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.
 | SNES9X Custom HQ 1.43 (v60) for OS X. |
| the SNES9X Custom HQ 1.43 (v60) source code. |
SNES9X Custom HQ adds support for HQ2X and Scale2x blitters to the SNES9X Custom build listed below. HQ2X is very high quality and generally faster than SNES9X's current implementation of Super 2xSaI. Scale2x is very fast, even on low performance computers, and looks pretty decent for the miniscule speed hit.
 | the SNES9x Custom HQ homepage. |
| SNES9X 1.5.1 for Mac OS X. |
| the OS X source code to SNES9X 1.5.1. |
| SNES9X Custom 1.42 (v47), for classic Mac OS. |
| the Classic source code to SNES9x Custom 1.42 (v47). |
This Mac port of SNES9X is based on the newest C core and John Stiles' port. There are many changes and additions including graphics packs (SDD-1, SPC7110), mouse, Super Scope, and MultiTap support, as well as reading zipped ROMs, and other features. This version is now the official Macintosh port of SNES9X.
 | of Super Punchout on SNES9X. |
| the SNES9X for Mac home page. |
| the SNES9X home page. |
| SNES9X version 1.3.9b. |
| the source code to SNES9X version 1.3.2. |
This older release of SNES9X offers amazing emulation quality and performance, when compared to any other SNES emulator available today. It runs in Mac OS 8-9, supports almost every SNES ROM known to exist, is incredibly fast, and is free. This version is also Carbonized for Mac OS X!
| the CarbonLib extension (required for SNES9X on Mac OS 8 or 9). |
| GameSprockets (recommended for SNES9X). |
| NetSprocket (required for SNES9X NetPlay). |
| ZSNES 1.4.3 for Intel Macs. |
ZSNES has always been an emulator that Mac users have wanted to use, but it has never been possible because it is written specifically for Intel processors. Now that Apple has switched from PPC to Intel processors in their latest Macintosh computers, it has become possible to port ZSNES to Mac OS X. Because of this, ZSNES will only run on Macs that have an Intel processor.
| the ZSNES for Mac home page. |
| the ZSNES home page. |
| BSNES 0.1.8. Requires Mac OS X 10.4. This will likely be the last version compatible with PowerPC Macs. |
| the source code to BSNES 0.021. |
BSNES is a Super Nintendo emulator with the purpose of giving you the most accurate emulation experience for the SNES. The fact that BSNES is aimed at accuracy makes it quite a taxing application to run and therefore it needs a fast machine to run without a hitch. BSNES requires at least a Power Macintosh G5 or an Intel Mac to run.
| Emulator Enhancer, which adds extra features to BSNES. |
| Richard Bannister's BSNES home page. |
| the BSNES home page. |
 | to Richard Bannister, who ported BSNES to Macintosh. |
| Silhouette Public Release 1.0. |
| the French version of Silhouette. |
Silhouette is a good SNES emulator, supporting decent sound, some transparency effects and great compatibility in its only release! Although not as fast as SNES9X, it is playable on most recent machines. It is also a project shrouded in mystery--the developers, allegedly former Nintendo employees, have chosen to remain anonymous in order to protect themselves from legal action. The Silhouette story has come under fire and many now doubt its true origins, but Silhouette nonetheless proves to be a unique emulator.
Several readers have reported that Silhouette will fail abruptly if the monitor being used is unable to handle thousands of colors. In fact, it seems to have video problems unless the emulator is started in thousands of colors.
 | about the history of Silhouette. |
| MacSNES97 version 0.0.1.6. |
Michael Bytnar, Jeremy Shear and John Stiles have done an awesome port of SNES97. However, this emulator is quite primitive compared to its newer counterpart, SNES9X.
| Virtual Super Wild Card Beta 8, Revision 3. |
This is a Super Nintendo emulator called Virtual Super Wild Card, developed by Ernesto Corvi and Richard Bannister. VSWC is quite slow, and supports very few ROMs. The emulator has been discontinued and will not receive any further updates.
| of R-Type on VSWC. |
| of Super Castlevania 4 on VSWC. |
| of Super Mario World on VSWC. |
| ROM Organizer, which can sort and rename SNES ROMs. |
| IPS Patcher. |
| UIPS, a modern IPS Patcher for Mac OS X. |
| NSRT 3.1, a utility for verifying and modifying ROMs. |
