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{{Infobox emulator
|title = blueMSX
|logo = BlueMSXblueMSX-Logo.png
|version = 2.8.2
|active = No
|platform = Windows
|target = [[MSX emulators|MSX]]<br/>[[SG-1000 emulators|Sega SG-1000]]<br/>[[ColecoVision emulators|ColecoVision]]
|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]}}
[[blueMSX]] is a portable, open-source [[MSX emulators|MSX]], [[SG-1000 emulators|Sega SG-1000]] and [[ColecoVision emulators|ColecoVision emulator]] for Windows. 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.
==Download==
In August 2004, blueMSX became the first MSX 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 Turbo-RTurboR, 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.
Since the November 2004 milestone, developer focus has been on improving the user interface and emulation accuracy, as well as extending the emulation to include more exotic devices such as the Konami Keyboard Master, an unreleased speech synthesis ROM.
The emulation engine in blueMSX is [[Emulation Accuracy|cycle-accurate]], which means that the timing and synchronization between emulated hardware components appear the same as on a real MSX. The goal is to replicate each individual component as accurate as possible, which means that the emulator requires a more high-end PC than emulators optimized for speed.
Most hardware released for the MSX system is emulated and the emulator includes a configuration editor to mimic real MSX systems by choosing components such as floppy drives, memory, sound chips , and video chips. Several pre-configured machines are available for users that don't want to build their own machines.
Common emulator features are supported, like screenshots, AVI rendering, and a cheat system. The emulator has a theme based GUI with buttons to control the emulation, a virtual keyboard, and controls to change sound and video settings runtime.
* [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.explusalpha.MsxEmu MSX.emu] blueMSX port to [[Android emulators|Android]]
* [https://code.google.com/p/bluemsx-wii/ blueMSX-Wii] blueMSX port to [[Wii emulators|Nintendo Wii]]
* [http://xport.xbox-scene.com/ blueMSXBoxblueMSXbox] blueMSX port to [[Xbox emulators|XBoxXbox]]
* [http://www.cocoamsx.com/ CocoaMSX] blueMSX port to macOS
