List of MSX emulators
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Name | Platform | License | Status | Version | Notes | Link |
blueMSX | Windows | GPL | Production / Active | 2.7 / May 2007 | Started as a closed source fork of fMSX 2.7, and since rewritten. Nearly cycle-exact emulation.[1] Shares some components with openMSX. Also emulates ColecoVision and SG-1000 consoles. | [1] |
BrMSX | DOS | Freeware, source code available after abandonment | Discontinued | 2.10 / February 2003 | [2] | |
CJS MSX Emulator | DOS | Freeware | Discontinued | ? | ||
fMSX | Cross-platform | Freeware, Proprietary (Windows / DOS) | Production / Active | 3.3 / June 2007 | Ported by many developers.[2] | [3] |
fMSX for S60 | S60 | Freeware | Active | 1.19d / May 2007 | Port of fMSX. | [4] |
fMSX MS-DOS | DOS | Freeware | Discontinued | 1.6b2.a / September 1997 | Port of fMSX. | [5] |
fMSX PSP | Sony PSP | Freeware, source code available | Active | 3.3.25 / August 2007 | Port of fMSX. | [6] |
fMSX-SDL | Cross-platform | Freeware, source code available | Not Active | 2.6.0.40 / March 2002 | Port of fMSX. | [7] |
fMSXDS | Nintendo DS | Freeware | Not Active | 0.06 / January 2006 | Port of fMSX. | |
fMSXSO | Windows | Freeware | Not Active | 1.32bc / March 2003 | Port of fMSX. | [8] |
Java MSX Emulator | Java | Freeware | Not Active | ? | [9] | |
MESS | Cross-platform | Custom [10] | Active | 0.118 / August 2007 | MESS is a multi system emulator, that includes MSX emulation. | [11] |
meisei | Windows | Non-commercial open source | Active | 1.0.1 / September 2007 | [12] | |
MSKISS | DOS | Freeware | Discontinued | 0.2.4 / March 2000 | [13] | |
MSXPLAYer | Windows | Proprietary | Production / Active | ? | Fork of fMSX. Developed by MSX Association, and thus the official MSX emulator. | [14] |
NLMSX | Windows | Freeware | Not Active | 0.48 / June 2003 | Fork of fMSX 2.0b, mostly rewritten with just fMSX's Z80 emulation remaining original. | [15] |
NO$MSX | Windows, DOS | Shareware | Not Active | 1.5 / May 2003 | [16] | |
openMSX | Cross-platform | GPL | Active | 0.6.2 / April 2007 | Nearly cycle-exact emulation.[1] Shares some components with blueMSX. | [17] |
paraMSX | Windows | Freeware | Active | 0.48b / Feb 2008 | Port of fMSX. | [18] |
PowerMSX | DOS | claims GPL, though it's closed source | Not Active | 1.0 / February 2002 | [19] | |
RuMSX | Windows | Freeware, source code available | Production / Active | 0.40 / February 2006 | [20] | |
RedMSX | Windows | Freeware, version 1.2 source code available | Not Active | 1.4 / March 2005 | Fork of blueMSX 1.0.5. | [21] |
Virtual Console | Nintendo Wii | Proprietary | Production / Active | ? | [22] | |
Virtual MSX | Windows | Shareware, source code available after abandonment | Discontinued | 1.1Beta / December 1996 | ||
Zodiac | Cross-platform | GPL | Not Active | 0.8.1 / April 2002 | [23] |
[edit] References
- ^ a b The MSX Resource Center Foundation has published a comparison of various MSX emulators
- ^ fMSX, fMSX ports list