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How to Patch ZSNES Game Genie

ZSNES is a free Super Nintendo emulator program. An emulator program runs game console games, much like the small computer inside a game console does when you insert a game cartridge or disc. ZSNES is a ROM player. A ROM is a saved file or an "image" of a video game that occasionally needs patches. Patches are small files created by the ZSNES code writers. Patches are like updates, they make and save changes that help the emulator run right and eliminate bugs or flaws in the ROM programming code. Patch your ZSNES game genie with IPS patches.

Instructions

- 1
  Enable the "Auto-Patch" in ZSNES. Start the ZSNES program. Go to the "Configurations" tab in the program window. Select "Options."
- 2
  Look for the IPS patch file, which ends in .ips in the "Saves Directory" list of your ZSNES emulator. The .ips file should have a file name that matches the ROM file with .ips as the end, such as "SD3.sfc" and "SD3.ips" or "Seiken Desetsu 3 (J).zip" and "Seiken Densetsu 3 (J).ips". If it isn't there, look for it in the directory or folder that the ZSNES ROM has been saved in.
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  Move the .ips patch file into the ROM file archive, or the same file folder as the ROM. Load the ROM file by double clicking on it, and the ROM should apply the patch automatically to its files as ZSNES has a "soft-patch" ROM feature. After the ZSNES loads a ROM or game image into its memory, it applies the patch to the in-memory ROM data and eliminates the need to keep the original and patched versions of the emulator on your hard drive.

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