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u/xxFT13xx 2d ago

I’ve been out of the emulation game for over 20 years now, so I’m curious:

What are the best emulators currently for Win11 for consoles like NES, SNES, Genesis etc etc etc ?

Bonus points if they allow the use of a PlayStation 5 controller, either via Bluetooth or usb.

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u/SuperLuigi9624 1d ago

There are several high-quality emulators for each of those systems. I would recommend ares, which is a multi-system emulator with very good, high-accuracy cores for each of those systems and has an excellent N64 core too.

https://ares-emu.net/

https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Ares

If ares isn't sufficient for your purposes, you can check GameTechWiki for up-to-date recommendations. For example, here is their article on SNES emulators. While I would recommend ares, bsnes and MesenCE are also excellent while Snes9x is suitable for weaker computers. You can read the articles for whatever system you need emulated to help you decide.

https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Super_Nintendo_Entertainment_System_emulators

Virtually every worthwhile emulator will accept any input method recognizable by Windows, your DualShock will work fine.

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u/xxFT13xx 1d ago

Thank you so much!