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osirisgothra
May 14th, 2013, 11:11 AM
Hello Everyone!

I'm not sure if raring ringtail is still in pre-release state now but ZSNES has a problem on raring. It seems at least 3 people have also reported this and I wanted to see if anyone else had this issue (13.04 only as far as I know)...

ZSNES runs fine when you start it up but when you go to load a game, it instantly crashes. You can see the bug details here. (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/zsnes/+bug/1171146)

What I need to know is if this is just a few people or if it is everyone... so if you have 13.04 and can load and play a rom then reply back (or if you cant). As I said, the emulator starts just fine, no problems at all untill I hit enter when selecting a rom OR when selecting a recent rom from the left arrow menu.

Thanks all for your replies!!

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PS: I almost forgot to mention, a workaround to those who have this problem: install wine and run the windows version of zsnes. It is suprisingly fast - didnt expect that it would work.

kostkon
May 14th, 2013, 12:09 PM
PS: I almost forgot to mention, a workaround to those who have this problem: install wine and run the windows version of zsnes. It is suprisingly fast - didnt expect that it would work.
There's also the option of bsnes (https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/bsnes/), formerlySnes9x (https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/snes9x-gtk/) (although, not as fast as zsnes on old systems).

fct
May 15th, 2013, 09:47 AM
There's also the option of bsnes (https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/bsnes/), formerlySnes9x (https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/snes9x-gtk/) (although, not as fast as zsnes on old systems).

Actually, bsnes is a completely different emulator that attempts to achieve hardware-precision fidelity in emulation. That is why it requires a more powerful machine than other emulators. This article explains it:
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2011/08/accuracy-takes-power-one-mans-3ghz-quest-to-build-a-perfect-snes-emulator/

kostkon
May 15th, 2013, 12:47 PM
Actually, bsnes is a completely different emulator that attempts to achieve hardware-precision fidelity in emulation. That is why it requires a more powerful machine than other emulators. This article explains it:
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2011/08/accuracy-takes-power-one-mans-3ghz-quest-to-build-a-perfect-snes-emulator/
Nice article, thanks.