BlastEm

2026-09-13T09:34:24Z

162.158.151.141: Previous statement about "getting 0.6.2 or 0.6.3." was rendered completely irrelevant, once dev released official stable build 1.0 on 9/11 of 2026, so new info was added in accordance to this recent development.

{{Infobox emulator
|title = BlastEm
|logo = BlastEm.jpeg
|logowidth = 280
|version = {{Version|BlastEm}}
|active = Yes
|platform = [[Emulators on Windows|Windows]] [[Emulators on Linux|Linux]] [[Emulators on macOS|macOS]] [[Emulators on browsers|Web]]
|architecture = [[wikipedia:x86|x86]]
|target = [[Sega Genesis emulators|Sega Genesis/Mega Drive & CD/32X/CD 32X]] [[SG-1000 emulators|SG1000 & SC3000]] [[Master System emulators|SMS & GG]] [[ColecoVision emulators|ColecoVision]]
|developer = Mike Pavone
|website = [https://www.retrodev.com/blastem/ Official homepage]
|license = {{license|GPLv3}}
|prog-lang = {{Proglang|C}}
|source = [https://www.retrodev.com/repos/blastem Mercurial repository]
}}

'''BlastEm''' is a free and open-source [[Sega Genesis emulators|Sega Genesis/Mega Drive emulator]] developed primarily for Linux (though it's also available for macOS and Windows). BlastEm aims for [[Emulation Accuracy#Cycle_accuracy|cycle accuracy]] while also hitting lower [[computer specs|system requirements]] than [[Exodus]]; it is one of the only emulators to properly run Overdrive 2, a demoscene production by the group Titan meant to showcase the capabilities of the Genesis through digital art.<ref group=N>Though [https://www.retrodev.com/repos/blastem/file/b96f9fae757f/README#l499 the readme states that he had assistance from Titan themselves].</ref> The first Overdrive demo runs perfectly which only [[Genesis Plus GX]] can also claim. Commercial game compatibility is close to, but not quite at, 100%. It is the only emulator other than Exodus that can properly display direct color DMA demos and to pass all of the tests in Nemesis' VDP FIFO Testing ROM.

It is also available as a [[libretro]] core for [[RetroArch]].

Stable releases went into a hiatus in 2019, <s>and thus current Nightly version, 0.6.3, went into perpetual developement until further notice. Users should avoid the current stable version 0.6.2, which has broken controller input configuration, and use the most recent nightly build of 0.6.3</s>. Official stable version 1.0 (as 1.0.0) was released on 9/11 of 2026 (absolute shoah and total oi vey). Get it.

==Download==
{| cellpadding="4"
|-
|align=center|{{Icon|Win|Lin|Mac}}
|'''[https://www.retrodev.com/blastem/changes.html Latest releases]'''
|-
|align=center|{{Icon|Win|Lin}}
|'''[https://www.retrodev.com/blastem/nightlies/ Nightly builds]'''
|-
|colspan=2|<hr/>
|-
|align=center|{{Icon|Web}}
|[https://www.retrodev.com/blastem/web/1.0.0/ Web version]
|}

==External links==
*[https://discord.gg/wdhpQ6n Discord]

==Notes==
<references group=N />

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