So, as far as I can tell, there are 4 main super nintendo emulators I could use, of which 2 are available in the package manager:
zsnes
snes9x
snes9x but accessed exclusively via retroarch (available in package manager)
higan (available in package manager)
Higan, I have installed, and it technically works, but for most of the audio options I get the "Failed to initialize audio driver" error message, and for the few that do work, the sound is just terrible and broken to the point that it would ruin any games I tried to play on it.
Retroarch, I briefly had installed, but... the interface is like they are trying to copy the interface of a newer playstation on a computer, badly, and without understanding why it works there and not here. It was so unpleasant to work with, I ended up uninstalling it in frustration before even figuring out how to actually get any games to open and work right on it.
So, I have been trying to get either zsnes or snes9x working, downloaded directly from their sites. Unfortunately, I have no idea how to... actually compile these. Any instructions I find are for other versions of linux. And though there were apparently some easy to install .pet files on the old forum... most of those messages are so old, they were closer in time to the actual super nintendo than they are to today, and so the links are broken or the information is obsolete. The best I found was three pre-compiled snes9x ones that... were apparently the "wrong ELF class" for me, and so those don't work either.
Anyone have any advice for how to get any of these working? Or am I just gonna have to settle for retroarch.
