 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)
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