<s>
Higan	B-Language
is	O
a	O
free	B-Application
and	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
emulator	B-Application
for	O
multiple	O
video	B-Device
game	I-Device
consoles	I-Device
,	O
including	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Nintendo	I-Application
Entertainment	I-Application
System	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
called	O
bsnes	B-Language
(	O
which	O
was	O
later	O
reused	O
for	O
a	O
new	O
emulator	B-Application
by	O
the	O
same	O
developer	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
emulator	B-Application
is	O
notable	O
for	O
attempting	O
to	O
emulate	O
the	O
original	O
hardware	O
as	O
accurately	O
as	O
possible	O
through	O
low-level	O
,	O
cycle-accurate	B-Application
emulation	B-Application
and	O
for	O
the	O
associated	O
historical	O
preservation	O
efforts	O
of	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Higan	B-Language
has	O
been	O
forked	O
and	O
renamed	O
over	O
the	O
years	O
,	O
and	O
consists	O
of	O
three	O
sub-projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
bsnes	B-Language
:	O
A	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
emulator	B-Application
with	O
Super	B-Device
Game	I-Device
Boy	I-Device
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
higan	B-Language
:	O
A	O
multi-system	O
emulator	B-Application
that	O
focuses	O
on	O
accuracy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Supported	O
systems	O
include	O
the	O
NES	O
,	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
,	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
(	O
Color	B-Application
)	O
,	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
,	O
SG-1000	B-Operating_System
and	I-Operating_System
SC-3000	I-Operating_System
,	O
Master	O
System	O
,	O
Game	O
Gear	O
,	O
Genesis	B-Operating_System
,	O
Sega	B-Device
CD	I-Device
,	O
PC	B-General_Concept
Engine	I-General_Concept
(	O
SuperGrafx	B-General_Concept
)	O
,	O
MSX	B-Operating_System
and	I-Operating_System
MSX2	I-Operating_System
,	O
ColecoVision	B-Device
,	O
WonderSwan	B-Operating_System
(	O
Color	B-Application
)	O
,	O
and	O
Neo	B-Device
Geo	I-Device
Pocket	I-Device
(	O
Color	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ares	O
:	O
A	O
multi-system	O
emulator	B-Application
that	O
is	O
a	O
fork	O
of	O
higan	B-Language
,	O
focusing	O
on	O
performance	O
and	O
adding	O
experimental	O
PlayStation	B-Device
and	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
support	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
systems	O
supported	O
in	O
higan	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
of	O
the	O
emulator	B-Application
began	O
with	O
the	O
name	O
bsnes	B-Language
on	O
October	O
14	O
,	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
then	O
,	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
ported	O
to	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
developed	O
under	O
a	O
custom	O
license	O
,	O
later	O
releases	O
were	O
licensed	O
under	O
various	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
9	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
the	O
project	O
was	O
renamed	O
to	O
higan	B-Language
,	O
to	O
better	O
reflect	O
its	O
new	O
nature	O
as	O
a	O
multi-system	O
emulator	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
higan	B-Language
project	O
has	O
contributed	O
significantly	O
to	O
the	O
field	O
of	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
emulation	B-Application
,	O
with	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
original	O
achievements	O
in	O
its	O
emulation	B-Application
,	O
and	O
in	O
reverse	O
engineering	O
developments	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
organization	O
of	O
funds	O
,	O
hardware	O
,	O
and	O
expertise	O
for	O
decapping	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
's	O
enhancement	O
chips	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Higan	B-Language
is	O
able	O
to	O
run	O
every	O
commercial	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
title	O
ever	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
emulator	B-Application
to	O
have	O
featured	O
SPC7110	O
emulation	B-Application
,	O
cycle-accurate	B-Application
SPC	O
700	O
emulation	B-Application
,	O
cycle-accurate	B-Application
Super	B-Device
FX	I-Device
emulation	B-Application
,	O
Super	B-Device
Game	I-Device
Boy	I-Device
emulation	B-Application
,	O
and	O
a	O
dot-based	O
instead	O
of	O
scanline-based	O
renderer	O
for	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
multi-emulator	O
of	O
this	O
breadth	O
to	O
achieve	O
cycle-based	O
emulation	B-Application
for	O
every	O
single	O
component	O
of	O
every	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Forked	O
versions	O
of	O
bsnes	B-Language
have	O
provided	O
emulation	B-Application
support	O
for	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
,	O
XBAND	B-Application
,	O
Super	B-Application
Famicom	I-Application
Box	I-Application
,	O
Satellaview	B-Device
BS-X	I-Device
software	O
,	O
and	O
tool-assisted	O
speedruns	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Higan	B-Language
was	O
developed	O
by	O
American	O
software	O
engineer	O
David	O
Kirk	O
Ginder	O
(	O
February	O
21	O
,	O
1983	O
-	O
June	O
27	O
,	O
2021	O
)	O
,	O
known	O
as	O
Near	O
and	O
formerly	O
as	O
byuu	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Near	O
started	O
out	O
in	O
the	O
emulation	B-Application
scene	O
as	O
an	O
amateur	O
programmer	O
,	O
translating	O
Japanese	O
video-game	O
ROM	B-General_Concept
images	I-General_Concept
at	O
the	O
age	O
of	O
14	O
,	O
and	O
one	O
year	O
later	O
developed	O
a	O
tool	O
for	O
displaying	O
resized	O
text	O
font	O
in	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
of	O
bsnes	B-Language
was	O
triggered	O
by	O
bugs	O
during	O
translation	O
of	O
Super	B-Application
Famicom	I-Application
game	O
Der	B-Application
Langrisser	I-Application
that	O
would	O
only	O
appear	O
on	O
the	O
original	O
hardware	O
but	O
not	O
on	O
2004-era	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
emulators	B-Application
;	O
as	O
such	O
,	O
the	O
aim	O
of	O
bsnes	B-Language
was	O
for	O
accurate	O
emulation	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Near	O
contributed	O
to	O
the	O
translation	O
of	O
the	O
Nintendo	O
RPG	O
Mother	O
3	O
and	O
to	O
the	O
improvement	O
of	O
the	O
emulator	B-Application
Snes9x	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
also	O
engaged	O
extensively	O
in	O
creating	O
faithful	O
copies	O
of	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
games	O
for	O
preservation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2019	O
,	O
Near	O
retreated	O
from	O
the	O
emulation	B-Application
scene	O
,	O
after	O
"	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
escalating	O
privacy	O
intrusions	O
and	O
targeted	O
Internet	O
harassment	O
"	O
affected	O
their	O
mental	O
health	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2021	O
,	O
Near	O
released	O
a	O
new	O
translation	O
for	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Famicom	I-Application
game	O
Bahamut	B-Application
Lagoon	I-Application
,	O
a	O
passion	O
project	O
that	O
they	O
had	O
attempted	O
multiple	O
times	O
since	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
,	O
British	O
Internet	O
magazine	O
Webuser	O
recommended	O
bsnes	B-Language
for	O
"	O
some	O
fun	O
old-school	O
gaming	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
,	O
components	O
of	O
higan	B-Language
's	O
source	O
code	O
were	O
used	O
to	O
emulate	O
the	O
vintage	O
text-to-speech	B-Application
computer	O
used	O
by	O
physicist	O
Stephen	O
Hawking	O
,	O
after	O
the	O
original	O
hardware	O
began	O
showing	O
signs	O
of	O
wear	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hawking	O
would	O
continue	O
using	O
this	O
emulator	B-Application
to	O
converse	O
with	O
others	O
until	O
his	O
death	O
in	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
