> So I think it really does matter whether it runs in an emulator or not. If you were to write a SNES emulator that only emulated the console itself, it would

> So I think it really does matter whether it runs in an emulator or not. If you were to write a SNES emulator that only emulated the console itself, it would not be able to run the many SNES games that use addon chips. SNES emulators include code that emulate the addon chips originally contained in the cartridges[1]. So, I think your test is a false one. Games run in the emulator because the emulator added emulation for the chips in the game. This game cartridge would also run on a SNES emulator if you emulated its chips. [1] Code to emulate the behavior of the DSP chip in Super Mario Kart (among many others): https://github.com/bsnes-emu/bsnes/tree/master/bsnes/sfc/dsp https://github.com/bsnes-emu/bsnes/tree/master/bsnes/sfc/dsp