Ares (Formerly Higan / BSNES) Alternatives

Apps similar to Ares (Formerly Higan / BSNES) include RetroArch, which is free and open source. Other options are OpenEmu, Super ZSNES, Snes9x and mGBA. You're spoiled for choice with Game Emulators like Ares (Formerly Higan / BSNES): we list more than 50 alternatives for Windows, Linux, Android, Mac and iPhone.

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  1. Folium icon
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    Folium is a beautifully designed, high performing multi-system emulator that allows you to play video games from retro consoles and handhelds, currently including cores for the Game Boy Advance, Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo DS

    Cost / License

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    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  2. SkyEmu icon
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    SkyEmu is a low level GameBoy, GameBoy Color and Game Boy Advance emulator. Its primary focus is to provide a good user experience through a good mixture of tradeoffs of accuracy, performance, features and usability.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
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  3. DroidEmu icon
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    DroidEmu is a game system to play SNES, NES, GameBoy Advanced, GameBoy/Color, SEGA GameGear, SEGA Genesis games on your Android phone. It runs thousands of games at full speed.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
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  4. No$GBA icon
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    NO$GBA is a Nintendo DS emulator for Microsoft Windows. It is capable of running commercial and homebrew Gameboy Advance and Nintendo DS games, such as Pokémon Diamond which the latest version is able to run at full speed with no graphical glitches.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  5. Pizza Boy C icon
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    Looking for the best 8bit handheld emulator for Android? An ad FREE emulator, and the most precise 8bit handheld emulator is here! Smooth, light, fast and battery friendly. Enjoy your favorite retro games and never have problems with enjoying your 8bit handheld roms!

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
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  6. Provenance icon
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    Provenance is an iOS Frontend for multiple emulators, currently supporting Sega Genesis, Game Gear, Master System and SNES.

    28 Provenance alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Apple TV
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  7. Nostlan icon
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    A front-end or user interface (UI) is the presentation and interaction layer of an app or website. Most modern emulator apps have basic game list UIs that you can interact with using a mouse/keyboard but not a game controller.

    118 Nostlan alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Dolphin (Wii, Gamecube, Virtual Console) [Linux, macOS, & Windows]
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  8. My Boy! icon
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    My Boy! is an emulator to run GameBoy Advance games on the broadest range of Android devices, from very low-end phones to modern tablets. It emulates nearly all aspects of the real hardware correctly.

    39 My Boy! alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Android
    • Windows Phone
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  9. Utility that lets you preview a wide variety of retro games across many different platforms, serving to display graphics and gameplay showcases.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Google Chrome
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  10. SNESoid icon
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    SNesoid is the famous Super Nintendo emulator for Android.

    • Net-play through Bluetooth (requires Android 2.x) or Wi-Fi!
    • Very fast
    • Run nearly all games (Mario RPG, StarFox)
    • On-screen keypad!
    • Save states
    • Cheats
    • Super scope
    • Fast-forward
    • Screen upside-down
    • Multipl.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
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  11. John GBC icon
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    GBC emulator for android powered devices.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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