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Ultimate Emulator / System

Super Nintendo

Sixteen bits, enhancement chips and the Super Scope.

RazorSNES plays Super Nintendo cartridges, including games built around the console's best-known enhancement chips. Most games need nothing extra; a few chip-based titles use a firmware file you provide.

1991

Platform Nintendo

In Ultimate Emulator Beta
Core
RazorSNES
Firmware
Optional — some games
Game files
  • .sfc
  • .smc
  • .swc
  • .fig
Players
Up to 2 on one PC
Online
Native Multiplayer
Rendering
Original resolution

01 / Current support

Where SNES stands today.

Status describes the core, not every game. Compatibility is always title-dependent.

Beta
Included, broader qualification continues.
Core
RazorSNES, a first-party core included with Ultimate Emulator. It is chosen automatically for SNES games.
Unrated
No comparable per-core performance rating is claimed.
Release note
Optional enhancement-chip firmware, only for the games that need it.
Cheats
Free. In the Game Menu's Cheats section, choose + Add Cheat Code and enter a code you have. There is no built-in cheat list, and cheats are switched off in online multiplayer sessions.

02 / Your collection

The files it plays.

These are the SNES game files RazorSNES opens. Ultimate Emulator does not supply games; add them from your own collection.

Game files

  • .sfc
  • .smc
  • .swc
  • .fig

Set up

03 / Firmware & BIOS

Optional firmware, for a few games.

Play is not blocked without it. Systems shows SNES as Optional.

Optional — some games
Only games with certain enhancement chips use it: DSP-1, DSP-1B, DSP-2, DSP-3, DSP-4 and Cx4. Ultimate Emulator ships none of these files. A game that needs one will not start until you add it; every other SNES game needs nothing.

  1. Open Manage BIOS

    In Systems, select SNES and choose Manage BIOS. Its firmware page lists each file the system uses and whether it is required.

  2. Choose the file you own

    Check What file do I need?, then use Choose BIOS File, or Choose Firmware Folder if you keep your firmware together.

Set up

04 / Input

How it plays in your hands.

Connect a controller and it is mapped automatically. Change the layout for every game, for this system only, or for a single game in Settings → Controllers.

SNES in Ultimate Emulator

  • Two controllers. There is no multitap, so local play is for up to two players.
  • The Super Scope light gun on port 2: aim with the mouse; the left button fires.
Controller Setup

05 / Picture

The original picture, on a modern screen.

Window mode, Fit and Integer Scale, aspect ratio, pixel filtering and effects come from Settings → Graphics, for every system or for one game.

Resolution
Drawn at its original resolution, then scaled to your window with Fit or Integer Scale and your choice of pixel filtering and effects.
Reduce Display Flicker
On by default. It changes the picture only.
Renderer
Shown for information. The system's built-in engine chooses how it draws, with a safe fallback.
Graphics

06 / Your progress

In-game saves and save states.

The game's own

In-game saves

  • Battery-backed cartridge saves are kept as one save file per cartridge.
Ultimate Emulator

Save states

  • Available for local play: Quick Save and Quick Load, saved states in the State Manager, Auto-Save and Auto Resume.
  • Coordinated multiplayer sessions have their own state policy.

Rewind is not integrated with this core.

Learn more

07 / Play together

Together on one PC, or across two.

A system profile does not make a single-player game multiplayer. The game decides how many can play.

On one PC
Up to 2 players, one controller each, in games made for more than one player. No account needed.
Across PCs
Native Multiplayer, with ROM Mode. Each PC runs the game and the players' inputs are shared. Online sessions need Premium for everyone taking part.
Multiplayer

08 / Honest compatibility

What to know before you play.

Current limits of the included core, as of this release.

Known limitations

  • RazorSNES implements the SA-1, Super FX, DSP family, Cx4, S-DD1 and OBC-1 enhancement chips. Games built around any other enhancement chip are not supported yet.
  • ExLoROM cartridges are not supported.
Region
Read from the cartridge; PAL games are supported.
Troubleshooting

09 / Gaming History

Why it mattered.

How SNES works in Ultimate Emulator is this page. Why it mattered is in the Gaming History collection.