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{{Infoboxemulator|image title = Multi Emulator Super System|logo = MESS.png|imagewidth logowidth = 156|first last-version = 0.151161|second fate = YesMerged with [[MAME]] in 2015 starting with 0.162|third platform = Multi-platform|fourth target = Thousands of electronics|developer = MESS Team|fifth website = [http://wwwmess.redump.net/ mess.org/ MESSredump.orgnet]|sixth source = [httphttps://wwwgithub.com/mamedev.org/source/ MAMEDev.orgmame GitHub]}}The '''Multi Emulator Super SystemMESS''', often referred to as (an acronym for '''MESS<u>M</u>ulti <u>E</u>mulator <u>S</u>uper <u>S</u>ystem''') was a multi-platform, open-source, is a [[Multi-system emulatoremulators|multi-system emulator]] that aims . 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 [[Accuracy|accuratelyMAME]] emulate multiple systems, with an added side effect being keeping its philosophy but expanding the ability to play these systemsamount of target machines widely. In totalThough the teams are separate from each other, the codebase for MESS merged with MAME in 2015 though separate MESS currently is able to emulate 685 unique systems, as well as 1,771 total system variationsbuilds can still be compiled from the source.

It is a sister project to the '''Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator''', See [http://nonmame.retrogames.com/ NonMAME] ([MAMEhttp://web.archive.org/web/20150306213522/http://consume.retrogames.com/ 2015 Mirror]]. Many ) for a regularly updated list of the contributors are the same, systems MESS emulates best and releases take place at the same timea list of emulators that emulate some systems.

For ==Downloads==* [http://mamedev.org/release.html Latest release <small>(MAME)</small>]* [http://www.progettosnaps.net/mess MESS Repository] '''Miscellaneous files:'''* [[Emulator Files#Multi-system|BIOS ROMs]]* [http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/extra.html Extra files] for frontend. ==Overview==See these web-pages below for guidance on compatibility of a regularly updated wide assortment of pastime computers and consoles and their respective games catalogue on MAME/MESS. '''Further info:'''* [[MAME compatibility list]]* [https://mameinfo.mameworld.info Latest in-progress changelog]* [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 emulates best and a )* [http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/lsset.php www.progettoemma.net's Software list] (ProjectMESS' outdated list of emulators that emulate some computer & console systems better check out & their emulation levels of all games in MAME/MESS) ==Resources==*[http://mess.redump.net/mess/howto MESS user manual]*[http://mess.redump.net/mess/mess.ini mess.ini] Documentation for manually editing the MESS configuration file.*[http://nonmessforums.retrogamesbannister.comorg/ NonMESSubbthreads.php?ubb=postlist&Board=1 Official MAME forum]

==Downloads==*[http://mamedev.org/release.html Latest release]*[httpCategory://www.emucr.com/search/label/MESS SVN BuildsEmulators]*[http://archive.org/details/MESS-0.149.BIOS.ROMs Console BIOS] 0.149 Pack