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{{Infobox console
 
{{Infobox console
|title = Nintendo Virtual Boy
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|title = Sega Master System
|logo = Virtual-Boy-Set.png
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|logo = Sega-Master-System-Set.png
|developer = [[:Nintendo]]
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|image = Sega-Game-Gear-WB.png
|type = [[:Category:Consoles|"Handheld" game console]]
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|imagecaption = '''Top:''' Sega Master System.<br/>'''Bottom:''' Sega Game Gear.
|generation = [[:Category:Fifth-generation video game consoles|Fifth generation]]
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|developer = [[:Sega]]
|release = 1995
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|type = [[:Category:Home consoles|Home video game console]]
 +
|generation = [[:Category:Third-generation video game consoles|Third generation]]
 +
|release = 1985
 
|discontinued = 1996
 
|discontinued = 1996
|predecessor = [[Game Boy/Game Boy Color emulators|Game Boy/Color]]
+
|predecessor = [[SG-1000 emulators|SG-1000]]
|successor = [[Game Boy Advance emulators|Game Boy Advance]]
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|successor = [[Sega Genesis emulators|Genesis / Mega Drive]]
 
|emulated = {{✓}}
 
|emulated = {{✓}}
 
}}
 
}}
  
The '''[[gametech:Virtual Boy|Virtual Boy]]''' is a supposedly fifth-generation handheld game console released by Nintendo and created by Game Boy creator [[wikipedia:Gunpei Yokoi|Gunpei Yokoi]] on August 14, 1995. It has a NEC V810 CPU. It was the first games console to utilize 3D effects, however, is notable for only displaying graphics in red and black, as well as requiring users to attach the console to their head, usually while rested on the included tripod. The product was pulled shortly after release due to the majority of users getting headaches from using it. Notably, it was rushed to market and was never meant to be released in its current form.
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The '''[[wikipedia:Master_System|Sega Master System]]''' (SMS) is an 8-bit console released by [[wikipedia:Sega|Sega]] on October 20, 1985 in Japan (as "Mark III". In all actuality Master System and Mark III differ a bit due to original Japanese release having more features, such as card functionality, and backwards compatibility with '''[[wikipedia:Sega SG-1000|SG-1000]]''', which Master System lacks) and in September of 1986 in the US. It was retailed for {{Inflation|USD|199.99|1986}}. 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]], 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 {{Inflation|USD|149.99|1991}}. It had a Zilog Z80 CPU at 3.5 MHz with 8KB of RAM and 16KB VRAM.
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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 '''[[gametech:Sega Game Gear|Game Gear]]''' via an adapter. For this reason, most SMS emulators can also run GG games.
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 +
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==
 
==Emulators==
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! scope="col"|Platform(s)
 
! scope="col"|Platform(s)
 
! scope="col"|Latest Version
 
! scope="col"|Latest Version
 +
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Sega Master System">SMS</abbr>
 +
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Game Gear">GG</abbr>
 
! scope="col"|[[libretro|Libretro Core]]
 
! scope="col"|[[libretro|Libretro Core]]
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! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]
 
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! scope="col"|Active
 
! scope="col"|Active
 
! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
 
! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
 
|-
 
|-
!colspan="7"|PC / x86
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!colspan="10"|PC / x86
 
|-
 
|-
|[[Mednafen]]
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|[[Genesis Plus GX]]<ref name="GPGXLibretro">Only available on PC and mobile as a libretro core (e.g. [[RetroArch]]).</ref>
 
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
 
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
|[{{MednafenURL|releases/}} {{MednafenVer}}]
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|{{GenPlusGXVer}}
 +
|{{}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 +
|Very high
 +
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|-
 
|-
|[[VBjin]]
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|[[MAME]]
 +
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
 +
|[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|High
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|-
 +
|[http://emulicious.net/ Emulicious]
 +
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
 +
|[https://emulicious.net/downloads/ {{EmuliciousVer}}]
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|Very high
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{~}}
 +
|-
 +
|[[BizHawk]]
 
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
 
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
|SVN r103
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|[http://tasvideos.org/BizHawk/ReleaseHistory.html {{BizHawkVer}}]
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 +
|Very high
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{~}}
 +
|-
 +
|[[higan]]
 +
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
 +
|[https://github.com/higan-emu/higan/releases {{higanVer}}]
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|High
 +
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{~}}
 +
|-
 +
|[[Phoenix (emulator)|Phoenix]]
 +
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
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|[http://www.arts-union.ru/sites/default/files/ph28jag-win64.zip 2.8.JAG]
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|Very high
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{~}}
 
|-
 
|-
|Rustual Boy
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|[http://sourceforge.net/projects/twombit/ TwoMbit]
 +
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
 +
|[http://sourceforge.net/projects/twombit/files/ 1.0.5]
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|Very high
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|-
 +
|[[Clock Signal|CLK]]
 +
|align=left|{{Icon|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
 +
|[https://github.com/TomHarte/CLK/releases {{clkver}}]
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|Very high
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|-
 +
|Gearsystem
 
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
 
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
|[https://github.com/emu-rs/rustual-boy git]
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|[https://github.com/drhelius/Gearsystem/releases {{GearsystemVer}}]
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|High
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 +
|-
 +
|MasterGear
 +
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
 +
|[http://fms.komkon.org/MG/ {{MasterGearVer}}]
 +
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
|{{~}}
+
|High
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|-
 +
|[[Pantheon]]
 +
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
 +
|[http://bostjan-grandovec.si/Content/News.htm {{PantheonVer}}]
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|High
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|-
 +
|[[Kega Fusion]]
 +
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
 +
|[http://www.carpeludum.com/kega-fusion/ 3.64]
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|Mid
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|{{✗}}
 
|-
 
|-
|[[MAME]]
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|[[PicoDrive]]
 
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
 
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
|[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]
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|[https://github.com/notaz/picodrive/releases {{PicoDriveVer}}]
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✗}}<ref name="PicoDrive">The Game Gear emulation doesn't work.</ref>
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 +
|Mid
 +
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|-
 
|-
|[https://git.virtual-boy.com/PVB/pvbemu Planet Virtual Boy emulator]
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|[http://freezesms.emuunlim.com/ FreezeSMS]
 +
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
 +
|[http://freezesms.emuunlim.com/download.html 4.6]
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|Very high
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|-
 +
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20071206014650/http://www.dridus.com:80/~nyef/darcnes/ DarcNES]
 
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
 
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
|[https://www.virtual-boy.com/tools/pvb-emulator/ 2019-03-27]
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|[https://segaretro.org/DarcNES 9b0401/9b0313]
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|Low
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|-
 +
|[[MEKA]]
 +
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
 +
|[https://github.com/ocornut/meka/releases {{MEKAVer}}]
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 +
|?
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|-
 +
|[http://0ldsk00l.ca/smsplus/ SMS Plus]
 +
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
 +
|[https://github.com/0ldsk00l/smsplus/releases git]
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|?
 +
|?
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|-
 +
|[http://bcz.asterope.fr/ Osmose]
 +
|align=left|{{Icon|Linux}}
 +
|[https://salsa.debian.org/games-team/osmose-emulator 1.4]
 +
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 +
|?
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|-
 
|-
|Red Dragon
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|[[HiSMS]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
+
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
|[https://www.virtual-boy.com/tools/red-dragon/ 0.38 Final]
+
|0.01 beta
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|?
 
|?
 +
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|-
 
|-
!colspan="7"|Mobile / ARM
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|[[nemulator]]
 +
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
 +
|[http://nemulator.com/downloads.html {{NemulatorVer}}]
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|?
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✗}}
 
|-
 
|-
|Mednafen<ref group=N name=libretro />
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|Essgee
 +
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
 +
|[https://github.com/xdanieldzd/Essgee/releases git]
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|?
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|-
 +
!colspan="10"|Mobile / ARM
 +
|-
 +
|[[Genesis Plus GX]]<ref name="GPGXLibretro"></ref>
 
|align=left|{{Icon|Android|iOS|Linux|Pandora}}
 
|align=left|{{Icon|Android|iOS|Linux|Pandora}}
|[https://github.com/libretro/beetle-vb-libretro git]
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|{{GenPlusGXVer}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|Very high
 +
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|-
 
|-
!colspan="7"|Console
+
|MasterGear
 +
|align=left|{{Icon|Android}}
 +
|[http://fms.komkon.org/MG/ {{MasterGearVer}}]
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|High
 +
|?
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 
|-
 
|-
|Mednafen<ref group=N name=libretro>''Only available on consoles and mobile as a libretro core (e.g. [[RetroArch]]).''</ref>
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|[[PicoDrive]]
|align=left|{{Icon|PSP|PS3}}<br>{{Icon|Wii|3DS|WiiU|Switch}}
+
|align=left|{{Icon|Android|iOS|Linux|Pandora}}
|[https://github.com/libretro/beetle-vb-libretro git]
+
|[http://notaz.gp2x.de/pico.php {{PicoDriveVer}}]
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✗}}<ref name="PicoDrive"></ref>
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 +
|Mid
 +
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|-
 
|-
|Red Dragon
+
|GearMasterPlayer
 +
|align=left|{{Icon|Android}}
 +
|[http://www.arts-union.ru/sites/default/files/GearMasterPlayer_free_1.0.5.zip 1.0.5]
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|?
 +
|?
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|-
 +
!colspan="10"|Consoles
 +
|-
 +
|[[PicoDrive]]
 
|align=left|{{Icon|PSP}}
 
|align=left|{{Icon|PSP}}
|[https://www.virtual-boy.com/tools/red-dragon-psp/downloads/979068/ 1019]
+
|[http://notaz.gp2x.de/pico.php {{PicoDriveVer}}]
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✗}}<ref name="PicoDrive"></ref>
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|Mid
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|-
 +
|[[Genesis Plus GX]]
 +
|align=left|{{Icon|GCN|Wii}}
 +
|[https://bitbucket.org/eke/genesis-plus-gx/downloads {{GenPlusGXVer}}]
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 
|?
 
|?
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
|{{TBD}}
+
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 
|-
 
|-
|[https://github.com/mrdanielps/r3Ddragon r3Ddragon]
+
|[http://filetrip.net/psp-downloads/homebrew/download-masterboy-210-f28308.html MasterBoy]
|align=left|{{Icon|3DS}}
+
|align=left|{{Icon|PSP}}
|[https://github.com/mrdanielps/r3Ddragon/releases git]
+
|2.10
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|?
 +
|?
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|-
 +
|[[Virtual Console]]
 +
|align=left|{{Icon|Wii|3DS}}
 +
|N/A
 +
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 +
|?
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 
|}
 
|}
  
<references group=N />
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<references/>
  
===Comparisons===
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{{Sega}}
;[[Mednafen]]: Has 100% compatibility with commercial games. Lets you change the Virtual Boy's '''color output''' to any hex color. For example, changing it to white shows all the games in greyscale instead of red, which really helps. 3D is enabled by default, but you can turn it off. To play it on platforms not supported by Mednafen use the [[libretro]] port which also supports SBS 3D by using glsl shaders, check this [https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/4ibw0b/emulating_virtual_boy_in_3d_on_gear_vrgoogle/ Reddit post] for instructions. Doesn't seem to run at playable speeds on 3DS using the latest nightly build as of 2020-06-15.
 
;[[VBjin]]: Also has 100% compatibility with commercial games. Has a fork that [[VBjin#Downloads|supports the Oculus Rift]].
 
;Rustual Boy: Claims [https://github.com/emu-rs/rustual-boy/blob/master/README.md#known-game-compatibility 100% compatibility], however, accuracy isn't as good as Mednafen or even VBjin, and speed is even worse.
 
;[https://github.com/mrdanielps/r3Ddragon r3Ddragon]:Supports 3D on the New 3DS. Is slow and not finished. Based on Reality Boy / Red Dragon.
 
;Planet Virtual Boy emulator: Emulator written in Java and first released 2018. 3DS support was planned. [https://www.virtual-boy.com/forums/t/pvb-emulator/ Forum thread]
 
 
{{Nintendo}}
 
  
 
[[Category:Consoles]]
 
[[Category:Consoles]]
[[Category:Nintendo consoles]]
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[[Category:Home consoles]]
[[Category:Fifth-generation video game consoles]]
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[[Category:Sega consoles]]
[[Category:Virtual Boy emulators|*]]
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[[Category:Master System emulators|*]]
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[[Category:Third-generation video game consoles]]

Revision as of 15:25, 7 August 2021

Sega Master System
Sega-Master-System-Set.png
Sega-Game-Gear-WB.png
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 Master System and Mark III differ a bit due to original Japanese release having more features, such as card functionality, and backwards compatibility with SG-1000, which 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 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, 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 8KB of RAM and 16KB 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 SMS GG Libretro Core Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
PC / x86
Genesis Plus GX[1] Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD 1.7.5 RC1 Very high
MAME Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD 0.265 High
Emulicious Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD 2024-03-31 Very high ~
BizHawk Windows 2.9.1 Very high ~
higan Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD v110 High ~
Phoenix Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD 2.8.JAG Very high ~
TwoMbit Windows Linux macOS 1.0.5 Very high
CLK Linux macOS FreeBSD Template:Clkver 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 [2] 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 ?
PicoDrive Android iOS Linux Pandora 1.93 [2] Mid
GearMasterPlayer Android 1.0.5 ? ?
Consoles
PicoDrive PSP 1.93 [2] Mid
Genesis Plus GX GameCube Wii 1.7.5 RC1 ?
MasterBoy PSP 2.10 ? ?
Virtual Console Wii Nintendo 3DS N/A ?
  1. 1.0 1.1 Only available on PC and mobile as a libretro core (e.g. RetroArch).
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Game Gear emulation doesn't work.
Dreamcast logo.png
Consoles: SG-1000Master SystemGenesis / Mega DriveCD32XPicoSaturnDreamcast
Handhelds: Game GearVMU / VMS
Arcade: System seriesModel 1Model 2Model 3NAOMI