MSX /
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An MSX emulator that aims for exact emulation of real machines, with configurations for hundreds of specific models and extensions. It ships with the free C-BIOS so it starts without original ROMs, and has a built-in debugger and Tcl scripting.
Facts
- Systems
- MSX
- Runs on
- Windows, macOS, Linux
Native: x86-64, ARM64 - License
- Open source (GPL-2.0)
- System ROMs
- Open replacement included
- Mobile
- None (no official phone or tablet version) Android builds stopped after 0.15.0 (2018).
- Models
- MSX, MSX2, MSX2+, MSX turbo R
- Opens
.rom.dsk.dmk.cas.wav- Written in
- C++, Tcl
- Authors
- The openMSX Team
- Last checked
- Oct 2026
MSX features
- HasKonami SCC sound
- HasMSX-MUSIC / FM-PAC
- HasMSX-AUDIO
- HasV9990 / GFX9000
Has it Doesn't have it Not known yet
Features
- HasSave states
- HasRewind
- HasFast-forward
- Not listed:Run-ahead
- Not listed:Online multiplayer
- Not listed:CRT shaders
- HasA/V recording
- Not listed:Cheats
- Not listed:Achievements
- Not listed:Themes
For developers
- HasDebugger
- HasMemory viewer
- HasDisassembler
- Not listed:Profiler
- HasTrace logger
- HasScripting
- HasCommand line
Features not listed may still exist. Edit this entry if something is missing or wrong.