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The texture filter effect in Super ZSNES is ugly as sin...
... but the methodology behind its GPU-bound renderer is, I must admit, intriguing.
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The texture filter effect in Super ZSNES is ugly as sin...
... but the methodology behind its GPU-bound renderer is, I must admit, intriguing.
jesus fucking christ
Super ZSNES - GPU Powered SNES emulation is here!
Big news for modders and fans of old school games. The original ZSNES emulator is getting an update/sequel after all these years. I'm feeling hyped.
Seeing ZSNES make a comeback via Super ZSNES makes a tear come to my eye, just because I remember downloading and playing a few SNES games back in 2006 for the first time... (albeit, it was more that I wanted to play ROM hacks that you could NOT play on the SNES so easily back in the 2000's...) so yeah, seeing the emulator that introduced me to emulation 20 years ago... and also seeing that is over half my age ago too...
It may be the nostalgia, but considering the original developers are behind it too (not a project to recreate someone else's work for fame using the original's name, but the original developer coming back to recreate that good feeling?) this is something that really does feel like a new era of SNES emulation could really come out from this, especially with the whole "HD AND MORE editor" for allowing edits to old games... so fan old classics could get that "HD remaster" that people believe deserve, via how this will actually work. (As looking into it briefly... SNES either DOES NOT have texture packs STILL due to how difficult it is... or it was "being looked into" but nothing concrete... so this actually is the push into something NEW for SNES emulation as well...!)
Like, going to the emulation wiki and seeing THIS for SNES texture packs... (when SNES emulation has been around for like, 30+ years)
... it's actually crazy that this has not been looked into yet, considering how many people have wanted an HD remaster for certain games, Chrono Trigger being the BIG one (which a video showing off the emulator shows that there IS work being done for a Chrono Trigger HD pack)
I think the only thing REALLY missing that hopefully gets added in the future (that has made me want to revisit a lot of older games) is the connection to the Retro Achievements website, as SNES9x I believe has that function (and I know Retroarch does too) but obviously with Super ZSNES still being a WIP, it's not top priority for it right now... but imagine playing games with an HD remaster, feeling like a new, but familiar experience, while trying to 100% achievements for it, just because it is your absolute favorite game. Don't need to use it if you don't want to (since it DOES require a login) but for those that do want to have that "these days" experience while enjoying "those days with a fresh coat of paint" experience... it feels like the only thing missing.
BABE WAKE UP THEY BROUGHT BACK ZSNES
A GPU-powered SNES emulator rewritten from scratch with hi-res Mode 7, per-game enhancements, and a modernized classic UI.