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779 bytes added, 00:52, 18 November 2019
Qualify "technically superior to NES" because the audio sure isn't, and the CPU is debatable with Z80's lower IPC. Also clarify in the lead section that the Master System also has more RAM than the SG-1000 and CV.
[[File{{Infobox console|title = Sega Master System|logo = Sega-Master-System-Set.png|image = Sega-Game-Gear-WB.jpg|imagecaption = '''Top:''' Sega Master System.jpg<br/>'''Bottom:''' Sega Game Gear.|developer = [[:Sega]]|type = [[:Category:Consoles|Home video game console]]|generation = [[:Category:Third-generation video game consoles|Third generation]]|release = 1985|thumbdiscontinued = 1992|250pxpredecessor = [[SG-1000 emulators|SG-1000]]|successor = [[Sega Master SystemGenesis emulators|Genesis / Mega Drive]]|emulated = {{✓}}}}The '''[[gametechhttps:Sega Master System|//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_System Sega Master System]]''' (SMS) was an 8-bit console released by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega Sega] on October 20, 1985 in Japan and in September of 1986 in the US. It was retailed for $200 ($457.42 in 1985-19892018 money). It had a Zilog Z80A at 4 MHz with 8KB of RAM and 16KB of VRAM. It had a Yamaha YM2602B VDP GPU. It was designed to be a direct competitor to the [[Nintendo Entertainment System emulators|Nintendo Entertainment System]], as well as being and was technically superior to itin some ways. The Sega Game Gear was released in April of 1991 and was a competitor for the Game Boy. It had a backlet screen, color, and a nice looking design. It retailed for $149.99 ($279.61 in 2018 money). It had a Zilog Z80 CPU at 3. 5 MHz with 8KB of RAM and 16KB VRAM. There is are a lot of technical hardware similarities between the SMS and the Game Gear (GG). Notably, SMS game cartridges can actually be played on the '''[[gametech:Sega Game Gear|Game Gear]]''' by use of via an adapter. For this reason, most SMS emulators can also run GG games. Internally the Master System extends Sega's older SG-1000 by adding more RAM and a single new video mode; since the SG-1000 was built from the same CPU, video and audio chips as the [[ColecoVision emulators|ColecoVision]] many Master System emulators also run ColecoVision games.
==Emulators==
{| class="wikitable"|+PCstyle="text-align:center;"
! scope="col"|Name
! scope="col"|Operating System(s)
! scope="col"|Latest Version
! scope="col"|SMS! scope<abbr title="colSega Master System"|GG! scope="col"|Mega Drive>SMS</abbr>! scope="col"|Sega CD! scope<abbr title="colGame Gear"|32X>GG</abbr>
! scope="col"|[[libretro|Libretro Core]]
! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]! scope="col"|Active
! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
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|style!colspan="text9"|PC|-align:center;"|[[Genesis Plus GX]]*<ref name="GPGXLibretro">Only available on PC and mobile as a libretro core (e.g. [[RetroArch]])</ref>|Multi-platform|{{GenPlusGXVer}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|Very high|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|-|[[MAME]]|Multi-platform|[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|High|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|-|[http://emulicious.net/ Emulicious]|Multi-platform|[https://emulicious.net/downloads/ {{EmuliciousVer}}]|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|Very high|{{✓}}|{{~}}|style="text-align|[[BizHawk]]|Windows|[http:center;"//tasvideos.org/BizHawk/ReleaseHistory.html {{BizHawkVer}}]|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|Very high|{{✓}}|{{~}}|-|[[Phoenix (emulator)|Phoenix]]|Multi-platform|style="text[http://www.arts-union.ru/sites/default/files/ph28jag-win64.zip 2.8.JAG]|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|Very high|{{✓}}|{{~}}|-|[[Pantheon]]|Windows|[http://bostjan-grandovec.si/Content/News.htm {{PantheonVer}}]|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|High|{{✓}}|{{~}}|-align|[http:center;"//sourceforge.net/projects/twombit/ TwoMbit]|Windows, macOS, Linux|[http://sourceforge.net/projects/twombit/files/ 1.70.45]|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|Very high|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|style="text-align|[[Clock Signal|CLK]]|macOS and UNIXalikes|[https:center;"//github.com/TomHarte/CLK/releases {{clkver}}]|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|Very high|{{}}|{{✗}}|-|[[higan]]|style="textMulti-alignplatform|[http:center;"//byuu.org/emulation/higan/ {{higanVer}}]|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|High|{{}}|{{✗}}|style="text-align|Gearsystem|Multi-platform|[https:center;"//github.com/drhelius/Gearsystem/releases {{GearsystemVer}}]|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|High|{{}}|{{✗}}|style="text-align|MasterGear |Multi-platform|[http:center;"//fms.komkon.org/MG/ 4.5]|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|High|{{}}|{{✗}}|style="text-align|[[Kega Fusion]]|Windows, Linux, macOS|[http:center;"//www.carpeludum.com/kega-fusion/ 3.64]|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|Mid|{{✗}}|{{}}|style="text-align|[[PicoDrive]]|Multi-platform <small>(PC)</small>|[https:center;"//github.com/notaz/picodrive/releases {{PicoDriveVer}}]|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|Mid|{{}}|{{✗}}|style="text-align|[http://freezesms.emuunlim.com/ FreezeSMS]|Windows|[http:center;"//freezesms.emuunlim.com/download.html 4.6]|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|Very high|style="text{{✗}}|{{✗}}|-|[https://web.archive.org/web/20071206014650/http://www.dridus.com:80/~nyef/darcnes/ DarcNES]|Multi-platform|[https://segaretro.org/DarcNES 9b0401/9b0313]|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|Low|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|-|[http://0ldsk00l.ca/smsplus/ SMS Plus]|Windows, macOS, Linux|[https://github.com/0ldsk00l/smsplus/releases 1.3]|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|?|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|-align|[http:center;"//bcz.asterope.fr/ Osmose]|Linux|[https://salsa.debian.org/games-team/osmose-emulator 1.3]|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|?|{{}}|{{✗}}
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|style="text-align:center;"|[[Kega FusionHiSMS]]|style="text-align:center;"|Windows, Linux, OS X|style="text-align:center;"|[http://www0.carpeludum.com/kega-fusion/ 3.64]01 beta|style="text-align:center;"|{{}}|style="text-align:center;"|✓{{✗}}|style="text-align:center;"|✓|style="text-align:center;"|✓{{✗}}|style="text-align:center;"|✓?|style="text-align:center;"|{{}}|style="text-align:center;"|Mid|style="text-align:center;"|{{}}
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|style="text-align:center;"|[[MAMEnemulator]]|style="text-align:center;"|Multi-platformWindows|style="text-align:center;"|[http://www.mamedevnemulator.orgcom/releasedownloads.html 4.2]|{{MAMEVer}}]|style="text-align:center;"|{{}}|style="text-align:center;"|✓|style="text-align:center;"|✓|style="text-align:center;"|{{}}|style="text-align:center;"|✓?|style="text-align:center;"|{{}}|style="text-align:center;"|High|style="text-align:center;"|✓{{✗}}
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|style="text-align:center;"|[[PicoDrive]]Essgee|style="text-align:center;"|Windows, Linux|style="text-align:center;"|[httphttps://notazgithub.gp2x.decom/xdanieldzd/Essgee/picoreleases v001.php 1.805]|style="text-align:center;"|{{}}|style="text-align:center;"|{{}}|style="text-align:center;"|✓{{✗}}|style="text-align:center;"|✓|style="text-align:center;"|✓?|style="text-align:center;"|{{}}|style="text-align:center;"|?|style="text-align:center;"|{{}}
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|style="text-align:center;"|[[BizHawk]]|style="text-align:center;"|Windows|style="text-align:center;"|[http://tasvideos.org/BizHawk/ReleaseHistory.html {{BizHawkVer}}]|style="text-align:center;"|✓|style="text-align:center;"|✓|style="text-align:center;"|✗|style="text-align:center;"|✗|style="text-align:center;"|✗|style="text-align:center;"|✗|style="text-align:center;"|?|style!colspan="text-align:center;9"|Mobile
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|style="text-align:center;"|[[HiSMSGenesis Plus GX]]|style<ref name="text-align:center;GPGXLibretro"|Windows></ref>|style="textMulti-align:center;"platform|0.01 beta{{GenPlusGXVer}}|style="text-align:center;"|{{}}|style="text-align:center;"|✗{{✓}}|style="text-align:center;"|✗{{✓}}|style="text-align:center;"|✗Very high|style="text-align:center;"|✗{{✓}}|style="text-align:center;"|✗|style="text-align:center;"|?|style="text-align:center;"|✗{{✓}}
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|style="text-align:center;"|[http://sourceforge.net/projects/twombit/ TwoMbit[PicoDrive]]|style="textMulti-align:center;"|Windows, Mac, Linuxplatform <small>(ARM devices)</small>|style="text-align:center;"|[http://sourceforgenotaz.gp2x.netde/projects/twombit/files/ 1pico.0.5php {{PicoDriveVer}}]|style="text-align:center;"|{{}}|style="text-align:center;"|{{}}|style="text-align:center;"|✗{{✓}}|style="text-align:center;"|✗Mid|style="text-align:center;"|✗|style="text-align:center;"|✗|style="text-align:center;"|Cycle|style="text-align:center;"|✗{{✓}}|{{✓}}  <nowiki>*</nowiki>Only available on PC as a libretro core (e.g. [[RetroArch]]).{| class="wikitable"|+Consoles! scope="col"|Name! scope="col"|Operating System(s)! scope="col"|Latest Version! scope="col"|SMS! scope="col"|GG! scope="col"|Mega Drive! scope="col"|Sega CD! scope="col"|32X! scope="col"|[[libretro|Libretro Core]]! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
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|style="text-align:center;"GearMasterPlayer|[[Genesis Plus GX]]Android emulators|style="text-align:center;"|[[Wii]], [[GamecubeAndroid]]|style="text-align:center;"|[https://codeplay.google.com/pstore/genplus-gxapps/downloads/list details?id=ru.vastness.altmer.gearmasterplayer 1.7.40.75]|style="text-align:center;"|{{}}|style="text-align:center;"|{{}}|style="text-align:center;"|✓{{✗}}|style="text-align:center;"|✓?|style="text-align:center;"|✗|style="text-align:center;"|{{}}|style="text-align:center;"|{{}}
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|style!colspan="text9"|Consoles|-align:center;"10|[http://filetrip.net/psp-downloads/homebrew/download-masterboy-210-f28308.html MasterBoy[PicoDrive]]|style="text-align:center;"|[[PlayStation Portableemulators|PSP]], ARM Devices|style="text-align[http:center;"|2//notaz.gp2x.de/pico.10php {{PicoDriveVer}}]|style="text-align:center;"|{{}}|style="text-align:center;"|{{}}|style="text-align:center;"|✗{{✓}}|style="text-align:center;"|✗Mid|style="text-align:center;"|✗|style="text-align:center;"|✗{{✓}}|style="text-align:center;"|{{}}
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|style="text-align:center;"|[[PicoDriveGenesis Plus GX]]|style="text-align:center;"[[Wii emulators|Wii]], [[PlayStation PortableGameCube emulators|PSPGameCube]], ARM Devices|style="text-align:center;"|[httphttps://notazbitbucket.gp2x.deorg/eke/genesis-plus-gx/pico.php 1.80downloads {{GenPlusGXVer}}]|style="text-align:center;"|✓|style="text-align:center;"|{{}}|style="text-align:center;"|{{}}|style="text-align:center;"|{{}}|style="text-align:center;"|✓?|style="text-align:center;"|{{}}|style="text-align:center;"|{{}}
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|style="text[http://filetrip.net/psp-align:center;"|[[Virtual Console]downloads/homebrew/download-masterboy-210-f28308.html MasterBoy]|style="text-align:center;"|[[Wii]], [[Nintendo 3DSPlayStation Portable emulators|3DSPlayStation Portable]]|style="text-align:center;"|n/a2.10|style="text-align:center;"|{{}}|style="text-align:center;"|{{}}|style="text-align:center;"|✓|style="text-align:center;"|{{}}|style="text-align:center;"|✗?|style="text-align:center;"|{{}}|style="text-align:center;"|{{}}
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