Surprisingly, 'fewest issues' was hardly what a lot of people were looking for when it came to being the 'best'. I've been around emulation communities since around '04, and I saw that same question asked around a lot. The communities you've looked at aren't going to always share the same generalizations as the communities you haven't participated in. You're trying to generalize a subjective opinion that's going to vary given the audience you look at. The thing is, that's your perception of what people define as the best, based on what you've seen and where and whom you've heard things from. I added the word generally in order to make that more clear (apparently to no avail). Regardless of what the best means to you or me that's likely what he's looking for. And what they almost always mean is 'which one will give me the fewest issues?'. Having been around a number of emulation forums for the last few years I've seen this question asked a lot by newbies. NaturalViolence Wrote:to me != generally/on average I take into account compatibility, ease of use (my definition of easy to use is a bit more technical/advanced than average), number of options and features that I find relevant, program portability, as well as the look and feel of the emulator itself. 'Best' to me is an amalgamation of factors no single category dominates my decision. A handful are really good, but not quite as good as desktop emulators in terms of compatibility (or features). Some don't emulate SuperFX chips, have speed issues, or can't boot certain games. Today, really, the only SNES emulators with real issues are those for your phones. The chances of getting major issues is so slim in SNES9x that it may be pointless for quite a few people to decide to use higan over it (which generally seems to be the case, since you said SNES9x is more popular). You really have to try to find anything that's outright or partially broken nowadays (and good luck with that). I've played through dozens of SNES games on SNES9x over numerous versions coming up on ten years, and I can safely say that each game was a flawless experience. Consider the case of SNES emulation most emulators are mature enough that it's difficult to actually encounter issues of any sort.

If you feel it's pretty cut and dry that 'best' means 'xyz', then you merely have a strong idea of what you value the most, although it might not necessarily apply to others. Best can mean a lot of different things depending on what you want. (05-31-2013, 06:32 AM)NaturalViolence Wrote: Best to me generally means least number of issues.ДЇixed. Most people will want to use PJ64 however, since it's easier to use and configure. For the games I play, Mupen64Plus runs them perfectly, so I stick with it. There are 3rd party GUIs for the latest versions, but it can take some effort to setup correctly. After some thorough testing I did a while ago, I found it's compatibility to be quite good (higher than I expected in some cases). Mupen64Plus runs natively on Windows, Linux, and OS X. It's being actively developed(?) again and has been open-sourced. PJ64 runs fine on all OSes (natively on Windows, and through WINE on Linux and OS X), and it boasts the best compatibility as well as the largest community. I myself stick with SNES9x, never having come across any issues with it, been using it for almost 10 years now.ДЇor N64, your options really boil down to PJ64 or Mupen64Plus. higan does have some options that allow it to be less demanding on hardware, at least I've heard. Note, SNES9x is very accurate at this point (though not completely accurate) if you're anyone but byuu himself, or you can spot timing errors in microseconds with your naked eye, you probably won't care about accuracy, so you can float either way. SNES9x also runs well on very old hardware (1GHz Celeron circa 2001).

SNES9x is generally faster, but higan is more accurate. For embedded devices, however, SNES9x is preferred due to higan's high requirements. Is it speed, portability, available options, enhancements, accuracy? It's pretty much a toss-up between SNES9x and higan in terms of overall popularity (in the Linux community at least). You need to define what 'best' means to you anyway. (05-30-2013, 07:45 PM)Lebada3 Wrote: What are the most popular/best.Д«est is not always equal to most popular.

Best n64 emulator what pj64 version