MESS Alternatives

MESS is described as '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' and is a Game Emulator in the games category. There are more than 50 games similar to MESS for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and Web-based apps. The best MESS alternative is RetroArch, which is both free and Open Source. Other MESS like games are Snes9x, VisualBoyAdvance, Delta Emulator and Project64.

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  1. VirtuaNES icon
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    VirtuaNES is Famicom/NES emulator for Win32.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. SegaEMU icon
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    SegaEMU is a multi-console Sega Emulator. The Sega consoles that are emulated are:

    • SG-1000
    • Genesis / MegaDrive
    • SegaCD / MegaCD.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. TigerSNES icon
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    The famous SNES emulator for android

    • FREE
    • Save/Load states
    • Virutal Touch Keys
    • Seamless Integrated with ROM download
    • Customize keys
    • WiiMote support
    • Save/Load states.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
     
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    Gens+ REWiND! is an Emulator with added support for real-time rewinding! Feel free to call this feature "sands of time" if you want ;)

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    retroDrive is Sega Genesis and Sega 32X emulator, formerly "GenSX", formerly "Vegas", this was the public's first 32x emulator ever.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. DebuGens icon
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    DebuGens is a modified version of Gens by Fuzzbuzz. It offers dumps for the ROM, RAM and YM2612 channels for debugging purposes, along with Tile Layer Pro palette creation and layer toggling options. It also allows for sprite and layer toggling which is good for getting screen...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Gens Re-Recording, formerly known as Gens Movie Test, is a modification of the highly popular Gens emulator by Stéphane Dallongeville (also known as Stef). This modification includes slowdown, recording and playback of controller input logs, dumping of AVI files, and Lua...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. jEnesis icon
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    "jEnesis" is a Sega MegaDrive/Genesis Emulator entirely written in Java.

    Features

    Everything written completely from scratch Custom Java Motorola 68000 CPU core VDP emulation with all DMA modes Horizontal & Vertical Interrupts Support for PAL.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. JSNES icon
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    A JavaScript NES emulator.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    Browser-based emulation platform delivers access to hundreds of vintage home console games from the 1970s–1990s, running instantly in modern browsers without plugins or registration, supporting nostalgic play, educational use, and digital preservation efforts.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  11. NES.emu icon
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    Advanced open-source NES emulator (known as Famicom in Japan) based on FCEUX with a minimalist UI and a focus on low audio/video latency, supporting a wide variety of devices from the original Xperia Play to modern devices like the Nvidia...

    16 NES.emu alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  12. Atari800MacX icon
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    This is the the Macintosh OSX Port of David Firth's Fantastic Atari 800 Emulator. Ported is the SDL version of the Atrari800 emulator to Mac OSX, and added a full native Cocoa interface, including Preferences, Menus, File Associations, Help and more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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