Super Nintendo Entertainment System - Revision history

Yawackhary at 19:58, 22 January 2025

2025-01-22T19:58:44Z

Yawackhary at 14:52, 11 January 2022

2022-01-11T14:52:57Z

Poudink: nevermind

2020-02-12T01:22:39Z

nevermind

Poudink: they literally made an update for the first time in several years just to fix the exploit lmao

2020-02-12T01:17:32Z

they literally made an update for the first time in several years just to fix the exploit lmao

Poudink: /* Suggested Emulators */

2020-02-12T01:15:34Z

‎Suggested Emulators

Superjustinbros: /* ZSNES */

2019-02-13T01:53:58Z

‎ZSNES

Superjustinbros: /* ZSNES */

2018-09-19T00:40:45Z

‎ZSNES

Superjustinbros: /* ZSNES */

2018-09-08T00:52:52Z

‎ZSNES

Yawackhary: /* Suggested Emulators */

2018-07-15T19:54:40Z

‎Suggested Emulators

Yawackhary at 21:35, 22 March 2018

2018-03-22T21:35:36Z

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 Note: Since vSNES is an older tool, savestates from bsnes/higan and newer versions of SNES9X will not work with this app. So you would have to use ZSNES that is virus prone or an emulator from before 2007...
 ==Suggested Emulators==
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 The bsnes-plus fork includes a tile viewer (both from the ROM and VRAM in game), a sprite viewer and a tilemap viewer for ripping backgrounds. This is based on an older version of bsnes that has Balanced and Performance options where the accuracy is lower but doesn't affect most games and can run on less powerful computers. Due to this BIOS and chip ROM dumps do not match what current bsnes/Higan uses.
 ===SNES9X===

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 Finally, Mode 7 backgrounds are for backgrounds or sprites that have been assigned to the SNES' Mode 7 capabilities, displaying their original, unaltered ratio either as a fully visible image, or in chunks viewable only when necessary for the current scene.
-Note: Since vSNES is an older tool, savestates from bsnes/Higan and newer versions of SNES9X will not work with this app. So you would have to use ZSNES that is virus prone or an emulator from before 2007...
+Note: Since vSNES is an older tool, savestates from bsnes/higan and newer versions of SNES9X will not work with this app. So you would have to use ZSNES that is virus prone or an emulator from before 2007...
 ==Suggested Emulators==
-===bsnes/Higan===
+===bsnes/higan===
-Higan, formerly known as bsnes is a very accurate SNES emulator that supports most, if not all SNES games. Apart from the SA-1 games, the emulator is cycle accurate to a SNES meaning that it is nearly as close as you can get to the console. It also runs games that other emulators have problems with such as Speedy Gonzales and displays the shadows in Air Strike Patrol. Higan does require a powerful computer and requires separate ROM dumps for the various chips that the SNES had e.g. DSP-1 (Pilotwings, Super Mario Kart), CX4 (Mega Man X 2 and 3). Older versions of bsnes have lower requirements and are easier to use because they have Balanced and Performance options where the accuracy is lower but doesn't affect most games and can run on less powerful computers.
+bsnes (also higan) is a very accurate SNES emulator that supports most, if not all SNES games. Apart from the SA-1 games, the emulator is cycle accurate to a SNES meaning that it is nearly as close as you can get to the console. This requires separate ROM dumps for the various chips that the SNES had e.g. DSP-1 (Pilotwings, Super Mario Kart), CX4 (Mega Man X 2 and 3). It also runs games that other emulators have problems with such as Speedy Gonzales and displays the shadows in Air Strike Patrol. This was originally known as bsnes however this was split into higan where it supported more systems and is more accurate, this was later also split into ares supporting other systems. bsnes was later relaunched making it more easier to use, more optimized and also has the ability to run the ''Super Mario World'' hacks that previously only ran on ZSNES.
 ===SNES9X===
-While not as accurate as Higan, it can run on less powerful computers and is one of the oldest emulators that still gets updated today.
+While not as accurate as higan, it can run on less powerful computers and is one of the oldest emulators that still gets updated today.
 ===[[BizHawk]]===
-BizHawk uses an older version of Higan called bsnes where it still had the Balanced and Performance options so requirements are lower to run. Thankfully it has a sprite/background/tile viewer that is simple to use even though palette select is a bit buggy and to view backgrounds that use two modes (e.g. 1 and 7), you would have to change the scanlines. It also has SNES9X has an option however does not have the sprite viewer.
+BizHawk uses an older version of bsnes where it still had the Balanced and Performance options so requirements are lower to run. Thankfully it has a sprite/background/tile viewer that is simple to use even though palette select is a bit buggy and to view backgrounds that use two modes (e.g. 1 and 7), you would have to change the scanlines. It also has SNES9X has an option however does not have the sprite viewer.
 ===ZSNES===

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 While you can remove layers to get sprites, it is best to just use it to get a savestate of what content you want to rip.
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 While you can remove layers to get sprites, it is best to just use it to get a savestate of what content you want to rip.
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 ===bsnes/Higan===
-Higan, formerly known as bsnes is a very accurate SNES emulator that supports most, if not all SNES games. Apart from the SA-1 games, the emulator is cycle accurate to a SNES meaning that it is as close as you can get to the console. It also runs games that other emulators have problems with such as Speedy Gonzales and displays the shadows in Air Strike Patrol. Higan does require a powerful computer and requires separate ROM dumps for the various chips that the SNES had e.g. DSP-1 (Pilotwings, Super Mario Kart), CX4 (Mega Man X 2 and 3). Older versions of bsnes have lower requirements and are easier to use because they have Balanced and Performance options where the accuracy is lower but doesn't affect most games and can run on less powerful computers.
+Higan, formerly known as bsnes is a very accurate SNES emulator that supports most, if not all SNES games. Apart from the SA-1 games, the emulator is cycle accurate to a SNES meaning that it is nearly as close as you can get to the console. It also runs games that other emulators have problems with such as Speedy Gonzales and displays the shadows in Air Strike Patrol. Higan does require a powerful computer and requires separate ROM dumps for the various chips that the SNES had e.g. DSP-1 (Pilotwings, Super Mario Kart), CX4 (Mega Man X 2 and 3). Older versions of bsnes have lower requirements and are easier to use because they have Balanced and Performance options where the accuracy is lower but doesn't affect most games and can run on less powerful computers.
 ===SNES9X===

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 ===ZSNES===
-Only mentioned here because many tools such as vSNES and [[Tile Molester]] require savestates from ZSNES whether its to rip sprites or for its palette. As an emulator, it was good for its time- however it is very inaccurate and should not really be used in an age where more powerful and accurate emulators exist. Some games don't work or sport numerous glitches that can lead to crashes, they may lack certain sound and graphical effects present on more accurate emulators and original hardware, and the emulator itself does not run games on special chips properly (such as the Cx4 and the Super FX chips). Ironically, some ''Super Mario World'' hacks only work on ZSNES.
+Only mentioned here because many tools such as vSNES, [[YY-CHR]], and [[Tile Molester]] require savestates from ZSNES whether it's to rip sprites or for its palette. As an emulator, it was good for its time- however it is very inaccurate and should not really be used in an age where more powerful and accurate emulators exist. Some games don't work or sport numerous glitches that can lead to crashes, sometimes  lacking certain sound and graphical effects present on more accurate emulators and original hardware, and the emulator itself does not run games on special chips properly (such as the Cx4 and the Super FX chips). Ironically, some ''Super Mario World'' hacks only work on ZSNES.
-While you can remove layers to get sprites, it is best to just use it to get a savestate of the thing that you want to rip.
+While you can remove layers to get sprites, it is best to just use it to get a savestate of what content you want to rip.
 WARNING: Using ZSNES is a security risk because it can be used to hack your PC via an exploit.