About MasterGear - SMS/GG Emulator
MasterGear emulates MasterSystem, GameGear, and other classic 8bit consoles made by Sega. It runs MasterSystem and GameGear games right on your Android phone or tablet. Save game progress at any time and share it with...
MasterGear emulates MasterSystem, GameGear, and other classic 8bit consoles made by Sega. It runs MasterSystem and GameGear games right on your Android phone or tablet. Save game progress at any time and share it with friends, or play games together on the network. MasterGear also runs Mark2, Mark3, SG1000, SC3000, and SF7000 games and other software.
* Specifically optimized for Android devices, using assembly language and hardware acceleration to run as fast as possible.
* Supports full screen landscape and portrait modes, with many special effect options.
* Save game play at any point and go back to that point once your character gets killed.
* Share your current position in a game with other users via State Exchange feature.
* Play with other users over local network or Internet via NetPlay feature.
* Play with your hardware keyboard, gamepad, touch screen, or accelerometer.
* Supports ARM-based GoogleTV devices, such as LG G2/G3.
* Supports Bluetooth gamepads, Xperia Play special buttons, iCade, Sixaxis, and Moga gamepads.
* Record soundtrack to MIDI files.
MasterGear package itself does not contain any games. You should place your own game files onto the SD card before running MasterGear.
Please, do not run any software you do not own with MasterGear. The author cannot and will not tell you where to find free MasterSystem or GameGear games.
Please, report any encountered problems here:
http://groups.google.com/group/emul8
Previous Versions
Here you can find the changelog of MasterGear - SMS/GG Emulator since it was posted on our website on 2014-06-14 06:41:33.
The latest version is 4.9.6 and it was updated on 2024-04-22 11:42:53. See below the changes in each version.
MasterGear - SMS/GG Emulator version 4.9.6
Updated At: 2023-08-22
Changes: * Switched to Android-33 SDK (Android 13).
* Switched to Google Mobile Services 4.3.14.
* Now using bundle distribution (required by Google).
MasterGear - SMS/GG Emulator version 4.9.5
Updated At: 2022-12-08
Changes: * Switched to Android-31 SDK (Android 12).
* Switched to the newest DropBox SDK.
* Switched to the JDK 11.
MasterGear - SMS/GG Emulator version 4.9.3
Updated At: 2022-02-17
Changes: * Another fix to gamepad assignments to keyboard keys.
* Now showing folder name in the title instead of complete path.
* Now disabling keyboard options if there is no keyboard.
MasterGear - SMS/GG Emulator version 4.9.2
Updated At: 2021-12-30
Changes: * Hopefully fixed virtual gamepad issues on Android 12.
* Fixed gamepad button assignments to keyboard keys.
* Fixed state files not getting deleted when requested.
* Fixed possible crash when unpausing app during exit sequence.
* Fixed possible crash in the State Exchange.
* Fixed virtual gamepad shape reloading multiple times.
* Refactored virtual gamepad layout mechanism.
* Lowest supported Android version is Android 4.4 (SDK-19) now.
* Now targeting Android 11 (SDK-30).
MasterGear - SMS/GG Emulator version 4.9.1
Updated At: 2021-09-27
Changes: * Added support for newer Android TV versions using SAF.
* Fixed lost file handle issue detected by FDSAN.
* Added Chinese translation made by David Chen.
* Switched to Android Build Tools 30.0.3.
MasterGear - SMS/GG Emulator version 4.9
Updated At: 2021-04-01
Changes: * Based on the latest MasterGear 4.9 sources.
* Fixed saving battery-back memory files (.SAV).
* Now only saving screenshot when saving state.
* Fixed saving states with a hardware key.
MasterGear - SMS/GG Emulator version 4.7.3
Updated At: 2021-01-17
Changes: * Fixed file selection UI on newer AndroidTV devices.
* Fixed opening files from File Managers and other apps.
* Enabled adding home screen shortcuts on newer devices.
* Fixed several crash sources that popped up after refactoring.
* Fixed compatibility with Android 4.2/4.3.
* Fixed handling of spaces and parentheses in "content://" URIs.
* Fixed "Change Folder" functionality.
* Fixed leaked dialog window on app exit.
* Added rounded corners to legacy icons.
MasterGear - SMS/GG Emulator version 4.7.2
Updated At: 2021-01-04
Changes: * Fixed several crash sources that popped up after refactoring.
* Fixed compatibility with Android 4.2/4.3.
* Fixed handling of spaces and parentheses in "content://" URIs.
* Fixed list of volumes in "Change Folder" dialog.
* Fixed "Change Folder" functionality.
* Fixed leaked dialog window on app exit.
* Added rounded corners to legacy icons.
MasterGear - SMS/GG Emulator version 4.7.1
Updated At: 2020-12-21
Changes: * Refactored app to comply with Google's latest ban on file I/O.
* On Android 10+, all file access is now done via content providers.
* Content is copied to a temporary folder for use, changes moved back on exit.
* You may have to give app separate permission to read each storage location.
* Please, report any found problems to the support group or email me directly.
MasterGear - SMS/GG Emulator version 4.7
Updated At: 2020-10-11
Changes: * Based on the latest MasterGear 4.7 sources.
* Refactored scaling and special effects framework.
* Added simple CPU-based linear interpolation algorithm.
* Added separate option for linear image interpolation.
* When parent folder not available, showing storage devices instead.
* Fixed Box Art Downloader to use alternative storage location.
* Fixed Box Art Downloader to follow redirects.
* Added HTTPS support to Box Art Downloader.
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