diff --git a/gnu/packages/games.scm b/gnu/packages/games.scm
index 368f09632c..4181ffbcaa 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/games.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/games.scm
@@ -2244,3 +2244,96 @@ (define-public red-eclipse
                      license:cc-by-sa3.0
                      license:cc-by3.0
                      license:cc0)))))
+
+(define-public higan
+  (package
+    (name "higan")
+    (version "098")
+    (source
+     (origin
+       (method url-fetch)
+       (uri (string-append
+             "https://github.com/TaylanUB/higan/archive/v" version ".tar.gz"))
+       (file-name (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
+       (sha256
+        (base32 "12snxrk8wa94x3l69qcimgm0xc22zjgf7vzhckp2lzyfbf27950v"))))
+    (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (native-inputs
+     `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
+    (inputs
+     `(("alsa-lib" ,alsa-lib)
+       ("ao" ,ao)
+       ("eudev" ,eudev)
+       ("gtk+" ,gtk+-2)
+       ("gtksourceview-2" ,gtksourceview-2)
+       ("libxv" ,libxv)
+       ("mesa" ,mesa)
+       ("openal" ,openal)
+       ("pulseaudio" ,pulseaudio)
+       ("sdl" ,sdl)))
+    (arguments
+     '(#:phases
+       (let ((build-phase (assoc-ref %standard-phases 'build))
+             (install-phase (assoc-ref %standard-phases 'install)))
+         (modify-phases %standard-phases
+           ;; The higan build system has no configure phase.
+           (delete 'configure)
+           (add-before 'build 'chdir-to-higan
+             (lambda _
+               (chdir "higan")))
+           (add-before 'install 'create-/share/applications
+             (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
+               (let ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out")))
+                 ;; It seems the author forgot to do this in the Makefile.
+                 (mkdir-p (string-append out "/share/applications")))))
+           (add-after 'install 'chdir-to-icarus
+             (lambda _
+               (chdir "../icarus")))
+           (add-after 'chdir-to-icarus 'build-icarus build-phase)
+           (add-after 'build-icarus 'install-icarus install-phase)
+           (add-after 'install-icarus 'wrap-higan-executable
+             (lambda* (#:key inputs outputs #:allow-other-keys)
+               (let* ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out"))
+                      (bin (string-append out "/bin"))
+                      (higan (string-append bin "/higan"))
+                      (higan-original (string-append higan "-original"))
+                      (bash (string-append (assoc-ref inputs "bash")
+                                           "/bin/bash"))
+                      (coreutils (assoc-ref inputs "coreutils"))
+                      (mkdir (string-append coreutils "/bin/mkdir"))
+                      (cp (string-append coreutils "/bin/cp"))
+                      (cp-r (string-append cp " -r --no-preserve=mode")))
+                 ;; First, have the executable make sure ~/.local/share/higan
+                 ;; contains up to date files.  Higan insists on looking there
+                 ;; for these data files.
+                 (rename-file higan higan-original)
+                 (with-output-to-file higan
+                   (lambda ()
+                     (display
+                      (string-append
+                       "#!" bash "\n"
+                       ;; higan doesn't respect $XDG_DATA_HOME
+                       mkdir " -p ~/.local/share\n"
+                       cp-r " " out "/share/higan ~/.local/share\n"
+                       "exec " higan-original))))
+                 (chmod higan #o555)
+                 ;; Second, make sure higan will find icarus in PATH.
+                 (wrap-program higan
+                   `("PATH" ":" prefix (,bin))))))))
+       #:make-flags
+       (list "compiler=g++"
+             (string-append "prefix=" (assoc-ref %outputs "out")))
+       ;; There is no test suite.
+       #:tests? #f))
+    (home-page "http://byuu.org/emulation/higan/")
+    (synopsis "Nintendo multi-system emulator")
+    (description
+     "higan (formerly bsnes) is an emulator for multiple Nintendo video game
+consoles, including the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES/Famicom), Super
+Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES/Super Famicom), Game Boy, Game Boy
+Color (GBC), and Game Boy Advance (GBA).  It also supports the subsystems
+Super Game Boy, BS-X Satellaview, and Sufami Turbo.")
+    ;; As noted in these files among more:
+    ;; - icarus/icarus.cpp
+    ;; - higan/emulator/emulator.hpp
+    (license license:gpl3)))