emulator: mednafen_supafaust
type: libretro
core_classification: community_fork
source: "https://github.com/libretro/supafaust"
upstream: "https://mednafen.github.io/"
profiled_date: "2026-03-24"
core_version: "1.29.0"
display_name: "Nintendo - SNES / SFC (Beetle Supafaust)"
cores: [mednafen_supafaust]
systems: [nintendo-snes]

# Port of Mednafen's experimental snes_faust module.
# All special chips (DSP-1, DSP-2, CX4, SuperFX, SA-1, S-DD1) emulated via HLE.
# DSP-1 data ROM synthesized in code (dsp1-datarom-synth.h).
# DSP-3, DSP-4, ST010, ST011, ST018, SPC7110 detected but not emulated (fall through).
# MSU1 supported (loads data from game directory, not system directory).
# RETRO_ENVIRONMENT_GET_SYSTEM_DIRECTORY never called.
notes: >
  Port of Mednafen's snes_faust module. All special chip firmware
  emulated via HLE with synthesized data ROMs. No external firmware loading.
  source_ref: dsp1.cpp:120-177, dsp2.cpp:118-140, cx4.cpp:1548-1656,
  cart.cpp:129-584, libretro.cpp:496-742

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