Mesen is a multi-system emulator (NES, SNES, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, PC Engine, Master System/Game Gear) for Windows, Linux and macOS built in C++ and C#.
Latest development builds:
- Windows 10 / 11 (.NET 8)
- Windows 7 / 8 (.NET 6)
- macOS - Intel
- macOS - Apple Silicon
- Linux
- Linux - AppImage
macOS: The macOS build still has a number of limitations (e.g no gamepad support).
SteamOS: See SteamOS.md
To run Mesen, the following prerequisites must be installed:
Windows 10 / 11: .NET 8 Runtime
Windows 7 / 8: .NET 6 Runtime (.NET 8 is not supported on Windows 7 / 8)
Linux: .NET 8 Runtime, SDL2
macOS: .NET 8 Runtime, SDL2
See COMPILING.md
Mesen is available under the GPL V3 license. Full text here: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html
Copyright (C) 2014-2024 Sour
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
