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{{Infobox console
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|title = Sega Master System
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|logo = Sega-Master-System-Set.png
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|image = Sega-Game-Gear-WB.jpg
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|imagecaption = '''Top:''' Sega Master System.<br/>'''Bottom:''' Sega Game Gear.
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|developer = [[:Sega]]
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|type = [[:Category:Consoles|Home video game console]]
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|generation = [[:Category:Third-generation video game consoles|Third generation]]
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|release = 1985
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|discontinued = 1992
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|predecessor = [[SG-1000 emulators|SG-1000]]
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|successor = [[Sega Genesis emulators|Genesis / Mega Drive]]
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|emulated = {{✓}}
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}}
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The '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_System Sega Master System]''' (SMS) was an 8-bit console released by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega Sega] on October 20, 1985 in Japan and in September of 1986 in the US. It was retailed for $200 ($457.42 in 2018 money). It had a Zilog Z80A at 4 MHz with 8KB of RAM and 16KB of VRAM. It had a Yamaha YM2602B VDP GPU. It was designed to be a direct competitor to the [[Nintendo Entertainment System emulators|Nintendo Entertainment System]], and was technically superior to it. The Sega Game Gear was released in April of 1991 and was a competitor for the Game Boy. It had a backlet screen, color, and a nice looking design. It retailed for $149.99 ($279.61 in 2018 money). It had a Zilog Z80 CPU at 3.5 MHz with 8KB of RAM and 16KB VRAM.
  
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There are a lot of hardware similarities between the SMS and the Game Gear (GG). Notably, SMS game cartridges can actually be played on the '''[[gametech:Sega Game Gear|Game Gear]]''' via an adapter. For this reason, most SMS emulators can also run GG games.
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Internally the Master System extends Sega's older SG-1000 by adding a single new video mode; since the SG-1000 was built from the same CPU, video and audio chips as the [[ColecoVision emulators|ColecoVision]] many Master System emulators also run ColecoVision games.
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==Emulators==
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
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! scope="col"|Name
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! scope="col"|Operating System(s)
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! scope="col"|Latest Version
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! scope="col"|<abbr title="Sega Master System">SMS</abbr>
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! scope="col"|<abbr title="Game Gear">GG</abbr>
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! scope="col"|<abbr title="Genesis/Mega Drive">G/MD</abbr>
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! scope="col"|CD
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! scope="col"|32X
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! scope="col"|[[libretro|Libretro Core]]
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! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]
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! scope="col"|Active
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! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
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|-
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!colspan="12"|PC
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|-
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|[[Genesis Plus GX]]<ref name="GPGXLibretro">Only available on PC and mobile as a libretro core (e.g. [[RetroArch]])</ref>
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|Multi-platform
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|{{GenPlusGXVer}}
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✓}}
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|Very high
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|-
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|[[MAME]]
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|Multi-platform
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|[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|High
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|-
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|[http://emulicious.net/ Emulicious]
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|Multi-platform
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|[http://www.emucr.com/2018/08/emulicious-20180730.html {{EmuliciousVer}}]
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✗}}
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|Very high
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|{{✓}}
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|{{~}}
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|-
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|[[BizHawk]]
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|Windows
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|[http://tasvideos.org/BizHawk/ReleaseHistory.html {{BizHawkVer}}]
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✗}}
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|Very high
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|{{✓}}
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|{{~}}
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|-
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|[[Phoenix (emulator)|Phoenix]]
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|Multi-platform
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|[http://www.arts-union.ru/sites/default/files/ph28jag-win64.zip 2.8.JAG]
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✗}}
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|Very high
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|{{✓}}
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|{{~}}
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|-
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|[[Pantheon]]
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|Windows
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|[http://bostjan-grandovec.si/Content/News.htm {{PantheonVer}}]
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✗}}
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|High
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|{{✓}}
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|{{~}}
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|-
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|[http://sourceforge.net/projects/twombit/ TwoMbit]
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|Windows, macOS, Linux
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|[http://sourceforge.net/projects/twombit/files/ 1.0.5]
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✗}}
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|Very high
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✗}}
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|-
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|[[Clock Signal|CLK]]
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|macOS and UNIXalikes
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|[https://github.com/TomHarte/CLK/releases {{clkver}}]
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✗}}
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|Very high
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✗}}
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|-
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|[[higan]]
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|Multi-platform
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|[http://byuu.org/emulation/higan/ {{higanVer}}]
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✓}}
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|High
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✗}}
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|-
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|GearSystem
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|Multi-platform
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|[https://github.com/drhelius/Gearsystem/releases 2.2]
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✓}}
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|High
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✗}}
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|-
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|MasterGear
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|Multi-platform
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|[http://fms.komkon.org/MG/ 4.4]
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✗}}
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|High
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✗}}
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|-
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|[[Kega Fusion]]
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|Windows, Linux, macOS
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|[http://www.carpeludum.com/kega-fusion/ 3.64]
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✗}}
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|Mid
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✗}}
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|-
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|[[PicoDrive]]
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|Multi-platform <small>(PC)</small>
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|[http://notaz.gp2x.de/pico.php {{PicoDriveVer}}]
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|Mid
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✗}}
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|-
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|[http://freezesms.emuunlim.com/ FreezeSMS]
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|Windows
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|[http://freezesms.emuunlim.com/download.html 4.6]
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✗}}
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|Very high
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✗}}
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|-
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|[https://web.archive.org/web/20071206014650/http://www.dridus.com:80/~nyef/darcnes/ DarcNES]
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|Multi-platform
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|[https://segaretro.org/DarcNES 9b0401/9b0313]
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✗}}
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|Low
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✗}}
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|-
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|[http://0ldsk00l.ca/smsplus/ SMS Plus]
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|Windows, macOS, Linux
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|[https://github.com/0ldsk00l/smsplus/releases 1.3]
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✗}}
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|?
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✗}}
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|-
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|[http://bcz.asterope.fr/ Osmose]
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|Linux
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|[https://salsa.debian.org/games-team/osmose-emulator 1.3]
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✗}}
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|?
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✗}}
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|-
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|[[HiSMS]]
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|Windows
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|0.01 beta
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✗}}
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|?
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✗}}
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|-
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|[[nemulator]]
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|Windows
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|[http://nemulator.com/downloads.html 4.2]
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✗}}
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|?
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✗}}
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|-
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!colspan="12"|Mobile
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|-
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|[[Genesis Plus GX]]<ref name="GPGXLibretro"></ref>
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|Multi-platform
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|{{GenPlusGXVer}}
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✗}}
 +
|{{✓}}
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|Very high
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|-
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|[[PicoDrive]]
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|Multi-platform <small>(ARM devices)</small>
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|[http://notaz.gp2x.de/pico.php {{PicoDriveVer}}]
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|Mid
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|-
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|GearMasterPlayer
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|[[Android emulators|Android]]
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|[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ru.vastness.altmer.gearmasterplayer 1.0.5]
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✗}}
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|?
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|-
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!colspan="12"|Consoles
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|-
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|[[PicoDrive]]
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|[[PlayStation Portable emulators|PSP]], ARM Devices
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|[http://notaz.gp2x.de/pico.php {{PicoDriveVer}}]
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|Mid
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|-
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|[[Genesis Plus GX]]
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|[[Wii emulators|Wii]], [[GameCube emulators|GameCube]]
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|[https://bitbucket.org/eke/genesis-plus-gx/downloads {{GenPlusGXVer}}]
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✗}}
 +
|{{✓}}
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|?
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|-
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|[http://filetrip.net/psp-downloads/homebrew/download-masterboy-210-f28308.html MasterBoy]
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|[[PlayStation Portable emulators|PlayStation Portable]]
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|2.10
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✗}}
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|?
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✓}}
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|-
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|[[Virtual Console]]
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|[[Wii emulators|Wii]], [[Nintendo 3DS emulators|Nintendo 3DS]]
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|N/A
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✗}}
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|?
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|}
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<references />
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{{Sega}}
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[[Category:Consoles]]
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[[Category:Sega consoles]]
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[[Category:Master System emulators|*]]
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[[Category:Third-generation video game consoles]]

Revision as of 15:27, 17 March 2019

Sega Master System
Sega-Master-System-Set.png
Sega-Game-Gear-WB.jpg
Top: Sega Master System.
Bottom: Sega Game Gear.
Developer Sega
Type Home video game console
Generation Third generation
Release date 1985
Discontinued 1992
Predecessor SG-1000
Successor Genesis / Mega Drive
Emulated

The Sega Master System (SMS) was an 8-bit console released by Sega on October 20, 1985 in Japan and in September of 1986 in the US. It was retailed for $200 ($457.42 in 2018 money). It had a Zilog Z80A at 4 MHz with 8KB of RAM and 16KB of VRAM. It had a Yamaha YM2602B VDP GPU. It was designed to be a direct competitor to the Nintendo Entertainment System, and was technically superior to it. The Sega Game Gear was released in April of 1991 and was a competitor for the Game Boy. It had a backlet screen, color, and a nice looking design. It retailed for $149.99 ($279.61 in 2018 money). It had a Zilog Z80 CPU at 3.5 MHz with 8KB of RAM and 16KB VRAM.

There are a lot of hardware similarities between the SMS and the Game Gear (GG). Notably, SMS game cartridges can actually be played on the Game Gear via an adapter. For this reason, most SMS emulators can also run GG games.

Internally the Master System extends Sega's older SG-1000 by adding a single new video mode; since the SG-1000 was built from the same CPU, video and audio chips as the ColecoVision many Master System emulators also run ColecoVision games.

Emulators

Name Operating System(s) Latest Version SMS GG G/MD CD 32X Libretro Core Accuracy Active Recommended
PC
Genesis Plus GX[1] Multi-platform 1.7.5 RC1 Very high
MAME Multi-platform 0.263 High
Emulicious Multi-platform 2024-02-29 Very high ~
BizHawk Windows 2.9.1 Very high ~
Phoenix Multi-platform 2.8.JAG Very high ~
Pantheon Windows 13.640 High ~
TwoMbit Windows, macOS, Linux 1.0.5 Very high
CLK macOS and UNIXalikes Template:Clkver Very high
higan Multi-platform v110 High
GearSystem Multi-platform 2.2 High
MasterGear Multi-platform 4.4 High
Kega Fusion Windows, Linux, macOS 3.64 Mid
PicoDrive Multi-platform (PC) 1.93 Mid
FreezeSMS Windows 4.6 Very high
DarcNES Multi-platform 9b0401/9b0313 Low
SMS Plus Windows, macOS, Linux 1.3 ?
Osmose Linux 1.3 ?
HiSMS Windows 0.01 beta ?
nemulator Windows 4.2 ?
Mobile
Genesis Plus GX[1] Multi-platform 1.7.5 RC1 Very high
PicoDrive Multi-platform (ARM devices) 1.93 Mid
GearMasterPlayer Android 1.0.5 ?
Consoles
PicoDrive PSP, ARM Devices 1.93 Mid
Genesis Plus GX Wii, GameCube 1.7.5 RC1 ?
MasterBoy PlayStation Portable 2.10 ?
Virtual Console Wii, Nintendo 3DS N/A ?
  1. 1.0 1.1 Only available on PC and mobile as a libretro core (e.g. RetroArch)
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Consoles: SG-1000Master SystemGenesis / Mega DriveCD32XPicoSaturnDreamcast
Handhelds: Game GearVMU / VMS
Arcade: System seriesModel 1Model 2Model 3NAOMI