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 version 1.3.9b. |
| the CarbonLib extension (required for SNES9X on Mac OS 8 or 9). |
| GameSprockets (recommended for SNES9X). |
| NetSprocket (required for SNES9X NetPlay). |
This release of SNES9X offers amazing emulation quality and performance, when compared to any other SNES emulator available today. It supports almost every SNES ROM known to exist, is incredibly fast, and is free. This version is also Carbonized for Mac OS X!
 | the SNES9X home page. |
| the source code to SNES9X version 1.3.9a. |
 | of Super Punchout on SNES9X. |
| SNES9X Custom 1.42 (v49), for Mac OS X. |
| SNES9X Custom 1.42 (v49), for classic Mac OS. |
This is another Mac port of SNES9X, 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.
| SNES9X Custom home page. |
| the OS X source code to SNES9X Custom 1.41-1 (v39). |
| the Classic source code to SNES9x Custom 1.41-1 (v39). |
| Silhouette Public Release 1.0. |
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.
| the Japanese version of Silhouette. |
| the French version of Silhouette. |
| MacSNES97 version 0.0.1.6. (broken link) |
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.
| the Virtual Super Wild Card Home Page. |
| of R-Type on VSWC. |
| of Super Castlevania 4 on VSWC. |
| of Super Mario World on VSWC. |
| SNES ROM Info. |
| IPS Patcher. |
| NSRT 3.1, a utility for verifying and modifying ROMs. |
