The best snes emulator

[Subzero100]

i dont know never had the problem with those. Its in the settings has to set up properly. Never cared for earthworm jim anyway.

i set this thing up years ago so i could tell you exactly how, and i just tried both games one might run slightly better at sertain points but that's about it. As long as its playable i dont care about perfection really.

 

[trumpet-205]

Right, but you are the one who asked which one is the best SNES emulator. ZSNES is far from being the best SNES emulator.

Unless you have Pentium III or even older PC (14+ years old PC) there is no advantage to use ZSNES.

 

[Elrinth]

ZSnes was always my fav snes emu. Extremely easy to setup and even features netplay.
Now it's been quite a while since I used Snes9x, but I remember it being super duper inferior to ZSnes back in early 2000. I'm sure alot has happened since.
As many state, zsnes isn't in development any more. If I got to choose I'd probably use Higan or perhaps try Snes9x again. Tho it's important to know that Snes9x was last updated in 2011. While higan has been getting updates pretty recently. Only 3 days ago

no$sns seems to be a decent snes emulator aswell: http://nocash.emubase.de/sns.htm entirely written in assembler! tho I couldn't find any save/load state options.

 

[the_randomizer]

Right, but you are the one who asked which one is the best SNES emulator. ZSNES is far from being the best SNES emulator.

Unless you have Pentium III or even older PC (14+ years old PC) there is no advantage to use ZSNES.

^This. Zsnes is dead, despite the developers stating that they're working on Zsnes 2.0 (yeah right). Snes9x 1.54 is in the works, and Byuu is helping BearOSO and the other developers, though the pace has slowed somewhat

ZSnes was always my fav snes emu. Extremely easy to setup and even features netplay.
Now it's been quite a while since I used Snes9x, but I remember it being super duper inferior to ZSnes back in early 2000. I'm sure alot has happened since.
As many state, zsnes isn't in development any more. If I got to choose I'd probably use Higan or perhaps try Snes9x again. Tho it's important to know that Snes9x was last updated in 2011. While higan has been getting updates pretty recently. Only 3 days ago


no$sns seems to be a decent snes emulator aswell: http://nocash.emubase.de/sns.htm entirely written in assembler! tho I couldn't find any save/load state options.

That's why I love RetroArch, it has both the Higan and Snes9x cores for me to play around with, Zsnes, yeah, it's deader then Elvis.

 

[kristianity77]

I cant believe I've read through all the replies and no one has mentioned SnesGT? I mean what? It leaves Zsnes, and Snes9x in the dust. Its the only emulator that totally nails the sound chip as well. In my eyes, and with the hundreds of roms ive played through, its pretty much flawless.

 

[Subzero100]

zsnes has been working flawless for me for years, and plays all the games perfectly.For me there's no need for anything else; especially since all my info is on it. Also snes9x has been updated in the recent year where zsnes has not, so of course it was bound to catch up.

"I cant believe I've read through all the replies and no one has mentioned SnesGT?"\

Probably because its irrelevant , and until now i never even heard of it.

 

[kristianity77]

zsnes has been working flawless for me for years, and plays all the games perfectly.For me there's no need for anything else; especially since all my info is on it. Also snes9x has been updated in the recent year where zsnes has not, so of course it was bound to catch up.

"I cant believe I've read through all the replies and no one has mentioned SnesGT?"\

Probably because its irrelevant , and until now i never even heard of it.

So its irrelevant because you've never heard of it yet your the OP asking people on here what is considered to be the best snes emu? Perhaps you should hunt it down and try it out perchance if you've never heard of it no?

 

[the_randomizer]

I cant believe I've read through all the replies and no one has mentioned SnesGT? I mean what? It leaves Zsnes, and Snes9x in the dust. Its the only emulator that totally nails the sound chip as well. In my eyes, and with the hundreds of roms ive played through, its pretty much flawless.

That too is a very fantastic emulator, in fact, both use LLE audio, I can't tell a difference audio-wise, plus it fully emulates the Satellaview/Super Famicom add-on, nothing no emulator can claim, so other games that were release on that are emulated It's a fantastic emulator

zsnes has been working flawless for me for years, and plays all the games perfectly.For me there's no need for anything else; especially since all my info is on it. Also snes9x has been updated in the recent year where zsnes has not, so of course it was bound to catch up.

"I cant believe I've read through all the replies and no one has mentioned SnesGT?"\


Probably because its irrelevant , and until now i never even heard of it.

SnesGT is developed by some Japanese guys who pretty much had cycle-accurate SPC700/S-SMP emulation before Snes9x ever did, so they get huge props for that. Zsnes 1.51 was released seven years ago, in 2006, I think it's safe to say it's dead. Compare the games to real hardware and I can prove that Zsnes does NOT emulate any game remotely close to the real thing. Super Mario World? The twirl-jump attack?

Believe me, I've done extensive comparative tests on Snes9x vs. Zsnes, and it simply loses. What's good for one person doesn't mean good for everyone else. Truly the IE 6 of Snes emulators

 

[Elrinth]

lol randomizer, nice ending

If you want to know about more snes emulators, zophar.net has a pretty comprehensive emulator list: http://www.zophar.net/snes.html
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[Subzero100]

Well all emulators are pretty much garbage at some point, but for some reason mine works perfectly. That's pretty good for a old emu from a scene that's pretty much dead.

 

[kristianity77]

I think most of the emulators now have the graphics and what not down 100%. For me its just the differences in sound compared to real hardware. Thats why I picked out SnesGT. I know its very choosy to pick out sound effects that sound wrong on other emus but for me its was a bugbear.

Never before SnesGT had i heard the thunder sound correctly on Super Castlevania IVs title screen. Nor had I heard the left and right mixing work perfectly on Super Mario World (going through a pipe on a real snes was the 3 noise thing it makes going left to right to left on the speakers) only snesGT does this correctly. And other sounds as well like certain sword effects in Secret of Mana. Wrong on others, correct on GT. Output the emu to a TV using I think its called Blaarg NTSC filter (I could be wrong here) and it makes a 40 inch lcd look and feel just like an old CRT. It gives the picture the old hazy look of RF cable, and even puts in the shadowing that you used to get on black lines. Proper nostalgia! Its those little things that stick out, especially if a console like the snes, was your bread and butter as a teenager as it was me.

 

[Subzero100]

I think most of the emulators now have the graphics and what not down 100%. For me its just the differences in sound compared to real hardware. Thats why I picked out SnesGT. I know its very choosy to pick out sound effects that sound wrong on other emus but for me its was a bugbear.

Never before SnesGT had i heard the thunder sound correctly on Super Castlevania IVs title screen. Nor had I heard the left and right mixing work perfectly on Super Mario World (going through a pipe on a real snes was the 3 noise thing it makes going left to right to left on the speakers) only snesGT does this correctly. And other sounds as well like certain sword effects in Secret of Mana. Wrong on others, correct on GT. Output the emu to a TV using I think its called Blaarg NTSC filter (I could be wrong here) and it makes a 40 inch lcd look and feel just like an old CRT. It gives the picture the old hazy look of RF cable, and even puts in the shadowing that you used to get on black lines. Proper nostalgia! Its those little things that stick out, especially if a console like the snes, was your bread and butter as a teenager as it was me.

hmmm you should probably buy the real thing then, but i dont use the emu just for sound effects or another small differences. Just running the games in the end that's all that matters really.

 

[kristianity77]

hmmm you should probably buy the real thing then, but i dont use the emu just for sound effects or another small differences. Just running the games in the end that's all that matters really.

I had the real thing for about 5 years from beginning to when I then jumped on the PSX bandwagon. All im saying is, is there is emulation to play games on for people who probably never owned a snes or took much notice of it, whereby something like Zsnes is fine. Then there is emulation for people who had one, loved it, and wants 99.9% of the experience of days gone by, down to the tiniest of details. And ones like ZSnes and Snes9x to a point, dont cut it.

 

[Subzero100]

cell phones....the perfect example...if their controls weren't shitty. Then again you can make any emu good as long as you know how to set it up right.

 

[kristianity77]

This is the sort of difference your looking at if your interested. But just to show. First video, from youtube, doesnt state which emu it is, but its without doubt either Zsnes or Snes 9x. Listen to the thunder, listen to the bats. Second video, is hardware. Again, listen to the thunder, then the bats. Its totally different. You'll get the better version with SnesGT, perhaps even with Retoarch as well like the randomizer suggests (Im yet to delve into Retroarch yet on a PC, for my sins)

 

[the_randomizer]

Like I said, Snes9x and SnesGT both use the same LLE audio code, so there shouldn't be an difference if any, between those and actual hardware (I too am very sensitive to them). Another prime example, is Lavo's scream from Chrono Trigger, Zsnes it sounds effed up, but on Snes9x/GT it's perfect No emulator will ever be 1:1 to the real thing, definitely, but it can be pretty damn close.

This is the sort of difference your looking at if your interested. But just to show. First video, from youtube, doesnt state which emu it is, but its without doubt either Zsnes or Snes 9x. Listen to the thunder, listen to the bats. Second video, is hardware. Again, listen to the thunder, then the bats. Its totally different. You'll get the better version with SnesGT, perhaps even with Retoarch as well like the randomizer suggests (Im yet to delve into Retroarch yet on a PC, for my sins)

That first one ain't Snes9x, I can tell ya that, definitely Zsnes That Konami logo sound is way off.

 

[tbgtbg]

I haven't done much SNES emulating on PC since hacking the Xbox (not 360) on there, some games seem to work better in SNES9x, some in ZSNES, some are fine in both, some are awful in both.

The SNES emulator on Wii is pretty good. I think it's based on 9x. Of course you can just inject roms into VC and go that way too.

 

[the_randomizer]

I haven't done much SNES emulating on PC since hacking the Xbox (not 360) on there, some games seem to work better in SNES9x, some in ZSNES, some are fine in both, some are awful in both.

The SNES emulator on Wii is pretty good. I think it's based on 9x. Of course you can just inject roms into VC and go that way too.

Have you tried Snes9x Next? It's actually fantastic and does a better job than Snes9x GX (RetroArch Wii has Next on it), no frame skipping which is miraculous on the Wii. Speaking of which, Snes9x on the PC is phenomenal at this point and runs every game better than Zsnes does, at least, as of version 1.53 Problem with .wad injection is compatibility isn't that high.

 

[RayleoPatel]

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[Sonic Angel Knight]

Mega bump!