Running blueMSX

Double click on the blueMSX icon and the emulator starts.
You can also create on your desktop a shortcut to the file blueMSX.exe file, and double click on this shortcut to start blueMSX.

You access then to the beautiful interface of blueMSX. The emulator is in pause mode.
To really go in the MSX world, press on F9 (= Run) or on F12 (= Reset).



Without any game or application, blueMSX comes generally in MSX-BASIC. If the selected machine contains an intern firmware, a special application will normally be launched.

In order for something different to happen, you need to load a file into the emulator. The way to proceed is explained on different pages of this manual.

blueMSX supports floppy disk files, rom cartridge files and cassette files. These files are images of the real disks, cartridges or cassettes, with all their contents, including for example the boot sector of the disks or the headers of the cassettes.

The disk files have one of these extensions : .dsk, .di1, .di2

The rom files have one of these extensions : .rom, .mx1, .mx2

The cassette files have the extension .cas

blueMSX also supports zip archives that contain files with these extensions.

You can find MSX games or applications that work with the blueMSX emulator on several sites on the internet.