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# ares
**ares** is a multi-system emulator that began development on October 14th, 2004.
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It is a descendent of [higan ](https://github.com/higan-emu/higan ) and [bsnes ](https://github.com/bsnes-emu/bsnes/ ), and focuses on accuracy and preservation.
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Official Releases
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Official releases are available from
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[the ares website ](https://ares-emulator.github.io ).
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Nightly Builds
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Automated, untested builds of ares are available for Windows and macOS as a [pre-release ](https://github.com/higan-emu/ares/releases/tag/nightly ).
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Only the latest nightly build is kept.