BlastEm Active
A highly accurate Mega Drive/Genesis emulator that also covers the Sega CD, 32X, Master System and Game Gear. It was the first emulator to run the Titan Overdrive 2 demo properly and has an integrated debugger with GDB remote support.
Facts
- Systems
- Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
- Runs on
- Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS
Browser based, with native apps for Windows, macOS, Linux - Install from
- Homebrew
- License
- Open source (GPL-3.0-or-later)
- Accuracy
- High
- Mobile
- Partial Experimental web build with the desktop menu UI and no touch controls, so it needs a controller. It did not finish loading in our test.
- Models
- Mega Drive, Genesis, Mega-CD / Sega CD, 32X
- Opens
.md.bin.gen.smd- Latest release
- 1.0.0 (Sep 2026)
- Written in
- C
- Authors
- Michael Pavone
- Last checked
- Oct 2026
Mobile
- Does not haveOfficial app
- Unknown:Runs in a mobile browser
- Does not haveTouch controls
- Unknown:On-screen keyboard
- Unknown:Native keyboard
- HasBluetooth gamepad
- Unknown:Portrait layout
- Unknown:Landscape layout
- Does not haveInstallable
- Does not haveWorks offline
Has it Doesn't have it Not known yet
Features
- HasSave states
- Not listed:Rewind
- HasFast-forward
- Not listed:Run-ahead
- Not listed:Online multiplayer
- HasCRT shaders
- HasA/V recording
- Not listed:Cheats
- Not listed:Achievements
- Not listed:Themes
Input
- HasGamepad
- Not listed:Touch controls
- Not listed:Light gun
- Not listed:Mouse
- Not listed:Positional key mapping
- Not listed:Symbolic key mapping
- Not listed:On-screen keyboard
- Not listed:Native keyboard
For developers
- HasDebugger
- Not listed:Memory viewer
- Not listed:Disassembler
- Not listed:Profiler
- Not listed:Trace logger
- HasScripting
- Not listed:Command line
Features not listed may still exist. Edit this entry if something is missing or wrong.