Snes9x 1.60 (32‑Bit).32-Bit applications are no longer supported in Mac OS Catalina. See setup instructions for more info. Snes9x is a virtual emulator for the popular Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) and was made available on all major platforms thanks to a large group of developers. With Snes9x, you can.
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We use special emulators that support tools such as savestates and frame advance, and generate movie files from them. These movie files are nothing more than a recording of input. They do not contain images or video. All movie format specifications can be found here.
Disclaimer: The majority of rerecording emulators are third-party modifications of existing open-source emulators. In most cases, only these rerecording emulators can play and make TASes, and not the official emulator.
We do not by any means claim that using any of these emulators will guarantee 'correct' results. There may be bugs in these emulators which have gone unnoticed due to lack of testing.
You should read DesyncHelpTAS before making any serious projects. All movies are highly dependent on timing and the slightest difference may cause a desync. We cannot help you if you lose work due to desync problems. You must also read the Movie Rules if you plan to submit your work to this site.
For a comprehensive list of supported platforms and their emulators, see the Platforms page.
Emulator overview
| System | Emulator | Movie Format |
|---|---|---|
| Apple II | BizHawk | BK2 |
| Arcade/Neo Geo | MAME-RR | MAR |
| Arcade/Neo Geo | FinalBurnAlpha-RR | FBM |
| Atari 2600/7800 | BizHawk | BK2 |
| Atari Lynx | BizHawk | BK2 |
| ColecoVision | BizHawk | BK2 |
| ColecoVision | openMSX | OMR |
| Commodore 64 | BizHawk | BK2 |
| DOOM demo | (various) | LMP |
| DOS | JPC-RR | JRSR |
| Game Boy Advance | BizHawk | BK2 |
| Game Boy/Game Boy Color/Super Game Boy | BizHawk | BK2 |
| Game Boy/Game Boy Color/Super Game Boy | lsnes | LSMV |
| IntelliVision | BizHawk | BK2 |
| Linux | libTAS[3] | LTM |
| MSX | openMSX | OMR[2] |
| Neo Geo Pocket/Color | BizHawk | BK2 |
| Nintendo | BizHawk | BK2 |
| Nintendo | FCEUX | FM2/FM3 |
| Nintendo 64 | BizHawk | BK2 |
| Nintendo DS | DeSmuME | DSM |
| Nintendo GameCube/Wii | Dolphin[8] | DTM |
| PCE/PCE-CD (TG-16)/SGX | BizHawk | BK2 |
| PlayStation | BizHawk | BK2 |
| Sega 32X | BizHawk | BK2 |
| Sega Genesis/Sega CD | BizHawk | BK2 |
| Sega Master System/Sega Game Gear/SG-1000 | BizHawk | BK2 |
| Sega Saturn | BizHawk[9] | BK2 |
| SpectraVideo SVI 3x8 | openMSX | OMR |
| Super Nintendo/Super Game Boy | BizHawk | BK2 |
| Super Nintendo/Super Game Boy | lsnes | LSMV |
| Uzebox | BizHawk | BK2 |
| Virtual Boy | BizHawk | BK2 |
| WonderSwan/WonderSwan Color | BizHawk | BK2 |
| General Computer Vectrex | BizHawk | BK2 |
| ZX Spectrum | BizHawk | BK2 |
| Odyssey 2 | BizHawk | BK2 |
| System | Emulator | Movie Format |
|---|---|---|
| Game Boy Advance | VisualBoyAdvance | VBM |
| Sega Genesis/Sega CD/Sega 32X | Gens | GMV |
| Windows | Hourglass[3] | WTF |
| System | Emulator | Movie Format |
|---|---|---|
| Game Boy/Game Boy Color | Visual Boy Advance | VBM |
| Nintendo GameCube/Wii | Dolphin[8] | DTM |
| Super Nintendo | Snes9x[4] | SMV |
| System | Emulator | Movie Format |
|---|---|---|
| Nintendo | Famtasia | FMV |
| Nintendo | FCE Ultra | FCM |
| Nintendo | VirtuaNES | VMV |
| Nintendo 64 | Mupen64-rr | M64 |
| PlayStation | PCSX | PXM |
| PlayStation | PSXjin | PJM |
| Sega Master System/Sega Game Gear | Dega (altered versions) | MMV |
| Sega Saturn | Yabause | YMV |
| Super Game Boy | Visual Boy Advance | VBM |
| Super Nintendo | ZSNES | ZMV |
| TG-16 | Pcejin | MC2 |
| Virtual Boy | VBjin | MC2 |
| (Multi)[1] | Mednafen-rr | MC2 |
See also: Other Emulators.
Supported Operating Systems
Tell us if one of the entries is wrong or if you can resolve one of the 'Unknown' ones to a 'Yes' or 'No'. If in doubt, just test it yourself.| Emulator | Windows | Linux | Mac OS X |
|---|---|---|---|
| BizHawk | Yes | Yes (with Mono)[5] | Yes (1.x; with Mono)[10] |
| Dega (altered versions) | Yes | Yes | Unknown |
| DeSmuME | Yes | Yes (with Wine)[7] | Unknown[7] |
| Dolphin | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| FCE Ultra | Yes | Unknown | Unknown |
| FCEUX | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| FinalBurnAlpha | Yes | Yes (with Wine) | Unknown |
| Gens | Yes | Yes (with Wine)[6] | Unknown |
| Hourglass[3] | Yes | No | No |
| libTAS[3] | No | Yes | No |
| lsnes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Mednafen-rr | Yes | Yes | Unknown |
| Mupen64-rr | Yes | Yes (with Wine) | Unknown |
| openMSX | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Pcejin | Yes | Unknown | Unknown |
| PCSX | Yes | Unknown | Unknown |
| PSXjin | Yes | Unknown | Unknown |
| Snes9x[4] | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| VisualBoyAdvance | Yes | Yes (with Wine) | Unknown |
| VBjin | Yes | Unknown | Unknown |
| Yabause | Yes | Unknown | Unknown |
Explanation:
- 'Yes': The emulator compiles and runs. Limitations are given via annotations (e.g. 'Yes (with Wine)') or footnotes.
- 'No': The emulator does not compile or run at all (even with Wine or Mono).
- 'Unknown': It is neither known whether the emulator compiles nor whether it runs at all.
Using Emulators
- Using: Instructions on how to perform common tasks on different emulators. For more specifications, see each emulator's Source Code Repository.
- Platforms - List of all rerecordable platforms and links to emulators and movies
- Platform Resources: Contains knowledge and notes for TASing various platforms using BizHawk cores.
- Platform Framerates - A list of framerates used for each platform to determine movie timing.
- Encoding Guide: Instructions on how to encode movies into high quality multimedia files suitable for easy viewing. (You do not need this for submitting movies.)
Development
- Recent emulator updates: Recent changes to the rerecording emulators.
- Recent emulator bug reports: Recent bug reports for the rerecording emulators.
- Desired features: Lists emulator features wished by users and compares the features of different emulators.
- Development: List information about source code projects, how to compile, and how to contribute to emulator development.
- Potential emulators: List of ideas for developers. Lists non-approved open source emulators with links and status of their development.
- TASVideos Requirements: Lists emulator features required by this site.
- Laws Of TAS: Tips on TAS tools implementation.
Accuracy tests
- Playstation emulator accuracy tests (Archived mirror, relevant Reddit post)
Subpages
>>Emulator Resources / Bug Reports
>>Emulator Resources / Desmume
>>Emulator Resources / Desmume / DSM
>>Emulator Resources / Development
>>Emulator Resources / DTM
>>Emulator Resources / Famtasia
>>Emulator Resources / Famtasia / FMV
>>Emulator Resources / Fba
>>Emulator Resources / Fba / FR Format
>>Emulator Resources / Fbarr
>>Emulator Resources / Fbarr / FBM
>>Emulator Resources / Fbash
>>Emulator Resources / Fbash / FRS
>>Emulator Resources / FCEU
>>Emulator Resources / FCEU / Compiling
>>Emulator Resources / FCEU / FCM
>>Emulator Resources / FCEU / Sync History
>>Emulator Resources / FCEUX
>>Emulator Resources / Features
>>Emulator Resources / GB Accuracy Tests
>>Emulator Resources / Gens
>>Emulator Resources / Gens / GMV
>>Emulator Resources / Gens / Grrl
>>Emulator Resources / Hourglass
>>Emulator Resources / Hourglass / WTF
>>Emulator Resources / JPC
>>Emulator Resources / JPC / CPU Dividers
>>Emulator Resources / JPC / JRSR Format
>>Emulator Resources / JPC / Key Numbers
>>Emulator Resources / JPC / Movie Dumping
>>Emulator Resources / JPC / Movie Dumping R10
>>Emulator Resources / JPC / Movie Dumping R11
>>Emulator Resources / JPC / PC Settings
>>Emulator Resources / lib TAS
>>Emulator Resources / lib TAS / FAQ
>>Emulator Resources / lib TAS / Game Compatibility
>>Emulator Resources / lib TAS / LTM Format
>>Emulator Resources / lib TAS / MAME
>>Emulator Resources / lib TAS / Menu Options
>>Emulator Resources / lib TAS / Usage
>>Emulator Resources / Mamerr
>>Emulator Resources / Mamerr / MAR
>>Emulator Resources / Mednafen
>>Emulator Resources / Mednafen / MC2
>>Emulator Resources / Mednafen / MCM
>>Emulator Resources / MMV
>>Emulator Resources / Mupen
>>Emulator Resources / Mupen / M64
>>Emulator Resources / NES Accuracy Tests
>>Emulator Resources / NES Accuracy Tests / Test Criteria
>>Emulator Resources / Open Msx / OMR
>>Emulator Resources / Pcejin
>>Emulator Resources / P Cem
>>Emulator Resources / P Cem / DOS
>>Emulator Resources / P Cem / Linux
>>Emulator Resources / PCSX
>>Emulator Resources / PCSX / PXM
>>Emulator Resources / PCSX / Resync
>>Emulator Resources / Potential Emulators
>>Emulator Resources / PS Xjin
>>Emulator Resources / PS Xjin / PJM
>>Emulator Resources / Ram Search
>>Emulator Resources / Ram Watch
>>Emulator Resources / Requirements
>>Emulator Resources / Snes 9x
>>Emulator Resources / Snes 9x / Lua Functions
>>Emulator Resources / Snes 9x / SMV
>>Emulator Resources / SNES Accuracy Tests
>>Emulator Resources / TAS Editor
>>Emulator Resources / Tastools
>>Emulator Resources / Updates
>>Emulator Resources / Using
>>Emulator Resources / VBA
>>Emulator Resources / VBA / Lua Scripting Functions
>>Emulator Resources / VBA / Sync History
>>Emulator Resources / VBA / V21 Change Log
>>Emulator Resources / VBA / V22 Change Log
>>Emulator Resources / VBA / VBM
>>Emulator Resources / V Bjin
>>Emulator Resources / Yabause
>>Emulator Resources / Yabause / YMV
[1]: Mednafen-rr supports all flavors of TurboGrafx/PC-Engine, including CD-ROM, as well as Atari Lynx, Neo Geo Pocket/Color, and WonderSwan/Color. It also supports PC-FX, but only for the Linux version.
[2] The older .gz extension is no longer supported.
[3] Technically speaking, Hourglass and libTAS are not emulators. They are API translation layers between the game and the operating system.
[4] Movies using Snes9x v1.43 are not accepted unless a continuance is granted. Movies using Snes9x v1.51 or newer are accepted but the emulator is deprecated.
[5] Most features and cores work, notable omissions being Lua support, Mupen64Plus (N64), and Octoshock (PSX). See BizHawk issue #1430 for details.
[6] AVI capture may be dysfunctional.
Snes9x Team
[7] Some tools may not work or look garbled (e.g. Memory viewer) and various (minor or major) bugs may occur. There are native versions, but those don't seem to have rerecording. Alternatively, a Windows virtual machine may be used (though it runs rather slow).
[8] Dolphin versions prior to 4.0-3595 are deprecated and will not be accepted in the future.
[9] Sega Saturn movies in BizHawk must use 2.0 or a higher version of the emulator. Older versions are not accepted.
[10] See macOS section of BizHawk's readme for details.
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Snes9x is a portable, freeware Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) emulator. It allows you to play most games designed for the SNES and Super Famicom game systems on your PC; which includes some titles that were exclusively released in Japan.
Snes9x is the result of decades of part-time hacking, coding, recoding, and debugging. Snes9x is coded in C++ and has been compiled for Windows, Linux, Mac OS, Android, and many other platforms.
Mac OS / OSX
*32-Bit applications are no longer supported in Mac OS Catalina. See setup instructions for more info.
iOS
Developed by Robert Broglia
Snes9x Windows 10
Libretro Cores for Windows
Source Code
Alternate Mirrors
Snes9x For Mac
Windows
First, determine if your system is 32-bit or 64-bit. If you need help, you can Once you've determined this, the version of Snes9x that matches your OS architecture.
Snes9x is a standalone program so it does not require installation; simple extract the contents of the .zip archive to your desired location and run the included executable.
MacOS / OS X
If you are running MacOS 10.14 (Mojave) or eariler, the .zip archive and extract it. Snes9x is a standalone application and can be run from any location, but you can move the application to the Applications folder if you'd like.
Users running MacOS 10.15 (Catalina) have a few options - the Carbon API is no longer supported in Catalina, and while exist, they are not as feature rich as existing versions. Because of this, most users prefer using the Snes9x core in , as it is still actively developed and natively supports Catalina.
Ubuntu
the .deb package. While .deb files can be installed , the easiest way is to double-click the .deb file and install through the Ubuntu Software Center. Note: this package is only compatible with 64-bit systems and is designed for Ubuntu 19.04 or later. If you would like to install Snes9x on another Linux distrubution, you can always build the program yourself using the provided .
Android
If your device has the Google Play Store installed, simply navigate to the and download it like you would any other app. If your device doesn't have Google Play services installed on it, you can always sideload the latest . Note: depending on your version of Android, you may have to enable .