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{{Infobox emulator
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|version = {{BlastEmVer}}
|first = 0.5.1
|active = Yes
|second = Yes
|platform = Linux<br/>macOS<br/>Windows
|third = Linux, OS X, Windows
|architecture = x86
|fourth = Mike Pavone
|target = [[Sega Genesis emulators|Sega Genesis]]
|fifth = [https://www.retrodev.com/blastem/ RetroDev.com]
|developer = Mike Pavone
|sixth = [https://www.retrodev.com/repos/blastem RetroDev.com]}}'''BlastEm''' is a [[Sega Genesis emulators|Sega Genesis]] emulator primarily for the Linux operating system that also supports OSX and Windows. BlastEm aims for [[cycle accuracy]], and for lower [[system requirements]] than [[Exodus]]. Commercial game compatibility is close to, but not quite at 100%. Titan's Overdrive 2 demo runs with near perfection, a first for any emulator. The original Overdrive demo runs perfectly which only [[Genesis Plus GX]] can also claim. 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.
|website = [https://www.retrodev.com/blastem/ Official homepage]
==Download==
|download = [https://www.retrodev.com/blastem/changes.html Official release]
|source = [https://www.retrodev.com/repos/blastem Mercurial repository]
}}
'''BlastEm''' is a [[Sega Genesis emulators|Sega Genesis]] 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.


* [https://www.retrodev.com/blastem/changes.html Linux, OSX, Windows]
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