List of MSX emulators

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A list of MSX emulators.

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

  1. ^ a b The MSX Resource Center Foundation has published a comparison of various MSX emulators
  2. ^ fMSX, fMSX ports list

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