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Contents 1 Removed 'accurate' descrption... 2 SNES Test Cartridge ROM 3 hq2/3/4x interpolation 4 Citations needed.

[edit] Removed 'accurate' descrption...

• I removed the 'accurate' description because it just isn't...accurate. Please don't be a 'tard and revert this change because Zsnes is notoriously known (in it's current form at least) to be one of the most *inaccurate* emulator around. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 85.185.86.136 (talk • contribs).

• Don't mean to butt in here but notorious? We are making strives to move away from an opcode core to a cycle core. If you want bad code look at SNESGT or snes9x's 200+ hacks. We have maybe 20 in our source with our "inaccurate" code. -- pagefault —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.71.46.226 (talk • contribs).

• Please do not refer to other contributors as "'tard"s just because they modify the article. Be polite. Also, it would be very helpful if you could cite the source of the "inaccurate emulator" claim. --ElTchanggo 20:47, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Allright sorry for the language abuse. First, when I said "one of the most *inaccurate* emulator around" I'm was strickly refering to Snes emulation and not general console/arcade/computer emulation.

Now as for sources, well,one way to see for yourself is to just examine Zsnes's source code. Now if you're not a programmer that probably won't help too much. But if you follow actual programmers's discussion on whatever (X) program you can get a good idea about how said program operates and their opinion of it.

Here's a link to a discussion thread on the official Mame forum:

Which discuss how Zsnes doesn't actually cycle-count either of the CPUs,meaning more or less it doesn't truly syncronize the various components of the Snes.

http://www.mame.net/cgi-bin/wwwthreads/showpost.pl?Board=mamegeneral&Number=190565&page=1&view=expanded&mode=threaded&sb=7#Post190565

(Hope posting this link was not against the rules or anything) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 200.194.103.61 (talk • contribs).

• No, it isn't against the rules - in fact, it's encouraged. Relevant links (like the one you posted) are always useful. --ElTchanggo 17:24, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

• -- Again we are not the only emulator to do this, so don't flame us, you have a lot of people to flame as well. -- pagefault —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.71.46.226 (talk • contribs).

[edit] SNES Test Cartridge ROM

somebody might mention something in the article about how ZSNES is able to pass all the tests in Nintendo's SNES Test Cartridge ROM except the actual equipment test - and I understand they're working on that one - quite a feat for an emulator. --Nerd42 14:19, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] hq2/3/4x interpolation

The fact that ZSNES was, afaik, the first emulator to incorporate hq2/3/4x interpolation might also be worthy of mention in this article. Of course, it'd be nice if a link corroberating this could be provided, as well.

Also, it seems like hq2/3/4x might deserve its own article.. TerraFrost 07:19, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

I would like to mention that ZSNES wasn't just the first emulator to use HQ2/3/4x, but the HQ filter line was created specifically for ZSNES (the Windows version of ZSNES anyway). The author later on released code that could be dropped into other emulators. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 62.0.170.147 (talk • contribs) .

hmmm. What was the first emulator to incorpoate hq2/3/4x? TerraFrost 01:13, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

...ZSNES wasn't just the first... --Snarius 02:23, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Err... didn't see the just part, heh. TerraFrost 02:50, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

1.50 does not pass all tests. 1.60 will have a cycle based core and it will pass all the tests along with tests byuu from bsnes has sent me to acid proof it. -- pagefault —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.71.46.226 (talk • contribs).

[edit] Citations needed.

Will some expert kindly provide sources for the sentences quoted below, so that I can reach my goal of paring down the Citation Needed references on the following page? http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Articles_with_unsourced_statements&from=Z

SNES has historically been regarded as the most advanced SNES console emulator available; the emulator has pioneered software emulation of the system since originally released.[citation needed]

Today, ZSNES is considered to have the widest support for specialized SNES hardware, and is one of the most popular SNES emulators.[citation needed]

Sincerely, GeorgeLouis 06:20, 29 October 2006 (UTC)