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{{Infobox emulator
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{{Infobox
|title = Multi Emulator Super System
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|image = MESS.png
|logo = MESS.png
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|imagewidth = 156
|logowidth = 156
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|first = {{MAMEVer}}
|last-version = 0.161
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|second = Yes
|fate = Merged with [[MAME]] in 2015 starting with 0.162
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|third = Multi-platform
|platform = Multi-platform
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|fourth = MESS Team
|target = Thousands of electronics
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|fifth = [http://www.mess.org/ MESS.org]
|developer = MESS Team
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|sixth = [https://github.com/mamedev/mame GitHub]}}The '''Multi Emulator Super System''', often referred to as '''MESS''', is a [[Multi-system emulator|multi-system emulator]] that aims to [[Accuracy|accurately]] emulate multiple systems and [http://mamedev.emulab.it/haze/2014/04/07/ume-0-153/#comment-34664 cash registers.]
|website = [http://mess.redump.net/ mess.redump.net]
 
|source = [https://github.com/mamedev/mame GitHub]}}
 
'''MESS''' (an acronym for '''<u>M</u>ulti <u>E</u>mulator <u>S</u>uper <u>S</u>ystem''') was a multi-platform, open-source, [[Multi-system emulators|multi-system emulator]]. The philosophy behind the project was to recreate the workings of machines like [http://mamedev.emulab.it/haze/2014/04/07/ume-0-153/#comment-34664 cash registers] through emulation. MESS started as a fork of [[MAME]], keeping its philosophy but expanding the amount of target machines widely. Though the teams are separate from each other, the codebase for MESS merged with MAME in 2015 though separate MESS builds can still be compiled from the source.
 
  
See [http://nonmame.retrogames.com/ NonMAME] ([http://web.archive.org/web/20150306213522/http://consume.retrogames.com/ 2015 Mirror]) for a regularly updated list of systems MESS emulates best and a list of emulators that emulate some systems.
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MESS is able to emulate hundreds of unique systems, as well as thousands of system variations.
  
==Downloads==
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It is a sister project to the '''Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator''', [[MAME]]. Many of the contributors are the same, and releases take place at the same time.
* [http://mamedev.org/release.html Latest release <small>(MAME)</small>]
 
* [http://www.progettosnaps.net/mess MESS Repository]
 
  
'''Miscellaneous files:'''
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See [http://consume.retrogames.com/ ConsUME] ([http://web.archive.org/web/20150306213522/http://consume.retrogames.com/ 2015 Mirror]) for a regularly updated list of systems MESS emulates best and a list of emulators that emulate some systems.
* [[Emulator Files#Multi-system|BIOS ROMs]]
 
* [http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/extra.html Extra files] for frontend.
 
  
==Overview==
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==Downloads==
See these web-pages below for guidance on compatibility of a wide assortment of pastime computers and consoles and their respective games catalogue on MAME/MESS.
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*[http://mamedev.org/release.html Latest release]
 
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*[http://www.emucr.com/search/label/MESS SVN Builds]
'''Further info:'''
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*[[Emulator Files|BIOS ROMs]]
* [[MAME compatibility list]]
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*[http://www.progettosnaps.net/mess/ MESS Resources] Emulation overlays, boot screens, cabinet photos, controller photos, original advertisements, icons, manuals, pcb photos, and more.
* [https://mameinfo.mameworld.info Latest in-progress changelog]
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*[http://git.redump.net/mess/plain/hash/ Software Lists] For distributions of MESS that did not include them. See [http://www.mess.org/mess/howto#software_lists MESS Software Lists] for how to use them.
* [http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/sysset.php www.progettoemma.net's Systems list] (ProjectMESS' outdated list of computer & console systems & their overall emulation status in MAME/MESS)
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*[http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/extra.html Frontend] extra files.
* [http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/lsset.php www.progettoemma.net's Software list] (ProjectMESS' outdated list of computer & console systems & their emulation levels of all games in MAME/MESS)
 
  
 
==Resources==
 
==Resources==
*[http://mess.redump.net/mess/howto MESS user manual]
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*[http://www.mess.org/mess/howto MESS user manual]
*[http://mess.redump.net/mess/mess.ini mess.ini] Documentation for manually editing the MESS configuration file.
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*[http://www.mess.org/mess/mess.ini mess.ini] Documentation for manually editing the MESS configuration file.
*[http://forums.bannister.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=postlist&Board=1 Official MAME forum]
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*[http://forums.bannister.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=postlist&Board=1 Official MESS forum]
  
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[[Category:Multi-emulators]]
 
[[Category:Emulators]]
 
[[Category:Emulators]]
[[Category:Multi-emulators]]
 
[[Category:Console emulators]]
 
[[Category:Computer emulators]]
 
 
[[Category:Windows emulation software]]
 
[[Category:Windows emulation software]]
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[[Category:OS X emulation software]]
 
[[Category:Linux emulation software]]
 
[[Category:Linux emulation software]]
[[Category:macOS emulation software]]
 
[[Category:Inactive emulation software]]
 
[[Category:Forks]]
 

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