 SUPER
NINTENDO (SNES)
In order to combat the ever-growing success of the
Sega Genesis, Nintendo
released its own 16-bit unit. The Super Nintendo hit the US market in
1991
and reclaimed a large part of its audience from the Genesis. This new
system
with its 16-bit 65816 CPU had excellent graphics, stereo sound
(designed
by Sony) and built-in scaling and rotation hardware. The Super
Nintendo's
success was due to its large number of high quality games and
recognizable
characters. Mario Bros. was a huge success for the NES and its SNES
sequel,
Super Mario World, followed the trend. Super Mario Kart brought the
Mario
Bros. franchise to the racing scene. Other must have games included
Chrono
Trigger, Street Fighter II and Mortal Kombat.
When both Sega and NEC released CD-ROM add-ons for
their systems, Nintendo
countered with a 32-bit CD-ROM add-on of their own. As history would
have
it, the SNES CD was never released when Nintendo's partnership with
Sony
broke up. All in all, the Super Nintendo was a great console (despite
the
fact that it only ran at 3.58 MHz, less than half the clock speed of
the
Sega Genesis).
Source:
Destination Emulation. SNES section under Game Menu/Consoles/Super
Nintendo.
Snes9x : Homepage
: DOS/Linux/Windows/Mac/BeOS/SunOS/...
When it comes to SNES emulators, there are only two that I can
recommend,
Snes9x and ZSNES. Both emulators are very similar and offer such
features
such as NetPlay, built in cheat options, screen captures, up to 5
programmable
inputs, 16-bit stereo sound, and compatibility with most SNES ROMs that
are out. You'll also find a wide range of resolutions and aliasing
options
to choose from. I prefer Snes9x's GUI (graphical user interface) over
ZSNES's,
but otherwise both emulators are worth a try and will do the job.
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ZSNES
: Homepage
: DOS/Linux/Windows
As I described above, ZSNES is another great SNES emulator. It has
most of the features of Snes9x and then some. ZSNES even offers support
for the SNES mouse, Super Scope, and Lethal Enforcer Gun, although I
haven't
messed with those inputs. ZSNES seems to run a bit faster than Snes9x
and
also has a better screen capture setup, otherwise they're both great
emulators. Try them both out and see which one you prefer. If you use
the Windows version, be sure you have installed the latest version of
DirectX (available at Download.com) before you play. |
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