SG-1000 emulators
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| Developer | Sega |
|---|---|
| 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
| Name | Platform(s) | Latest Version | SC-3000 | SF-7000 | libretro | Retro Achievements |
FLOSS | Active | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC / x86 | ||||||||||
| MasterGear |    
|
4.9.3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| MAME |
|
0.254 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| BizHawk |
|
2.9.1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| ares |
|
v132 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Genesis Plus GX | *
|
libretro core | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | NC | ✓ | ~ | |
| Kega Fusion |
|
3.64 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ~ | |
| Gearsystem |
|
libretro core 3.4.1 |
✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ | |
| blueMSX | **
|
libretro core 2.8.2 |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ~[N 1] | ~ | |
| MEKA |
|
0.8-alpha (2023-03-27) | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ | |
| Snepulator |
|
git | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | TBD | |||
| FinalBurn Neo |
|
Stable WIP builds libretro core |
✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | |
| higan |
|
v110 | ~ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗[N 2] | |
| vdmgr |
|
0.2.6 | ~ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |
| DarcNES |
|
9b0401/9b0313 | ~ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | |
| CLK |
|
2023-05-15 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | |
| CoolCV |
|
0.6.9 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | |
| TwoMbit |
|
1.0.5 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | |
| FreezeSMS |
|
4.6 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |
| Essgee |
|
git | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | |
| Mobile / ARM | ||||||||||
| Snepulator MS | 
|
v23.04-1git | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Snepulator SG |
|
v23.04-1git | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| MasterGear |
|
4.9.3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Genesis Plus GX |  *
|
libretro core | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | NC | ✓ | ~ | |
| blueMSX | **
|
libretro core | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ~[N 1] | ~ | |
| GearMasterPlayer |
|
1.0.5 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ~ | |
| FinalBurn Neo |
|
Stable WIP builds libretro core |
✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | |
| MEKA |
|
git20191218 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | |
| Consoles | ||||||||||
| Genesis Plus GX |  
|
1.15.0 1.7.5 RC1 |
✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | NC | ✓ | ✓ | |
| S8DS | 
|
0.7 | ✓ | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✓ | |
| SMS Plus GX | 
|
1.15.0 r64 0.2b (DC) |
? | ? | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ~ | |
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Libretro core is still active.
- ↑ Superseded by ares
*Only available on PC as a libretro core (e.g., RetroArch).
**Only available outside of Windows as a libretro core (e.g., RetroArch).
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| Name | Genesis Plus GX | Kega Fusion | Snepulator | MEKA | BlastEm | PicoDrive |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sega Graphic Board | ✓ | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ? | ? |
| Keyboard | ✗ | ✓ | ? | ✓ | ? | ? |
| Floppy Disk Drive | ? | ✓ | ? | ✓ | ? | ? |
| System Converter | ✗ | ? | ? | ? | ? | ✗ |
| HyperShot | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Data Recorder SR-1000 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Bike Handle | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Arcade | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
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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 |
