bsnes vs nSide Balanced
bsnes
github.com
nSide Balanced
docs.libretro.comSide by side
| Figure | bsnes | nSide Balanced |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 0 |
| Spec score · SNES Emulators | 8.2 (#6) | 6.9 (#24) |
| Purpose | bsnes is a multi-platform Super Nintendo (Super Famicom) emulator focused on performance, features, and ease of use. | nSide Balanced is a fork of higan v106 that reimplements the Balanced profile. |
| Super Game Boy | It supports Super Game Boy emulation using the SameBoy core. | It can use Super Game Boy ROMs and BIOS files for Game Boy and Game Boy Color content through its simplified Super Game Boy routine. |
Plans
In their own words
bsnes
bsnes is a free, open-source emulator for Super Nintendo and Super Famicom games, with support for Super Game Boy and Satellaview. It runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows. Graphics options include HD Mode 7 with optional supersampling, a multi-threaded PPU renderer, and OpenGL multi-pass pixel shaders. The emulator also provides low-level emulation for SNES coprocessors such as DSP-n, ST-01n, and Cx4. It accepts standard ROM files, optional higan game folders, and 7-zip decompression, and can apply BPS and IPS soft patches. Its games database has thousands of entries, and its cheat database covers hundreds of popular games. Save states can include screenshot previews and names, with undo and redo. Other tools include rewind, frame advance, cheat code search, movie recording and playback, and screenshots. Speed settings are 50%, 75%, 100%, 150%, and 200%, with smooth audio output retained. The project lists nightly builds for Windows, macOS, Linux, and FreeBSD.
nSide Balanced
nSide Balanced has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.