Sega Mega Drive / Genesis Emulators for Linux

Sega Genesis / Sega CD / Sega 32x emulator for Linux. Fork of Gens, more stable than the main branch. For bin requires the 32-bit libraries: libc6, libgl1, libgtk2 (and gtk2-engines-pixbuf for deb-distributions).

• new graphic filters
• 7z archive support
• interface improvements
• improved Sega CD emulation (CPU->Perfect Sync).

Also added plugin system to the emulator.

Port of Sega's best console emulator for Linux. GTK2 interface, x86 binary. Put Render plugins in ~\.Kega Fusion\Plugins. It requires the 32-bit libraries libc6, libgtk2, alsa-lib (libasound2), libglu1, libsm, mpg123 to be installed on the system. This is an unpacked binary with upx.

If there is no sound on systems with PulseAudio:
1) Install 32-bit packages: libpulse, alsa-plugins (libasound2-plugins)
2) в ~/.Kega Fusion/Fusion.ini:

ALSADeviceName=default
UsingALSA=1

To make the emulator work with Sega CD mp3-tracks, write in the config the correct path to the 32-bit library libmpg123.so in your system or you can write the path to the supplied library:
libmpg123path=‹emulator_dir›/libmpg123.so libmpg123path=‹emulator_dir›/libmpg123.so

Mednafen is a great multiplatform emulator that emulates the following platforms:

• Atari Lynx [lynx]
• GameBoy (Color) [gb]
• GameBoy Advance [gba]
• Neo Geo Pocket (Color) [ngp]
• Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom [nes]
• PC Engine (CD)/TurboGrafx 16 (CD)/SuperGrafx [pce]
• PC-FX [pcfx]
• Sega Game Gear [gg]
• Sega Genesis/MegaDrive [md]
• Sega Master System [sms]
• Sony PlayStation [psx]
• Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom [snes]
• Virtual Boy [vb]
• WonderSwan [wswan]

The quality of emulation is very good.
There is support for graphic filters.
The mednafen package is present in many distributions.
The emulator runs only from the command line, but you can try the front-end of mednaffe and mfe.
To fully work with the emulator, you should read the documentation. Also, do not forget about F1 key.
What to do if there is no sound.

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis / Game Gear / Master System emulator for Linux / GTK2. The advantages are high fidelity emulation, no game-hacks and excellent compatibility with games. To get the sound as close to the original as possible, use the option: Sound->SuperHQ. The main disadvantage of the emulator is the continuation of its advantages - high system requirements (for Genesis emulator). Extracted with upx x86-binaries + libs + script to run. Don't forget to install 32-bit libraries: gtk2, libcanberra, alsa (libasound2 & libasound2-plugins).

ares is an open-source multi-system emulator for Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X. It has a native graphical interface on each system. It has a native GUI on each system. It is a descendant of higan, byuu and bsnes and is focused on emulation accuracy. It emulates the following systems:

• Arcade
• Atari 2600 (Experimental)
• WonderSwan (Color)
• Pocket Challenge V2
• ColecoVision
• MSX / MSX2 (Experimental)
• PC-Engine / TurboGrafx / SuperGrafx
• PC-Engine CD / TurboGrafx CD (Experimental)
• My Vision
• NES / Famicom
• Famicom Disk System
• Game Boy (Color)
• SNES / Super Famicom
• Satellaview
• Nintendo 64 / 64DD
• SuFami Turbo
• Game Boy Advance
• Game Gear / Master System / Mark III / SG-1000
• Mega Drive / Genesis / Sega CD / Mega CD / 32X
• ZX Spectrum (Experimental)
• Neo Geo (AES/MVS) (Experimental)
• Neo Geo Pocket (Color)
• PlayStation (Experimental)

Note: cue+mp3 format is not supported for Sega CD, You can convert to cue+wav using the CueMp3ToWave.

BizHawk is an open-source multi-system emulator. It uses emulator cores from the Libretro project (RetroArch). It supports emulation of NES, SNES, Sega Genesis, Game Boy, PlayStation, and many other systems (around 30 systems). Developed with support from the TASVideos community, BizHawk is designed for creating Tool-Assisted Speedruns (TAS) — speedrunning game completions — as well as for casual gaming.

Supported platforms

• Arcade machines
• Apple II
• Atari 2600
• Atari 7800
• Atari Lynx
• ColecoVision
• Commodore 64
• Commodore Amiga
• Fairchild Channel F
• Game Boy, Super Game Boy, and Game Boy Color
• Game Boy Advance
• Mattel Intellivision
• NEC PC Engine (AKA TurboGrafx-16), including SuperGrafx and PCE CD
• Neo Geo Pocket
• Nintendo 3DS
• Nintendo 64
• Nintendo DS/DSi
• Nintendo Entertainment System, Famicom, Famicom Disk System
• Odyssey 2
• Sega Genesis, Sega-CD, 32x
• Sega Master System, Game Gear, and SG-1000
• Sega Saturn
• Sony PlayStation
• Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Super Famicom
• PCFX
• TI-83 graphing calculator
• Uzebox
• Vectrex
• Virtual Boy
• Wonderswan and Wonderswan Color
• ZX Spectrum

An excellent high-fidelity, multi-system emulator. Emulation support:

• Sega Mega Drive
• Sega Master System

DGen port for Linux using SDL library. Control in vi-style.

• Game Genie codes support
• PAL/NTSC, fullscreen modes
• Joypad / joystick support
• OpenGL textured video output
• Upscaling using hqx filters
• Low CPU usage on current hardware
• Portable (64-bit, endian-neutral)
• Screenshots, demos recording and playback

Generator port for Linux, GUI on GTK1, uses the SDL library.

A Linux version of Generator that uses the SVGALib graphics library.

Greatest port of the famous emulator - Gens for Linux, has GTK2 interface, OpenGL and gamepad support. Emulates Genesis, Sega CD and Sega 32x. Partially written in asm, because of which it still has no native 64-bit version. To play the game, it is desirable to use the fork - Gens/GS.

Multisystem emulator of Sega Mega Drive, Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear, Nintendo Entertainment System and Sega System E arcade machine for Linux.

Multisystem emulator for Linux and Windows. Emulates:

• SG-1000
• Famicom / NES
• Mark III / Master System
• PC Engine & PC Engine CD-ROM2 / Turbo Grafx 16 & Turbo Grafx CD
• Mega Drive & Mega CD / Genesis & Sega CD
• Super Famicom / SNES
• Neo Geo
• Neo Geo CD
• Game Boy & Game Boy Color
• Game Gear
• Neo Geo Pocket & Neo Geo Pocket Color
• Wonder Swan & Wonder Swan Color

This archive includes all versions of the emulator, utilities and bios. Left as a museum piece, use on modern systems is not recommended.