Any old version of Snes9x that doesn't require me to download a million .dll's?

Which .dll files are you missing? Or are you talking about the .dll files needed to use the cgi shaders pack that are completely optional & non important to properly run snes9x?

Also, as I said register a forum account on there & ask for help in that particular thread.

As for you folks suggesting or recommending ZSNES, you need to realize that ZSNES is technically very obsolete now

There were rumors of an update as mentioned on this thread:

http://board.zsnes.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=13241&start=150

But as you can see, still nothing.

The only other emulator that is at par with snes9x is byuu's BSNES:

http://byuu.org/bsnes/

But the emulator has a window interface that has fixed sizes, that is you can only select a few preset window sizes & are not able to resize by dragging. This is a major downside for folks like me who need to use a custom window size because I can't view things on a small window.

The only "edge" ZSNES does have with snes9x & BSNES is that ZSNES features a "one button Save & Load state" function which is much easier to use than pressing shift + F1 to save states. But when it comes to ROM to emulator compatibility, snes9x & BSNES have better compatibility than ZSNES as the two can run ROMs that support some special graphics chips on certain ROMs & ZSNES has only minor support for them.

 

Looks like I'm not switching over then. I like using my PS3 controller's R3 and L3 to save state and load state. I've never had compatibility issues with the games I play so I really have no reason to switch over.