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, OpenEmu, Super ZSNES and Delta Emulator.

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  1. 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.

    35 No$GBA alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. 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
     
  3. 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.

    35 SkyEmu alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
     
  4. DroidEmu icon
     6 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Apple TV
     
  8. Nostlan icon
     5 likes

    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.

    116 Nostlan alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Windows Phone
     
  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
     
  11. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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