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Nintendo - SNES / Famicom (Beetle bsnes)

Background

Standalone port of Mednafen bSNES to libretro, itself a old fork of bsnes 0.59.

This core exists as a side effect of porting/forking mednafen for its other cores in the past. There's no reason to use this core now that there's other more compatible and faster SNES cores.

Author/License

The Beetle bsnes core has been authored by

The Beetle bsnes core is licensed under

A summary of the licenses behind RetroArch and its cores can be found here.

Extensions

Content that can be loaded by the Beetle bsnes core have the following file extensions:

  • .smc
  • .fig
  • .bs
  • .st
  • .sfc

Databases

RetroArch database(s) that are associated with the Beetle bsnes core:

Features

Frontend-level settings or features that the Beetle bsnes core respects.

Feature Supported
Restart ✔
Screenshots ✔
Saves ✔
States ✔
Rewind ✔
Netplay ✔
Core Options ✕
RetroAchievements ✕
RetroArch Cheats ✕
Native Cheats ✕
Controls ✔
Remapping ✕
Multi-Mouse ✕
Rumble ✕
Sensors ✕
Camera ✕
Location ✕
Subsystem ✕
Softpatching ✕
Disk Control ✕
Username ✕
Language ✕
Crop Overscan ✔
LEDs ✕

Directories

The Beetle bsnes core's internal core name is 'Mednafen bSNES'

The Beetle bsnes core saves/loads to/from these directories.

Frontend's Save directory

  • 'content-name'.srm (Cartridge battery save)
  • 'content-name'.rtc (Real time clock save)

Frontend's State directory

  • 'content-name'.state# (State)

Geometry and timing

  • The Beetle bsnes core's core provided FPS is 60.10
  • The Beetle bsnes core's core provided sample rate is 44100 Hz
  • The Beetle bsnes core's core provided aspect ratio is 4/3

Controllers

The Beetle bsnes core supports the following device type(s) in the controls menu, bolded device types are the default for the specified user(s):

User 1 - 2 device types

  • None - Doesn't disable input
  • RetroPad - Joypad
  • RetroPad w/Analog - Joypad - There's no reason to switch to this.

Controller tables

Joypad

RetroPad Inputs Beetle bsnes Inputs
B
Y
Select
Start
D-Pad Up
D-Pad Down
D-Pad Left
D-Pad Right
A
X
L
R

See also

Nintendo - Sufami Turbo

Nintendo - Super Nintendo Entertainment System (+Hacks)