{"id":456324,"date":"2026-04-27T14:44:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T14:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/456324\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T14:44:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T14:44:11","slug":"the-sequel-to-the-iconic-emulator-zsnes-is-called-super-zsnes-of-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/456324\/","title":{"rendered":"The sequel to the iconic emulator ZSNES is called Super ZSNES, of course"},"content":{"rendered":"

Somehow, ZSNES<\/a> has returned after laying dormant for 20 years. The developers of the iconic Super Nintendo<\/a> emulator, which originally debuted in 1997 for DOS (something I distinctly remember trying to install on my ancient Intel 486 Packard Bell), are back with a sequel release dubbed Super ZSNES<\/a>. And really, what else would they call it?<\/p>\n

Developers zsKnight and Demo say that Super ZSNES has been rewritten from scratch with a focus on a GPU-powered \u201cSuper Enhancement Engine,\u201d which allows for high resolution playback, overclocking (which could help with games notorious for slowdown), widescreen support, uncompressed audio and 3D height maps for Mode 7 graphics. Purists, of course, can turn all of these extra features off if they want.<\/p>\n

Super ZSNES is built on \u201cfar more accurate CPU and Audio cores\u201d than the original emulator, according to the developers, as well as the usual fast forward\/rewind save states and a higher-resolution version of the original ZSNES UI. And as a cherry on top, they promise there\u2019s \u201cNo Vibe Coding.\u201d<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no shortage of SNES emulators out there today, but it warms my gaming heart to see ZSNES completely revived. And while I still need to play with its enhancement features to truly judge them, the early footage from Modern Vintage Gamer<\/a> looks very sharp without losing the SNES charm. There\u2019s no replacement for playing the original console on a CRT, but the GPU upgrades in Super ZSNES seem to do a great job of modernizing classic games like Super Mario World for modern displays.<\/p>\n

Super ZSNES is currently available as an early build for Windows, Mac and Android. An iOS release is coming soon, according to the emulator\u2019s website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Somehow, ZSNES has returned after laying dormant for 20 years. The developers of the iconic Super Nintendo emulator,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":456325,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[74],"tags":[18,19,17,200924,200923,82,200922],"class_list":["post-456324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-eire","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-super-mario-world","tag-super-nintendo","tag-technology","tag-zsnes"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116477209326963192","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=456324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456324\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/456325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=456324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=456324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=456324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}