MasterGear - SMS/GG Emulator
* 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
Category : Arcade
Reviews (29)
Top quality emulator. I can now play my Sega master system games easily. This works perfectly with the on screen controls or with a game pad. Worth the money.
As an avid retro gamer who has invested a lot of time into emulation over the years, this is definitely worth every penny; the best Game Gear/Master System emulator out there, by far! Forget the likes of RetroArch and Nostalgia.GG and just buy this. Take note that the developers latest update was in February 2022 and the emulator was released 11 years ago. That says a lot in itself. One very happy customer! :)
Missing features that I wish were here: 1.) Set the app's volume level independent of other apps 2.) Increase font size so that button labels are legible on my phone (pixel2) 3.) Hide all unused buttons 4.) Manually add boxart to the game list, since the app only found the art for one of my games. 5.) Add custom overlay and button graphics 6.) If UI and Button customization improves, I'd like to be able to backup my layout
Have you heard about scoped storage on android 11 ? Well, my Samsung s21 ultra has android 11, and your app's explorer sees folders but no roms in the folders. This is a HUGE BUG for a paid app. Fix this please. Edit 1 after dev's answer : I have an Samsung Galaxy s21 ultra 5g. I am not doing anaything wrong. As mentioned initially : the explorer bit of your app sees folders, but doesn't see ANY game rom files in the folder. That's a classic bug in the transition to with target SdkVersion=30.
Boom! Thanks for 4.5.1. Fantastic brilliantly conceived SMS emulator. Great features/menu system. Clever but not annoyingly so (Freeze/Restore is save states but a bit smart) Emulates near perfect. If you have any Sega 8 bit nostalgia this app is worthy of your money. Dev responds to concerns in timely manner. Genuinely impressed and I'm normally very cynical and critical of paid emulators. Much respect. A galaxy of stars if I could. And now back to Wonderboy...
Guys, thank you very much!!! this is the best emulator for GG ever!!! I have tried lots of emulators for my Note 9, but there was no Framerate change option, so gameplay was fast and it was terrible to play. but this one... I can't express how thankful I am for your job done!!! you made my day!!!
5 star app. The creator is awesome also. He emailed me instructions to set up the cheat codes properly.
Its many features but the sound emulation really threw me off. The added effects on the graphics are nice but not having integer scaling, pixel aspect ratio selection or border emulation options is weird for a paid product.
The worst part of this software is the file selector, even if you follow the directions and choose parent directory it will say "failed listing" and won't navigate to anything! Honestly I can't see how people get this software to work.
Top shelf emulators. Dev is extremely responsive and continues to update all of his emulators. I have owned every one of his emulators for many years and I can tell you he remains faithful to every one of them. Highly recommend picking up all of them.
Great app , works on all the game's I've played so far. game menu has a little clutter from my save files but isn't really an issue 5 stars !
Will not detect zip files the only one that dont
Best emulstor and everything you need, plus cool icon for screen.
Loving it so far just wish it had an option to add cheats besides that awesome emulator
Gold standard for Sega Game Gear emulation.
Keeps closing when trying to open
App is back up and running great! Best GameGear!!!!!!
One of the best emulators on the market
Awesome emulator shame that like a real master system there's no Alex The Kid pre installed lol
Yes I actually have games to play
Help. When I continue a game, the last time I played. The game rom either leads you to new game or the very beginning of the game. Instead of continuing where you progressed far. Is something wrong with the emulator? Please help. Thank you.
Unintuitive, frustrating.
Well done!!...and brings back memories of the game gear...and master system!!...Huge SEGA fan here!! Please make an Android Dreamcast emulator that works and doesn't take much to load and run!..You guys are awesome!!
This App is perfect. I've been playing Batman Returns for the Sega Master System and it work's flawlessly.
Needs some fixes for madou monogatari 1-3 no voice or sfx during battle or encounters
This is very good emulator. But audio on some games is a problem. There's no audio on whole game. Menu screen, gameplay, etc. Please fix it soon!
Excellent emulator. Nice and smooth. Using M9C Max Android TV Box with usb keyboard. Thank you.
Honestly this is the best game gear emulator out there! It is a bit pricy but is well worth it! Other free apps are just either really resource consuming or just pure trash. Thanks for this emulator devs!
Amazingly thought out, works with on screen or controller out if the box. Auto save feature is VERY useful. Only thing that could make it better is skins around the screen (like the game gear). Keep up the fantastic work!