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Ares, a multi-system emulator released on August 24, 2026, focuses on accuracy and preservation. Development began in 2004, and it emulates 27 hardware devices, including Famicom, Super Famicom, Nintendo 64 (in progress), Game Boy, Master System, Mega Drive, PC Engine, and more. The latest update includes various improvements such as fixes for N64 core builds and floating-point issues with the recompiler. Ares is a descendant of higan and bsnes. Users can download the x64 version and access the source via a provided link.
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Ares (2026/08/24) has been released. Ares is a multi-system emulator that started its development on October 14th, 2004. It is a descendant of higan and bsnes, prioritizing accuracy and preservation.
Ares currently supports the following 27 hardware devices:
* Famicom + Famicom Disk System
* Super Famicom + Super Game Boy
* Nintendo 64 (in development)
* Game Boy + Game Boy Color
* Game Boy Advance + Game Boy Player
* SG-1000 + SC-3000
* Master System + Game Gear
* Mega Drive + Mega CD
* PC Engine + PC Engine CD + SuperGrafx
* MSX + MSX2
* ColecoVision
* Neo Geo Pocket + Neo Geo Pocket Color
* WonderSwan + WonderSwan Color + SwanCrystal + Pocket Challenge V2
Ares changelog:
* Merged commit ‘8a22cd8096c8ce366cccd44813b6210c2160ff29’
* Consolidated ‘thirdparty/sljit/’ changes from 666125ad6..de0259c7a
* n64: corrected builds with ARES_UNITY_CORES=OFF
* recompiler: resolved floating-point issues affecting n64 core (#2611)
