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Master System

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Overview

Introduced in 1985 by Sega, the Master System was a console system.

Technical specifications

  • CPU: Zilog Z80A running at 3.58 MHz, the same core as the Game Gear/ZX Spectrum.
  • Memory: 8 KB main RAM plus 16 KB VRAM for tile graphics and palettes.
  • Display: 256×192 resolution (32 colors from a 64-shade palette) with support for 64 sprites and eight background planes.
  • Sound: Texas Instruments SN76489 PSG offering three tone channels and one noise channel.

Supported ROM extensions

bin, sms, zip, 7z

Emulators

  • gearsystem (libretro) – Requires BR2_PACKAGE_LIBRETRO_GEARSYSTEM
  • genesisplusgx (libretro) – Requires BR2_PACKAGE_LIBRETRO_GENESISPLUSGX
  • picodrive (libretro) – Requires BR2_PACKAGE_LIBRETRO_PICODRIVE
  • smsplus (libretro) – Requires BR2_PACKAGE_LIBRETRO_SMSPLUS_GX

Source data: REG Linux emulationstation/es-system/es_systems.yml