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|title = BlastEm|logo = BlastEm.jpeg|logowidth = 280px|version = {{BlastEmVer}}|active = Yes|platform = [[Emulators on Windows|Windows]]<br/>[[Emulators on Linux|Linux]]<br/>[[Emulators on macOS|macOS]]|architecture = [[wikipedia:x86|x86]]|target = [[Sega Genesis emulators|Sega Genesis/Mega Drive]]|developer = Mike Pavone|website = [https://www.retrodev.com/blastem/ Official homepage]|download license = [https://www.retrodev.com/blastem/changes.html Official release]GNU GPLv3|source = [https://www.retrodev.com/repos/blastem Mercurial repository]

 '''BlastEm''' is a free and 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.