Snes9x Setup Guides & Tutorials
Step-by-step tutorials for getting Snes9x 1.63 running well — from a first Windows install to controllers, save states, cheats, shaders and netplay.
Snes9x.net is an independent, unofficial resource site for Snes9x, the long-running Super Nintendo emulator. We are not the Snes9x project and we do not host the emulator itself; Snes9x is freeware for personal, non-commercial use, with publicly available source code under its own non-commercial licence.
Start with the Windows setup guide if you are new, then work through settings, controls and saves. Every guide below is written for Snes9x 1.63, the current stable release published on the project’s GitHub releases page.
Guides in this section
- How to Set Up Snes9x on Windows — A clean first install: download, extract, load a game, configure a pad and find your saves.
- Best Snes9x Settings — Sensible video, audio and emulation settings for picture quality and performance in 1.63.
- Snes9x Controller Setup — Map Xbox, PlayStation and retro pads, and understand the Windows hot-plug limitation.
- Snes9x Hotkeys Reference — The verified default keys: save and load states, turbo, screenshots, pause and fullscreen.
- Save States and .srm Saves Guide — How battery saves and save states differ, where the Saves folder is, and how the 10 banks work.
- Snes9x Cheat Codes Guide — Enter Game Genie, Pro Action Replay and raw codes, and manage the .cht files Snes9x saves.
- Snes9x Netplay Guide — Host or join a session for up to five players on TCP port 6096 — with the project’s own caution that standalone netplay may be broken.
- Snes9x Shaders and Filters Guide — Which shader formats each video driver accepts — Cg, GLSL and slang — and how to load presets.
- Snes9x Fullscreen and Display Settings — Fullscreen, aspect ratio and output-method choices for a clean picture on modern displays.
- Sync Snes9x Saves with Cloud Storage — Keep .srm saves and save states in step between machines using a synced folder.
Need the emulator itself first? Get Snes9x 1.63 from our download page, which links to the project’s GitHub releases and lists verified checksums.
You can also browse everything in this cluster in the Tutorials category archive.