Case study

Nuked MD: reconstructing the Sega Mega Drive chipset

Nuked MD reconstructs Sega Mega Drive chipset behavior in C using decapped chip photographs. Its current combination targets an NMOS 68000, NMOS Z80 and FC1004, with separate implementations for video, audio, arbitration, I/O and cartridge handling.

Targets: Firmware
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06

Stars: 187
Last commit: 2026-07-11
Language: C
License (GitHub): GPL-2.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: CMake and SDL2 are required by the documented build configuration.
Scope: The targeted NMOS 68000, NMOS Z80 and FC1004 combination did not appear in a real Mega Drive revision.
Limits: The progress notes mark CMOS Z80 as in progress and several discrete or CMOS variants as unstarted.
License: GPL-2.0 license.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{nuked-md-case,
  title = {{Nuked MD: reconstructing the Sega Mega Drive chipset}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/nukeykt/Nuked-MD}},
  url = {https://github.com/nukeykt/Nuked-MD},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/nuked-md-case/}}
}

Plain text

Nuked MD: reconstructing the Sega Mega Drive chipset. https://github.com/nukeykt/Nuked-MD (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/nuked-md-case/

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Primary sources

README.md GitHub · nukeykt/Nuked-MD · Revision 594ca2a
Progress.md GitHub · nukeykt/Nuked-MD · Revision 594ca2a
CMakeLists.txt GitHub · nukeykt/Nuked-MD · Revision 594ca2a