Nintendo - SNES / Famicom (Snes9x 2005)¶

Background¶

Port of SNES9x 1.43 for libretro. It was previously called CAT SFC.

Provides more favorable performance thresholds at the cost of accuracy. DO NOT use this core unless you have underpowered hardware and the mainline Snes9x core and the bsnes/higan/bsnes-mercury cores aren't fast enough

This core is part of a group of Snes9x cores that are snapshots from the year their code is based on. (Snes9x 2002, Snes9x 2005, Snes9x 2005 Plus, Snes9x 2010)

Author/License¶

The Snes9x 2005 core has been authored by

Snes9x Team
dking
BassAceGold
ShadauxCat
Nebuleon

The Snes9x 2005 core is licensed under

Non-commercial

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

Extensions¶

Content that can be loaded by the Snes9x 2005 core have the following file extensions:

.smc
.fig
.sfc
.gd3
.gd7
.dx2
.bsx
.swc

Databases¶

RetroArch database(s) that are associated with the Snes9x 2005 core:

Features¶

Frontend-level settings or features that the Snes9x 2005 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 Snes9x 2005 core's internal core name is 'Snes9x 2005'

The Snes9x 2005 core saves/loads to/from these directories.

Frontend's Save directory

'content-name'.srm (Cartridge battery save)

Frontend's State directory

'content-name'.state# (State)

Geometry and timing¶

The Snes9x 2005 core's core provided FPS is 59.9010812533 for NTSC games and 50.3015490011 for PAL games.
The Snes9x 2005 core's core provided sample rate is 32040 Hz
The Snes9x 2005 core's core provided base width is 256
The Snes9x 2005 core's core provided base height is 224
The Snes9x 2005 core's core provided max width is 512
The Snes9x 2005 core's core provided max height is 512
The Snes9x 2005 core's core provided aspect ratio is 4/3

Core options¶

The Snes9x 2005 core has the following option(s) that can be tweaked from the core options menu. The default setting is bolded.

Settings with (Restart) means that core has to be closed for the new setting to be applied on next launch.

Video Mode [catsfc_VideoMode] (auto|NTSC|PAL)

Awaiting description.
Reduce Slowdown (Hack, Unsafe, Restart) [catsfc_overclock_cycles] (disabled|compatible|max)

Many games for the SNES suffered from slowdown due to the weak main CPU. This option helps allievate that at the cost of possible bugs.

Example video here

compatible: Reduce slowdown but keep as much game compatibility as much as possible.

max: Reduce slowdown as much as possible but will break more games.
Reduce Flickering (Hack, Unsafe) [catsfc_reduce_sprite_flicker] (disabled|enabled)

Raises sprite limit to reduce flickering in games.

Controllers¶

The Snes9x 2005 core supports the following device type(s) in the controls menu, bolded device types are the default for the specified user(s):

User 1 - 5 device types¶

None - Doesn't disable input. There's no reason to switch to this.
**RetroPad - Joypad - Stay on this.
RetroPad w/Analog - Joypad - Same as RetroPad. There's no reason to switch to this.

Controller tables¶

Joypad¶

User 1 - 5 Remap descriptors	RetroPad Inputs
B
Y
Select
Start
D-Pad Up
D-Pad Down
D-Pad Left
D-Pad Right
A
X
L
R

Compatibility¶

Game	Issue
A.S.P. Air Strike Patrol	The shadow below the aircraft is missing. Glitched graphics on the briefing screens.
Bass Masters Classic - Pro Edition	Only shows a black screen.
Funaki Masakatsu Hybrid Wrestler – Tougi Denshou	Corrupted graphics on the Pancrase logo screen.
Hayazashi Nidan Morita Shougi 2	Matches won’t start.
Madden NFL 96	Only shows a black screen.
Masters New – Harukanaru Augusta 3	Black screen after selecting game.
Mecarobot Golf	The ground "wobbles" during gameplay.
Mechwarrior 3050	Black screen after the Activision logo.