MSX 1 and 2 Emulation

[Logitech-byte]

I want to request a MSX emulation because is good.
It will be possible?
All the No-Intro Sets less the newest Nintendo generation because it's too big for now deserves a good place.
Thank you.

[Asnivor]

Maybe eventually. But probably not for another 6-12 months at the very least.

[Logitech-byte]

No worries. Good Luck.

[Sonia-7]

I've been wondering about that for a while as well. MSX would certainly do a great addition as a core.

When the time comes, maybe port either openMSX or blueMSX over? Since they're both open source projects with high compatibility.

[alyosha-tas]

We have all the components to get a MSX core up and running . It’s just a matter of stitching all the infrastructure stuff together. This would be a good way for someone to learn how BizHawk works while developing something new at the same time , but so far no one has been quite interested enough to do it .

[Asnivor]

Its on my list of things todo if/when I finish CPCHawk. By then (as you say) we already have the components in other cores to reuse (for MSX 1 and 2 anyway, the TurboR (and on the 2+ optionally) has an additional YM2413 sound chip that we would need to emulate from scratch I think).

[YoshiRulz]

edit 2023-03-10: Moved this table here from the external page I had it in before. I updated all the data at the same time.

OSS	Lang	Updated	Project	Status	Windows	GNU+Linux	Other Platforms
✓	C++	2023	openMSX	97% 100%; 2, 2+, and R	✓	✓	Android (dropped), macOS, *BSD
✓	C/C++	2023	Xpeccy (EN/RU)	focused on ZX	✓	✓	macOS
✗†	C	2021	fMSX	2, 2+	✓	✓	Android, macOS in several forks
✓	C	2016	blueMSX	?	✓	✓	macOS in CocoaMSX fork, WASM apparently, only openSUSE seems to package it for Linux

† licensed like CC BY-NC-SA

Dis/honourable mentions: BRMSX, NLMSX, NO$MSX, RedMSX, RuMSX

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duplicate of #319

[alyosha-tas]

There is now a functional MSX 1 core in BizHawk. It only run cartridge games for now. It can be upgraded to disk games and MSX 2 with some work, Probably a stretch to add 2+ or Super R. in the long run not sure whether its better to work on the in house core or port something over, probably depends on interest level.