bsnes 2014

bsnes 2014 emulates Nintendo SNES, Nintendo Super Game Boy, Nintendo Satellaview and Nintendo SuFami Turbo. It reads 16 files, none of them required: it starts games without them.

About this profile

Detail	Value
Type	libretro
Classification	Frozen snapshot
Source	https://github.com/libretro/bsnes2014
Upstream	https://github.com/bsnes-emu/bsnes
Version	094, stated in emulator/emulator.hpp
Revision	libretro/bsnes2014@3c1394e042ee, bsnes-emu/bsnes@78474e5d39f5
Profiled	2026-03-25
Profile	YAML, JSON
Cores	bsnes2014_accuracy, bsnes2014_balanced, bsnes2014_performance
Systems	Nintendo SNES, Nintendo Super Game Boy, Nintendo Satellaview, Nintendo SuFami Turbo

Install this emulator's files

The installer finds your setup and its BIOS folder, then downloads only the files this emulator reads there and checks each one.

Windows

Open the Start menu. Type PowerShell and open it. Paste the line. Press Enter.

PowerShell

&([scriptblock]::Create((irm https://abdess.github.io/retrobios/i.ps1))) --emulator bsnes2014

macOS

Open Terminal, in Applications, then Utilities. Paste the line. Press Return.

Terminal

curl -fsSL https://abdess.github.io/retrobios/i | sh -s -- --emulator bsnes2014

Linux

Open a terminal. Paste the line. Press Enter.

Terminal

curl -fsSL https://abdess.github.io/retrobios/i | sh -s -- --emulator bsnes2014

Steam Deck

Switch to Desktop Mode. Open Konsole. Paste with Ctrl+Shift+V. Press Enter.

Terminal

curl -fsSL https://abdess.github.io/retrobios/i | sh -s -- --emulator bsnes2014

Android (Termux)

Install Termux, a terminal app. Run pkg install python and termux-setup-storage once. Then paste the line. Press Enter.

Terminal

curl -fsSL https://abdess.github.io/retrobios/i | sh -s -- --emulator bsnes2014

On the device

Open a terminal on the device. Or connect from a computer with SSH, a terminal over the network. Paste the line. Press Enter.

Terminal

curl -fsSL https://abdess.github.io/retrobios/i | sh -s -- --emulator bsnes2014

Technical notes

Frozen at bsnes v094. Three build profiles: accuracy (dot-based PPU), balanced, performance (scanline PPU). All 3 share the same 16 firmware files. Profiles only differ in PPU (sfc/profile-.hpp), not coprocessors. SPC700 IPL ROM (64 bytes) embedded in target-libretro/libretro.cpp:31. No HLE fallback for any coprocessor in v094. Firmware loaded from system_dir via file::exists() + mmapstream. No hash or size validation on any firmware file. Libretro build uses heuristics only (ananke/heuristics/), not the SHA256 database (ananke/database/). All DSP1 games use DSP1B filenames via heuristic fallback. The database dsp1.program.rom / dsp1.data.rom names are only in the standalone build (target-ethos via ananke). .info accuracy/balanced: firmware_count=18, which counts the two dsp1. names of the database this build does not use. Performance .info: firmware_count=17, without cx4.data.rom. Upstream v094 source is contained within the libretro repo (sfc/, ananke/). bsnes-emu/bsnes is the modern rewrite (v115+).

Files

16 files: 0 required, 16 optional.

In this collection: 16 in repo and 0 missing.

Optional

File	Status
dsp1b.program.rom System: Nintendo SNES Size: 6.0 KB Collection copy: bios/Nintendo/SNES/dsp1b.program.rom Platforms: dsp1b.program.rom: Lakka, RetroArch, RetroPie. bios/dsp1b.program.rom: RetroDECK. snes/dsp1b.program.rom: RomM Source Asked for by: emulator code, libretro port Source: ananke/heuristics/super-famicom.hpp:381 (emulator code, libretro port)	in repo
dsp1b.data.rom System: Nintendo SNES Size: 2.0 KB Collection copy: bios/Nintendo/SNES/dsp1b.data.rom Platforms: dsp1b.data.rom: Lakka, RetroArch, RetroPie. bios/dsp1b.data.rom: RetroDECK. snes/dsp1b.data.rom: RomM Source Asked for by: emulator code, libretro port Source: ananke/heuristics/super-famicom.hpp:382 (emulator code, libretro port)	in repo
dsp2.program.rom System: Nintendo SNES Size: 6.0 KB Collection copy: bios/Nintendo/SNES/dsp2.program.rom Platforms: dsp2.program.rom: Lakka, RetroArch, RetroPie. bios/dsp2.program.rom: RetroDECK. snes/dsp2.program.rom: RomM Source Asked for by: emulator code, libretro port Source: ananke/heuristics/super-famicom.hpp:403 (emulator code, libretro port)	in repo
dsp2.data.rom System: Nintendo SNES Size: 2.0 KB Collection copy: bios/Nintendo/SNES/dsp2.data.rom Platforms: dsp2.data.rom: Lakka, RetroArch, RetroPie. bios/dsp2.data.rom: RetroDECK. snes/dsp2.data.rom: RomM Source Asked for by: emulator code, libretro port Source: ananke/heuristics/super-famicom.hpp:404 (emulator code, libretro port)	in repo
dsp3.program.rom System: Nintendo SNES Size: 6.0 KB Collection copy: bios/Nintendo/SNES/dsp3.program.rom Platforms: dsp3.program.rom: Lakka, RetroArch, RetroPie. bios/dsp3.program.rom: RetroDECK. snes/dsp3.program.rom: RomM Source Asked for by: emulator code, libretro port Source: ananke/heuristics/super-famicom.hpp:417 (emulator code, libretro port)	in repo
dsp3.data.rom System: Nintendo SNES Size: 2.0 KB Collection copy: bios/Nintendo/SNES/dsp3.data.rom Platforms: dsp3.data.rom: Lakka, RetroArch, RetroPie. bios/dsp3.data.rom: RetroDECK. snes/dsp3.data.rom: RomM Source Asked for by: emulator code, libretro port Source: ananke/heuristics/super-famicom.hpp:418 (emulator code, libretro port)	in repo
dsp4.program.rom System: Nintendo SNES Size: 6.0 KB Collection copy: bios/Nintendo/SNES/dsp4.program.rom Platforms: dsp4.program.rom: Lakka, RetroArch, RetroPie. bios/dsp4.program.rom: RetroDECK. snes/dsp4.program.rom: RomM Source Asked for by: emulator code, libretro port Source: ananke/heuristics/super-famicom.hpp:431 (emulator code, libretro port)	in repo
dsp4.data.rom System: Nintendo SNES Size: 2.0 KB Collection copy: bios/Nintendo/SNES/dsp4.data.rom Platforms: dsp4.data.rom: Lakka, RetroArch, RetroPie. bios/dsp4.data.rom: RetroDECK. snes/dsp4.data.rom: RomM Source Asked for by: emulator code, libretro port Source: ananke/heuristics/super-famicom.hpp:432 (emulator code, libretro port)	in repo
cx4.data.rom System: Nintendo SNES Size: 3.0 KB Collection copy: bios/Nintendo/SNES/SNES_cx4.rom Platforms: cx4.data.rom: Lakka, RetroArch, RetroPie. SNES_cx4.rom: BizHawk. bios/cx4.data.rom: RetroDECK. snes/cx4.data.rom: RomM Source Asked for by: emulator code, libretro port Source: ananke/heuristics/super-famicom.hpp:146 (emulator code, libretro port)	in repo
st010.program.rom System: Nintendo SNES Size: 48.0 KB Collection copy: bios/Nintendo/SNES/st010.program.rom Platforms: st010.program.rom: Lakka, RetroArch, RetroPie. bios/st010.program.rom: RetroDECK. snes/st010.program.rom: RomM Source Asked for by: emulator code, libretro port Source: ananke/heuristics/super-famicom.hpp:445 (emulator code, libretro port)	in repo
st010.data.rom System: Nintendo SNES Size: 4.0 KB Collection copy: bios/Nintendo/SNES/st010.data.rom Platforms: st010.data.rom: Lakka, RetroArch, RetroPie. bios/st010.data.rom: RetroDECK. snes/st010.data.rom: RomM Source Asked for by: emulator code, libretro port Source: ananke/heuristics/super-famicom.hpp:446 (emulator code, libretro port)	in repo
st011.program.rom System: Nintendo SNES Size: 48.0 KB Collection copy: bios/Nintendo/SNES/st011.program.rom Platforms: st011.program.rom: Lakka, RetroArch, RetroPie. bios/st011.program.rom: RetroDECK. snes/st011.program.rom: RomM Source Asked for by: emulator code, libretro port Source: ananke/heuristics/super-famicom.hpp:460 (emulator code, libretro port)	in repo
st011.data.rom System: Nintendo SNES Size: 4.0 KB Collection copy: bios/Nintendo/SNES/st011.data.rom Platforms: st011.data.rom: Lakka, RetroArch, RetroPie. bios/st011.data.rom: RetroDECK. snes/st011.data.rom: RomM Source Asked for by: emulator code, libretro port Source: ananke/heuristics/super-famicom.hpp:461 (emulator code, libretro port)	in repo
st018.program.rom System: Nintendo SNES Size: 128.0 KB Collection copy: bios/Nintendo/SNES/st018.program.rom Platforms: st018.program.rom: Lakka, RetroArch, RetroPie. bios/st018.program.rom: RetroDECK. snes/st018.program.rom: RomM Source Asked for by: emulator code, libretro port Source: ananke/heuristics/super-famicom.hpp:475 (emulator code, libretro port)	in repo
st018.data.rom System: Nintendo SNES Size: 32.0 KB Collection copy: bios/Nintendo/SNES/st018.data.rom Platforms: st018.data.rom: Lakka, RetroArch, RetroPie. snes/st018.data.rom: RomM. RetroDECK Source Asked for by: emulator code, libretro port Source: ananke/heuristics/super-famicom.hpp:476 (emulator code, libretro port)	in repo
sgb.boot.rom System: Nintendo Super Game Boy Size: 256 B Collection copy: bios/Nintendo/Game Boy/GB_sgb.bin Platforms: SGB1.sfc/sgb1.boot.rom and sgb.boot.rom and sgb_bios.bin and sgb_boot.bin: Lakka, RetroArch, RetroPie. bios/sgb_bios.bin: AmberELEC, EmuELEC. sgb_bios.bin and sgb_boot.bin: Batocera, KNULLI. GB_sgb.bin: BizHawk. bios/sgb1.boot.rom and bios/sgb_bios.bin: RetroDECK. sgb/sgb_bios.bin: Recalbox. sgb_boot.bin: RetroBat. super-gb/sgb1.boot.rom and super-gb/sgb_bios.bin: RomM Source Asked for by: emulator code, libretro port Source: ananke/heuristics/super-famicom.hpp:133 (emulator code, libretro port)	in repo

Next steps

• Get your files, for the setup you play on
• Every system, and the files each one needs
• When a game does not start

Data as of 4 November 2026.