I installed it without any issue at all and yes it is i386.
The version in the reps is the latest one (1.51). I've also been searching on
the net for a possible solution - have found a lot of dudes complaining about
this but no solution, other then installing the version 1.42 (but for many
the freeze persists also using that older version just less frequently)
It seems like the bug was introduced when Ubuntu moved from version 12.04 to
the next one in order to fix another bug which affected the new version (13)
so badly that zsnes could not even start
I guess I'll be timing my usage of zsnes so when I hit 30 minutes I'll just
save my state, quit zsnes and reopen it. It sucks but it is what it is
cheers