Snes9x vs SnesFox
Snes9x
snes9x.comSnesFox
github.comSide by side
| Figure | Snes9x | SnesFox |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 2 | 0 |
| Spec score · SNES Emulators | 8.4 (#5) | 7.0 (#23) |
| Purpose | Snes9x is a portable emulator for playing most games designed for the Super Nintendo and Super Famicom systems. | SnesFox is a Super NES emulator for running game ROMs, including Super FX (GSU) titles such as Star Fox. |
| Supported builds | Official continuous-integration builds cover Windows, Linux GTK, Linux X11, FreeBSD X11 and macOS. | The README documents macOS builds and a Windows executable cross-compiled with mingw-w64; it says there is no Linux build path yet. |
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In their own words
Snes9x
Snes9x is freeware for playing most games made for the Super Nintendo and Super Famicom systems. Desktop builds are listed for Windows, Linux, and macOS, with additional libretro core builds for Android, Emscripten, Wii, Switch, GameCube, and PSP. Running games requires SNES ROM images. Snes9x can save game state to freeze files and game data to SRAM files. Windows documentation describes Game Genie and Pro-Action Replay cheat formats, a cheat search feature, and recording gameplay actions for later playback. Netplay is documented for as many as five players, but the project notes that it has not been maintained or tested in a long time and might be broken. The Unix documentation says the emulator does not reproduce exact sub-cycle timing between major system components, so games with strict timing needs may not run. The project lists the software as free, with a plan price of free. Its listed platforms include Android, Linux, macOS, and Windows.