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|developer = [http://www.vik.cc/bluemsx/develope.html blueMSX Dev Team]
|website = [http://www.bluemsx.com/ blueMSX.com]
|source = [http://sourceforge.net/p/bluemsx/code/HEAD/tree/trunk/blueMSX/ SourceForge]|license = GNU GPLv2<br/>zlib/libpng license}}
[[blueMSX]] is a portable, open-source [[MSX emulators|MSX]], [[SG-1000 emulators|Sega SG-1000]], SC-3000, SF-7000 and [[ColecoVision emulators|ColecoVision emulator]] available for Windows and other platforms as a [[libretro]] core. It has been translated into 14 different languages. blueMSX includes a powerful debugger with support for several assembly formats and a machine configuration editor that allows advanced users to set up practically any MSX computer system ever made.
==History==
blueMSX was initially released in 2003 and soon became the most accurate and user friendly emulatorsemulator, leading over openMSX.<ref name="msxemus">{{cite web | editor=snout | year=2005 | title=MSX Emulator Comparison | url=http://www.msx.org/MSX-Emulator-Comparison.articlepage8.html | work=[http://www.msx.org/ MSX Resource Center Foundation] | accessdate=9 August 2006 }}</ref>
Like many other MSX emulators, blueMSX started as a clone of [[fMSX]]. The feature that made the first release, in November 2003, unique to the MSX emulator scene at the time, was the addition of monitor simulation. This feature made the video output look like an old TV or a monitor.
Initially, blueMSX's emulation was quite poor and suffered from the same limitations and flaws as its mother fMSX. However, during the first year, the development focused on improving and replacing the misbehaving emulation code, as well as redesigning the software architecture. With better architecture, emulation of new devices became easier and wasn't very long before most audio devices and ROM types were supported.
In August 2004, blueMSX became the first MSX emulators emulator to support skins.
In November 2004, blueMSX was finally 100% free of fMSX code. The November release was also a big milestone since it brought support for the TurboR, the last MSX produced. On top of that, it was the first release that included emulation for the [[ColecoVision emulators|ColecoVision]] and the Spectravideo SV-328.
