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{{Infobox console
#REDIRECT[[Master System/Game Gear emulators]]
|title = Sega Master System
|logo = Sega-Master-System-Set.png
|image = Sega-Game-Gear-WB.png
|imagecaption = '''Top:''' Sega Master System.<br/>'''Bottom:''' Sega Game Gear.
|developer = [[:Sega]]
|type = [[:Category:Home consoles|Home video game console]]
|generation = [[:Category:Third-generation video game consoles|Third generation]]
|release = 1985
|discontinued = 1996
|predecessor = [[SG-1000 emulators|SG-1000]]
|successor = [[Sega Genesis emulators|Genesis / Mega Drive]]
|emulated = {{✓}}
}}
 
The '''[[wikipedia:Master_System|Sega Master System]]''' (SMS) is an 8-bit console released by [[wikipedia:Sega|Sega]] on October 20, 1985, in Japan (as "Mark III". In all actuality, the Master System and Mark III differ a bit due to the original Japanese release having more features, such as card functionality and backward compatibility with '''[[wikipedia:Sega SG-1000|SG-1000]]''', which the Master System lacks) and in September of 1986 in the US. It was retailed for {{Inflation|USD|199.99|1986}}. It had a Zilog Z80A at 4 MHz with 8 KBs of RAM and 16 KBs of VRAM. It had a Yamaha YM2602B VDP GPU. It was designed to be a direct competitor to the [[Nintendo Entertainment System emulators|Nintendo Entertainment System]] and was technically superior to it in some ways. The Sega Game Gear was released in April of 1991 and was a competitor for the Game Boy. It had a backlit screen, color, and a nice-looking design. It retailed for {{Inflation|USD|149.99|1991}}. It had a Zilog Z80 CPU at 3.5 MHz with 8 KBs of RAM and 16 KBs of VRAM.
 
There are a lot of hardware similarities between the SMS and the Game Gear (GG). Notably, SMS game cartridges can actually be played on the '''[[gametech:Sega Game Gear|Game Gear]]''' via an adapter. For this reason, most SMS emulators can also run GG games.
 
Internally the Master System extends Sega's older SG-1000 by adding more RAM and a single new video mode; since the SG-1000 was built from the same CPU, video, and audio chips as the [[ColecoVision emulators|ColecoVision]]. Many Master System emulators also run ColecoVision games.
 
==Emulators==
<div style="max-width:100%; overflow:auto;">
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col"|Name
! scope="col"|Platform(s)
! scope="col"|Latest Version
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Game Gear">GG</abbr>
! scope="col"|[[libretro]]
! scope="col"|[[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
! scope="col"|Active
! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
|-
!colspan="10"|PC / x86
|-
|[[Genesis Plus GX]]<ref name="GPGXLibretro">Only available on PC and mobile as a libretro core (e.g., [[RetroArch]]).</ref>
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
|[https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/ libretro core]
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|Very high
|{{✗}}
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|-
|[[MAME]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
|[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|High
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|-
|[[ares]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
|[https://github.com/ares-emulator/ares/releases {{aresVer}}]
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|High
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|-
|[http://emulicious.net/ Emulicious]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
|[https://emulicious.net/downloads/ {{EmuliciousVer}}]
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|Very high
|{{✗}}
|{{✓}}
|{{~}}
|-
|[[BizHawk]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
|[http://tasvideos.org/BizHawk/ReleaseHistory.html {{BizHawkVer}}]
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|Very high
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|{{~}}
|-
|[[Phoenix (emulator)|Phoenix]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
|[http://www.arts-union.ru/sites/default/files/ph28jag-win64.zip 2.8.JAG]
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|Very high
|{{✗}}
|{{✗}}
|{{~}}
|-
|[https://jgemu.gitlab.io/cega.html Cega]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
|[https://gitlab.com/jgemu/cega git]
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|Cycle
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|?
|-
|[[higan]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
|[https://github.com/higan-emu/higan/releases {{higanVer}}]
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|High
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|{{✗}}
|-
|[http://sourceforge.net/projects/twombit/ TwoMbit]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
|[http://sourceforge.net/projects/twombit/files/ 1.0.5]
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|Very high
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|{{✗}}
|-
|[[Clock Signal|CLK]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
|[https://github.com/TomHarte/CLK/releases {{clkVer}}]
|{{✗}}
|{{✗}}
|Very high
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|-
|Gearsystem
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
|[https://github.com/drhelius/Gearsystem/releases {{GearsystemVer}}]
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|High
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|-
|MasterGear
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
|[http://fms.komkon.org/MG/ {{MasterGearVer}}]
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|High
|{{✗}}
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|-
|[[Pantheon]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
|[http://bostjan-grandovec.si/Content/News.htm {{PantheonVer}}]
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|High
|{{✗}}
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|-
|[[Kega Fusion]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
|[http://www.carpeludum.com/kega-fusion/ 3.64]
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|Mid
|{{✗}}
|{{✗}}
|{{✗}}
|-
|[[PicoDrive]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
|[https://github.com/notaz/picodrive/releases {{PicoDriveVer}}]
|{{✗}}<ref name="PicoDrive">The Game Gear emulation doesn't work.</ref>
|{{✓}}
|Mid
|{{✗}}
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|-
|[http://freezesms.emuunlim.com/ FreezeSMS]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
|[http://freezesms.emuunlim.com/download.html 4.6]
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|Very high
|{{✗}}
|{{✗}}
|{{✗}}
|-
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20071206014650/http://www.dridus.com:80/~nyef/darcnes/ DarcNES]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
|[https://segaretro.org/DarcNES 9b0401/9b0313]
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|Low
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|{{✗}}
|-
|[[MEKA]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
|[https://github.com/ocornut/meka/releases {{MEKAVer}}]
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|?
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|-
|[http://0ldsk00l.ca/smsplus/ SMS Plus]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
|[https://github.com/0ldsk00l/smsplus/releases git]
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|?
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|-
|[http://bcz.asterope.fr/ Osmose]
|align=left|{{Icon|Linux}}
|[https://salsa.debian.org/games-team/osmose-emulator 1.4]
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|?
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|-
|[[HiSMS]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
|0.01 beta
|{{✗}}
|{{✗}}
|?
|{{✗}}
|{{✗}}
|{{✗}}
|-
|[[nemulator]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
|[http://nemulator.com/downloads.html {{NemulatorVer}}]
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|?
|{{✗}}
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|-
|Essgee
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
|[https://github.com/xdanieldzd/Essgee/releases git]
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|?
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|-
!colspan="10"|Mobile / ARM
|-
|[[Genesis Plus GX]]<ref name="GPGXLibretro"></ref>
|align=left|{{Icon|Android|iOS|Linux|Pandora}}
|{{GenPlusGXVer}}
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|Very high
|{{✗}}
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|-
|MasterGear
|align=left|{{Icon|Android}}
|[http://fms.komkon.org/MG/ {{MasterGearVer}}]
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|High
|{{✗}}
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|-
|[https://www.philpotter.co.uk/apps.html MasterEmu]
|align=left|{{Icon|Android}}
|[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.co.philpotter.masteremu 4.0.1]<br/>[https://github.com/PhilPotter/MasterEmu git]
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|High
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|-
|MD.emu
|align=left|{{Icon|Android|Pyra}}
|[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.explusalpha.MdEmu {{.emuVer}}] <small>(Android)</small><br/>[https://pyra-handheld.com/repo/apps/77 1.5.46.02] <small>(Pyra)</small>
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|High
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|-
|[[PicoDrive]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Android|iOS|Linux|Pandora}}
|[http://notaz.gp2x.de/pico.php {{PicoDriveVer}}]
|{{✗}}<ref name="PicoDrive"></ref>
|{{✓}}
|Mid
|{{✗}}
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|-
|GearMasterPlayer
|align=left|{{Icon|Android}}
|[http://www.arts-union.ru/sites/default/files/GearMasterPlayer_free_1.0.5.zip 1.0.5]
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|High
|{{✗}}
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|-
!colspan="10"|Consoles
|-
|[[PSMS alt+]]
|align=left|{{Icon|PS2}}
|[https://mundowiihack.wordpress.com/tag/psms-alt 1.2]
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|High
|{{?}}
|{{✗}}
|{{✓}}
|-
|[[PicoDrive]]
|align=left|{{Icon|PSP|3DS}}
|[http://notaz.gp2x.de/pico.php {{PicoDriveVer}}]
|{{✓}} (3DS)<ref name="PicoDrive"></ref>
|{{✓}}
|Mid
|{{✗}}
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|-
|[[Genesis Plus GX]]
|align=left|{{Icon|GCN|Wii}}
|[https://bitbucket.org/eke/genesis-plus-gx/downloads {{GenPlusGXVer}}]
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|?
|{{✗}}
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|-
|MasterBoy
|align=left|{{Icon|PSP}}
|[https://archive.org/details/masterboy.-7z 2.10]
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|?
|{{✗}}
|{{✗}}
|{{✓}}
|-
|[[Virtual Console]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Wii|3DS}}
|N/A
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|Mid
|{{✗}}
|{{✗}}
|{{✓}}
|-
|ApprenticeminusDS
|align=left|{{Icon|NDS}}
|[https://www.gamebrew.org/wiki/Apprentice_MinusDS]
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|Mid
|{{✗}}
|{{✗}}
|{{✓}}
|-
|SMS Plus DC
|align=left|{{Icon|DC}}
|0.2b
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|Mid
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|{{✓}}
|-
|DrSMS
|align=left|{{Icon|GBA}}
|[https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/sms-gg/drsms.html 6.0]
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|Mid
|{{✗}}
|{{✗}}
|{{~}}
|-
|UltraSMS
|align=left|{{Icon|N64}}
|[https://www.zophar.net/consoles/n64/sms-gg/ultrasms.html]
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|Low
|{{~}}
|{{✗}}
|{{✓}} (GG only)
|-
|MasterGear
|Align=left|{{Icon|PS1}}
|[http://www.emulationzone.org/consoles/ps/emulator.htm 0.2]
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|Low
|{{✗}}
|{{✗}}
|{{~}}
|}
</div>
 
<references/>
 
{{Sega}}
 
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[[Category:Sega consoles]]
[[Category:Master System emulators|*]]
[[Category:Third-generation video game consoles]]

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