SNES Classic emulation: is it more performant?
6 years ago
Texas, USA

Is the SNES Classic emulator more performant than other emulation? I was speedrunning this on my SNES Classic and was getting the timing down on the Desert Palace boss pretty consistently, but once I moved to my PC (so I could stream/record a run) it felt much laggier. I'm using snes9x 1.54 on PC.

Same question, but for a SNES Classic modified with hakchi2.

Ohio, USA

SNES Classic will perform much better in the input lag department than nearly every other emulator on PC, save a properly configured RetroArch setup. Hakchi2 doesn't change this. If you have the SNES Classic as an option to run/stream on, i'd say it's your best option short of a real console.It's better than virtual console and emulator, not as good as OG hardware.

Antarctica

I know the NES Classic runs slower than an actual NES (it loses 1 second every 10 minutes or so if I remember correctly so it’s not horrible if you’re just starting out). I don’t know if anyone has ever timed out the SNES Classic in the same way (maybe it’s not slower, I genuinely don’t know) but it might be slower overall even if it “feels” better than a regular emulator.

Ohio, USA

Here is a comparison of SNES vs SNES Classic for ALTTP. It isn't 1 second every 10 minutes.

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Antarctica

Oh wow, interesting watch. Thanks for making that.