SG-1000 emulators
Developer | Sega |
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Type | Home video game console |
Generation | Third generation |
Release date | 1983 |
Discontinued | 1985 |
Successor | Master System |
Emulated | ✓ |
The SG-1000, also known as Sega Game 1000, was a third-generation 8-bit home video game console released by Sega on July 15, 1983, and had a Zilog Z80 CPU at 3.58 MHz with 1 KB of RAM. This system marked Sega's first entry into the home video game hardware business. The SG-1000 didn't see much success in its home country, mostly due to competition from the technically superior Famicom. It did, however, enjoy a brief period of popularity in Taiwan before the latter market was inundated by unlicensed Family Computer clones.
Sega's use of off-the-shelf components in developing the console, which was also shared with the ColecoVision, led to at least one unauthorized clone of the SG-1000, manufactured and sold by Taiwan-based Bit Corporation as the Dina 2-in-1. Indeed, the Dina had support for SG-1000 games and ColecoVision titles to a certain extent.
The SC-3000 (also known as Sega Computer 3000) was its home computer counterpart and has a built-in keyboard.
Emulators
Name | Platform(s) | Latest Version | Arcade Variant |
SC-3000 | SF-7000 | libretro | Retro Achievements |
Netplay | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
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PC / x86 | |||||||||||
MasterGear | 4.9.3 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | |
MAME | 0.266 | ✓* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
BizHawk | 2.9.1 | ✓[N 1] | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
ares | v139 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Genesis Plus GX | * | libretro core | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ~[N 2] | NC | ✓ | ~ |
Kega Fusion | 3.64 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ~ | |
Gearsystem | libretro core 3.5.0 |
✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ | |
blueMSX | ** | libretro core 2.8.2 |
✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ~[N 3] | ~ |
MEKA | 0.8-alpha (2023-08-26) | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ | |
Snepulator | git | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | TBD | |||
FinalBurn Neo | Stable WIP builds libretro core |
✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ~[N 2] | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | |
higan | v110 | ✗ | ~ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗[N 4] | |
vdmgr | 0.2.6 | ✗ | ~ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |
DarcNES | 9b0401/9b0313 | ✗ | ~ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | |
CLK | 2024-06-03 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | |
CoolCV | 0.6.9 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | |
TwoMbit | 1.0.5 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | |
FreezeSMS | 4.6 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |
Essgee | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | |
Mobile / ARM | |||||||||||
Snepulator | v23.04-1 (Snepulator MS) | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
MasterGear | 4.9.3 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Genesis Plus GX | * | libretro core | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ~[N 2] | NC | ✓ | ~ |
blueMSX | ** | libretro core | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ~[N 3] | ~ |
GearMasterPlayer | 1.0.5 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ~ | |
FinalBurn Neo | Stable WIP builds libretro core |
✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ~[N 2] | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | |
MEKA | git20191218 | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | |
Consoles | |||||||||||
Genesis Plus GX | 1.19.1 1.7.5 RC1 |
✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ~[N 2] | NC | ✓ | ✓ | |
S8DS | 0.7 | ✗ | ✓ | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✓ | |
SMS Plus GX | 1.19.1 r64 0.2b (DC) |
✗ | ? | ? | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ~ |
*Only available on PC as a libretro core (e.g., RetroArch).
**Only available outside of Windows as a libretro core (e.g., RetroArch).
Accessories
Name | Genesis Plus GX | Kega Fusion | Snepulator | MEKA | BlastEm | PicoDrive |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sega Graphic Board | ✓ | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ? | ? |
Keyboard | ✗ | ✓ | ? | ✓ | ? | ? |
Floppy Disk Drive | ? | ✓ | ? | ✓ | ? | ? |
System Converter | ✗ | ? | ? | ? | ? | ✗ |
HyperShot | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Data Recorder SR-1000 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Bike Handle | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Arcade
Sega also used the SG-1000 hardware to run Arcade games. Here's a known list
- Champion Boxing
- Champion Pro Wrestling
- Doki Doki Penguin Land
- Super Derby
- Super Derby II
The first three games are pretty much the same as their SG-1000 counterparts, but Super Derby and Super Derby II are special medal-type games intended to be used with 1-9 players. MAME features full support for the common SG-1000 Arcade games, but for the Derby ones, it is still preliminary.
Consoles: SG-1000 • Master System • Genesis / Mega Drive • CD • 32X • Pico • Saturn • Dreamcast Handhelds: Game Gear • VMU / VMS Arcade: System series • Model 1 • Model 2 • Model 3 • NAOMI |