Snes9x is a portable, free for personal use Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) emulator.

Snes9x basically allows you to play most games designed for the SNES and Super Famicom Nintendo game systems on your Mac, Linux, Windows and so on.

The games include some real gems that were only ever released in Japan. 

The Super Nintendo Entertainment System is one of the most powerful 16-bit consoles. The SNES used an extremely powerful graphics coprocessor able of generating real-time effects like scaling and transparency.

The specs listed below are the minimum to use Snes9x in any playable form. It is recommended that you get a semi-modern Mac with a 800MHz PowerPC processor if you want good results. A 1GHz PowerPC or Intel Mac is recommended for those that want a near perfect experience.

Here are some key features of "SNES9X":

· ability to save in any location of the game, despite how the game was designed. It's amazingly useful when you don't want to redo the same level over and over.
· built-in peripherals. This is anything from multi-taps, to super scopes, to cheat devices.
· ability to rip sprites and music for your own personal use.
· easier to organize and no stacks of cartridges.
· filters can be used to enhance graphics and sounds on old games.

Requirements:

· QuickTime 7 or later
· PowerPC G3 300MHz or later
· G-Force/ATI Rage 128 or later
· SNES ROM images

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Rebuilt IRQ handling. (zones)
· Improved overall timings, now Snes9x can handle events in a opcode a little. (zones)
· Improved screen interlace and sprite interlace supports. (OV2, zones)
· Fixed Hi-Res pixel plotter. (BearOso, zones, OV2)
· Fixed C4 for Mega Man X2's "weapon get" screen. (Jonas Quinn)
· Fixed Super Buster Bros. graphics after reset. (Jonas Quinn)
· Improved SA-1 support. (zones)
· Added SA-1 CC2 support. (Jonas Quinn, byuu)
· Fixed SA-1 NMI override mode. (zones)
· Fixed Dual Orb 2 sound glitch. (byuu)
· New APU timing hack, fixes various games that exhibit problems with Blargg's SNES_SPC library. (OV2)
· Fixed the problem that echo buffer breaks IPL ROM. (zones, OV2)
· Fixed movie snapshot unfreeze inconsistency. ...