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 Super ZSNES, Snes9x, VisualBoyAdvance and ZSNES.

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  1. JSNES icon
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    A JavaScript NES emulator.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  2. 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
     
  3. 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
     
  4. snes4iphone icon
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    snes4iphone is a Super Nintendo emulator for the iPhone and iPod Touch. This port was developed by ZodTTD and the original source code was ported from Dr. PocketSNES. Though much of Dr PocketSNES' emulation cores were replaced with C/C++ alternatives to assembly cores...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • iPhone
     
  5. SNESoid icon
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    SNesoid is the famous Super Nintendo emulator for Android.

    • Net-play through Bluetooth (requires Android 2.x) or Wi-Fi!
    • Very fast
    • Run nearly all games (Mario RPG, StarFox)
    • On-screen keypad!
    • Save states
    • Cheats
    • Super scope
    • Fast-forward
    • Screen upside-down
    • Multipl.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  6. F-Zero VS icon
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    F-Zero VS is an emulator that gives multiplayer capability for the game, F-Zero. It's a custom build of Snes9x that constantly patches the game with player positions and other data. You can play locally or online with up to four players.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. This is a derivative of Snes9x which switches the its display code from DirectDraw to Direct3D9.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. OpenDingux icon
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    OpenDingux is a Linux-based embedded operating system for MIPS processors, designed primarily for portable game consoles. it's designed to have low latency and minimal overhead for very high responsiveness.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  9. JSMESS icon
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    The JAVASCRIPT MESS project is a porting of the MESS emulator, a program that emulates hundreds of machine types, into the Javascript language. The MESS program can emulate (or begin to emulate) a majority of home computers, and continues to be...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • JavaScript
     
  10. RetroFab icon
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    RetroFab is an online collection of 3D simulations of vintage electronic games that can be played in your browser.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  11. Jailbreak-free Game Boy and Game Boy Color emulator for iPhone and iPad. Game Play COLOR is an open-source, browser-based emulator that lets you run games from Google Drive for a jailbreak-free way of running GBA games on iOS.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
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    Fake64 one of the older N64 emulators, but is suprisingly fast, as well as it can support a wide range of games.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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