MSX Emulators MSX is an Z80-based family of home computers which appeared in 1982. They were popular in Asian, South American and European countries as well as the former Soviet Union, but they are virtually unknown in USA. The Ultimate MSX FAQ - MSX Emulator section MSX EMULATORS Which MSX emulators exist? (mainly written by Marat Fayzullin [[email protected]] and with help of the Emulator Page of Sean Young (which doesn't exist anymore)) • fMSX (Unix, Mac, MS-DOS, Windows, PC9800, etc.) fMSX is a portable MSX/MSX2/MSX2+ emulator written in C language by Marat Fayzullin. It is written in C, and its source code is freely distributable for non-commercial purposes. Numerous ports and extensions exist for different platforms, such as the MS DOS version by Marcel de Kogel and Macintosh version by John Stiles. Further development is greatly encouraged. The Windows95/WinG version is available from the author for $35US (with a free demo). FMSX can be obtained from fMSX-DOS has a special distribution site:. Personally, I really like this emulator (as far as I use emulators!). It's optimized to deliver maximal performance on the MS-DOS platform. For this emulator, various 'Launchers' for Windows can be downloaded. For URL's see the links database of (and my, emulator section), but a very nice one is fMSX QuickStart, by Arjan Steenbergen. It can be downloaded. • fMSX-Amiga (Amiga) This is an Amiga version of fMSX branched from the portable version by Hans Guijt a long time ago. It is quite different from the mainstream version and optimized to deliver maximal perfomance on Amiga platform. • CJS MSX2 (MSDOS) MSX2 emulator by CJS is able to access files in the MSDOS partitions, emulates both MSX and MSX2, supports mouse, it is fast, and has very extensive documentation. You may have known its previous versions under names 'PC MSX1 emulator' and 'MSX099'. A real disadvantage is that the author seem to have given it up. There have been no updates since 1995 or so. CJS MSX2 can be obtained from. • AmiMSX 2 (Amiga) AmiMSX is written by Juan Antonio Gomez Galvez. Its performance is quite impressive even on an A3000/25. It was crippleware, but now the keys are PD. It supports PSG or SCC and requires at least OS2.0 and 680X20. It can be obtained from:. • Virtual MSX (Windows) The development on this emulator has stopped; the author is developing the MSX emulator in now. Virtual MSX is not really worthwhile, as current emulators are much better. For information on Virtual MSX (including uninstall, and converting Virtual MSX file formats.tap and gmaster2.ram) go to. Virtual MSX is a windows-only emulator by Sean Young and has an emulation core written in assembly language, and extensive GUI. Only MSX (not MSX2/MSX2+) is emulated though. • MSX4PC (MS-DOS) This is a commercial MSX emulator produced in Netherlands. It is programmed by Adriaan van Doorn and published by MCCM. It can be obtained from • BrMSX (MS-DOS) A MS-DOS MSX emulator made by Ricardo Bittencourt. It is said to be the most stable and complete emulator for MS-DOS. Especially MSX1 emulation is (almost) perfect. Is also quite fast on slower machines. Now also MSX2 emulation. More info can be found here:. The emulator can be obtained if you become a member of the Yahoo! • Java MSX Emulator In very early state of development. More info on:. • MSKISS (MS-DOS) By ISS'98. Also in early state of development, but now also supports MSX2 and MSX2+. Can be obtained from: • RuMSX (MS-Windows) By Rudolf Lechleitner. The first MSX Emulator with full support for MSX2+ and MSX Turbo R, but still in development. Can be obtained from. • PowerMSX (MS-DOS) PowerMSX is a MSX emulator for DOS.
It seems development has stopped now. More info and download on: • No$MSX (MS-DOS and Windows) This emulator has been solely programmed for the reason to play H.E.R.O. And Beamrider, please notice that No$msx can hardly compete with other emulators: not much work put into the project, and not much support planned in future. Slowly its capabilities are growing though, it now also includes MSX2 emulation. More info and download (including some nice tools!) on: • NLMSX (MS-Windows) A new emulator developed by Frits Hilderink of the former MSX Computer Club Enschede, The Netherlands. It was originally based on fMSX, by Marat Fayzullin, but has now only its Z80 core; the rest is totally rewritten. It is one of the most complete and accurate MSX emulators for Windows. More info and download on:. • MESS (Windows 9x/NT, Unix, Mac, Amiga) MESS emulates over a hunderd different machines, one of which is the MSX1. The MESS code is based on. ![]() Currently, there is no disk emulation or MSX2 support; however it emulates many cartridge types. Also tape emulation is done through.wav files; authentic emulation (does not catch BIOS hooks). More info is on:. • openMSX (Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, etc., and Windows) One of the newest MSX emulators.
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