Overview
bsnes is a Super Nintendo / Super Famicom emulator that began development on October 14th, 2004. It focuses on performance, features, and ease of use.
It is available under the GNU GPL version 3 or later.
Highlights
- 100% bug-free compatibility, ensuring that every game just works out of the box
- Full low-level support for even the most complex SNES coprocessors like the SuperFX and SA-1
- Decompression chips and real-time clocks are also fully emulated
- Every digital signal processor has full low-level emulation support
- Super Game Boy is fully supported, as are the Satellaview and Sufami Turbo
- All of the popular software filters are present
- In addition, many OpenGL pixel shaders are included out of the box
- Many tools are included such as movie recording, screenshot captures, speed adjustments, a cheat code editor, cheat code searching, and much more
- Supports many game enhancements, such as run-ahead, overclocking, deinterlacing, sprite limit removal, enhanced audio output, and more
- Dozens of drivers are provided so that bsnes can be configured optimally for any setup. Adaptive sync and dynamic rate control are both supported
- An advanced save state manager lets you categorize and name your save states