Mesen is a multi-system emulator (NES, SNES, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, PC Engine, SMS/Game Gear, WonderSwan) for Windows, Linux and macOS.
The latest stable version is available from the releases on GitHub.
These builds don't require .NET to be installed.
- Windows 10 / 11
- Linux x64 (requires SDL2)
- macOS - Intel (requires SDL2)
- macOS - Apple Silicon (requires SDL2)
These builds require .NET 8 to be installed (except the Windows 7 build which requires .NET 6).
For Linux and macOS, SDL2 must also be installed.
Other builds are also available in the Actions tab.
SteamOS: See SteamOS.md
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) 2014-2025 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/.