Download BSNES for Linux

BSNES for Linux is an open source SNES emulator (Super Nintendo Entertainment System) that focuses on performance, accuracy, friendly UI and special features.

Simply download BSNES and double click the application to launch.

For additional info and assistance; use our detailed Linux installation guide.

Unique Features

  • True Super Game Boy emulation (using the SameBoy core by Lior Halphon)
  • HD mode 7 graphics (by DerKoun) with optional supersampling
  • Low-level emulation of all SNES coprocessors (DSP-#, ST-01#, Cx4)
  • Multi-threaded PPU graphics renderer from csnes
  • Speed mode settings which retain smooth audio output (50%, 75%, 100%, 150%, 200%)
  • Built-in games database with thousands of game entries
  • Built-in cheat code database for hundreds of popular games (by mightymo)
  • Built-in save state manager with screenshot previews and naming capabilities
  • Customizable per-byte game mappings to support any cartridges, including prototype games
  • 7-zip decompression support
  • Extensive Satellaview emulation, including BS Memory flash write and wear-leveling emulation
  • Optional higan gamepak support (standard game image files are also fully supported!)
  • Advanced mapping system allowing multiple bindings to every emulated input

Standard Features

  • MSU1 support
  • BPS and IPS soft-patching support
  • Save states with undo and redo support (for reverting accidental saves and loads)
  • OpenGL multi-pass pixel shaders
  • Several built-in software filters, including HQ2x (by MaxSt) and snes_ntsc (by blargg)
  • Adaptive sync and dynamic rate control for perfect audio/video synchronization
  • Just-in-time input polling for minimal input latency
  • Run-ahead support for removing internal game engine input latency
  • Support for Direct3D exclusive mode video
  • Support for WASAPI exclusive mode low-latency audio
  • Periodic auto-saving of game saves
  • Auto-saving of states when unloading games, and auto-resuming of states when reloading games
  • Sprite limit disable support
  • Cubic audio interpolation support
  • Optional high-level emulation of most SNES coprocessors
  • Optional emulation of flaws in older emulators for compatibility with older unofficial software
  • CPU, SA1, and SuperFX overclocking support
  • Frame advance support
  • Screenshot support
  • Cheat code search support
  • Movie recording and playback support
  • Rewind support
  • HiDPI support
  • Multi-monitor support
  • Turbo support for controller inputs

Preview

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File Name

BSNES-Linux

File Size

4.78MB

Version

Nightly Builds (2023)

Developer

byuu/near

Platform

Ubuntu

License

Freeware / GNU General Public License

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Source Code

MD5 Hash

801549b37b06edc27541c5605da65f5b

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