


Save states are typically not compatible between emulators, and sometimes not even between different versions of the same emulator, often due to internal core changes. This allows you to save your progress at a point that might not normally be possible with in-game saves, or in games that don't have in-game saves at all. You can then load a save state at a later time, thus returning ZSNES to the exact point in the game when you saved the state originally. These values are specific to the exact moment that you saved the state. When you "save a state," ZSNES creates a file that contains the values of all the variables that change while ZSNES is emulating a game. Warning: If you care about your progress in a game, remember to use in-game saves regularly! Do not rely solely on save states! Note: Besides these default keys, there are many other keys that you can configure in the GUI. While using Netplay, press to open the Chat window Panic Key - Reset all switches to default (enable Offset Mode, Windowing, all background layers, sprite/object layer, and sound channels disable Add-on Devices reset Emulation Speed Throttle) Toggle background layers 1, 2, 3, and 4, respectively Toggle sound channels 1 through 8, respectively When a game is loaded, toggle the GUI (pauses emulation while GUI visible). Please read the entire documentation for more information. This section only covers very basic usage. If you saved a state, you can load that state by pressing F4.Load an in-game save in the normal way.When you are ready to return to a previously saved game, just re-load that game.Exit the emulator by going to Game Menu -> Quit.You can load a new game using the same steps as above, or.If your game does not have a save function, or you are at a point in the game where you can't save, you can create a save state.If your game has its own native save function, just use it.When you are ready to stop playing, you have a number of choices to save your game.Load a game ( Game Menu -> Load) and start playing.Configure path settings ( Config Menu -> Paths) if you don't want all the automatically generated files going into the same directories as your ROMs.Configure the video settings ( Config Menu -> Video) as desired, or use the default settings.Configure the input settings ( Config Menu -> Input) as desired, or use the default settings.If you're using DOS, navigate to the ZSNES installation folder and type zsnes.exe at the command line.If you're using Windows, double-click on the executable file.
