| Name | Download | Updated (dd/mm/yy) | OS | History | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bsnes | v0.068 v0.064 Sources | 21/08/10 21/08/10 | Win32 Win32 / Linux | History | Work on it started in 2004, and now it is very advanced. It wants to be the most accurate SNES emulator. edit / other platforms |
| Snes9x | v1.52-fix4 v1.52 Sources v1.52-fix4 (Français) | 16/01/10 12/01/10 30/01/10 | Win32 - Win32 | History | This is also a very good choice for your SNES emulation needs. This one is very popular and was ported to many platforms. edit / other platforms |
| ZSNES | v1.51 v1.51 v1.52 WIP 5192 v1.52 WIP 5124 | 25/01/07 25/01/07 01/04/08 01/04/08 | Win32 DOS Win32 DOS | History | The best SNES emulator I ever used. Probably the best emulator in all emulation history, period! Compatible, nice GUI, perfect speed. For network play on battle.net, see zbattle.net in the Other Emulators section. edit / other platforms |
| Name | Download | Updated (dd/mm/yy) | OS | History | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audio Overload | v2.0 v2.0 | 29/07/08 29/07/08 | Windows (32-bits) Windows (64-bits) | History | This is a music player for many formats including NES, SNES, Amiga, Sam Coupe, Playstation, Sega Saturn, and many more. edit / other platforms |
| ESNES | v0.14a | 05/08/97 | DOS | History | Lord ESNES and Ishmair made this great early SNES emulator. It is written in assembly and has sound support. edit / other platforms |
| Geiger’s Snes9x Debugger | Mark 9 R8 msvcp71.zip msvcr71.zip mfc71.zip | 19/04/05 18/03/03 21/02/03 19/03/03 | Windows Windows Windows Windows | History | This is an emulator geared toward rom hacking. The emulator includes a debugger, Hex editor and Tracer. edit / other platforms |
| Mame Plus Multi J.E.T. | v0.137 | 07/03/10 | Win32 | History | This is a hack of MAME that includes MESS drivers and other changes. edit / other platforms |
| MorphGear | v2.2.5.2 | 22/08/04 | Win32 | History | A multi-console emulator for SNES, Sega Genesis, and TurboGrafx-16. edit / other platforms |
| NLKE | v0.05b | 31/12/99 | DOS | History | This is a combination of NLKSNES and ESNES, the authors decided to work together at the time to join their forces. edit / other platforms |
| NLKSNES | v0.15d | 22/10/97 | DOS | History | No sound support, but this emulator was one of the fastest back then. edit / other platforms |
| Pasofami | v1.5u | 12/05/10 | Windows | History | Pasofami is a NES emulator. The webpage is in japanese. edit / other platforms |
| SNESGT | v0.218 English | 04/05/07 | Win32 | History | This is a pretty emulator, still updated, you should have a look! It's originally in Japanese, but there are langage plugins available on the website. edit / other platforms |
| SNEShout | v3.2 | 02/04/01 | Windows | History | Based on the Snes9x (1.37) core, this emulator features a few few minor tweaks and one major improvment; SNES games can be played using the Japanese version of ViaVoice. It comes with voice mappings for Street Fighter 2 and Puyo Puyo 2 but more can always be made. This version comes with the option of making the interface in Japanese, Chinese (BIG5), or English. edit / other platforms |
| SNEeSe | v0.853 v0.853 v0.853 Sources | 28/08/06 28/08/06 28/08/06 | Win32 DOS - | History | This is a pretty decent SNES emulator. edit / other platforms |
| SNEmul | v0.9 | 02/08/99 | DOS | History | A nice emulator too, this one was ported to Nintendo DS! edit / other platforms |
| SNEqr | v0.340 v0.340 Sources | 23/06/98 23/06/98 | DOS DOS | History | This emulator has been discontinued. It has some useful features, such as automatic state saving and cheat searching and a good GUI. However, it has medium compatibility and lacks sound, 16-bit color mode and other advanced features found in more popular emulators. edit / other platforms |
| SNem | NEUSNem v0.1 v0.095 WIP | 19/10/07 06/03/05 | Win32 Win9x | History | This is a nice emulator. NEUSNem is a complete rewrite of SNem. edit / other platforms |
| Snes9k | v0.09z | 03/04/05 | Windows | History | This is an unofficial work in progress of Snes9x with Kaillera netplay support. edit / other platforms |
| Snes9xGL | v1.29 Beta 1 | 15/05/00 | Windows | History | Kreed has made a version of Snes9X which uses OpenGL instead of Glide to do fullscreen bilinear filtering. edit / other platforms |
| Snes9xPP SE | v09-14-04 | 14/09/04 | Windows | History | This is a custom version of Snes9x which adds an HQ2X filter. edit / other platforms |
| Snes9x (Unofficial) | Beta 9.9.7 Beta 9.9.7 Beta 9.9.4 Sources | 30/10/01 30/10/01 29/07/01 | Windows (i686) Windows (K6) - | History | This is a unofficial version which is based on the sources from Snes9X 1.37c. edit / other platforms |
| Snes9x Direct3D | v1.51 v1.51 Sources | 26/11/08 26/11/08 | Win32 - | History | This is a modification of Snes9x that switches the display code from DirectDraw to Direct3D9. edit / other platforms |
| Super Famicom Emulator | Unknown version | 24/03/96 | Windows | History | This is a Super Famicom emulator in japanese. Documentation is also in japanese so I have no much information about it. edit / other platforms |
| Super Sleuth | Public Beta 1.02 | 24/12/04 | Windows | History | Super Sleuth is an emulator in the works for about six years. It features a realtime debugging system and great compatibility. edit / other platforms |
| TheSE | v0.14b | 31/07/98 | DOS | History | TheSE, which stands for The SNES Emulator, is an emulator from the same team that created the now dead USNES. edit / other platforms |
| USNES | v0.01b v0.01a | 27/04/97 25/01/97 | DOS DOS | History | Buggy and slow SNES emulator. edit / other platforms |
| VSMC | v9702 v9606 v0.70 Beta 1st Pre-Release | 25/02/97 12/06/96 22/08/94 | DOS DOS DOS | History | VSMC was pretty good for its time, but many emulators came out after it that were far better and free too. The VSMC.DOC file inside the archive of version 0.70 Beta 1st Pre-Release is great because it describes the fake SNES emulators at the time of release :) edit / other platforms |
| Xe | v2.16.2 Various Bios | 01/04/09 28/09/07 | Win32 - | History | This multi-console emulator emulates Playstation, Neo Geo, FM TOWNS, and a couple of other consoles. The Bios are not official Bios, they are replacement bios given by the authors of Xe. edit / other platforms |
| YAME | v0.38 | 12/11/01 | Windows | History | This multiconsole emulator supports Gameboy, NES, SNES and TurboGrafx-16 . edit / other platforms |
| zbattle.net | v1.09 BETA | 03/07/01 | Windows | History | zbattle.net is a multi-player service for ZSNES. zbattle.net uses a centralized server, which means everybody using it will be able to join your game. edit / other platforms |
| jSNES | v0.02 Alpha | 15/07/09 | Java | History | This is a SNES emulator written in Java. edit / other platforms |
| snes9x151-rerecording | v1.43 v17 (lua51.dll) v1.43+ 15.3 Sources v1.51 r67 v1.51+ 6.0 (lua51.dll) | 31/01/10 08/09/08 14/06/09 31/01/10 | Windows Win32 Windows - | History | This is a modification of Snes9x geared to allow tool-assisted video recordings. Note that there is also active development on the 1.43 branch of Snes9x here. edit / other platforms |
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