Editing Mesen

{{Infobox emulator
|title 		= Mesen
|logo	 	= Mesen2logo.png
|logowidth 	= 64
|version 	= {{Version|Mesen}}
|active 	= Yes
|platform 	= [[Emulators on Windows|Windows]]<br/>[[Emulators on Linux|Linux]]<br/>[[Emulators on macOS|macOS 11/12]]
|target 	= [[Nintendo Entertainment System emulators|NES / Famicom]]<br/>Famicom Disk System<br/>[[Super Nintendo Entertainment System emulators|SNES / Super Famicom]]<br/>[[Game Boy/Game Boy Color emulators|Game Boy (Color)]]<br/>[[TurboGrafx-16 emulators|PC-Engine (TurboGrafx-16)]]<br/>[[Master_System_emulators|Master System]]<br/>[[Master_System_emulators|Game Gear]]
|developer 	= [https://github.com/SourMesen Sour (Mesen1 and Mesen2)]<small>; [https://github.com/mkwong98/Mesen mkwong98 & NovaSquirrel] have a fork that has released numerous "beta" builds</small>
|accuracy	= Cycle-Accurate
|website 	= [https://www.mesen.ca/ Mesen.ca]
|support 	= [https://www.patreon.com/Mesen Patreon]
|prog-lang 	= C++,&nbsp;C#,&nbsp;C
|license 	= GNU GPLv3
|source 	= [https://github.com/SourMesen/Mesen2 GitHub]
}}
'''Mesen''' is a free and open-source [[Nintendo Entertainment System emulators|Famicom (NES)]], Famicom Disk System (FDS), Super Famicom (SNES), GB/GBC, PC-Engine/TurboGrafx-16, and [[Master System emulators|Master System]]/[[Master System emulators|Game Gear]] emulator for Windows, Linux and macOS. For now, the macOS version must be compiled from source.

The version currently under development is Mesen 2.x, first released as a preview build in 2023. The older Mesen 0.x branch could only emulate NES, and SNES/GB(C) emulation was found in a separate emulator named [[Mesen S]]. The current Mesen [[Libretro]] core for [[RetroArch]] is still based on the 0.x branch, but receiving backports from the newer branch.

==Download==
{| cellpadding="4"
|-
|align=center|{{Icon|Win-big}}
|[https://www.mesen.ca/#Downloads '''Official release''']
|-
|colspan="3"|<hr/>
|-
|align=center|{{Icon|Lin-big}}
|[https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/mesen Arch Linux]<br><small>Latest stable package</small>
|}

[[File: Mesen UI and Screens.png|thumb|300px|Mesen UI and Screens]]

==Overview==

According to test ROMs, it is ranked as the most compatible NES/FDS emulator, slightly above [[puNES]] with a score of 100%.<ref>https://www.mesen.ca/#Compatibility</ref>

It has [[Emulation Accuracy|cycle-accurate]] emulation and offers numerous features, including:
* Support for over 290 mappers, (all licensed games supported.)
* FDS (Famicom Disk System) support
* [[Wikipedia:Nintendo Entertainment System (Model NES-101)|Top loader NES variant]] support
* [[Wikipedia:Nintendo VS. System|VS. System]] support
* [[Wikipedia:Dendy (console)|Dendy]] support
* [[Texture_Packs#Sprite_Replacement_.282D.29|HDNes HD packs]]
* NTSC/PAL support
* NSF/NSFe support
* Video recording/playback
* Video filters (xBRZ, NTSC, etc.)
* Netplay
* Debugging tools
* Overclocking
* Custom palettes
* Sound effects (fake stereo, reverb, etc.)
* Rewind

Mesen 2.x can also run SNES games, which also feature similiar features, as well as Super FX and Satellaview support.

Game Boy (DMG) and Game Boy Color (CGB) games can also be played on Mesen 2.x, but only Game Boy Color can play CGB games. For DMG games, you can choose either Game Boy or Game Boy Color, or run the game in Super Game Boy mode by loading the Super Game Boy BIOS (1 or 2) into the SNES core.

An exclusive feature excluded from older versions is PC-Engine support, as well as the CD-ROM².

==Screenshots==
<gallery widths="175" position="center" captionalign="center" >MesenScreenshot.PNG|Screenshot of Mesen1.
Mesen_logo.png|Mesen1 Logo.
Mesen2logo.png|Mesen2 logo
</gallery>

==Hardware support==
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==List of forks==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col"|Name
! scope="col"|Platform(s) 
! scope="col"|Latest Version
! scope="col"|[[libretro]]
! scope="col"|Active
! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
|-
!colspan="8"|PC / x86
|-
|[https://github.com/NovaSquirrel/Mesen-X Mesen-X]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux}}
|[https://github.com/NovaSquirrel/Mesen-X/releases/ 2023-09-11]<br/>[https://github.com/negativeExponent/libretro_builds/releases libretro core]
|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
|}

===Comparisons===
;[https://github.com/NovaSquirrel/Mesen-X Mesen-X]:This fork was meant to gather development efforts from different forks of the 0.x branch. Not under active development, and archived as of September. [https://github.com/NovaSquirrel/Mesen-X/issues/152 This fork is deprecated as of Mesen 2.x's release.]

==Trivia==
*Name Origins:
:Essentially, Mesen's name comes from 2 things:
::It's "NES EMulator", backwards -> Mesen
::It's the Japanese word used to talk about a person's gaze or point of view (目線 - めせん - Mesen), which is the reason why the logo is an eye icon.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20201015055201/https://github.com/SourMesen/Mesen/issues/426#issuecomment-401466936 Mesen's Name Origins]</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Emulators]]
[[Category:Console emulators]]
[[Category:Home console emulators]]
[[Category:Multi-emulators]]
[[Category:Nintendo Entertainment System emulators]]
[[Category:Super Nintendo emulators]]
[[Category:PC Engine (TurboGrafx-16) emulators]]
[[Category:Game Boy/Game Boy Color emulators]]
[[Category:Windows emulation software‏‎]]
[[Category:Linux emulation software]]
[[Category:macOS emulation software]]
[[Category:Netplay]]
[[Category:Custom Assets]]
[[Category:Inactive emulation software]]