Nintendo - SNES / Famicom (Beetle bsnes)¶

Background¶

Standalone port of Mednafen bSNES to libretro, itself a old fork of bsnes 0.59.

This core exists as a side effect of porting/forking mednafen for its other cores in the past. There's no reason to use this core now that there's other more compatible and faster SNES cores.

Author/License¶

The Beetle bsnes core has been authored by

• byuu
• Mednafen Team

The Beetle bsnes core is licensed under

• GPLv2

A summary of the licenses behind RetroArch and its cores have found here.

Extensions¶

Content that can be loaded by the Beetle bsnes core have the following file extensions:

• .smc
• .fig
• .bs
• .st
• .sfc

Databases¶

RetroArch database(s) that are associated with the Beetle bsnes core:

• Nintendo - Super Nintendo Entertainment System
• Nintendo - Super Nintendo Entertainment System Hacks
• Nintendo - Sufami Turbo

Features¶

Frontend-level settings or features that the Beetle bsnes core respects.

Feature	Supported
Restart	✔
Screenshots	✔
Saves	✔
States	✔
Rewind	✔
Netplay	✔
Core Options	✕
RetroAchievements	✕
RetroArch Cheats	✕
Native Cheats	✕
Controls	✔
Remapping	✕
Multi-Mouse	✕
Rumble	✕
Sensors	✕
Camera	✕
Location	✕
Subsystem	✕
Softpatching	✕
Disk Control	✕
Username	✕
Language	✕
Crop Overscan	✔
LEDs	✕

Directories¶

The Beetle bsnes core's internal core name is 'Mednafen bSNES'

The Beetle bsnes core saves/loads to/from these directories.

Frontend's Save directory

• 'content-name'.srm (Cartridge battery save)
• 'content-name'.rtc (Real time clock save)

Frontend's State directory

• 'content-name'.state# (State)

Geometry and timing¶

• The Beetle bsnes core's core provided FPS is 60.10
• The Beetle bsnes core's core provided sample rate is 44100 Hz
• The Beetle bsnes core's core provided aspect ratio is 4/3

Controllers¶

The Beetle bsnes core supports the following device type(s) in the controls menu, bolded device types are the default for the specified user(s):

User 1 - 2 device types¶

• None - Doesn't disable input
• RetroPad - Joypad
• RetroPad w/Analog - Joypad - There's no reason to switch to this.

Controller tables¶

Joypad¶

RetroPad Inputs	Beetle bsnes Inputs
	B
	Y
	Select
	Start
	D-Pad Up
	D-Pad Down
	D-Pad Left
	D-Pad Right
	A
	X
	L
	R

External Links¶

• Official Mednafen Website
• Official Mednafen Downloads
• Libretro Beetle bsnes Core info file
• Libretro Beetle bsnes Github Repository
• Report Libretro Beetle bsnes Core Issues Here

See also¶

Nintendo - Sufami Turbo¶

• Nintendo - SNES / Famicom (bsnes-mercury Accuracy)
• Nintendo - SNES / Famicom (bsnes-mercury Balanced)
• Nintendo - SNES / Famicom (bsnes-mercury Performance)
• Nintendo - SNES / Famicom (bsnes Accuracy)
• Nintendo - SNES / Famicom (bsnes Balanced)
• Nintendo - SNES / Famicom (bsnes C++98 (v085))
• Nintendo - SNES / Famicom (bsnes Performance)
• Nintendo - SNES / Famicom (Snes9x)
• Nintendo - SNES / Famicom (Snes9x 2002)
• Nintendo - SNES / Famicom (Snes9x 2005 Plus)
• Nintendo - SNES / Famicom (Snes9x 2005)
• Nintendo - SNES / Famicom (Snes9x 2010)

Nintendo - Super Nintendo Entertainment System (+Hacks)¶

• Nintendo - SNES / Famicom (bsnes-mercury Accuracy)
• Nintendo - SNES / Famicom (bsnes-mercury Balanced)
• Nintendo - SNES / Famicom (bsnes-mercury Performance)
• Nintendo - SNES / Famicom (bsnes Accuracy)
• Nintendo - SNES / Famicom (bsnes Balanced)
• Nintendo - SNES / Famicom (bsnes C++98 (v085))
• Nintendo - SNES / Famicom (bsnes Performance)
• Nintendo - SNES / Famicom (higan Accuracy)
• Nintendo - SNES / Famicom (nSide Balanced)
• Nintendo - SNES / Famicom (Snes9x)
• Nintendo - SNES / Famicom (Snes9x 2002)
• Nintendo - SNES / Famicom (Snes9x 2005 Plus)
• Nintendo - SNES / Famicom (Snes9x 2005)
• Nintendo - SNES / Famicom (Snes9x 2010)