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{{Infobox emulator
|image = MESS.png
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|title = Multi Emulator Super System
|imagewidth = 156
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|logo = MESS.png
|first = {{MAMEVer}}
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|logowidth = 156
|second = Yes
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|last-version = 0.161
|third = Multi-platform
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|fate = Merged with [[MAME]] in 2015 starting with 0.162
|fourth = MESS Team
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|platform = Multi-platform
|fifth = [http://www.mess.org/ MESS.org]
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|target = Thousands of electronics
|sixth = [https://github.com/mamedev/mame GitHub]}}The '''Multi Emulator Super System''', often referred to as '''MESS''', is a [[Multi-system emulator|multi-system emulator]] that aims to [[Accuracy|accurately]] emulate multiple systems and [http://mamedev.emulab.it/haze/2014/04/07/ume-0-153/#comment-34664 cash registers.] Though they are still treated as separate projects by the development teams the two have been merged into MAME.
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|developer = MESS Team
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|website = [http://mess.redump.net/ mess.redump.net]
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|source = [https://github.com/mamedev/mame GitHub]}}
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'''MESS''' (an acronym for '''<u>M</u>ulti <u>E</u>mulator <u>S</u>uper <u>S</u>ystem''') was a multi-platform, open-source, [[Multi-system emulators|multi-system emulator]]. The philosophy behind the project was to recreate the workings of machines like [http://mamedev.emulab.it/haze/2014/04/07/ume-0-153/#comment-34664 cash registers] through emulation. MESS started as a fork of [[MAME]], keeping its philosophy but expanding the amount of target machines widely. Though the teams are separate from each other, the codebase for MESS merged with MAME in 2015 though separate MESS builds can still be compiled.
  
MESS is able to emulate hundreds of unique systems, as well as thousands of system variations.
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See [http://nonmame.retrogames.com/ NonMAME] ([http://web.archive.org/web/20150306213522/http://consume.retrogames.com/ 2015 Mirror]) for a regularly updated list of systems MESS emulates best and a list of emulators that emulate some systems.
  
It is a sister project to the '''Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator''', [[MAME]]. Many of the contributors are the same, and releases take place at the same time.
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==Downloads==
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* [http://mamedev.org/release.html Latest release <small>(MAME)</small>]
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* [https://messui.1emulation.com/ MESS builds]
  
See [http://nonmame.retrogames.com/ NonMAME] ([http://web.archive.org/web/20150306213522/http://consume.retrogames.com/ 2015 Mirror]) for a regularly updated list of systems MESS emulates best and a list of emulators that emulate some systems.
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'''Miscellaneous files:'''
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* [[Emulator Files#Multi-system|BIOS ROMs]]
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* [http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/extra.html Extra files] for frontend.
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==Overview==
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See these web-pages below for guidance on compatibility of a wide assortment of pastime computers and consoles and their respective games catalogue on MAME/MESS.
  
==Downloads==
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'''Further info:'''
*[http://mamedev.org/release.html Latest release]
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* [[MAME compatibility list]]
*[http://www.emucr.com/search/label/MESS SVN Builds]
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* [https://mameinfo.mameworld.info/ Latest in-progress changelog]
*[[Emulator Files|BIOS ROMs]]
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* [http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/sysset.php www.progettoemma.net's Systems list] (ProjectMESS' outdated list of computer & console systems & their overall emulation status in MAME/MESS)
*[http://www.progettosnaps.net/mess/ MESS Resources] Emulation overlays, boot screens, cabinet photos, controller photos, original advertisements, icons, manuals, pcb photos, and more.
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* [http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/lsset.php www.progettoemma.net's Software list] (ProjectMESS' outdated list of computer & console systems & their emulation levels of all games in MAME/MESS)
*[http://git.redump.net/mess/plain/hash/ Software Lists] For distributions of MESS that did not include them. See [http://www.mess.org/mess/howto#software_lists MESS Software Lists] for how to use them.
 
*[http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/extra.html Frontend] extra files.
 
  
 
==Resources==
 
==Resources==
*[http://www.mess.org/mess/howto MESS user manual]
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*[http://mess.redump.net/mess/howto MESS user manual]
*[http://www.mess.org/mess/mess.ini mess.ini] Documentation for manually editing the MESS configuration file.
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*[http://mess.redump.net/mess/mess.ini mess.ini] Documentation for manually editing the MESS configuration file.
*[http://forums.bannister.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=postlist&Board=1 Official MESS forum]
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*[http://forums.bannister.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=postlist&Board=1 Official MAME forum]
  
 
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Revision as of 17:57, 7 July 2020

Multi Emulator Super System
MESS.png
Developer(s) MESS Team
Last version 0.161
Fate Merged with MAME in 2015 starting with 0.162
Platform(s) Multi-platform
Emulates Thousands of electronics
Website mess.redump.net
Source code GitHub

MESS (an acronym for Multi Emulator Super System) was a multi-platform, open-source, multi-system emulator. The philosophy behind the project was to recreate the workings of machines like cash registers through emulation. MESS started as a fork of MAME, keeping its philosophy but expanding the amount of target machines widely. Though the teams are separate from each other, the codebase for MESS merged with MAME in 2015 though separate MESS builds can still be compiled.

See NonMAME (2015 Mirror) for a regularly updated list of systems MESS emulates best and a list of emulators that emulate some systems.

Downloads

Miscellaneous files:

Overview

See these web-pages below for guidance on compatibility of a wide assortment of pastime computers and consoles and their respective games catalogue on MAME/MESS.

Further info:

Resources