SG-1000 emulators
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Developer | Sega |
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Type | Home video game console |
Generation | Third generation |
Release date | 1983 |
Discontinued | 1985 |
Successor | Master System |
Emulated | ✓ |
The SG-1000, also known as Sega Game 1000, was a third-generation 8-bit home video game console released by Sega on July 15, 1983, and had a Zilog Z80 CPU at 3.58 MHz with 1 KB of RAM. This system marked Sega's first entry into the home video game hardware business. The SG-1000 didn't see much success in its home country, mostly due to competition from the technically superior Famicom. It did, however, enjoy a brief period of popularity in Taiwan before the latter market was inundated by unlicensed Family Computer clones.
Sega's use of off-the-shelf components in developing the console, which was also shared with the ColecoVision, led to at least one unauthorized clone of the SG-1000, manufactured and sold by Taiwan-based Bit Corporation as the Dina 2-in-1. Indeed, the Dina had support for SG-1000 games and ColecoVision titles to a certain extent.
The SC-3000 (also known as Sega Computer 3000) was its home computer counterpart and has a built-in keyboard.
Emulators[edit]
Name | Platform(s) | Latest Version | SC-3000 | SF-7000 | libretro | FLOSS | Active | Recommended | |
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PC / x86 | |||||||||
MasterGear | 4.9.3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
MAME | 0.252 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
BizHawk | 2.8 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
ares | v132 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Genesis Plus GX | * | 1.7.5 RC1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ~ | |
Snepulator | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ | ||||
higan | v110 | ~ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ | ||
Kega Fusion | 3.64 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ~ | ||
Gearsystem | 3.4.1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ||
blueMSX | ** | 2.8.2 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | |
MEKA | 0.8-alpha (2022-03-27) | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ||
vdmgr | 0.2.6 | ~ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ||
DarcNES | 9b0401/9b0313 | ~ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ||
CLK | 2022-11-25 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ||
CoolCV | 0.6.9 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ||
TwoMbit | 1.0.5 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ||
FreezeSMS | 4.6 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ||
Essgee | git | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ||
Mobile / ARM | |||||||||
Snepulator MS | v23.02-1git | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
Snepulator SG | v23.02-1git | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
MasterGear | 4.9.3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
GearMasterPlayer | 1.0.5 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ||
MEKA | git20191218 | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
Consoles | |||||||||
Genesis Plus GX | 1.7.5 RC1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
S8DS | 0.7 | ✓ | ? | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✓ | ||
SMS Plus GX | r64 0.2b (DC) | ? | ? | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ~ |
*Only available on PC as a libretro core (e.g., RetroArch).
**Only available outside of Windows as a libretro core (e.g., RetroArch).
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 |