zsnes is a GPL Super Nintendo emulator.
Download/Installation
zsnes is very easy to install since it is available in Synaptic from the multiverse.
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install zsnes
However, zsnes conflicts with the Enlightened_Sound_Daemon (esd). We can fix this by killing esd before running zsnes and restarting it. We can create a script to do this. For the sake of demonstration, we will use a folder called ~/scripts, but you might put it in the same folder that zsnes was installed to.
Copy and paste the following into gedit. Save it as ~/scripts/zsnes.sh.
# Runs zsnes. # Since zsnes doesn't like having esd run at the same time, we have to run # kill esd. But we want it back up and running again so that we can play # music and stuff. killall esd zsnes esd -nobeeps &
Start
Start the game
~/scripts/zsnes
In a terminal, set the permissions to allow users to run the script. $ chmod 755 ~/scripts/zsnes.sh
Now you can run the script by double clicking on it. Alternatively, you can set it up as a menu item using smeg.