MESS

MESS

Infobox Software
name = MESS



caption =
developer = MESS Team
latest_release_version = 0.127
latest_release_date = August 25, 2008
latest_preview_version =
latest_preview_date =
operating_system = Cross-platform
platform =
genre = Emulator
license = Custom [http://www.mess.org/legal.php]
website = [http://www.mess.org/ www.mess.org]

MESS (Multi Emulator Super System) is an emulator for many game consoles and computer systems, based on the MAME core.

The primary purpose of MESS is to preserve decades of computer and console history. As technology continues to progress, MESS prevents these vintage systems from being lost and forgotten.

MESS emulates portable and console gaming systems, computer platforms and calculators. The project strives for accuracy and portability and therefore is not always the fastest emulator for any one particular system. However, its accuracy makes it useful for homebrew game development, for example on the Atari 7800. [cite book | pages = p. 506 | title = Game Console Hacking: Xbox, Playstation, Nintendo, Atari, & Gamepark 32 | last = Grand | first = Joe | coauthors = Frank Thornton, Albert Yarusso | isbn = 1931836210 | publisher = Syngress | year = 2004 ]

MESS supports 227 unique systems with 562 total system variations and is growing all the time. However, not all of the systems in MESS are functional: 118 of them are marked as not working in the current version.

MESS license

MESS is distributed under the same license as MAME. While MESS is available at no cost, including its source code, it is not open-source software or free software because commercial use and redistribution are prohibited. That is, its license does not meet the conditions of the Open Source Definition, nor is it "free software" as defined by the Free Software Foundation.

In particular, MESS may be redistributed in source or binary form, either modified or unmodified, but: "Redistributions may not be sold, nor may they be used in a commercial product or activity." Also, redistributions of modified versions (derivative works) must include the complete corresponding source code (similar to a copyleft). [http://mamedev.org/license.html]

List of supported systems

See List of systems supported by MESS.

See also

* HazeMD, Side-project which emulates only the Sega Mega Drive using the MAME code.
* MAME

References

External links

* [http://www.mess.org/ Official MESS website]
* [http://mess.toseciso.org/ Official MESS Wiki]


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