Importing games
What's a game folder?
Importing regular games
Importing games with co-processor firmware
Importing BS-X games
Importing Sufami Turbo games
Importing Super Game Boy games
Importing MSU-1 games
Configuring higan
Drivers
Installing custom shaders
Controls
Notes on specific emulation cores
The WonderSwan rotates!
Shaders look weird on SNES because of interlace/hi-res
Frequently Asked Questions
where is the vsync option?
exclusive full-screen?
phones and tablets