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+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  fetchhg,
+  pkg-config,
+  makeWrapper,
+  SDL2,
+  glew,
+  gtk3,
+  testers,
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "blastem";
+  version = "0.6.2-unstable-2024-03-31";
+
+  src = fetchhg {
+    url = "https://www.retrodev.com/repos/blastem";
+    rev = "48ab1e3e5df5";
+    hash = "sha256-UZl5fIE7LJqxwS8kFJ3xr8BJyHF60dnRNeA5k7lAuxg=";
+  };
+
+  # will probably be fixed in https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/302481
+  postPatch = lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
+    substituteInPlace Makefile \
+        --replace-fail "-flto" ""
+  '';
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pkg-config
+    makeWrapper
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    gtk3
+    SDL2
+    glew
+  ];
+
+  # Note: menu.bin cannot be generated yet, because it would
+  # need the `vasmm68k_mot` executable (part of vbcc for amigaos68k
+  # Luckily, menu.bin doesn't need to be present for the emulator to function
+
+  makeFlags = [ "HOST_ZLIB=1" ];
+
+  env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-I${lib.getDev SDL2}/include/SDL2";
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    # not sure if any executable other than blastem is really needed here
+    install -Dm755 blastem dis zdis termhelper -t $out/share/blastem
+    install -Dm644 gamecontrollerdb.txt default.cfg rom.db -t $out/share/blastem
+    cp -r shaders $out/share/blastem/shaders
+
+    # wrapping instead of sym-linking makes sure argv0 stays at the original location
+    makeWrapper $out/share/blastem/blastem $out/bin/blastem
+
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  passthru.tests.version = testers.testVersion {
+    package = finalAttrs.finalPackage;
+    command = "blastem -v";
+    version = "0.6.3-pre"; # remove line when moving to a stable version
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "The fast and accurate Genesis emulator";
+    homepage = "https://www.retrodev.com/blastem/";
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    mainProgram = "blastem";
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ tomasajt ];
+    platforms = [
+      "i686-linux"
+      "x86_64-linux"
+      "x86_64-darwin"
+    ];
+  };
+})