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BlueMSX
{{Infobox Software
| name                   = blueMSX
| logo                   = <!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:BlueMSX-icon.png|32px|blueMSX icon]] -->
| screenshot             = <!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:BlueMSX-screen.jpg|250px]] -->
| caption                =
| developer              = blueMSX [[Virtual team|Team]]
| latest release version = v2.8.2
| latest release date    = {{release date|2009|08|14}}
| latest preview version =
| latest preview date    =
| operating system       = [[Microsoft Windows]]
| platform               =
| genre                  = [[Emulator]]
| license                = [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]
| website                = http://bluemsx.com/
}}
{{lowercase|blueMSX}}
'''blueMSX''' is an portable [[open source]] [[MSX]] [[emulator]] that uses an emulation model to achieve the highest level of accuracy possible. It is available for the [[Microsoft Windows]] operating system and is ported to multiple other systems. It has been translated into 14 different languages. blueMSX includes a powerful debugger with support for several assembly formats and a machine configuration editor that allows advanced users to set up practically any MSX computer system ever made.

==History==
Despite being a relatively new emulator, blueMSX hasblueMSX was initially released in 2003 and soon becoame one of the most accurate and user friendly emulators available since its 2003 debut.<ref name="msxemus">{{cite web | editor=snout | year=2005 | title=MSX Emulator Comparison | url=http://www.msx.org/MSX-Emulator-Comparison.articlepage8.html | work=[http://www.msx.org/ MSX Resource Center Foundation] | accessdate=9 August 2006 }}</ref>

Like many other MSX emulators, blueMSX started as a clone of [[fMSX]] in September 2003. The feature that made the first release, in November 2003, unique to the MSX emulator scene at the time, was the addition of monitor simulation. This feature made the video output look like an old TV or a monitor.

Initially, blueMSX's emulation was quite poor and suffered from the same limitations and flaws as its mother fMSX. However, the next six monthsduring the first year the development focused on improving and replacing the misbehaving emulation code, as well as redesigning the software architecture. With better architecture, emulation of new devices became easier, and wasn't very long before most audio devices and ROM types were supported.

In August 2004 blueMSX became the first MSX emulator to support skins.

In November 2004, blueMSX was finally 100% free of fMSX code. The November release was also a big milestone since it brought support for the Turbo-R, the last MSX produced. On top of that, it was the first release that included emulation for the [[ColecoVision]] and the [[Spectravideo]] [[SV-328]].

Since the November 2004 milestone, developer focus has been on improving the user interface and emulation accuracy, as well as extending the emulation to include more exotic devices such as the Konami Keyboard Master, an unreleased speech synthesis ROM.

Recently, the emulator has added support for the [[SG-1000]] computer systems and emulation of other systems such as [[Sega Master System|SMS]] is on the roadmapThe emulation core was extended to support any Z80 based computer systems and is now supporting multiple systems, such as [[SG-1000]], [[Spectravideo]], and [[ColecoVision]].

Later additions to the emulation include support for digitizers, IDE and SCSI hard drives, and emulation of the extensions in the [Yamaha CX5-M] music computer.

A big effort to make the emulator portable to other platforms started in 2007 and since then the emulator has been ported to multiple other systems. The current architecture of the emulator makes it easy to compile to any system with a c compiler and does not depend on any graphics, audio, or user input libraries.

==Feature highlights==
The emulation engine in blueMSX is cycle accurate, which means that the timing and synchronization between emulated hardware components appear the same as on a real MSX. The goal is to replicate each individual component as accurate as possible, which means that the emulator require a more high end PC than emulators optimized for speed.

(contracted; show full)*[http://code.google.com/p/cocoa-msx/ CocoaMSX] blueMSX port to OS X
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