[[File:Mess sysinfo.png|thumb|260px|MESS shows a very MAME-like system info box on launch]]
'''''MESS''''' (Multi Emulator Super System) is an emulator for vintage computers, gaming consoles, chess computers, and calculators. It is a descendant of the MAME arcade emulation project and just like MAME, the most important goal of MESS is highly accurate emulation, not speed. MESS and MAME are mainly preservation projects that aim to reproduce the behavior of the real hardware perfectly.
Just as in MAME, some MESS ROMs have parent ROMs that also need to be installed. E.g., <tt>cpc6128.zip</tt> also requires <tt>cpc464.zip</tt> to run.
==Typical command Command line arguments==
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==Keyboard options==
MESS generally supports two keyboard mode command line options: '''-emulated''' (the default; based on key position) and '''-natural''' (command line option "-natural"; based on the character generated). In emulated mode, keys can also be remapped in the menu: press ''Tab'', then select ''Input (this system)''.
==Front-ends==