Snes9x

[Snes9x]

Emulated Systems: Nintendo SNES

Emulator last updated:

Current Official Version:

Installation and Operation

Operation

Running Game Files

ROM image needs to be in Super MagiCom (*.smc), Super FamiCom (*.sfc), *.fig, or split (*.1, *.2, or sf32527a, sf32527b, etc) format and can be compressed with zip, gzip, JMA, or compress.

Command Line

-sound or -so                   Enable digital sound output
-nosound or -ns                 Disable digital sound output
-soundskip or -sk <0-3>         Sound CPU skip-waiting method
-soundquality, -sq, or -r <num> Set sound playback quality
                                0 - off, 1 - 8192, 2 - 11025, 3 - 16000,
                                4 - 22050, 5 - 32000 (default), 6 - 44100,
                                7 - 48000
-altsampledecode or -alt        Use alternate sample decoder
-stereo or -st                  Enable stereo sound output (implies -sound)
-mono                           Enable monaural sound output (implies -sound)
-soundsync or -sy               Enable sound sync to CPU at startup
-soundsync2 or -sy2             Alternate method to sync sound
-nois                           Turn off interpolated sound
-echo or -e                     Enable DSP echo effects at startup
-noecho or -ne                  Disable DSP echo effects at startup
-envx or -ex                    Enable volume envelope height reading
-nosamplecaching, -nsc, or -nc  Disable sample caching
-nomastervolume or -nmv         Disable master volume setting
-fix                            'Fix' sound frequencies 
-conf <filename>                Use specified conf file (after standard files)
-nostdconf                      Do not load the standard config files
-hdma or -ha                    Enable HDMA emulation at startup
-nohdma or -nh                  Disable HDMA emulation at startup
-transparency or -tr            Enable transparency effects
-notransparency or -nt          Disable transparency effects at start
-windows                        Enable graphic window effects
-nowindows or -nw               Disable graphic window effects
-im7                            Enable Mode 7 interpolation effects
-displayframerate or -dfr       Display the frame rate counter
-aidoshm <shmid>                Run in AIDO mode, with specified SHM ID 
-hires or -hi                   Enable support for hi-res and interlace modes
-frameskip or -f <num>          Screen update frame skip rate
-frametime or -ft <float>       Milliseconds per frame for frameskip auto-adjust
-hirom, -hr, or -fh             Force Hi-ROM memory map
-lorom, -lr, or -fl             Force Lo-ROM memory map
-bs                             Use BS Satellite System ROM mapping
-bsxbootup                      Boot up BS games from BS-X
-nointerleave or -ni            ROM image is not in interleaved format
-interleaved or -i              ROM image is in interleaved format
-interleaved2 or -i2            ROM image is in interleaved 2 format
-interleavedgd24 or -gd24       ROM image is in interleaved gd24 format
-header, -he, or -hd            Force the detection of a ROM image header
-noheader or -nhd               Force the detection of no ROM image header
-ntsc or -n                     Force NTSC timing (60 frames/sec)
-pal or -p                      Force PAL timing (50 frames/sec)
-superfx or -sfx                Force detection of the SuperFX chip
-nosuperfx or -nosfx            Force detection of no SuperFX chip
-dsp1                           Force detection of the DSP-1 chip
-nodsp1                         Force detection of no DSP-1 chip
-nopatch                        Do not apply any available IPS patches
-cheat                          Apply saved cheats
-nocheat                        Do not apply saved cheats
-gamegenie or -gg               Supply a Game Genie code
-actionreplay or -ar      Supply a Pro-Action Reply code
-goldfinger or -gf        Supply a Gold Finger code
-nomp5                          Disable emulation of the Multiplayer 5 adapter
-nomouse                        Disable emulation of the SNES mouse
-nosuperscope                   Disable emulation of the Superscope
-nojustifier                    Disable emulation of the Konami Justifier
-port# <control>                Specify which controller to emulate in port 1/2
    Controllers: none            No controller
                 pad#            Joypad number 1-8
                 mouse#          Mouse number 1-2
                 superscope      Superscope (not useful with -port1)
                 justifier       Blue Justifier (not useful with -port1)
                 one-justifier   ditto
                 two-justifiers  Blue & Pink Justifiers
                 mp5:####        MP5 with the 4 named pads (1-8 or n)

Bugs/Glitches

Support Apps for the Emulator

Game Specific Considerations

GameEx Setup

References

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