ClownMDEmu

Try It Yourself

You can try ClownMDEmu in your web browser at clownmdemu.clownacy.com.

Overview

This is ClownMDEmu, a Sega Mega Drive (a.k.a. Sega Genesis) emulator.

Some features of the Mega Drive are currently unemulated (see common/core/TODO.md for more information).

The repository contains ClownMDEmu's standalone frontend; it is written in C++20 and leverages the SDL3 and Dear ImGui libraries.

Controls

The default control scheme is as follows:

Keyboard

Input	Action
Up	Up
Down	Down
Left	Left
Right	Right
Z	A
X	B
C	C
A	X
S	Y
D	Z
Enter	Start
Backspace	Mode

Controller

Input	Action
Up	Up
Down	Down
Left	Left
Right	Right
X	A
A	B
B	C
LB	X
Y	Y
RB	Z
Start	Start
Back	Mode
LT	Rewind
RT	Fast-forward
RSB	Pause

Menus can also be navigated with a controller:

Hotkeys

Input	Action
Pause	Pause
Space	Fast-forward (unpaused), frame-advance (paused)
F	Fast-forward (unpaused), frame-advance (paused)
R	Rewind
Tab	Soft reset
F5	Create save state
F9	Load save state
F11	Toggle fullscreen

Licence

ClownMDEmu is free software, licensed under the AGPLv3 (or any later version). See LICENCE.txt for more information.