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Sega Master System
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Top: Sega Master System.
Bottom: Sega Game Gear.
Developer Sega
Type Home video game console
Generation Third generation
Release date 1985
Discontinued 1996
Predecessor SG-1000
Successor Genesis / Mega Drive
Emulated ✓

The Sega Master System (SMS) is an 8-bit console released by Sega on October 20, 1985, in Japan (as "Mark III". In all actuality, the Master System and Mark III differ a bit due to the original Japanese release having more features, such as card functionality and backward compatibility with SG-1000, which the Master System lacks) and in September of 1986 in the US. It was retailed for $199.99. It had a Zilog Z80A at 4 MHz with 8 KBs of RAM and 16 KBs of VRAM. It had a Yamaha YM2602B VDP GPU. It was designed to be a direct competitor to the Nintendo Entertainment System and was technically superior to it in some ways. The Sega Game Gear was released in April of 1991 and was a competitor for the Game Boy. It had a backlit screen, color, and a nice-looking design. It retailed for $149.99. It had a Zilog Z80 CPU at 3.5 MHz with 8 KBs of RAM and 16 KBs of VRAM.

There are a lot of hardware similarities between the SMS and the Game Gear (GG). Notably, SMS game cartridges can actually be played on the Game Gear 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. Many Master System emulators also run ColecoVision games.

Emulators

Name Platform(s) Latest Version System
E 		GG libretro Retro
Achievements 		Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
PC / x86
Genesis Plus GX[1] Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD libretro core ✗ ✓ ✓ ✓ Very high ✗ ✓ ✓
MAME Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD 0.265 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ High ✓ ✓ ✓
ares Windows Linux macOS v137 ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗ High ✓ ✓ ✓
Emulicious Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD 2024-03-31 ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗ Very high ✗ ✓ ✓
BizHawk Windows 2.9.1 ✓[2] ✓ ✗ ✗ Very high ✓ ✓ ~
Cega Windows Linux macOS git ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗ Cycle ✓ ✓ TBD
Phoenix Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD 2.8.JAG ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗ Very high ✗ ✗ ✗
higan Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD v110 ✗ ✓ ✓ ✗ High ✓ ✗ ✗
TwoMbit Windows Linux macOS 1.0.5 ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗ Very high ✓ ✗ ✗
CLK Linux macOS FreeBSD 2024-01-22 ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ Very high ✓ ✓ ✗
Gearsystem Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD 3.5.0 ✗ ✓ ✓ ✓ High ✓ ✓ ✗
MasterGear Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD 4.9.3 ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗ High ✗ ✓ ✗
Pantheon Windows 13.640 ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗ High ✗ ✓ ✗
Kega Fusion Windows Linux macOS 3.64 ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗ Mid ✗ ✗ ✗
PicoDrive Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD 1.93 ✗ ✗[3] ✓ ✓ Mid ✗ ✓ ✗
FreezeSMS Windows 4.6 ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗ Very high ✗ ✗ ✗
DarcNES Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD 9b0401/9b0313 ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗ Low ✓ ✗ ✗
MEKA Windows Linux macOS 0.8-alpha (2023-08-26) ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗ ? ✓ ✓ ✗
SMS Plus Windows Linux macOS git ✗ ✓ ✗ ? ? ✓ ✓ ✗
Osmose Linux 1.4 ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗ ? ✓ ✓ ✗
HiSMS Windows 0.01 beta ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ? ✗ ✗ ✗
nemulator Windows 4.4 ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗ ? ✗ ✓ ✗
Essgee Windows git ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗ ? ✓ ✓ ✗
Mobile / ARM
Genesis Plus GX[1] Android iOS Linux Pandora 1.7.5 RC1 ✗ ✓ ✓ ✓ Very high ✗ ✓ ✓
MasterGear Android 4.9.3 ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗ High ✗ ✓ ✓
MasterEmu Android 4.0.1
git 		✗ ✓ ✗ ✗ High ✓ ✓ ✓
MD.emu Android Dragonbox Pyra 1.5.77 (Android)
1.5.46.02 (Pyra) 		✗ ✓ ✗ ✗ High ✓ ✓ ✓
PicoDrive Android iOS Linux Pandora 1.93 ✗ ✗[3] ✓ ✓ Mid ✗ ✓ ✓
GearMasterPlayer Android 1.0.5 ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗ High ✗ ✓ ✓
Consoles
PSMS alt+ PlayStation 2 1.2 ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗ High ? ✗ ✓
PicoDrive PSP Nintendo 3DS Switch 1.93 ✗ ✓ ✓ ✓ Mid ✗ ✓ ✓
Genesis Plus GX GameCube Wii Vita Nintendo 3DS Switch 1.7.5 RC1 ✗ ✓ ✓ ✓ Mid ✗ ✓ ✓
MasterBoy PSP 2.10 ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗ Mid ✗ ✗ ✓
Virtual Console Wii Nintendo 3DS N/A ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗ Mid ✗ ✗ ✓
ApprenticeminusDS Nintendo DS 0.4.0 ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗ Mid ✗ ✗ ✓
SMS Plus DC Dreamcast 0.2b ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗ Mid ✓ ✗ ✓
DrSMS GameBoy Advance 6.0 ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗ Mid ✗ ✗ ~
UltraSMS Nintendo 64 2000 ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗ Low ~ ✗ ✓ (GG only)
MasterGear PlayStation 0.2 ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗ Low ✗ ✗ ~
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Only available on PC and mobile as a libretro core (e.g., RetroArch).
  2. ↑ Possible with BizHawk's MAME core
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Game Gear emulation doesn't work.
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 Consoles: SG-1000 • Master System • Genesis / Mega Drive • CD • 32X • Pico • Saturn • Dreamcast
Handhelds: Game Gear • VMU / VMS
Arcade: System series • Model 1 • Model 2 • Model 3 • NAOMI
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