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 50 alternatives to Ares (Formerly Higan / BSNES) for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Android, Mac 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, Delta Emulator, VisualBoyAdvance and OpenEmu.

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  1. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  5. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. nds4droid icon
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  7. snes4iphone icon
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    snes4iphone is a Super Nintendo emulator for the iPhone and iPod Touch. This port was developed by ZodTTD and the original source code was ported from Dr. PocketSNES. Though much of Dr PocketSNES' emulation cores were replaced with C/C++ alternatives to assembly cores...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • iPhone
     
  8. John GBA icon
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    GBA emulator for android powered devices.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  9. John GBC icon
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    GBC emulator for android powered devices.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  10. NO$SNS icon
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    nocash SNES/SFC emulator/debugger for windows.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. KiGB icon
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    KiGB is the most accurate and free portable emulator for Gameboy, Gameboy Color and Super Gameboy for Windows, Linux and MS-DOS.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  12. John SNES icon
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    John SNES is a feature-packed Super Nintendo emulator for Android with high compatibility and long history of development and support.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
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