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{{Infobox
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{{Lowercase title}}
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{{Infobox emulator
|second = Yes
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|title = openMSX
|third = Multi-platform  
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|version = 0.15.0
|fourth = openMSX Team
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|active = Yes
|fifth = [http://openmsx.org/ openMSX]
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|platform = Multi-platform
|sixth = [https://github.com/openMSX/openMSX GitHub]}}
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|target = [[MSX emulators|MSX]]
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|developer = openMSX Team
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|website = [http://openmsx.org/ openMSX.org]
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|license = GNU GPLv2
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|source = [https://github.com/openMSX/openMSX GitHub]
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}}
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'''openMSX''' is an open-source, [[Multi-system emulators|multi-system]] [[MSX emulators|MSX emulator]].
  
[[openMSX]] is an open source, [[Multi-System Emulators|multi-system]] [[MSX emulators|MSX emulator]].
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For copyright reasons, the emulator cannot be distributed with original BIOS ROM images. openMSX includes C-BIOS, a minimal implementation of the MSX BIOS, allowing some games to be played without an original MSX BIOS ROM image, though you can also use your own BIOS ROM image if need be.
 
 
For copyright reasons the emulator cannot be distributed with original BIOS ROM images. OpenMSX includes C-BIOS, a minimal implementation of the MSX BIOS, allowing some games to be played without an original MSX BIOS ROM image, though you can also use your own BIOS ROM image if need be.
 
  
 
==Downloads==
 
==Downloads==
*[https://github.com/openMSX/openMSX/releases openMSX stable builds]
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{| cellpadding="4"
*[http://openmsx.fixato.net/ openMSX development builds]
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*[http://www5f.biglobe.ne.jp/~nekocan/group_soft/ht_soft.html/ NekoLauncher openMSX for macOS]
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|align=center|{{Icon|Win|Lin|Mac}}
*[http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/26767/openmsx-peashooter openMSX Peashooter for macOS]
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|'''[https://github.com/openMSX/openMSX/releases Official Stable builds]'''
*[http://msx.jannone.org/openMSXcontrol/ openMSX Control Plugin for Gedit]
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|align=center|{{Icon|Win|Mac|APK|Dingoo}}
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|[http://openmsx.fixato.net/ Dev Builds]
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==Support==
 
==Support==
*[[MSX#MSX turboR|MSXturboR]]
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*MSXturboR
 
*Moonsound
 
*Moonsound
 
*IDE Controller by Sunrise
 
*IDE Controller by Sunrise
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*Cheat Finder (through Tcl)
 
*Cheat Finder (through Tcl)
 
*Game Trainers (through Tcl)
 
*Game Trainers (through Tcl)
*Audio/Video recording (through console; can record at 720p, allowing recordings to be played at 60fps; much better than blueMSX's offering)
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*Audio/Video recording (through console; can record at 720p, allowing recordings to be played at 60fps on sites like YouTube; much better than blueMSX's offering)
 
*Reverse support (go back in emulated time to correct mistakes or debug what happened)
 
*Reverse support (go back in emulated time to correct mistakes or debug what happened)
  
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==External links==
 
==External links==
 
*[https://github.com/openMSX/openMSX/releases Project Homepage]
 
*[https://github.com/openMSX/openMSX/releases Project Homepage]
*[http://forum.vampier.net/ Project Forum]
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*[https://www.msx.org/forum/semi-msx-talk/openmsx Forum]
*[http://www.vampier.net/cbios/ C-BIOS Compatibility Page]
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*[https://openmsx.org/manual/setup.html openMSX Setup Guide]
*[http://www.msx.org/openMSX-0.5.1.MSX-Emulator-Comparison.articlepage16.html openMSX 0.5.1 review]
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*[https://openmsx.org/manual/user.html openMSX User's Manual]
 
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*[https://openmsx.org/catapult-manual/user.html Captapult User's Manual]
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081204030315/http://www.vampier.net:80/cbios/ C-BIOS Compatibility Page (Archived from 2008 as the link is down)]
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060221060951/http://www.msx.org:80/openMSX-0.5.1.MSX-Emulator-Comparison.articlepage16.html openMSX 0.5.1 review (2005)]
  
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[[Category:Emulators]]
 
[[Category:MSX emulators]]
 
[[Category:MSX emulators]]
 
[[Category:Windows emulation software]]
 
[[Category:Windows emulation software]]
 
[[Category:Linux emulation software]]
 
[[Category:Linux emulation software]]
[[Category:OS X emulation software]]
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[[Category:macOS emulation software]]

Revision as of 03:55, 16 January 2020

openMSX
Developer(s) openMSX Team
Latest version 0.15.0
Active Yes
Platform(s) Multi-platform
Emulates MSX
Website openMSX.org
License GNU GPLv2
Source code GitHub

openMSX is an open-source, multi-system MSX emulator.

For copyright reasons, the emulator cannot be distributed with original BIOS ROM images. openMSX includes C-BIOS, a minimal implementation of the MSX BIOS, allowing some games to be played without an original MSX BIOS ROM image, though you can also use your own BIOS ROM image if need be.

Downloads

Windows Linux macOS Official Stable builds

Windows macOS Android Dingoo Dev Builds

Support

  • MSXturboR
  • Moonsound
  • IDE Controller by Sunrise
  • GFX9000
  • Pioneer Palcom LaserDisc

Notable Features

  • Hard- and software Scalers
  • Debugging
  • Tcl Script Support
  • Cheat Finder (through Tcl)
  • Game Trainers (through Tcl)
  • Audio/Video recording (through console; can record at 720p, allowing recordings to be played at 60fps on sites like YouTube; much better than blueMSX's offering)
  • Reverse support (go back in emulated time to correct mistakes or debug what happened)

Other features and supported hardware not listed can be seen here.

Applications

openMSX Catapult is a GUI for openMSX. It is currently being redeveloped utilizing Python and the Qt toolkit. It also includes a debugger of some sorts.

External links