openMSX

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openMSX

Developed by	openMSX Team
Latest release	0.6.3 / December 9, 2007
OS	POSIX and Windows
Genre	Emulator
License	GPL
Website	openmsx.org

openMSX is an open source MSX emulator which is free according to the Debian Free Software Guidelines, available under the GNU General Public License.

For copyright reasons the emulator cannot be distributed with original BIOS ROM images. OpenMSX includes C-BIOS a minimal implementation of the MSX BIOS, allowing to play quite some games without the need to have an original MSX BIOS ROM image. You can also use your own BIOS ROM image if you please.

OpenMSX uses a distinctive emulation model to achieve the highest level of accuracy possible. It is available for multiple platforms including POSIX and Microsoft Windows operating systems and emulates a large amount of MSX (related) hardware, including:

MSXturboR
Moonsound
IDE Controller by Sunrise.
GFX9000.

Notable features include:

Hard- and software Scalers
Debugging
Tcl Script Support
Cheat Finder (through Tcl)
Game Trainers (through Tcl)
Audio/Video recording

OpenMSX has an open communication protocol to communicate with the openMSX emulator. Utilizing this communication protocol enables to write versatile add-ons for openMSX. Projects making use of this protocol include the following applications: