Ares (Formerly Higan / BSNES) Alternatives

Ares (Formerly Higan / BSNES) is described as 'Ares, which apparently replaced higan, was formerly known as bsnes. The project was renamed after becoming a multi-system emulator' and is a Game Emulator in the gaming software category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Ares (Formerly Higan / BSNES) for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and iPhone apps. The best Ares (Formerly Higan / BSNES) alternative is RetroArch, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Ares (Formerly Higan / BSNES) are Snes9x, VisualBoyAdvance, Delta Emulator and OpenEmu.

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    ArcEmu is the first emulator for Apple Watch.

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    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Apple Watch

    ArcEmu - Emulator by Arcadia Features

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  2. 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.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • CN flagChina

    Platforms

    • Android
    Discontinued

    No activity since 2011.

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  3. 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.

    License model

    • FreemiumOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Nostlan Features

    1.  Controller Support
    2.  Game Launcher
    3.  Emulation
    4.  Xbox

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    Your personal retro game collection cabinet in your browser.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Online

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  5. 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.

    30 My Boy! alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Windows Phone

    My Boy! Features

    1.  Controller Support
    2.  Emulation

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    With a Nintendo Switch Online membership, gain access to a large collection of Super NES games that are great to play anytime, anywhere.

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    Country of Origin

    • JP flagJapan

    Platforms

    • Nintendo Switch

    Super NES - Nintendo Switch Online Features

    1.  Emulation

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  7. SuperRetro16 icon
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    SuperRetro16 allows users to play SNES Games on Android Phones. This Super Nintendo emulator that delivers the full console experience.

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet

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    This is a derivative of Snes9x which switches the its display code from DirectDraw to Direct3D9.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    last version: 1.51: February 25, 2009

    Snes9X Direct3D Features

    1.  Portable

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  9. RetroFab icon
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    RetroFab is an online collection of 3D simulations of vintage electronic games that can be played in your browser.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Online

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  10. Spectral icon
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    Spectral is an experimental Sinclair ZX Spectrum emulator from the 80s, which has been randomly assembled since the pandemic days. Accuracy and performance are long-term goals, but the primary focus is just having fun with this thing.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  No Tracking
    2.  Controller Support
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  No registration required
    5.  Portable
    6.  Supports Zip files
    7.  Dark Mode
    8.  Ad-free
    9.  Supports RAR files
    10.  Launcher
    11.  Layout
    12.  Graphical User Interface

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  11. iDeaS icon
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    iDeaS is a plugin-based Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS emulator for Microsoft Windows and Linux, using the GTK+ toolkit.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    Discontinued

    last update: February 12, 2012

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    nds4droid is a free, open source Nintendo DS emulator written for Android smartphones. It is based off of the excellent emulator DeSmuME. The source code can be found on sourceforge.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    Discontinued

    No updates since Feb 12. 2016: https://github.com/jquesnelle/nds4droid/Last version can be still downloaded from Google Play store and the official website.

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