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Snes9x

Snes9x is a console and retro computer emulator, available on Linux.

  • Completely free
  • Linux

At a glance

Snes9x is completely free: no known feature is locked behind a paid plan.

It is distributed under a proprietary licence: free to use under its terms, which may change; that licence is not an open source licence.

Weaknesses

  • Closed source

About

Snes9x is a portable, freeware Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) emulator. It basically allows you to play most games designed for the SNES and Super Famicom Nintendo game systems on your PC or Workstation; which includes some real gems that were only ever released in Japan.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Facts collected from Automatic reading of the official pages (free status) —
  • Last technical check: 6 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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