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|developer = Microsoft Japan, SanyoASCII Corporation

The games Software came either as cassettes or on a variety of media, including cassette tapes, 3.5" floppy disks, but only the former is ROM cartridges, and laserdiscs. Only ROM cartridges are preserved on the No-Intro set for now. You'll also need an extensive BIOS ROM pack, though RARetroArch's bluemsx blueMSX core only requires four. There are game manager tools to help with configuring which BIOS and games come with which feature. The Japanese Wii [[Virtual Console ]] also included basic MSX-2 emulation.

* ''the MSX 1'' is the original 1983 machine, with a 3.58Mhz Z80, an AY 3-8910 sound chip, and a TMS video processor — it offers resolutions up to 256x192 with attribute-based colours, single-colour sprites and no hardware scrolling. This machine primarily differs from contemporaries such as the ColecoVision and Sega SC-3000 only in its sound chip. The '''Pioneer Palcom PX-7''' is a MSX1 computer, aimed at the Japanese market. It was meant for attaching to a [[LaserDisc]] player, and as such has Superimpose capabilities (putting pictures and texts above the Laser Disc image). The PSG sound is stereo, contrary to almost all MSX machines. Pioneer also sold the '''ER-101''' interface (Laser Vision) unit which made it possible for all MSX computers to have the same functionalities as the Palcom PX-7;* ''the MSX 2'' is a 1985 revision that significantly upgrades the video processor; the maximum resolution is now 512x212, sprites are up to 16 colour, hardware vertical scrolling is available, more normative bitmap and non-attribute-based tile colour modes are offered, and primitive graphics acceleration is available — the video processor can independently perform tasks such as drawing lines and filling rectangles. Unlike the TMS chip in the MSX 1, no other machines use this video processor, so MSX 2 emulation is attempted less often than MSX 1 emulation. Panasonic's '''FS-A1''' (1986), '''FS-A1mkII''' (W/ added keypad) and its Italian counterpart, the '''Toshiba FS-TM1''' were based on this standard;* ''the MSX 2+'' is a minor revision from 1988 that adds hardware support for horizontal scrolling and a few extra colour modes; some 2+ models offer an optional modest speed improvement to the Z80 to 5.37Mhz. Panasonic's '''FS-A1FX''' (1988) and '''FS-A1WX''' (W/ added MSX-MUSIC & a Japanese Word processor), while the '''FS-A1WSX''' (1989) was the last MSX 2+ computer;

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|[[blueMSXopenMSX]]|Windows, Multi-platform<ref groupalign=N name=libretro>Only available outside of left|{{Icon|Windows as a libretro core (e.g. [[RetroArch]]).</ref>|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[httphttps://wwwgithub.vik.cccom/openMSX/openMSX/releases/bluemsxtag/downloadRELEASE_0_15_0 0.html 215.8.20]|{{✗✓}} |{{✓}}

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|[[openMSXblueMSX]]|Multi-platformalign=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}<ref group=N name=libretro>Only available outside of Windows as a libretro core (e.g. [[RetroArch]]).</ref>|[httpshttp://githubwww.comvik.cc/openMSXbluemsx/openMSX/releases/tag/RELEASE_0_14_0 0download.html 2.148.02]|{{✗}}

|{{✓}} ||Very High Cycle ||{{✗✓}} ||{{✓}}

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|[[Clock Signal|CLK]]|align=left|{{Icon|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[https://github.com/TomHarte/CLK/releases {{clkver}}]|{{✓}} |{{✓}} |{{✗}} |{{✗}} |{{✗}} ||Cycle ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}|-|[[Pantheon]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}

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|[[Clock Signal|CLK]http://webmsx.org/ WebMSX]|macOS and UNIXalikesalign=left|{{Icon|Web}} Browser based|[https://github.com/TomHarteppeccin/CLK/releases WebMSX 6.0]|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{clkver✓}}]

|{{✗}} |{{✗}} |{{✗}} ||Cycle High ||{{✗}} ||{{✗✓}}

|[[MSXPLAYer]]<br/><small>(fMSX based)</small>|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|?<small>MSX Game Reader<br/>(Commercial)</small>

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||Mid ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}|-|[https://web.archive.org/web/20071206014650/http://www.dridus.com:80/~nyef/darcnes/ DarcNES]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[https://segaretro.org/DarcNES 9b0401/9b0313]|{{✗}}|{{~}}|{{✗}} |{{✗}} |{{✗}} ||Low ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}|-!colspan="11"|Mobile / ARM|-|[http://www.explusalpha.com/home/msx-emu MSX.emu]<br/><small>(blueMSX tech)</small>|align=left|{{Icon|Android|iOS|Linux|webOS}}|[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.explusalpha.MsxEmu 1.5.43]<br />[https://github.com/Rakashazi/emu-ex-plus-alpha Git]|{{✓}}|{{~}}|{{~}} |{{~}} |{{~}} ||High ||{{✗}} ||{{~}}

|[https://pyra-handheld.com/boards/threads/emu-ex-plus-alpha-ported-to-the-pandora.70450/ MSX.emu]<br/><small>(blueMSX tech)</small>|Androidalign=left|{{Icon|Pandora}}|[https://playrepo.googleopenpandora.comorg/store/apps/details?idpage=com.explusalpha.MsxEmu 1.5.34detail&app=MSXemu_ptitseb Build 15]

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===ComparisonComparisons===;[[openMSX]]:Another open source project in active development. In recent years, it has surpassed blueMSX in terms of accuracy and the quantity of emulated hardware. This is the only emulator that supports Palcom LaserDisc games.;[[blueMSX]]:An open source project that's cycle-accurate with very high compatibility.;WebMSX:An open-source MSX emulator written in HTML5 and JavaScript. It can install as a WebApp on iOS/Android/Desktop, and then run offline. An extensive list of Features can be found at its GitHub page. It has customizable touch controls/virtual keyboard that suit Android and iOS usage, and you can join friends in multiplayer games. [https://www.msx.org/news/en/new-webmsx-emulator Made by Paulo Peccin (ppeccin)].;[[MSXPLAYer]]:This commercial emulator from the early 2000's were initially found bundled with magazines or hardware. Nowadays, the most recent version of [https://www.msx.org/wiki/MSX-PLAYer MSXPLAYer] is to be found accompanied with the MSX Game Reader released in 2004-2005. [https://www.msx.org/articles/msxplayer-gamereader-edition Its emulation accuracy of MSX 1 was only above average, but its TurboR accuracy was surprisingly good.] <u>'''Mobile:'''</u>;MSX.emu:An open-source emulator that uses blueMSX's emulation backend and built on top of the developer's Imagine engine used in all his applications. It emulates the MSX range and [[ColecoVision_emulators|ColecoVision]]. Most MSX games should run & audio can be good. [[SG-1000 emulators|Sega SG-1000]] support is planned in the future. Contact developer for the [http://cydia.saurik.com/package/com.explusalpha.msxemu/ Cydia store version] on [http://www.explusalpha.com/home/general-info/platforms/ios iOS].

;<u>Lists:</u>:- [http://takeda-toshiya.my.coocan.jp/ Official website of Takeda] consisting of Takeda Toshiya's emulators for many old Japanese computer systems (See Source Code & Binary Archives under the Download sector [http://takeda-toshiya.my.coocan.jp/common/index.html here]. Includes yayaMSX1, yayaMSX2, yayaMSX2+ (MSX/MSX2/MSX2+ emulators by Mr.tanam and Mr.umaiboux; and ), yayaFS-A1 (by Mr.umaiboux)and ePX-7.)