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bsnes is a Super Nintendo (SNES) emulator focused on performance, features, and ease of use.

Unique features of bsnes:

• True Super Game Boy emulation (using the SameBoy core by Lior Halphon)

• HD mode 7 graphics (by DerKoun) with optional supersampling

• Low-level emulation of all SNES coprocessors

• Multi-threaded PPU graphics renderer

• Speed mode settings which retain smooth audio output

• Built-in games database with over 1,200 game entries

• Built-in cheat code database (by mightymo) with hundreds of game entries

• Built-in save state manager with screenshot previews and naming capabilities

• Customizable game mappings to support any game cartridges, including prototypes

• 7-zip decompression support

• Extensive Satellaview emulation, including BS Memory flash write and wear-leveling support

• Optional higan game folder support (standard game ROM files are also supported!)

• Advanced mapping system allowing multiple bindings to every emulated input

Standard features of bsnes:

• 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 and ASIO exclusive mode audio

• Periodic auto-saving of game saves

• Auto-saves of states when unloading games, and auto-resuming when reloading games

• Sprite limit disable support

• Cubic audio interpolation support

• Deinterlacing 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

• Cheat code search support

• Movie recording and playback support

• Rewind support

• HiDPI monitor support

• Multi-monitor support

• Turbo support for controller inputs

License: GPL-3.0