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MSX emulator
This is an MSX emulator for POSIX compatible (e.g. Linux) systems.
It currently only supports 'screen 0' (the 40/80x24 ascii screen), 'screen1' (the one you see at first when the MSX boots) and 'screen 2', memory mappers, msx-dos megarom and konami 5 megarom, printer, rudimentary audio and almost complete keyboard-emulation.
This emulator is merely a toy-project to test the z80ex ZiLOG z80 emulation library - please note that I do accept patches! :-)
Requirements/settings
This program requires the following:
- ncurses (for debugging output)
- SDL (portable graphics library)
- z80ex (emulates the Z80 processor)
- libsndfile
- Terminal program set to a resolution of 85x35 (or better)
- Copy of the MSX(1) BIOS+BASIC ROM which can be found here
Download
msx-1.2.tgz
msx-1.1.tgz
msx-1.0.tgz
msx-0.9.tgz
msx-0.8.tgz
msx-0.7.tgz
msx-0.6.tgz
msx-0.5.tgz
msx-0.4.tgz
msx-0.3.tgz
msx-0.2.tgz
msx-0.1.tgz
History
1.2 improved keyboard handling, sound now somewhat works
1.1 fixed keyboard handling
1.0 implemented memory mappers, rtc emulation, some MSX-2 VDP emulation, msx-dos2 support, improved keyboard handling (altough still not 100%), printer output
0.9 implemented megarom support
0.8 implemented sprites
0.7 added missing headerfiles, fixed colors in graphics mode
0.6 fixed graphics output
0.5 disk i/o now really works
0.4 reading sectors from a disk seems to work
0.3 graphics output fixes, debugging enhancements
0.2 keyboard fixes, graphical output fixes
0.1 first version released on the internet
Links
- Wikipedia article on what MSX is
- Download my MSX emulator for the Atari ST here
- Portar - my bible as it comes to MSX specifications
- OpenMSX is an MSX emulator which really works and is actually usable (posix)
- fMSX like OpenMSX, an MSX emulator for posix systems
- List of almost all MSX emulators
Screenshot
A megarom ('Nemesis 2' by Konami)
Version 0.9
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Running MSX-DOS 2
Version 1.0
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Running UltraChess
Version 1.3
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Graphics ('screen 2')
Konami 'Athletic Land' running on version 0.9
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Graphics ('screen 2') with sprites
Konami 'Magical Tree' running on version 0.9
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Main output: text
Version 0.9 running MSX-Basic with disk emulation
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Running testmap
Version 1.2 running testmap (which tests the functioning of the memory mapper)
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Running zexall
Version 1.2 running zexall, the Z80 emulation tester
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Running B.U.G. Chess
Version 1.2 running B.U.G. Chess
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Console debugging output
Version 0.8 displaying name-table of screen 2 (running 'Magical Tree')
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