![]() ![]() That being said, there is no doubt that BSNES is an impressive emulator that is very close to simulating the original hardware. And sure enough, many BSNES releases are bug fixes that probably would be found if there was any semblance of a testing phase. Probably the main issue is that downloading a new version of BSNES makes you feel much like a beta tester. ![]() The following emulators were used in the main tests: BSNES 0.68, SNES9x 1.52, ZSNES 1.51 and MESS 0.169.īyuu's BSNES is an emulator under heavy active development, which is both a good and bad thing. I tried to get an action screenshot for each emulator, to try and illustrate the speed that it was running. I'm running the 64-bit version of Ubuntu.įor all emulators, I used Super Mario World as a test game, because it was the most widely distributed game during the reign of the console. ![]() My computer specs, a HP Pavilion laptop, the specs which you can see on HP's website. I don't claim that my article is an exhaustive look at the accuracy of emulators, nor the state of digital preservation, but I hope that my efforts on SNES Central go further in preservation efforts than their attempts.įor a reference, this is the base specs of my computer that I used for my tests: Notwithstanding my distaste for "open source" journals, I feel that a proper peer review by experts in the field would have revealed the errors in this article. The article focused on SNES emulation, and I feel they did a poor job researching available emulators (leaving out BSNES, for example), and using arbitrary standards for determining "accuracy". (2010) about preserving hardware and software from non-supported older systems in a digital format. As with the two articles written in 2004, I expect some of what I say to be controversial, and I state that everything here is strictly my opinion.Īnother reason I am writing this is as a response to the journal article by Guttenbrunner et al. I also think that it would be beneficial for other end users to have a proper overview of SNES emulation. I have only a fragmented knowledge of how the SNES works, but because of this website, I am inclined to use several emulators for different purposes. In my article, I bring forth the experience as a pure end user. Much research has solved a lot of the problems stated in Matthew Kendora and byuu's analysis of SNES emulation in 2004. Shortly afterwards, at first reiterating the issues, byuu decided to start developing BSNES, which intended to fill the void of an accuracy focused emulator. I guess you could say that this article is a followup to this old thread by Matthew Kendora in which he violently left the scene. For many years, SNES9x and ZSNES competed for the crown of the best SNES emulator, though in 2010 there are several other options that might be considered for the enthusiast. There are about 20-25 SNES emulators that have been developed over the years, though only a few ever got to the point where they could be considered usable for general gaming. SNES emulation has been around for approximately 15 years, and over time there have been many great emulators. Snes Central: State of SNES Emulation - 2010
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