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{{Infobox emulator
 
{{Infobox emulator
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|title = BlastEm
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|logo = BlastEm.jpeg
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|logowidth = 280px
 
|version = {{BlastEmVer}}
 
|version = {{BlastEmVer}}
 
|active = Yes
 
|active = Yes
|platform = Linux<br/>macOS<br/>Windows
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|platform = Windows<br/>Linux<br/>macOS
|architecture = x86
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|architecture = [[wikipedia:x86|x86]]
|target = [[Sega Genesis emulators|Sega Genesis]]
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|target = [[Sega Genesis emulators|Sega Genesis/Mega Drive]]
 
|developer = Mike Pavone
 
|developer = Mike Pavone
 
|website = [https://www.retrodev.com/blastem/ Official homepage]
 
|website = [https://www.retrodev.com/blastem/ Official homepage]
 
|download = [https://www.retrodev.com/blastem/changes.html Official release]
 
|download = [https://www.retrodev.com/blastem/changes.html Official release]
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|license = GNU GPLv3
 
|source = [https://www.retrodev.com/repos/blastem Mercurial repository]
 
|source = [https://www.retrodev.com/repos/blastem Mercurial repository]
 
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'''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.
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'''BlastEm''' is an 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.
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It is also available as a [[libretro]] core for [[RetroArch]].
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==Download==
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|'''[https://www.retrodev.com/blastem/changes.html Latest releases]'''
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Revision as of 19:43, 29 July 2021

BlastEm
BlastEm.jpeg
Developer(s) Mike Pavone
Latest version 0.6.2
Active Yes
Platform(s) Windows
Linux
macOS
Architecture(s) x86
Emulates Sega Genesis/Mega Drive
Website Official homepage
Download(s) Official release
License GNU GPLv3
Source code Mercurial repository

BlastEm is an open-source Sega Genesis/Mega Drive emulator developed primarily for Linux (though it's also available for macOS and Windows). BlastEm aims for cycle accuracy while also hitting lower 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.[N 1] 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.

Download

Windows Linux macOS Latest releases

Notes

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