Question about SNES emulators

[Enigma Outlaw]

Well in the past if I wanted to play a SNES game I'd just dust my old one off. However years ago the system took a fall that cracked the connector on the back for the AC adapter making it a time bomb that would eventually not work. Even so I still got about another 5 years of life out of it and finally after 16 years my SNES has bit the dust. Not really a problem for me as far as CT is concerned since I have the DS version now but there's plenty of games I can't play now so I'm finally going to go ahead and get an emulator. I just was mainly wondering what the best one was and what things I should look out for or know prior to downloading ROMs. Any help I can get I'd be very thankful for since I know jack shit about this topic

[Acacia Sgt]

Well, the best emulators I recommend are ZSNES and SNES9X.
About Roms, one thing about them is that downloading them is illegal, except if you own an original copy of the game.
And that's all you should know, I guess.

[teaflower]

We aren't allowed to give you links to ROMs here. It's against forum rules.

However, zSNES is your best bet, emulator wise. It's an amazing piece of software. Look into version 1.42, which allows online play with other people (limitedly).

[Enigma Outlaw]

Well I wasn't asking where I could get the ROMs themselves or for links. Anyone with a basic knowledge of the net can find them. The primary question was what the best one was and what to look out for when downloading them such as what may tip me off if the ROM was actually a virus, ect. Pretty much my primary purpose is going to be to get the games I actually own so that in the unlikely case someone rained hell on me then I'd be able to show them the original game and the busted SNES.

[Boo the Gentleman Caller]

Make sure you only download the ROM if you own a literal copy of the game.  ;D

[V_Translanka]

Unless you're like every other normal emu user/MP3 downloader/avast ye matey pirate/etc who doesn't care about silly little practically unenforceable laws. Welcome to the world of emulation. Get ready to be able to finally play some really good games that were previously never translated...! Or get bugfixes...! And ROM hacks...! It's a wonderful world wide web we live in.

I suggest ZSNES too, though I believe SNES9x is more or less exactly the same now-a-days...

[ZaichikArky]

I like SNES 9X myself, though Zsnes is more powerful, I guess, also the online play is better on it. However, the online play doesn't always work, though when it does, it's really cool. So really, there are only those 2 emulators you should be trying out, just download both of them and see what you like better.

[V_Translanka]

Then get VBA (Visual Boy Advance) for all your Gameboy~Gameboy Advance needs.

[teaflower]

I've found that I prefer No$GBA to the VBA as of late. For one, I don't need to always rely on save states. No$ loads the battery, so I can actually save and have timed events (yes I can has an Umbreon or an Espeon!). It also runs DS as well as GBA in the latest versions, which is good. Though when I want to play just a normal GB game, I load up the VBA.

I have both. ^_^

[V_Translanka]

Yeah, I mostly just use no cash for DS games (though with some of the more graphic heavy scenes/games with my crappy lappy, it gets bogged down pretty bad sometimes) because the widescreen for GBA games on it includes the toolbar! But yeah, it's good too...though I think there are more options available for VBA filter-wise...I could be wrong though...