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snes9x (Super Nintendo Entertainment System emulator)
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Snes9x is a portable, freeware Super Nintendo Entertainment System
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(SNES) emulator. It basically allows you to play most games designed
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for the SNES and Super Famicom Nintendo game systems on your PC or
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Workstation. The games include some real gems that were only ever
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released in Japan.
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When you first run snes9x:
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- The first thing you'll want to do is configure the controls. By
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default there are *no* controls set up; you'll be unable to play any
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games! The config is under Options -> Preferences, in the Joypads
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tab. You can configure either keyboard or joystick/gamepad controls,
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but not both.
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- If the game audio is choppy or distorted, try setting the
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sound driver to Pulse or ALSA (Options -> Preferences -> Sound
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tab). Specifically, avoid SDL audio (unfortunately it's the default
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if PULSE=no).
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Notes:
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- This is not the latest release of snes9x. Version 1.60 crashes under
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pre-15.0 Slackware-current, so version 1.59 is packaged here. This
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will be revisited sometime after Slackware 15.0 is released.
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- The package can optionally include the snes9x libretro core, for use
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with RetroArch. By default, the core will be built if RetroArch is
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installed. You can set RETROARCH=yes to force the core to be built,
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or RETROARCH=no to forcibly disable the core. Note that RetroArch
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doesn't have to be installed to build the libretro core, but it's
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useless without RetroArch installed.
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- Starting with 1.57, OSS audio is disabled by default. Most users
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won't be affected, since pulseaudio is now the default audio system on
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Slackware, and ALSA is the fallback option. If you *need* OSS support,
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set OSS=yes in the script's environment. You may also disable
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PulseAudio by setting PULSE=no in the environment.
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