| 📰 Title: | Mesen Community Edition | 🕹️ / 🛠️ Type: | Tool |
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| 🗃️ Genre: | Emulation | 👁️ Visual: | 2D |
| 🏷️ Category: | Emulation ➤ Engine ➤ Multi | 🏝️ Perspective: | First person (interface) |
| 🔖 Tags: | Emulation; NINTENDO; nes; snes; gbc; gba; NEC; pc engine; SEGA; game gear; sms; BANDAI; wonderswan; wonderswan color; Tools; Multi-platform; HLE BIOS; Moddable; Keyboard; Controller | ⏱️ Pacing: | Real Time |
| 🐣️ Approx. start: | 2019-02-10 | 👫️ Played: | Single |
| 🐓️ Latest: | 2026-05-16 | 🚦 Status: | 04. Released (status) |
| 📍️ Version: | Latest: - // Dev: 5f0dfa6 | ❤️ Like it: | 9. ⏳️ |
| 🏛️ License type: | 🕊️ Libre | 🎀️ Quality: | 7. ⏳️ |
| 🏛️ License: | GPL-3 | ⭐ (temporary): | |
| 🐛️ Created: | 2026-05-16 | 🐜️ Updated: | 2026-05-16 |
| 💡 Lights on: | 🚧️ Some work remains to be done: | ||
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| 📰 What's new?: | 💥️ New | 💭️ New version published (to be updated): | |
| 🦣️ Awaiting publication on Mastodon: | 🎨️ Significant improvement: | ||
| 🦺️ Work in progress: | 🎖️ This work: |  |
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| 📰 Previous News: | 👫️ Contrib.: | goupildb | |
| 🎰️ ID: | 16577 |
| 📜️[en]: | Mesen Community Edition is a continuation of the development of Mesen 2 (itself a continuation of the Mesen project) and is a libre, multiplatform, high-precision multi-system emulator (Nintendo NES/Famicom, SNES, Game Boy, NEC PC Engine, and SEGA Game Gear). It offers numerous features (save states, video filters, netplay, rewinding, overclocking, cheat codes, HD packs, etc.) and debugging tools for homebrew development or ROM hacking. According to the Emugen and Ubuntu-fr websites, Mesen is the emulator offering the best compatibility with the NES/Famicom console. Its greatest strengths are its excellent compatibility and its Mods system (HD packs), which significantly improves the visual quality of games. | 📜️[fr]: | Mesen Community Edition est une poursuite du développement de Mesen 2 (lui-même une poursuite du projet Mesen, et) un émulateur multi-systèmes (NINTENDO NES/Famicom, SNES, Gameboy, NEC PC Engine, et SEGA Game Gear) libre et multiplateforme de haute précision. Il offre de nombreuses fonctionnalités (états de sauvegarde, filtres vidéo, netplay, rembobinage, overclocking, codes de triche, packs HD, ...) et des outils de débogage pour le développement de homebrews ou le romhacking. Selon les sites Emugen et Ubuntu-fr, Mesen est l'émulateur offrant la meilleure compatibilité avec la console NES/Famicom. Ses meilleurs atouts - son excellente compatibilité, et son système de Mods (packs HD) permettant d'améliorer significativement l'aspect des jeux. |
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📰 Progress: Mr. Sujano (202605),
🏡️ Website & videos
• Website: [Homepage] [Dev site] [Features/About] [Screenshots]
• Videos: t(202xxx) gd(202xxx) gu(202xxx) r(202xxx) lp(202xxx) ht(202xxx) g(202xxx) g[fr](202xxx) g[de](202xxx) g[ru](202xxx) g[pl](202xxx) g[cz](202xxx) g[sp](202xxx) g[pt](202xxx) g[it](202xxx) g[tr](202xxx)]
• Doc: [WIKI] [FAQ]
• Updates: [RSS] / [Changelog 1(news/blog) 2(release notes) 3(tags) 4(commits)]
💰 Commercial
• (empty):
🍩️ Resources
🔘️ Development Buids
• Mesen 2 Download (Nightly buids): [Classic binary(direct link)] [AppImage(direct link)]
🔘️ Libretro compatibility
• Port of this emulator to libretro : [Libretro (Mesen) (Libretro WIKI)]
🔘️ Enhancing content
• Mesen Enhancement Pack (for Contra game): [Homepage] [Dev site] 🎬️ g(202107)
• Mesen Enhancement Pack (for Megaman game): [Homepage] [Dev site] 🎬️ g(202105)
• Mesen Enhancement Pack (for Zelda game): [Homepage] [Dev site] 🎬️ g(202010) ht(202010) h[fr](202102)
• Mesen Enhancement Pack (HD pack, for SuperMarioBros, Nuts & Milk, Kung Fu, Castlevania, Ninja Gaiden series, Donkey Kong, Metroid, Pc-Man, Megaman, Ice Climber, Donkey Kong JR, ...): [Homepage] [Dev site] 🎬️ d(202009) d(202009)
🔘️ Games
• 🗿️See also our entry: Resources - Emulation - Nintendo NES (Famicom)
• 🗿️See also our entry: Resources - Emulation - Nintendo SNES (Super NES, Super Nintendo, Super Famicom, Super Comboy)
• 🗿️See also our entry: Resources - Emulation - Nintendo Game Boy Color
• 🗿️See also our entry: Resources - Emulation - Nintendo Game Boy Advance (GBA)
• 🗿️See also our entry: Resources - Emulation - NEC PC Engine (TurboGrafx 16)
• 🗿️See also our entry: Resources - Emulation - SEGA Game Gear
• 🗿️See also our entry: Resources - Emulation - SEGA Master System (SMS, Mark3)
• 🗿️See also our entry: Resources - Emulation - BANDAI WonderSwan Color
🛠️ Technical informations
[PCGamingWiki] [MobyGames]
🦣️ Social
(Mesen CE) Devs (Mesen Community Edition Team 1 2 [fr] [en]): [Site 1 2] [Chat] [mastodon] [Bluesky] [PeerTube] [YouTube] [PressKit] [Interview 1(202xxx) 2(202xxx)]
(Mesen) DDevs (Mesen Team [fr] [en]): [Site 1 2] [Chat] [mastodon] [PeerTube] [YouTube] [PressKit] [Interview 1(202xxx) 2(202xxx)]
(Mesen) Devs (M. Bibaud (SourMesen) [fr] [en]): [Site 1 2] [Chat] [mastodon] [PeerTube] [YouTube] [PressKit] [Interview 1(202xxx) 2(202xxx)]
The Project: [Blog] [Chat] [Forums] [mastodon] [Bluesky] [PeerTube] [YouTube] [PressKit] [Lemmy] [reddit] [Discord]
🐝️ Related
[Wikipedia (Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) | Famicom) [fr] [en] [de]]
[Wikipedia (Super Nintendo) [fr] [en] [de]]
[Wikipedia (Game Boy Color) [fr] [en] [de]]
[Wikipedia (Game Boy Advance) [fr] [en] [de]]
[Wikipedia (PC-Engine / TurboGrafx-16) [fr] [en] [de]]
[Wikipedia (Game Gear) [fr] [en] [de]]
[Wikipedia (Master System) [fr] [en] [de]]
[Wikipedia (WonderSwan Color) [fr] [en] [de]]
[Wikipedia (WonderSwan) [fr] [en] [de]]
📦️ Misc. repositories
[Repology] [pkgs.org] [Generic binary] [Arch Linux / AUR] [openSUSE] [Debian/Ubuntu] [Flatpak] [AppImage(author's repo)] [Snap] [PortableLinuxGames]
🕵️ Reviews
[HowLongToBeat] [metacritic] [OpenCritic] [iGDB]
🕊️ Source of this Entry: [Mr. Sujano (20260516)]
🦣️ Social Networking Update (on mastodon)
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🛠️ Title: Mesen Community Edition
🦊️ Idea: A libre high precision multi-system emulator
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🐣️ https://github.com/nesdev-org/MesenCE
🔖 #LinuxEmulation #Nintendo
📦️ #Libre
📕️ https://lebottinlinux.vps.a-lec.org/LO.html
🥁️ Update: -
⚗️ -
📌️ Changes: https://github.com/nesdev-org/MesenCE/releases
🦣️ From: https://www.youtube.com/embed/QDBCQC0KIt4?start=0
🛜️ https://github.com/nesdev-org/MesenCE/releases.atom
🕶️ A view of the Mesen 2 UI (v. r2446.94a9956c-2, on my Linux PC), with the game "Donkey Kong Jr.". The menus are at the top, and the rest of the screen is taken up by the game. Video settings: 4X (video size), HQ 2X (video filter), Standard (4:3, for aspect ratio).
📚️ Mesen Community Edition is a continuation of the development of Mesen 2 (itself a continuation of the Mesen project) and is a libre, multiplatform, high-precision multi-system emulator (Nintendo NES/Famicom, SNES, Game Boy, NEC PC Engine, and SEGA Game Gear). It offers numerous features (save states, video filters, netplay, rewinding, overclocking, cheat codes, HD packs, etc.) and debugging tools for homebrew development or ROM hacking. According to the Emugen and Ubuntu-fr websites, Mesen is the emulator offering the best compatibility with the NES/Famicom console. Its greatest strengths are its excellent compatibility and its Mods system (HD packs), which significantly improves the visual quality of games.
📜️ "A libre high precision multi-system emulator (NINTENDO NES/Famicom, SNES, Gameboy, NEC PC Engine, and SEGA Game Gear)" 📜️
Mesen is a multi-system emulator for Windows, Linux, and macOS. It supports NES, SNES, Game Boy (GB/SGB/GBC), Game Boy Advance, PC Engine, SMS/Game Gear, and WonderSwan (WS/WSC).
MesenCE is a community-managed fork based on Mesen2, created to maintain and expand this emulator into the future.
Un émulateur multi-systèmes (NINTENDO NES/Famicom, SNES, Gameboy, NEC PC Engine, et SEGA Game Gear) offrant notamment une excellente compatibilité, par la Mesen Community Edition Team, initié par , selon un fork de Mesen 2 par la Mesen 2 Team, initié par M. Bibaud (SourMesen).
En C++/C#/C.
Mesen Community Edition est une poursuite du développement de Mesen 2 (lui-même une poursuite du projet Mesen, et) un émulateur multi-systèmes (NINTENDO NES/Famicom, SNES, Gameboy, NEC PC Engine, et SEGA Game Gear) libre et multiplateforme de haute précision. Il offre de nombreuses fonctionnalités (états de sauvegarde, filtres vidéo, netplay, rembobinage, overclocking, codes de triche, packs HD, ...) et des outils de débogage pour le développement de homebrews ou le romhacking. Selon les sites Emugen et Ubuntu-fr, Mesen est l'émulateur offrant la meilleure compatibilité avec la console NES/Famicom. Ses meilleurs atouts - son excellente compatibilité, et son système de Mods (packs HD) permettant d'améliorer significativement l'aspect des jeux.
Mesen est un émulateur multi-systèmes pour Windows, Linux et macOS. Il prend en charge la NES, la SNES, la Game Boy (GB/SGB/GBC), la Game Boy Advance, la PC Engine, la SMS/Game Gear et la WonderSwan (WS/WSC).
MesenCE est un fork géré par la communauté et basé sur Mesen2, créé pour assurer la maintenance et le développement futur de cet émulateur.