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{{Infobox console
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{{Infobox emulator
|title = Sega Genesis / Mega Drive
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|logo = 86box.png
|logo = RS39200_Megadrive.png
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|logowidth = 80
|image = Sega-Genesis-Mk2-6button.jpg
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|screenshot = 86Box 2017-07-21 13-41-37.png
|image2 = Sega-Nomad-Front.jpg
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|version = v2.07
|imagecaption = '''Top:''' PAL Sega Mega Drive.<br/>'''Middle:''' Sega Genesis Model 2 with 6-button controller.<br/>'''Bottom:''' Sega Genesis Nomad, portable variation.
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|active = Yes
|developer = [[:Sega]]
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|platform = Windows
|type = [[:Category:Home consoles|Home video game console]]
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|target = [[Intel CPUs]]
|generation = [[:Category:Fourth-generation video game consoles|Fourth generation]]
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|developer = [https://github.com/OBattler OBattler]
|release = 1988
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|website = [http://86box.net/ 86box.net]
|discontinued = 1997
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|support = [https://patreon.com/86box Patreon]<br />[https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/86Box PayPal]
|predecessor = [[Master System emulators|Master System]]
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|license = GNU GPLv2
|successor = [[Sega Saturn emulators|Saturn]]
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|source = [https://github.com/86Box/86Box GitHub]
|emulated = {{✓}}
 
 
}}
 
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The '''[[gametech:Sega_Genesis|Sega Genesis]]''' is a 16-bit, fourth-generation console released by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega Sega] in Japan on October 29, 1988 and in the US on August 14, 1989. It had a Motorola 68000 CPU at 7.6 MHz and a Zilog Z80 at 3.58 MHz. In other regions, it was known as the '''Mega Drive'''. It had several add-ons, including the Sega CD (a CD add-on, called Mega CD outside America) and the 32X (a 32-bit, cartridge-based add-on). 
 
  
The Sega CD was released on October 15, 1992 and retailed for {{Inflation|USD|299.99|1992}} and had a Motorola 68000 CPU at 12.5 MHz and 64 kbit of RAM. The Sega 32X was released on November 21, 1994 for {{Inflation|USD|159.99|1994}}. It had 2 SH-2 RISC CPUs at 23 MHz with 256KB of RAM and 256KB of VRAM.
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'''86Box''' is an open-source, [[High/Low level emulation|low-level]] [[Intel CPUs|PC emulator]]. It focuses on PC hardware from the 80s and 90s. A variety of operating systems can be installed in the emulator, which can then be used to launch programs. It is a fork of [[PCem]]. It took over from [[PCem-X]] after the latter was deprecated.
  
Genesis emulation is very good, with a high degree of game compatibility (many of them claiming nearly 100% compatibility with commercial games, including Virtua Racing). They are available on many platforms. Many Genesis emulators also feature compatibility with the [[Master System emulators|Sega Master System]] (SMS), and the [[Master System emulators|Game Gear]] (GG) as well as earlier Sega consoles. Genesis-based arcade boards and the [[Sega Pico]] are still sketchy, however.
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==Downloads==
 
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{| cellpadding="4"
==Emulators==
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
 
! scope="col"|Name
 
! scope="col"|Platform(s)
 
! scope="col"|Latest Version
 
! scope="col"|CD
 
! scope="col"|32X
 
! scope="col"|[[Sega Pico|Pico]]
 
! scope="col"|[[Libretro|Libretro Core]]
 
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! scope="col"|Active
 
! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
 
|-
 
!colspan="10"|PC
 
|-
 
|[[BlastEm]]
 
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
 
|[https://www.retrodev.com/blastem/changes.html {{BlastEmVer}}]
 
|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
 
|-
 
|[[Exodus]]
 
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
 
|[http://www.exodusemulator.com/index.php/downloads/current-release {{ExodusVer}}]
 
|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}
 
|-
 
|[[Genesis Plus GX]]
 
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
 
|{{GenPlusGXVer}}
 
|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}* ||{{{✗}} <ref group=N name=noncomm>While the source is available, its software license explicitly forbids commercial usage of any kind. Thus, it does not qualiy as Free (see the Free Software Foundation [https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html#selling definition]), nor as Open source (see the Open Source Initiative [https://opensource.org/osd definition]).</ref> ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
 
|-
 
|[[BizHawk]]
 
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
 
|[http://tasvideos.org/BizHawk/ReleaseHistory.html {{BizHawkVer}}]
 
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||? ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
 
|-
 
|[[Kega Fusion]]
 
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
 
|[http://www.carpeludum.com/kega-fusion 3.64]
 
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}
 
|-
 
|[[PicoDrive]]
 
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
 
|[http://notaz.gp2x.de/pico.php {{PicoDriveVer}}]
 
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} <ref group=N name=noncomm /> ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}<ref group=N name=PicoDrive>Only recommended for running 32X software as a cross-platform alternative to Kega Fusion.</ref>
 
|-
 
|[[FinalBurn Neo]]
 
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
 
|[https://github.com/finalburnneo/FBNeo/releases/latest Stable] [https://ci.appveyor.com/project/tmaul/fbneo-kbhgd/branch/master WIP builds]
 
|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} <ref group=N name=noncomm /> ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
 
|-
 
|[[MAME]]
 
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
 
|[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]
 
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
 
|-
 
|[http://segaretro.org/Gens/GS Gens/GS]
 
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
 
|[http://www.dusers.drexel.edu/gitweb/gitweb.cgi/~korth/gens.git r7]
 
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
 
|-
 
|[http://dgen.sourceforge.net/ DGen]
 
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
 
|[http://sourceforge.net/projects/dgen/files/dgen/ 1.33]
 
|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
 
|-
 
|[[Genecyst]]
 
|align=left|{{Icon|DOS}}
 
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20070205202050/http://www.zophar.net/genecyst/gcystxxx.zip x.xx]
 
|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
 
|-
 
|[[GENS]]
 
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|BeOS}}
 
|[http://gens.me/downloads.shtml 2.14]
 
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
 
|-
 
|[[higan]]
 
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
 
|[https://github.com/higan-emu/higan/releases {{higanVer}}]
 
|{{~}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}<small>(bsnes)</small> ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
 
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|Megado
 
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux}}
 
|[https://github.com/merwaaan/megado git]
 
|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||? ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
 
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|Regen
 
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux}}
 
|[http://aamirm.hacking-cult.org/www/regen.html 0.972]
 
|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||? ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
 
|-
 
|AloneMD
 
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
 
|[https://up1.xwikisas.com/#650YS5cXMSc7sGflY1dqeg 1.0.0]
 
|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||?
 
|-
 
!colspan="10"|Mobile / ARM
 
 
|-
 
|-
|[[Genesis Plus GX]]
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|align=center|{{Icon|Win-big}}
|align=left|{{Icon|Android|iOS|Linux|Pandora}}
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|'''[http://ci.86box.net/job/86Box/ Official Stable builds]'''<br/><small>Need these [https://github.com/86Box/roms/releases ROMs] to run</small>
|{{GenPlusGXVer}}
 
|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} <ref group=N name=noncomm /> ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
 
 
|-
 
|-
|MD emu
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|align=center|{{Icon|Win-big}}
|align=left|{{Icon|Android|Pyra}}
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|'''[https://ci.86box.net/job/86Box-Debug/ Official Debug builds]'''<br/><small>Need these [https://github.com/86Box/roms/releases ROMs] to run</small>
|[https://pyra-handheld.com/repo/apps/77 1.5.46.01 Pyra]
 
|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
 
 
|-
 
|-
|[[PicoDrive]]
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|align=center|{{Icon|Win-big}}
|align=left|{{Icon|Android|iOS|Linux|Symbian}}
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|'''[http://ci.86box.net/job/86Box-Dev/ Official Dev builds]'''<br/><small>Need these [https://github.com/86Box/roms/releases ROMs] to run</small>
{{Icon|Pandora|Gizmondo|GP2X|Wiz}}
 
|[http://notaz.gp2x.de/pico.php {{PicoDriveVer}}]
 
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} <ref group=N name=noncomm /> ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}<ref group=N name=PicoDrive />
 
 
|-
 
|-
!colspan="10"|Consoles
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|align=center|{{Icon|Win-big}}
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|'''[https://github.com/86Box/86BoxManager/releases Configuration manager]'''
|NeoGenesis
 
|align=left|{{Icon|Xbox}}
 
|[https://digiex.net/threads/neogenesis-v25-download-sega-genesis-megadrive-32x-segacd-megacd-emulator.13698 V25]
 
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||? ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}
 
|-
 
|[[Genesis Plus GX]]
 
|align=left|{{Icon|GCN|Xbox360|Wii|3DS}}
 
|[https://bitbucket.org/eke/genesis-plus-gx/downloads {{GenPlusGXVer}}]<br/>[https://digiex.net/threads/retroarch-360-0-9-8-3-download-sega-sens-gameboy-finalburn-emulator-for-xbox-360.12395 RetroArch 360 0.9.8.3]
 
|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} <ref group=N name=noncomm /> ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
 
|-
 
|[[PicoDrive]]
 
|align=left|{{Icon|PS2|PSP|3DS}}
 
|[http://notaz.gp2x.de/pico.php {{PicoDriveVer}}]<br/>[https://www.ps2-home.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=99&t=1710 PicoDrive 1.51b]
 
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} <ref group=N name=noncomm /> ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
 
|-
 
|[[Virtual Console]]
 
|align=left|{{Icon|Wii}}
 
|N/A
 
|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
 
|-
 
|Sega Genesis Plus
 
|align=left|{{Icon|Xbox360}}
 
|[https://digiex.net/threads/sega-genesis-plus-libexnon-genesis-megadrive-emulator-for-xbox-360-download.9936 Libxenon]
 
|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||? ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
 
 
|}
 
|}
<references group=N />
 
  
<nowiki>* Available exclusively as a libretro core</nowiki>
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==Overview==
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To run any program, an operating system needs to be installed in 86Box first. It has a [[Dynamic_recompilation|dynamic recompiler]] that gives accurate Pentium/II support. It can also emulate numerous 2D and 3D cards.
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86Box has now introduced a new GUI on Windows. This GUI is much more reminiscent of something like Virtual PC 2007 or VMware than the PCem UI, so users of those bits of software should feel more at home now.
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==Image support==
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===Floppy===
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*IMG, FLP, HDM, BIN (Basic sector floppy images)
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*IMD, JSON, TDO (Advanced sector floppy images)
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*FDI (Flux floppy images)
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*86F, MFM (Surface floppy images)
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===Hard disk===
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*IMG (Raw hard disk images)
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*HDI (Hard disk images used by emulators for NEC PC-98)
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*VHD (Virtual hard disk images; Support fixed-size, dynamic-size or differencing VHDs)
  
===Comparisons===
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===CD-ROM===
;[[Genesis Plus GX]]:A solid emulator for the Sega Genesis / Sega Master System / Sega CD / Game Gear. The only things it lacks are 32X and Pico support, and a native desktop port. The only way to get this emulator on the desktop is to use the libretro core, which allows for all the benefits of RetroArch like shaders, dynamic sync, and other enhancements. The version used in [[BizHawk]] adds features for speedrunners.
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*ISO
:;[https://github.com/libretro/Genesis-Plus-GX-Wide Genesis Plus GX Wide]: Custom fork of Genesis Plus GX available as a libretro core, it includes experimental widescreen options. Sega CD/Mega CD games are currently unsupported.
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*CUE
;[[Kega Fusion]]:The project of an employee with previous experience at Sega. Kega Fusion has high compatibility, is easy to use and has plugin-based filter support but it has some issues on newer versions of Windows which can be solved with compatibility settings.
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*Mounting a real or virtual CD-ROM drive
;[[PicoDrive]]:Strongly prioritizes performance over accuracy. Compatibility and accuracy isn't as good as Genesis Plus GX but it's useful on very underpowered systems like the Raspberry Pi Zero. Currently the first and only cross-platform option for 32X and Pico games.
 
;[[Exodus]]:Think [[bsnes]], but for the Genesis. Even though higan is also getting into the Genesis game, Exodus has already achieved cycle-accuracy at the familiar cost of high system requirements. It is the newest Genesis emulator and is far from complete.
 
;[http://aamirm.hacking-cult.org/www/regen.html Regen]:A focus on accuracy has earned it high compatibility with games, but it does not emulate the Sega CD and 32X. It also allows [[overclocking]].
 
;[[BlastEm]]:Aims for cycle-accuracy but unlike Exodus, aims for lower system requirements. It has substantially higher compatibility than Exodus, but it should be noted that the last and current official release has inaccurate color emulation.
 
;[[GENS]]:Close to Kega Fusion in features and compatibility, but has largely been surpassed by better emulators. There are many different forks and iterations of Gens, so your experience will differ quite a lot depending on which version you use.
 
;[[higan]]:Also developing cycle-accurate Genesis emulation, akin to its very own [[Super Nintendo emulators|SNES emulator]] bsnes. It's promising but incomplete. However, it can be used in the latest builds.
 
;[[MAME]]:Has the parent drivers <code style="color:green">genesis</code>, <code style="color:green">sms</code>, <code style="color:green">gamegear</code>, <code style="color:darkred">segacd</code>, and <code style="color:darkred">32x</code>. Green drivers are reported as OK, where red ones are reported as not working as of version 0.200.
 
  
==Lock-On Emulation==
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===Others===
Lock-On Technology is a unique feature found on Sonic & Knuckles cartridges for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis that allowed a player to connect an older game to the cartridge's pass-through port for extended or altered gameplay.
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*ZDI, IMG (Iomega ZIP drive images; Support both Zip 100 and Zip 250)
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*MDI, IMG (Magneto-optical drive images)
  
* With Sonic 3: Unlocks an alternate version of Sonic 3 with more levels.
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==OS support==
* With Sonic 2: Unlocks an alternate version of Sonic 2 with playable Knuckles.
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An incomplete list of operating systems that can be installed on it:
* With Sonic 1: Unlocks the Blue Sphere minigame with a level select to all possible levels.
 
  
The Sonic & Knuckles cartridge can lock on to other cartridges:
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* DOS
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* Microsoft Windows (up to Windows 7)
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* OS/2
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* Any Linux distros (which support Premium processors)
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* BeOS
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* Minix-PC 1.x, 2.x
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* BSD (FreeBSD 6.x and OpenBSD i386 are recommended, NetBSD/i386 has boot issue)
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* NEXTSTEP 3.1 to 3.3, OPENSTEP 4.0 to 4.2 (including Apple Rhapsody developer releases)
  
* Smaller than 2MB: Will play a single random level from the Blue Sphere minigame generated from data in the header.
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==Hardware support==
* Bigger than 2MB: Will boot to Sonic & Knuckles.
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<div class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
* Has Battery Pack: All save data will be wiped out.
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===Graphics cards===
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<div class="wikitable" style="-moz-column-width: 25em; -webkit-column-width: 25em; column-width: 25em; list-style-type: decimal;">
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* [PCI / AGP] 3dfx Voodoo 3 2000
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* [PCI / AGP] 3dfx Voodoo 3 2000 (On-Board 8MB SGRAM)
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* [PCI / AGP] 3dfx Voodoo 3 3000
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* [PCI] 3dfx Voodoo Banshee
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* [ISA] AMI S3 86c924
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* [ISA] ATI EGA Wonder 800+
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* [ISA / PCI / VLB] ATI Graphics Pro Turbo (Mach64 GX)
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* [ISA] ATI Korean VGA (ATI-28800-5)
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* [ISA] ATI VGA-88 (ATI-18800-1)
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* [ISA] ATI VGA Charger (ATI-28800-5)
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* [ISA] ATI VGA Edge-16 (ATI-18800-5)
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* [ISA] ATI VGA Wonder (ATI-18800)
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* [ISA] ATI VGA Wonder XL24 (ATI-28800-6)
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* [PCI] ATI Video Xpression (Mach64 VT2)
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* [ISA] CGA
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* [ISA] Chips & Technologies SuperEGA
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* [ISA] Cirrus Logic CL-GD 5401
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* [ISA] Cirrus Logic CL-GD 5402
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* [ISA] Cirrus Logic CL-GD 5420
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* [ISA] Cirrus Logic CL-GD 5422
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* [VLB] Cirrus Logic CL-GD 5424
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* [ISA] Cirrus Logic CL-GD 5428
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* [ISA] Cirrus Logic CL-GD 5429
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* [PCI] Cirrus Logic CL-GD 5430
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* [ISA / PCI / VLB] Cirrus Logic CL-GD 5434
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* [PCI] Cirrus Logic CL-GD 5436
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* [PCI] Cirrus Logic CL-GD 5440
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* [PCI] Cirrus Logic CL-GD 5446
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* [PCI] Cirrus Logic CL-GD 5480
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* [ISA] Compaq ATI VGA Wonder XL (ATI-28800-5)
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* [ISA] Compaq CGA
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* [ISA] Compaq CGA 2
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* [ISA] Compaq EGA
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* [PCI] Creative Labs 3D Blaster Banshee
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* [VLB] Diamond SpeedStar PRO (Cirrus Logic CL-GD 5426)
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* [VLB] Diamond SpeedStar PRO SE (Cirrus Logic CL-GD 5430)
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* [PCI / VLB] Diamond Stealth 3D 2000 (S3 ViRGE)
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* [PCI / VLB] Diamond Stealth 3D 3000 (S3 ViRGE/VX)
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* [PCI / VLB] Diamond Stealth 64 DRAM (S3 Trio64)
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* [PCI / VLB Diamond Stealth 64 VRAM (S3 Vision964)
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* [PCI / VLB] Diamond Stealth SE (S3 Trio32)
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* [ISA] Diamond Stealth VRAM (S3 86c911)
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* [ISA] EGA
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* [PCI / VLB] ELSA Winner 2000 Pro/X (S3 Vision964)
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* [PCI / VLB] ELSA Winner 2000 Pro/X (S3 Vision968)
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* [ISA] G2 GC205
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* [VLB] Headland HT216-32
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* [ISA] Hercules
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* [ISA] Hercules InColor
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* [MCA] IBM 1MB SVGA Adapter/A (Cirrus Logic CL-GD 5428)
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* [ISA] Image Manager 1024
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* [ISA] Kasan Hangulmadang-16 VGA (Tseng ET4000AX)
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* [PCI] Matrox Mystique
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* [PCI] Matrox Mystique 220
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* [ISA] Metheus Premier 928 (S3 86c928)
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* [ISA] MDA
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* [ISA] MDSI Genius
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* [ISA] NCR NGA
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* [PCI / VLB] Number Nine 9FX (S3 Trio64)
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* [ISA] OAK OTI-037C
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* [ISA] OAK OTI-067
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* [ISA] OAK OTI-077
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* [ISA] Olivetti OGC (GO708)
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* [ISA] Orchid Fahrenheit 1280 (S3 86c911)
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* [PCI / VLB] Paradise Bahamas 64 (S3 Vision864)
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* [ISA] Paradise PVGA1A
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* [ISA] Paradise WD90C11-LR
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* [ISA] Paradise WD90C30-LR
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* [MCA] Radius SVGA Multiview (HT209)
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* [ISA] Realtek RTG3106
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* [ISA] Plantronics ColorPlus
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* [ISA] Professional Graphics Controller
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* [VLB] S3 86c805
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* [PCI] S3 Trio3D/2X
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* [PCI / VLB] S3 ViRGE (325)
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* [PCI / VLB] S3 ViRGE/DX
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* [PCI / VLB] S3 ViRGE/DX (VBE 2.0)
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* [PCI / VLB] S3 Vision864
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* [PCI / VLB] S3 Vision868
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* [PCI / VLB] S3 Trio32
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* [PCI / VLB] S3 Trio64
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* [PCI / VLB] S3 Trio64V+
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* [PCI] S3 Trio64V2/DX
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* [ISA] Schetmash Iskra EGA (Cyrillic ROM)
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* [ISA] Sigma Color 400
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* [ISA] SPEA V7 Mirage (S3 86c801)
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* [PCI] STB Nitro 64V (Cirrus Logic CL-GD 5446)
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* [PCI / VLB] Trident TGUI9440
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* [PCI] Trident TGUI9440AGi
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* [VLB] Trident TGUI9400CXi
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* [PCI] Trident TGUI9660XGi
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* [PCI] Trident TGUI9680XGi
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* [ISA] Trident TVGA8900B
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* [ISA] Trident TVGA8900D
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* [ISA] Trident TVGA9000B
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* [ISA] Trigem Korean VGA (Tseng ET4000AX)
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* [ISA] Tseng Labs ET2000
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* [ISA / MCA] Tseng Labs ET4000AX
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* [ISA] Tseng Labs ET4000/w32
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* [ISA / VLB] Tseng Labs ET4000/w32i
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* [PCI / VLB] Tseng Labs ET4000/w32p
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* [PCI / VLB] Tseng Labs ET4000/w32p (Cardex)
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* [PCI / VLB] Tseng Labs ET4000/w32p Rev. C (Cardex)
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* [PCI / VLB] Tseng Labs ET4000/w32p (Diamond)
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* [ISA] VGA
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* [ISA] Video 7 VGA 1024i
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* [ISA] Wyse 700
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</div>
  
Most emulators don't support Lock-On save for Genesis Plus GX, but there are pre-combined ROMs for the Sonic trilogy available online that can be played as a regular Megadrive ROM on any emulator and still work. The Sonic 3 Complete romhack also achieves the same purpose.
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Various 3D accelerator cards (with SLI support) are also supported:
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<div class="wikitable" style="-moz-column-width: 25em; -webkit-column-width: 25em; column-width: 25em; list-style-type: decimal;">
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* 3dfx Voodoo Graphics
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* 3dfx Voodoo 2
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* Obsidian SB50 + Amethyst (2 TMUs)
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</div>
  
Genesis Plus GX's [[RetroArch]] core includes true Lock-On emulation. From the Core Options menu, you can enable the Lock-On feature for either Sonic & Knuckles, Game Genie, or the Action Replay (Pro) -- the latter two using a different technology but with similar effects. Setting this option to anything other than "Off" will enable Lock-on to the cartridge you're currently playing as. After resetting, the game will boot in Lock-On mode.
+
Some models with fixed graphics adapters are also supported:
 +
<div class="wikitable" style="-moz-column-width: 25em; -webkit-column-width: 25em; column-width: 25em; list-style-type: decimal;">
 +
* Amstrad MegaPC
 +
* Amstrad PC1512
 +
* Amstrad PC1640
 +
* Amstrad PC2086
 +
* Amstrad PC3086
 +
* Amstrad PPC512/640
 +
* Compaq Portable II
 +
* Compaq Portable III
 +
* Commodore SL386SX
 +
* IBM PCjr
 +
* IBM PS/1 Model 2011
 +
* IBM PS/1 Model 2121
 +
* IBM PS/2 series
 +
* IBM PS/ValuePoint 433DX/Si
 +
* Olivetti M19
 +
* Olivetti M24
 +
* Packard Bell PB410A
 +
* Packard Bell PB640
 +
* Tandy 1000 series
 +
* Toshiba T1200
 +
* Toshiba T3100e
 +
</div>
  
The following files need to be under the directory for BIOS files (usually "system"):
+
===Sound cards===
* sk.bin (Sonic & Knuckles (2 MiB) ROM)
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<div class="wikitable" style="-moz-column-width: 25em; -webkit-column-width: 25em; column-width: 25em; list-style-type: decimal;">
* sk2chip.bin (Sonic & Knuckles UPMEM (256 KiB) ROM): If you can't find it online, extract it with a hex editor from a pre-combined Sonic 2 & Knuckles ROM from offset 00300000 to the end of the ROM.
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* [ISA / MCA] Adlib
 +
* [ISA] Adlib Gold
 +
* [ISA] Aztech Sound Galaxy Pro 16 AB (Washington)
 +
* [ISA] Aztech Sound Galaxy Nova 16 Extra (Clinton)
 +
* [ISA] Crystal CS4236B
 +
* [PCI] Ensoniq AudioPCI (ES1371)
 +
* [ISA] Game Blaster / Creative Music System
 +
* [ISA] Gravis UltraSound
 +
* [ISA] Gravis UltraSound Max
 +
* [ISA] Innovation SSI-2001
 +
* [MCA] NCR Business Audio
 +
* [ISA] Pro Audio Spectrum 16
 +
* [ISA] Sound Blaster 1.0 / 1.5 / 2.0
 +
* [ISA] Sound Blaster Pro v1 / v2
 +
* [ISA] Sound Blaster 16
 +
* [ISA] Sound Blaster 16 PnP
 +
* [ISA] Sound Blaster 32 PnP
 +
* [ISA] Sound Blaster AWE32 (not fully emulated)
 +
* [ISA] Sound Blaster AWE32 PnP (not fully emulated)
 +
* [ISA] Sound Blaster AWE64 Gold
 +
* [MCA] Sound Blaster MCV
 +
* [PCI] Sound Blaster PCI 128
 +
* [MCA] Sound Blaster Pro MCV
 +
* [ISA] Windows Sound System
 +
</div>
  
For GG/AR, the files needed are areplay.bin and ggenie.bin, but most emulators support cheat codes from these natively.
+
Some models with fixed sound hardware are also supported:
 +
* PCjr and Tandy 1000 (PSG)
 +
* Tandy 1000SL/2 (PSSJ)
 +
* IBM PS/1 audio card
 +
* Tyan Tsunami ATX (CS4297A)
 +
* MSI MS-6168 (CS4297A)
  
==Mega Drive Plus / Genesis Plus==
+
Various MIDI synthesizer modules and interfaces are also supported:
 +
* FluidSynth
 +
* Roland MT-32
 +
* Roland CM-32L
 +
* Roland MPU-401
 +
* System MIDI (through MIDI out device from host machine)
  
The Mega Drive Plus / Genesis Plus (sometimes abbreviated as MD+) is a special mode for certain Genesis games that use enhanced CDDA tracks with a Sega CD. This was not used in any official games, however, the mode itself was first used in the first batch of Pier Solar releases. This feature was been [https://downloads.terraonion.com/public/MegaSD_DEV_Manual.pdf documented] to be used on Terraonion's Mega SD flash cartridge, to give similar effects for Genesis games in a way how MSU-1 does in patched SNES games.
+
Two external audio devices are also supported:
 +
* Covox Speech Thing
 +
* Disney Sound Source
 +
* Stereo LPT DAC
  
Currently, no Genesis + Sega CD emulators feature this function, although there is [https://github.com/ekeeke/Genesis-Plus-GX/issues/297 plans to be added] in Genesis Plus GX.
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===Hard drive controllers===
 +
<div class="wikitable" style="-moz-column-width: 25em; -webkit-column-width: 25em; column-width: 25em; list-style-type: decimal;">
 +
* [MFM] IBM PC Fixed Disk Adapter
 +
* [MFM] DTC 5150X
 +
* [MFM] ST-11M
 +
* [MFM] Western Digital WD1002A-WX1
 +
* [MFM / RLL] IBM PC/AT Fixed Disk Adapter
 +
* [MFM / RLL] Western Digital WD1003 AT
 +
* [RLL] ST-11R
 +
* [RLL] Western Digital WD1002A-27X
 +
* [ISA] Adaptec AHA-154xA
 +
* [ISA] Adaptec AHA-154xA
 +
* [ISA] Adaptec AHA-154xB
 +
* [ISA] Adaptec AHA-154xC
 +
* [ISA] Adaptec AHA-154xCF
 +
* [ISA] BusLogic BT-542B
 +
* [ISA] BusLogic BT-542BH
 +
* [ISA] BusLogic BT-545S
 +
* [ISA] Generic WDC33C93
 +
* [ISA] Longshine LCS-6821N
 +
* [ISA] Rancho RT1000B
 +
* [ISA] Sumo SCSI-AT
 +
* [ISA] Trantor T130B
 +
* [ESDI] IBM PC/AT ESDI Fixed Disk Controller
 +
* [ESDI] Western Digital WD1007V-SE1
 +
* [MCA] Adaptec AHA-1640
 +
* [MCA] BusLogic BT-640A
 +
* [MCA] IBM PS/2 SCSI
 +
* [IDE] Acculogic XT-IDE
 +
* [IDE] PC/AT IDE (w/ single-channel or dual-channel)
 +
* [IDE] PC/AT XTIDE
 +
* [IDE] PC/XT XTIDE
 +
* [IDE] PS/2 AT XTIDE (1.1.5)
 +
* [IDE] Western Digital WDXT-150 (XTA)
 +
* [PCI] BusLogic BT-958D
 +
* [PCI] NCR 53C810
 +
* [PCI] NCR 53C815
 +
* [PCI] NCR 53C820
 +
* [PCI] NCR 53C825A
 +
* [PCI] NCR 53C860
 +
* [PCI] NCR 53C875
 +
* [PCI] Tekram DC-390
 +
* [PCI] PCI IDE Adapter (w/ single-channel or dual-channel)
 +
* [VLB] BusLogic BT-445S
 +
</div>
 +
 
 +
===Floppy drive controllers===
 +
* DTK PII-151B floppy drive controller
 +
* DTK PII-158 floppy drive controller
 +
* Magitronic B215 XT-FDC controller
 +
 
 +
===Network cards===
 +
Network cards can use either WinPcap or SLiRP support on the host system.
 +
<div class="wikitable" style="-moz-column-width: 25em; -webkit-column-width: 25em; column-width: 25em; list-style-type: decimal;">
 +
* [ISA] 3Com EtherLink II (3C503)
 +
* [PCI] AMD PCNet-FAST III
 +
* [ISA] AMD PCNet-ISA
 +
* [ISA] AMD PCnet-ISA+
 +
* [PCI] AMD PCNet-PCI II
 +
* [VLB] AMD PCnet-VL
 +
* [ISA] Novell NE1000
 +
* [ISA] Novell NE2000
 +
* [LPT] Parallel Line Internet Protocol
 +
* [ISA] Racal Interlan EtherBlaster
 +
* [ISA] Realtek RTL8019AS
 +
* [PCI] Realtek RTL8029AS
 +
* [ISA] Western Digital WD8003E
 +
* [ISA] Western Digital WD8003EB
 +
* [ISA] Western Digital WD8003EBT
 +
</div>
 +
 
 +
===Printers===
 +
* Generic Text printer
 +
 
 +
* Generic Epson ESC/P compatible printer
 +
** Generic ESC/P 24-pin dot-matrix driver
 +
** Epson SQ series (SQ-2550 recommended for grayscale)
 +
** Epson LQ series (LQ-2550 recommended for color)
 +
 
 +
* Generic PostScript compatible printer
 +
** Generic PostScript driver (recommended)
 +
** Apple LaserWriter II series (IIg recommended for grayscale)
 +
** Apple LaserWriter Pro 630 (color)
 +
** Apple LaserWriter 16/600 PS (color)
 +
** Apple Color LW 12/660 PS (recommended for color)
 +
** Epson EPL-7500 and later (grayscale)
 +
** QMS PS-800 and later (grayscale)
 +
** QMS ColorScript 100 and later (color)
 +
 
 +
===Joysticks===
 +
* Standard joysticks
 +
* 4-axis joystick
 +
* CH Flightstick Pro
 +
* Microsoft SideWinder Pad
 +
* Thrustmaster Flight Control System
 +
 
 +
===Other hardwares===
 +
* DTK PII-147 Hexa I/O Plus
 +
* Everex EV-159 RAM 3000 Deluxe
 +
* Everex EV-170 Magic I/O
 +
* IBM PC/XT memory expansion boards
 +
* IBM PC/AT memory expansion boards
 +
* Iomega ZIP
 +
* Paradise Systems 5-PAK
 +
* PLIP Network
 +
* Protection Dongle for Savage Quest
 +
* Micro Mainframe EMS-5150(T)
 +
</div>
  
 
==External links==
 
==External links==
* [http://wiki.megadrive.org/index.php?title=Main_Page MegaDrive Development Wiki] - A Wiki about every technical aspect of the SEGA MegaDrive hardware and software. Its aim is to provide the most detailed, accurate and up to date information, to help homebrew development and repairs.
+
* [https://86box.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ Documentation] (On getting started with the emulator’s features and user interface.)
* [http://segaretro.org/Category:Mega_Drive_emulators Mega Drive emulators] on Sega Retro
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* [https://discord.com/invite/QXK9XTv Discord channel]
* [https://archive.org/details/sega_genesis_library ARCHIVE.ORG Console Library: Sega Genesis]
+
* [https://kiwiirc.com/nextclient/irc.ringoflightning.net/?nick=YouTube%3F#softhistory IRC channel]
 
+
* [https://twitter.com/86BoxEmulator Twitter] (Account started in March 2020. Lots of useful news, screenshots, test info, links to articles, videos & user reports on a monthly basis.)
{{Sega}}
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* [https://www.youtube.com/86box YouTube channel] (First video uploaded in late January 2020.)
  
[[Category:Consoles]]
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[[Category:Emulators]]
[[Category:Home consoles]]
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[[Category:Computer emulators]]
[[Category:Sega consoles]]
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[[Category:Windows emulation software‏‎]]
[[Category:Sega Genesis emulators|*]]
 
[[Category:Fourth-generation video game consoles]]
 

Revision as of 04:15, 14 October 2021

86Box
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Developer(s) OBattler
Latest version v2.07
Active Yes
Platform(s) Windows
Emulates Intel CPUs
Website 86box.net
Support ($) Patreon
PayPal
License GNU GPLv2
Source code GitHub

86Box is an open-source, low-level PC emulator. It focuses on PC hardware from the 80s and 90s. A variety of operating systems can be installed in the emulator, which can then be used to launch programs. It is a fork of PCem. It took over from PCem-X after the latter was deprecated.

Downloads

Windows Official Stable builds
Need these ROMs to run
Windows Official Debug builds
Need these ROMs to run
Windows Official Dev builds
Need these ROMs to run
Windows Configuration manager

Overview

To run any program, an operating system needs to be installed in 86Box first. It has a dynamic recompiler that gives accurate Pentium/II support. It can also emulate numerous 2D and 3D cards.

86Box has now introduced a new GUI on Windows. This GUI is much more reminiscent of something like Virtual PC 2007 or VMware than the PCem UI, so users of those bits of software should feel more at home now.

Image support

Floppy

  • IMG, FLP, HDM, BIN (Basic sector floppy images)
  • IMD, JSON, TDO (Advanced sector floppy images)
  • FDI (Flux floppy images)
  • 86F, MFM (Surface floppy images)

Hard disk

  • IMG (Raw hard disk images)
  • HDI (Hard disk images used by emulators for NEC PC-98)
  • VHD (Virtual hard disk images; Support fixed-size, dynamic-size or differencing VHDs)

CD-ROM

  • ISO
  • CUE
  • Mounting a real or virtual CD-ROM drive

Others

  • ZDI, IMG (Iomega ZIP drive images; Support both Zip 100 and Zip 250)
  • MDI, IMG (Magneto-optical drive images)

OS support

An incomplete list of operating systems that can be installed on it:

  • DOS
  • Microsoft Windows (up to Windows 7)
  • OS/2
  • Any Linux distros (which support Premium processors)
  • BeOS
  • Minix-PC 1.x, 2.x
  • BSD (FreeBSD 6.x and OpenBSD i386 are recommended, NetBSD/i386 has boot issue)
  • NEXTSTEP 3.1 to 3.3, OPENSTEP 4.0 to 4.2 (including Apple Rhapsody developer releases)

Hardware support

Graphics cards

  • [PCI / AGP] 3dfx Voodoo 3 2000
  • [PCI / AGP] 3dfx Voodoo 3 2000 (On-Board 8MB SGRAM)
  • [PCI / AGP] 3dfx Voodoo 3 3000
  • [PCI] 3dfx Voodoo Banshee
  • [ISA] AMI S3 86c924
  • [ISA] ATI EGA Wonder 800+
  • [ISA / PCI / VLB] ATI Graphics Pro Turbo (Mach64 GX)
  • [ISA] ATI Korean VGA (ATI-28800-5)
  • [ISA] ATI VGA-88 (ATI-18800-1)
  • [ISA] ATI VGA Charger (ATI-28800-5)
  • [ISA] ATI VGA Edge-16 (ATI-18800-5)
  • [ISA] ATI VGA Wonder (ATI-18800)
  • [ISA] ATI VGA Wonder XL24 (ATI-28800-6)
  • [PCI] ATI Video Xpression (Mach64 VT2)
  • [ISA] CGA
  • [ISA] Chips & Technologies SuperEGA
  • [ISA] Cirrus Logic CL-GD 5401
  • [ISA] Cirrus Logic CL-GD 5402
  • [ISA] Cirrus Logic CL-GD 5420
  • [ISA] Cirrus Logic CL-GD 5422
  • [VLB] Cirrus Logic CL-GD 5424
  • [ISA] Cirrus Logic CL-GD 5428
  • [ISA] Cirrus Logic CL-GD 5429
  • [PCI] Cirrus Logic CL-GD 5430
  • [ISA / PCI / VLB] Cirrus Logic CL-GD 5434
  • [PCI] Cirrus Logic CL-GD 5436
  • [PCI] Cirrus Logic CL-GD 5440
  • [PCI] Cirrus Logic CL-GD 5446
  • [PCI] Cirrus Logic CL-GD 5480
  • [ISA] Compaq ATI VGA Wonder XL (ATI-28800-5)
  • [ISA] Compaq CGA
  • [ISA] Compaq CGA 2
  • [ISA] Compaq EGA
  • [PCI] Creative Labs 3D Blaster Banshee
  • [VLB] Diamond SpeedStar PRO (Cirrus Logic CL-GD 5426)
  • [VLB] Diamond SpeedStar PRO SE (Cirrus Logic CL-GD 5430)
  • [PCI / VLB] Diamond Stealth 3D 2000 (S3 ViRGE)
  • [PCI / VLB] Diamond Stealth 3D 3000 (S3 ViRGE/VX)
  • [PCI / VLB] Diamond Stealth 64 DRAM (S3 Trio64)
  • [PCI / VLB Diamond Stealth 64 VRAM (S3 Vision964)
  • [PCI / VLB] Diamond Stealth SE (S3 Trio32)
  • [ISA] Diamond Stealth VRAM (S3 86c911)
  • [ISA] EGA
  • [PCI / VLB] ELSA Winner 2000 Pro/X (S3 Vision964)
  • [PCI / VLB] ELSA Winner 2000 Pro/X (S3 Vision968)
  • [ISA] G2 GC205
  • [VLB] Headland HT216-32
  • [ISA] Hercules
  • [ISA] Hercules InColor
  • [MCA] IBM 1MB SVGA Adapter/A (Cirrus Logic CL-GD 5428)
  • [ISA] Image Manager 1024
  • [ISA] Kasan Hangulmadang-16 VGA (Tseng ET4000AX)
  • [PCI] Matrox Mystique
  • [PCI] Matrox Mystique 220
  • [ISA] Metheus Premier 928 (S3 86c928)
  • [ISA] MDA
  • [ISA] MDSI Genius
  • [ISA] NCR NGA
  • [PCI / VLB] Number Nine 9FX (S3 Trio64)
  • [ISA] OAK OTI-037C
  • [ISA] OAK OTI-067
  • [ISA] OAK OTI-077
  • [ISA] Olivetti OGC (GO708)
  • [ISA] Orchid Fahrenheit 1280 (S3 86c911)
  • [PCI / VLB] Paradise Bahamas 64 (S3 Vision864)
  • [ISA] Paradise PVGA1A
  • [ISA] Paradise WD90C11-LR
  • [ISA] Paradise WD90C30-LR
  • [MCA] Radius SVGA Multiview (HT209)
  • [ISA] Realtek RTG3106
  • [ISA] Plantronics ColorPlus
  • [ISA] Professional Graphics Controller
  • [VLB] S3 86c805
  • [PCI] S3 Trio3D/2X
  • [PCI / VLB] S3 ViRGE (325)
  • [PCI / VLB] S3 ViRGE/DX
  • [PCI / VLB] S3 ViRGE/DX (VBE 2.0)
  • [PCI / VLB] S3 Vision864
  • [PCI / VLB] S3 Vision868
  • [PCI / VLB] S3 Trio32
  • [PCI / VLB] S3 Trio64
  • [PCI / VLB] S3 Trio64V+
  • [PCI] S3 Trio64V2/DX
  • [ISA] Schetmash Iskra EGA (Cyrillic ROM)
  • [ISA] Sigma Color 400
  • [ISA] SPEA V7 Mirage (S3 86c801)
  • [PCI] STB Nitro 64V (Cirrus Logic CL-GD 5446)
  • [PCI / VLB] Trident TGUI9440
  • [PCI] Trident TGUI9440AGi
  • [VLB] Trident TGUI9400CXi
  • [PCI] Trident TGUI9660XGi
  • [PCI] Trident TGUI9680XGi
  • [ISA] Trident TVGA8900B
  • [ISA] Trident TVGA8900D
  • [ISA] Trident TVGA9000B
  • [ISA] Trigem Korean VGA (Tseng ET4000AX)
  • [ISA] Tseng Labs ET2000
  • [ISA / MCA] Tseng Labs ET4000AX
  • [ISA] Tseng Labs ET4000/w32
  • [ISA / VLB] Tseng Labs ET4000/w32i
  • [PCI / VLB] Tseng Labs ET4000/w32p
  • [PCI / VLB] Tseng Labs ET4000/w32p (Cardex)
  • [PCI / VLB] Tseng Labs ET4000/w32p Rev. C (Cardex)
  • [PCI / VLB] Tseng Labs ET4000/w32p (Diamond)
  • [ISA] VGA
  • [ISA] Video 7 VGA 1024i
  • [ISA] Wyse 700

Various 3D accelerator cards (with SLI support) are also supported:

  • 3dfx Voodoo Graphics
  • 3dfx Voodoo 2
  • Obsidian SB50 + Amethyst (2 TMUs)

Some models with fixed graphics adapters are also supported:

  • Amstrad MegaPC
  • Amstrad PC1512
  • Amstrad PC1640
  • Amstrad PC2086
  • Amstrad PC3086
  • Amstrad PPC512/640
  • Compaq Portable II
  • Compaq Portable III
  • Commodore SL386SX
  • IBM PCjr
  • IBM PS/1 Model 2011
  • IBM PS/1 Model 2121
  • IBM PS/2 series
  • IBM PS/ValuePoint 433DX/Si
  • Olivetti M19
  • Olivetti M24
  • Packard Bell PB410A
  • Packard Bell PB640
  • Tandy 1000 series
  • Toshiba T1200
  • Toshiba T3100e

Sound cards

  • [ISA / MCA] Adlib
  • [ISA] Adlib Gold
  • [ISA] Aztech Sound Galaxy Pro 16 AB (Washington)
  • [ISA] Aztech Sound Galaxy Nova 16 Extra (Clinton)
  • [ISA] Crystal CS4236B
  • [PCI] Ensoniq AudioPCI (ES1371)
  • [ISA] Game Blaster / Creative Music System
  • [ISA] Gravis UltraSound
  • [ISA] Gravis UltraSound Max
  • [ISA] Innovation SSI-2001
  • [MCA] NCR Business Audio
  • [ISA] Pro Audio Spectrum 16
  • [ISA] Sound Blaster 1.0 / 1.5 / 2.0
  • [ISA] Sound Blaster Pro v1 / v2
  • [ISA] Sound Blaster 16
  • [ISA] Sound Blaster 16 PnP
  • [ISA] Sound Blaster 32 PnP
  • [ISA] Sound Blaster AWE32 (not fully emulated)
  • [ISA] Sound Blaster AWE32 PnP (not fully emulated)
  • [ISA] Sound Blaster AWE64 Gold
  • [MCA] Sound Blaster MCV
  • [PCI] Sound Blaster PCI 128
  • [MCA] Sound Blaster Pro MCV
  • [ISA] Windows Sound System

Some models with fixed sound hardware are also supported:

  • PCjr and Tandy 1000 (PSG)
  • Tandy 1000SL/2 (PSSJ)
  • IBM PS/1 audio card
  • Tyan Tsunami ATX (CS4297A)
  • MSI MS-6168 (CS4297A)

Various MIDI synthesizer modules and interfaces are also supported:

  • FluidSynth
  • Roland MT-32
  • Roland CM-32L
  • Roland MPU-401
  • System MIDI (through MIDI out device from host machine)

Two external audio devices are also supported:

  • Covox Speech Thing
  • Disney Sound Source
  • Stereo LPT DAC

Hard drive controllers

  • [MFM] IBM PC Fixed Disk Adapter
  • [MFM] DTC 5150X
  • [MFM] ST-11M
  • [MFM] Western Digital WD1002A-WX1
  • [MFM / RLL] IBM PC/AT Fixed Disk Adapter
  • [MFM / RLL] Western Digital WD1003 AT
  • [RLL] ST-11R
  • [RLL] Western Digital WD1002A-27X
  • [ISA] Adaptec AHA-154xA
  • [ISA] Adaptec AHA-154xA
  • [ISA] Adaptec AHA-154xB
  • [ISA] Adaptec AHA-154xC
  • [ISA] Adaptec AHA-154xCF
  • [ISA] BusLogic BT-542B
  • [ISA] BusLogic BT-542BH
  • [ISA] BusLogic BT-545S
  • [ISA] Generic WDC33C93
  • [ISA] Longshine LCS-6821N
  • [ISA] Rancho RT1000B
  • [ISA] Sumo SCSI-AT
  • [ISA] Trantor T130B
  • [ESDI] IBM PC/AT ESDI Fixed Disk Controller
  • [ESDI] Western Digital WD1007V-SE1
  • [MCA] Adaptec AHA-1640
  • [MCA] BusLogic BT-640A
  • [MCA] IBM PS/2 SCSI
  • [IDE] Acculogic XT-IDE
  • [IDE] PC/AT IDE (w/ single-channel or dual-channel)
  • [IDE] PC/AT XTIDE
  • [IDE] PC/XT XTIDE
  • [IDE] PS/2 AT XTIDE (1.1.5)
  • [IDE] Western Digital WDXT-150 (XTA)
  • [PCI] BusLogic BT-958D
  • [PCI] NCR 53C810
  • [PCI] NCR 53C815
  • [PCI] NCR 53C820
  • [PCI] NCR 53C825A
  • [PCI] NCR 53C860
  • [PCI] NCR 53C875
  • [PCI] Tekram DC-390
  • [PCI] PCI IDE Adapter (w/ single-channel or dual-channel)
  • [VLB] BusLogic BT-445S

Floppy drive controllers

  • DTK PII-151B floppy drive controller
  • DTK PII-158 floppy drive controller
  • Magitronic B215 XT-FDC controller

Network cards

Network cards can use either WinPcap or SLiRP support on the host system.

  • [ISA] 3Com EtherLink II (3C503)
  • [PCI] AMD PCNet-FAST III
  • [ISA] AMD PCNet-ISA
  • [ISA] AMD PCnet-ISA+
  • [PCI] AMD PCNet-PCI II
  • [VLB] AMD PCnet-VL
  • [ISA] Novell NE1000
  • [ISA] Novell NE2000
  • [LPT] Parallel Line Internet Protocol
  • [ISA] Racal Interlan EtherBlaster
  • [ISA] Realtek RTL8019AS
  • [PCI] Realtek RTL8029AS
  • [ISA] Western Digital WD8003E
  • [ISA] Western Digital WD8003EB
  • [ISA] Western Digital WD8003EBT

Printers

  • Generic Text printer
  • Generic Epson ESC/P compatible printer
    • Generic ESC/P 24-pin dot-matrix driver
    • Epson SQ series (SQ-2550 recommended for grayscale)
    • Epson LQ series (LQ-2550 recommended for color)
  • Generic PostScript compatible printer
    • Generic PostScript driver (recommended)
    • Apple LaserWriter II series (IIg recommended for grayscale)
    • Apple LaserWriter Pro 630 (color)
    • Apple LaserWriter 16/600 PS (color)
    • Apple Color LW 12/660 PS (recommended for color)
    • Epson EPL-7500 and later (grayscale)
    • QMS PS-800 and later (grayscale)
    • QMS ColorScript 100 and later (color)

Joysticks

  • Standard joysticks
  • 4-axis joystick
  • CH Flightstick Pro
  • Microsoft SideWinder Pad
  • Thrustmaster Flight Control System

Other hardwares

  • DTK PII-147 Hexa I/O Plus
  • Everex EV-159 RAM 3000 Deluxe
  • Everex EV-170 Magic I/O
  • IBM PC/XT memory expansion boards
  • IBM PC/AT memory expansion boards
  • Iomega ZIP
  • Paradise Systems 5-PAK
  • PLIP Network
  • Protection Dongle for Savage Quest
  • Micro Mainframe EMS-5150(T)

External links

  • Documentation (On getting started with the emulator’s features and user interface.)
  • Discord channel
  • IRC channel
  • Twitter (Account started in March 2020. Lots of useful news, screenshots, test info, links to articles, videos & user reports on a monthly basis.)
  • YouTube channel (First video uploaded in late January 2020.)