FAQ
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(Q) Exactly which Snes emulator is this a port from?
(A) Snes9X 1.39 based from the Windows sources

(Q) Damn, i was hoping for ZSnes instead. Why didnt you port that?
(A) I dont have a month to spend trying to figure out the .asm sources sorry. Respect goes out to anyone who does however.

(Q) The sound doesnt even sound like a proper Snes machine in lots of games. Whats the problem?
(A) Snes9x sound routines have some issues. Remember this is a port of existing emulator source. Try playing around with the 'AltSampleDecode' switch in the .ini file and see if that helps.

(Q) Can you save your games? 
(A) You can as of the Beta 1 Release.

(Q) Does xSnes9x have .zip file support?
(A) Yes as of Beta 2

(Q) Can i use RAR files instead?
(A) No.

(Q) What about network games? 
(A) It may be implemented at a later stage.

(Q) Your default gamepad config sucks! Can i configure my own?
(A) Yes, as of Beta 3

(Q) How?
(A) check the xSnes9x.txt readme

(Q) How does the ini file work?
(A) check the xSnes9x.txt readme

(Q) What do these options do in the ini file?
(A) check the Snes9x windows version on what they do. If you dont know then you shouldnt really be messing with them.

(Q) xSnesx takes an awful long time to load, it looks like its crashed. Whats going on?
(A) Upgrade to Beta 3, it should take less than 5 seconds now.

(Q) Can i Use a mixture of zip files and normal roms in my roms directory?
(A) Yes

(Q) Can i change the Rom directory and call it something else?
(A) Yes. As of Beta 4 set RomPath=<directoryname> in the ini file.

(Q) Im a coder, will you release the source?
(A) Yes, at some point.

(Q) Why did you port xSnes9x for?
(A) To give back to the xbox homebrew scene.

(Q) Why doesnt Super Mario Kart and other DSP1 games work for me?
(A) Mario Kart and selected other DSP1 games should run as of Beta 3.

(Q) Menu sorting doesnt work, why?
(A) Fixed as of Beta 3

(Q) Why doesnt <insert game here> work?
(A) Refer to the original Snes9x texts for compat issues. Most, if not all games that work on Snes9x Win should run fine. There are some games which dont run because they have custom chips which havent been emulated yet due to lack of documentation on those custom chips. Finally make sure you dont have a bad dump of the particular rom. There are lots of bad dumps going around.

(Q) How do I report a bug?
(A) Let one of the ops know in the channel you received xSnes9x from. They will pass it on to me.

(Q) When is the next release due?
(A) Whenever.