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{{Infobox
{{Lowercase title}}
|first = 0.13.0
{{Infobox emulator
|second = Yes
|title = openMSX
|third = Multi-platform  
|logo = openMSX-logo.png
|fourth = openMSX Team
|version = {{Version|OpenMSX}}
|fifth = [http://openmsx.org/ openMSX]
|active = Yes
|sixth = [https://github.com/openMSX/openMSX GitHub]}}
|platform = Multi-platform
|target = [[MSX emulators|MSX]]<br/>[[SG-1000 emulators|Sega SG-1000]]<br/>[[ColecoVision emulators|ColecoVision]]<br/><small>and more</small>
|developer = openMSX Team
|website = [http://openmsx.org/ openMSX.org]
|prog-lang = {{Proglang|C++}}
|license = {{license|GPLv2}}
|source = [https://github.com/openMSX/openMSX GitHub]
|bios = [[Emulator_Files#Microsoft.2FASCII_MSX|Optional]]
}}


[[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]]. Includes an open source BIOS implementation called C-BIOS that allows almost all ROM-cartridge-based games to be played without an original firmware dump.


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==
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|'''[https://github.com/openMSX/openMSX/releases Official Stable builds]'''
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|[https://github.com/openMSX/debugger/releases/tag/nightly/ Dev Builds]
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==Downloads==
==Overview==
*[https://github.com/openMSX/openMSX/releases openMSX stable builds]
===Frontends===
*[http://openmsx.fixato.net/ openMSX development builds]
* [https://github.com/openMSX/wxcatapult Catapult] was the official GUI for openMSX, but got deprecated in favor of the built-in GUI with release 20.0.
*[http://www5f.biglobe.ne.jp/~nekocan/group_soft/ht_soft.html/ NekoLauncher openMSX for macOS]
*[http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/26767/openmsx-peashooter openMSX Peashooter for macOS]
*[http://msx.jannone.org/openMSXcontrol/ openMSX Control Plugin for Gedit]


==Support==
===Support===
*[[MSX#MSX turboR|MSXturboR]]
*MSXturboR
*Moonsound
*Moonsound
*IDE Controller by Sunrise
*IDE Controller by Sunrise
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*Pioneer Palcom LaserDisc
*Pioneer Palcom LaserDisc


==Notable Features==
===Notable features===
*Hard- and software Scalers
*Hard- and software Scalers
*Debugging
*Debugging
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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)
*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)


Other features and supported hardware not listed can be seen [http://openmsx.org/features.html here].
Other features and supported hardware not listed can be seen [http://openmsx.org/features.html here].
==Applications==
[https://github.com/openMSX/wxcatapult openMSX Catapult] is a GUI openMSX, a GUI of some sorts. It is currently being redeveloped utilizing Python and the Qt toolkit. It also includes a [https://github.com/openMSX/debugger debugger].


==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]
*[https://www.msx.org/forum/semi-msx-talk/openmsx Forum]
*[http://www.vampier.net/cbios/ C-BIOS Compatibility Page]
*[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]
*[https://openmsx.org/manual/user.html openMSX User's Manual]
 
*[https://openmsx.org/catapult-manual/user.html Captapult User's Manual]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081204030315/http://www.vampier.net:80/cbios/ C-BIOS Compatibility Page (Archived from 2008 as the link is down)]
*[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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