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Ares Git (2026/01/20) is a multi-system emulator that emphasizes accuracy and preservation, derived from higan and bsnes. Development began on October 14, 2004. Ares currently emulates 27 hardware devices, including Famicom, Super Famicom, Nintendo 64 (in development), Game Boy systems, and more. Recent updates include fixes for crashes, MSVC linking issues, and improvements to XAudio2. Notably, the emulator now better handles N64 with a homebrew header. Download options include Ares Git x64 and source code.
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Ares Git (2026/01/20) has been compiled. Ares is a versatile multi-system emulator that started its development on October 14th, 2004. It is a descendant of both higan and bsnes, emphasizing 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 Git changelog:
* Fixed crash when opening the about window
* Combined xaudio2 into a single source file; corrected vector calls in asio.cpp
* Addressed a minor oversight
* Resolved MSVC Linking issues
* Fixed MSVC build problems
* Updated XAudio2 from version 2.1 to 2.9
* N64: with homebrew header, no longer defaults to installing a controller pak
