SNES9X
SNES9x is an emulator for playing Super Nintendo games; it's easy to set up and provides some nostalgia for those of us who had one as a kid!
Although its library is small, it still has a few fun games.
Full Setup Guide.
Download SNES9X making sure you select the relevant version for your hardware (32 or 64bt versions)
Once downloaded you will have a Self extracting file, Put it inside a folder where you wish to keep the emulator and roms and then simply run that file to extract the SNES9X emulators files to your desired location.
Next Right mouse click in the empty space and create a new folder called Roms, In this folder place all your SNES game roms.
Next load up the SNES9X executable and along the top menu select "input" then "input configuration" this will bring up the controller binding options.
Some games required the controller, some games did not and some games could be 2 player where one person played with the scope to shoot stuff and player 2 controlled something with the control pad.
Depending on the game you may need to enable or disable the controller using the tick box. For the most part it should be fine leaving it enabled.
On this screen you can set your key bindings as you wish, simply click on the box next to the button and press the button you wish to map it to on your controller/keyboard etc.
Once you are happy press the "OK" button.
Next we need to enable some buttons for the superscope.
To do so go to "input" on the top menu and select "customise hotkeys".
On the list of hotkeys you will see "superscope turbo" and "superscope pause" click in the boxes next to them and press the buttons on your gun you wish to bind them to.
Remember when binding buttons to your gun to have the software running and the border up! Be mindful of the onscreen/offscreen functionality also! So be sure you are pointing towards or away from the screen with the border up as required.
Also when in this menu you may wish to set a exit key, to do so select "page 4" from the drop down at the top and then bind a key to "quit snes9x" (Just a note it is not reccomended to bind it to the escape key as that key is used to toggle the menu in snes9x).
Once you are done jsut press the "OK" button.
You can now load a game by going to "file" then "load game".
Next we will make a few tweaks so press esc if required to bring up the menu then go to "video" and "display configuration".
Next check that "emulate fullscreen" and "stretch image" are enabled.
You can also tweak the aspect ratio and output image processing filters to your liking.
Now all you need to do is select the controller you need to play the game.
Some games used the Superscope where others used the Konami Justifier.
To select the controller you can go to "Input" along the top menu and just select which controller is required for the individual game.
Now you are good to play!
If you want to automate the process of selecting a game and controller rather than doing it via the menu each time you can do this via the command line using batch scripts or AHK.
To setup a batch file to do this do the following:
Within the SNES9X folder right click in a blank space to bring up the menu and then highlight "new" then select "text document" this will ceate a new text file you can name as you wish.
Load the new text document and then type the following command adjusting the drive/file path to suit:
start C:\snes9x\snes9x-x64 -port2 superscope "C:\snes9x\Roms\ROM NAME AND EXTENSION GOES HERE" -fullscreen
*NOTE* You can change the controller type to mouse or justifier by typing the relevant command in place of the superscope part.*
Then simply go to "File" then "Save As", Give the file a name of your choosing but it MUST end with .bat
Eg gamename.bat
Hit save and then you should have a fully executable batch file that will boot the game you have chosen full screen!
Downloads
- Download Prof_gLX's Lightgun edition SNES9x (NO CROSSHAIRS!) from Prof_gLX's GitHub
Compatibility
See the compatible gun game list in Wikipedia
Lethal Enforcers offscreen reload fix
Titch figured out how to activate off-screen reload for Lethal Enforcers should you wish to play...
You have to aim off the top of the screen, the sides, and bottom will not work!
Launch Script
Example batch file text:
start C:\snes9x\snes9x-x64 -port2 superscope "C:\snes9x\Roms\ROM NAME AND EXTENSION GOES HERE" -fullscreen