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If you're a Mac user, OpenEMU is a killer emulator that can run just about anything up to the PSX. Decades of vidya entertainment at your fingertips for the low cost of zero dolla.
OpenEmu by far.
Easy to use - It might be the easiest to use emulator out there, at least the easiest I've ever tried in my 15+ years of emulator usage.
Great looking - It's the most good looking emulator GUI I've ever seen. Actually makes it fun and enjoyable to look at a ROM collection, somewhat similar to having a real cartridge collection.
Playlist - The playlists are great, kind of like organizing your game collection in a book shelf with specific shelfs for your favorit games or your Zelda collection.
Multi-system - having different emulators for all systems is a lot of extra work. You have to invest time in getting to know the specific settings for each emulator, you have to keep each emulator updated and so on.
The bad: only OS X.
Careful what you wish for.
These guys added a graphics filter that simulates your CRT screen curvature, and uses your Mac's camera to super-impose your reflection onto the image.
This guy emulates a virtual home theater room for you to play your games on.
If they hear you asking for this, they might just support it! :P
OpenEMU contains PlayStation support in its experimental releases. Otherwise, PCSX has worked well for me in the past.
Mac has the best emulator for retro gaming, OpenEmu. It supports almost every major retro console flawlessly and the interface is clean and organised. Make sure you download the experimental version (press the arrow besides the download button) for even more cores then the regular version.
If you've ever used OpenEmu, Snowflake is kinda like that, except on Windows (and later Linux). Unlike OpenEmu however, Snowflake works with more than just libretro cores, which allows for things like configuring Dolphin inside the UI. This all without having to manually set up the frontend besides clicking "Install". It's also free and open source
Snowflake's UI is also extremely modular, as themes are done in HTML, themers can easily replace it completely without you having to switch frontends. For example, if one day you decide to try out a HyperSpin-like interface, you would simply install a 'HyperSpin' theme. Because Snowflake only handles the games and emulators, features like marquees, animations and videos are all possible just by switching the theme.
For now the only theme is the Material Design one shown in the preview, but I'm also working on a 10-foot XMB like interface akin to the one in RetroArch.
Also, happy cake day!
SNES for the library and the music.
I still play all the time, the best emulator is OpenEmu Its like Itunes but for all systems.
the best wireless controller is The 8bitdo NES30PRO
I just spent the summer beating the fuck out of all the DS Castlevania games and earthbound.
Done with OpenEmu with some help from this youtube tutorial and this certificate problem fix.
Congrats!
Steam has an OS X client and store front. Essential if you are a gamer. OpenEmu is an outstanding emulator front end. Good Old Games sells DRM free games, many with OS X versions.
Deluge is my torrent client of choice. I like The Unarchiver for handling compressed files.
If you have a Mac, OpenEMU works really well for me. It basically bundles a bunch of emulators into one app, including DS.
DeSmuME doesn't work well on Macs normally, but somehow OpenEMU ported it right so that it works well.
Ci sono stati anche alcuni tentativi di integrazione, alcuni riusciti ed altri no, il progetto di integrazione si chiamava M.U.G.E.N.
Ok /u/unidraulico, l'hai voluta tu:
[NOSTALGIA ON] La nostra era una vita durissima. Adesso i fighetti di oggi hanno tutta la pappa pronta e inoltre la possono avere subito. La nostra invece era una ricerca lunga, paziente, fatta di tanti rar uno dentro l'altro, di popup aperti, di countdown rimossi con il javascript e di cd masterizzati. Poi le copertine, scaricate e archiviate, messe rigorosamente a mano, le trollate su irc "RAGA CM FCC A SCARICARE ROM".
It's a closed source front end for Windows atm (w/ planned Linux/OSX support). This video is from Jason Carr the guys that makes Launchbox.
Since there is a premium version (free version works perfectly fine, no ads or bullshit), I highly doubt it'll be open sourced. But I feel it is great anyway because it's the closest thing to OpenEMU Windows users can get (plus it's portable unlike most front ends).
I have been wanting an emulation frontend like this for years, glad you are stepping up to the plate! Will you need to provide your own emulators or will you provide emulation cores like OpenEmu on OSX?
battery life on the ps4 controller is pretty weak. i'd go for the ps3 controller if battery life is very important; otherwise, ps4 just because it's the evolution of the ps3 controller, and it's very comfortable.
As an aside, the Wii U Pro Controller is pretty incredible. 80+ hours on a single charge, and it's very comfortable to use. I use it for http://openemu.org all the time.
There is an experimental version of OpenEmu with more emulators (including one for N64). There's a dropdown on the download button of openemu.org. You can choose experimental there.
Also check out /r/OpenEmu if you need any more help with it!
How to do this without modding your Wii:
1) Find an emulator (If you're on OS X, I recommend OpenEmu)
2) Get a wiimote
3) Connect the wiimote to your computer (Wiimotes use bluetooth, so you can pair it easily. There are apps out there that let you map buttons on the controller to keys on your keyboard. OpenEmu has wiimote support built in, IIRC)
4) Connect your computer to your TV.
5) ???
6) Profit!
You can try OpenEMU or RetroArch. They both have a vba-m core along with other systems. I don't know off the top of my head where you can get a standalone mac vba-m
Edit: Higan would be an option but according to Byuu (the guy who made it) here the gba core in Higan isn't finished and he doesn't recommend its use.
Building upon u/mcj answer, you can go here and scroll a little down the page and it will list all supported cores/systems. The latest Nintendo system that's supported is the GameCube.
OpenEmu is great, and has a bunch of emulators wrapped inside of it, including PS1, and seem to be considering including dreamcast later. It sould run alright on a MBA, but I haven't used it on one before. http://openemu.org/
go here: http://openemu.org/ click on the down pointing arrow next to the red Download Now button and select OpenEmu Experimental. Download and install that.
Now you start the app, select OpenEmu -> Preferences… and click the Cores tab and click on the Install button for the PPSSPP (Sony PSP) emulator (and any other you want to try).
Another bonus is that the app has build it drivers for gamepads. I use it with the Wii U Pro Controller (scroll down on this list to see it) and it works. I think it works with most other controllers but am not sure (not tested or researched it).
I was the one who snuck the SNES emulator titled Remote File Manager into the app store last year (http://www.redmondpie.com/snes-emulator-for-iphone-sneaks-into-the-app-store-download-now-before-its-pulled/). Might just have to try it again!
For anyone using a mac and wanting an emulator, check out OpenEmu
Yes, you have to install an emulator to run it. I have an iOS emulator for GBA games on my iPhone. I rarely use it though, but it is pretty cool. You can play any GBA/GBC game with it. On Mac you can get OpenEmu and get N64/Ps1/PsP/Ds/Gba/GBC/SuperNintendo/etc.. all in one Emulator here.
http://openemu.org/ Probably one of the most polished and professional looking Emu's out that is wrapped around other open source emus
OpenEmu is the by far the best way to emulation on the Mac, and I think your logitech controller is supported with it out of the box. You'll want to download the "experimental" build (there is a dropdown on the download button. choose the "openemu experimental" option). If you need help getting it set up, just let me know or post on /r/OpenEmu
https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/wiki/Applications-using-mpv
That said, why the heck is the most aesthetically pleasing frontends always on macOS? First OpenEmu and now IINA.
https://www.launchbox-app.com Like this?
I'm on Mac, they said it's the PC version of OpenEmu. Personally I Kodi from Android box that plugged into TV, then again, I don't have Steam in console mode there.
If you're down for emulators and playing "old" games, I'd recommend OpenEmu for Mac. It can emulate almost every console from the old Ataris up to PS1 (+ Nintendo DS).
In terms of story-rich games, suggest ko lang the games I finished recently haha.
- Suikoden I & II (PS1)
- Ace Attorney Series / Ghost Trick (NDS)
- Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors (NDS)
I have been looking for an all-in-one solution on Windows, and as near as I can tell, they're all terrible - they function, but all require non-trivial setup.
If you have a Mac, then OpenEmu is what you want. It is beautiful. It is elegant. It is simple. It is everything you ever dreamed of in an emulation system, and everyone who has ever used it has a hard time going back to anything else. It is basically zero configuration - drag and drop your ROMs into the window and double-click to play. The only think you might have to configure is your controller preferences, if you don't like the defaults. That's it.
Macs natively support Dualshock 4 controllers over USB and Bluetooth.
For USB
- All you have to do is plug it in and the Mac should automatically detect it as a joystick.
For Bluetooth
- Open Bluetooth preferences on your Mac.
- Put the DualShock 4 into Pairing mode by pressing and holding the PlayStation and Share buttons until the light bar blinks rapidly.
- Wait for the Wireless Controller device to show up in Bluetooth (select Add Device in OS X Mountain Lion or earlier – shows up automatically in Mavericks).
- Select “Wireless Device” and click Pair. The process will now complete automatically.
Sidenote
- Use OpenEmu for emulation. Natively supports Dualshock 4, it emulates GBA, GBC, N64 and much more.
Sources
I know right?... I have a Mac, so I use OpenEmu and introduced my son to many wonderful clasics that I grew up with...
very cool feeling when your kid loves the games you loved as a kid.
I'm not sure if this is appropriate for this subreddit, but whatever.
There's an emulator for Mac called OpenEmu that is absolutely fantastic. It's beautiful, feature filled, and free. The experimental version (https://github.com/OpenEmu/OpenEmu/releases/download/v1.0.2/OpenEmu_1.0.2-experimental.zip) has an N64 emulator built in.
(That's a direct link by the way - your browser should begin downloading the .zip file right away.)
I'd recommend using a controller, like an XBox 360 one to control the game: the XBox controller has enough buttons to smoothly emulate the experience. Conversely, you could also get a USB N64 controller (available on Amazon for like $15), which would give you a more authentic experience.
Please don't hesitate to ask more questions (PM me if you want)!
The emulator I'm using is OpenEmu. If you have a Mac, this is the best way to play! Plenty of emulators all built into one convenient package! http://openemu.org/
(I'm not the creator btw, just a really satisfied user!)
If you're jailbroken, there is a tweak that allows you to use a PS3 or PS4 controller as a MFI controller. I've heard that the PS4 controller has more issues than the PS3 controller, although the initial setup is more involved for the latter than the former. This solution will cost you ~50% less than a 'legit' MFI controller, is better quality, and can also be used with your Mac for something like OpenEmu.
Here ya go man, it does everything. It is all the best emulators I know of wrapped up in one bundle. Each individual emulator will update when an update is available. It does super nintendo, nintendo, gameboy, GB advance and I think genesis. Here's the link. Enjoy!
Actually, they exist. The issue's that the vast amount of work that's been poured into it is either Mac-exclusive (OpenEmu), incomplete (Phoenix), or, like RetroInvader, more functional/flexible than straight-up user-friendly.
There are others, but none of the work's really coalesced around a single project- and actually putting one together's more difficult than the people carping the loudest are willing to deal with.
The libretro team get a bit of a bad rap, really- they put in all the work they can reasonably be expected to as unpaid volunteers.
I recommend subscribing to /r/emulation, if you don't already- the libretro team pop by there pretty frequently. Really interesting place to read, given how many prominent emudevs are regular contributors. We even had one of the old ZSNES devs drop by a few months ago.
Currently me and two other people are working on a multi-system emulator frontend called Phoenix, the name is cliche but its for a reason, and we'd be delighted for you to help us.
It's not like a normal frontend in which we just launch other emulators, we handle the video, audio, and input rendering/polling ourselves. The frontend looks like OpenEmu except it's cross platform.
It's done in c++, using the Qt toolkit and libraries, along with QML, which is a Qt's CSS-like declarative markup language, which also uses javascript for scripting and property bindings.
If this project looks interesting to you, or if you have any questions, please just send me a message or reply.
We're a bunch of college students too.
You wont be able to break your pi. Worst case you can just wipe your SD card and start over. Emulation Station isn't very difficult on the PC and its supposedly easier on the pi.
As for ps1 emulation on a mac you might want to check out OpenEMU. It has a nice easy to use interface http://openemu.org/
You can sync just about any bluetooth controller to a Mac. I used a PS3 controller for awhile.
OpenEmu is one of the finest emulator frontends around
Just get that and well ROMs. Plug it into the TV and you have tons and tons of games at your fingertips.
No. The Plus version gets updated 1-2 a year . . .
They made it into a library (part of libretro) containing its functions and plugins, but it is essentially just a port of the platform-agnostic code, which is actually why it works so well.
OpenEmu for Mac does the same thing:
There is a great emulator, OpenEmu, which is for OS X that runs retro games, from gameboy games to SNES games, if you're interested in that scene. Easy to download, and I can tell you how to install the games, if you need. Some good ones (though, not puzzle games, nor first person) are EarthBound, Zelda, or Pokemon, if you like RPGs, or Donkey Kong Country, Super Mario Bros/ Super Mario Bros 3, and Metroid II, if you find that you like platformers. I do recommend that you get a simple USB controller, as these games were not made for PC, and operate much better with a controller like this one, or this one.
Coolrom's a good site for ROMs. But, if by legit you mean legal, keep in mind that its technically only legal to own a ROM if you have a legally purchased copy of the game (in the US and most other countries).
Do you mean better as in more accurate? There's higan which comes with a snes core called bsnes, which is the most accurate snes emulator to date. I'd recommend using the bsnes core hands down. The core is also entirely software driven and so you do not have to fiddle with any plugins.
If you're looking for a more complete emulation solution for multiple consoles, check out RetroArch, it is a reference frontend for a graphics api called libretro. These options are "better" for you as in they will generate the most flawless experience for you. RetroArch also has a Snes9x core if you wish to try that out.
If you are on the Mac operating system try out OpenEmu. This project is similar to RetroArch and also has a bsnes and a snes9x core for it. RetroArch is the most cross-platform though and the one I like the best.
I would also recommend using a controller with a great D-pad for snes games, such as the Ps3 controller, but hey use what you like!
Byuu is the creator of bsnes and higan. Higan is the new name but higan was supposed to be a kinda "all in one" though only the bsnes portion is the only one of any real value currently, the rest are works in progress. I don't know Byuu's real name but I'm pretty sure they aren't the same person seeing as how Byuu has his own website that you linked.
Seeing as how you are on mac you can give OpenEmu a try it uses bsnes along with other emulators in a mac user friendly interface
This is still one of my favorite computing projects; I highly recommend that you donate to it to help keep it going.
If you need motivation, think back to what emulation on the Mac used to be like. Remember all of Richard Bannister's emulators, where you had to buy "Emulator Enhancer" to get the features you really cared about?
yeah! Absolutely!
If you're on Mac OS, check out http://openemu.org/. It's one of the best I've seen/used and includes a lot of emulators in one place.
Windows is a bit trickier. I haven't been able find anything like openemu for it.
I'd recommend checking out the Emulation General Wiki for more info: http://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Main_Page
If you want an all-in-one "console" type system, grab a raspberry pi and install Retro Pi on it - https://retropie.org.uk
Feel free to shoot me a private message if you want any specifics and I'll help where I can.
Not yet. Maybe never. But I'm sure that if someday, someone decides to make a version of hakchi2 supported by macOS, it will have a beautiful UI. For example, is there an emulator on Windows which is as beautiful than OpenEmu? (Hint: the answer is No)
No Windows hate here, just a fact I used to notice throughout the years.
Open Emu, for sure. I absolutely love it. It already has the Emulators built in and has a ton of features. I'm not sure if it supports Steam or not but its a great "all in one" package for most emulators. http://openemu.org/
Edit: It doesn't do any streaming unfortunately but it might work with a desktop streaming tool or something like Moonlight? http://moonlight-stream.com/. Add Open Emu to your Steam library and then open it from within Moonlight?
Hey there!
The game that I play really frequently is League of Legends (I played it when I had it on my old Windows laptop, and was overjoyed to hear that they had it on Mac as well), but I understand that MOBA games aren't everyone's cup of tea, plus matches can get pretty long and the community is something else, though it has gotten better over the years.
I also recently got a Steam account and bought Borderlands 2. It's an amazing FPS with funny dialogue, cartoony graphics (I really enjoy the graphics, makes the game quite unique.), and if you find some friends to play with you, it can get quite fun! I have about 25 hours on it, but I haven't really played much since I got back from vacation. I also bought Portal 1 and 2, which is a really cool puzzle game that can get quite comedic at some points, would definitely recommend.
Lastly, I also downloaded OpenEmu, which is a program that allows you to play emulated games if you're interested in that as well. I've finished playing Valkyrie Profile (a PSP JRPG) on it a few days back, but it also covers most consoles (doesn't cover Gamecube, PS2, and up.). It goes from Atari 2600 to a Sony Playstation, so there's a lot of variety. With save states and such, you can always go back to where you left off without worry. I've been enjoying this program a lot, it even has controller support!
I have a Macbook 2012 13 inch model, with an Intel i7 and 8GB of RAM, if you're wondering, and I got it this past May as a present from my dad. I didn't really play much games on my old laptop because it was too weak, but I am definitely enjoying gaming on my Mac, even if our games can be limited.
Just use OpenEMU.
On that download button, click on the arrow on the right and choose "Experimental". MAME is labeled as "Arcade".
This video might help as well.
>What is the advantage of upgrading?
http://openemu.org/rnotes/2.0.1.html
>It seems like all of the new features are included in the 1.0.4 experimental build already.
Not at all. Rewind, core implementation fixes, multipayer fixes, multi-disc support, etc all require 2.0
>I don't have any problems that I know about
Such as...?
The problem with Netflix is the encryption on the Videos, you should check if Netflix is actual using Silverlight or HTML5. The HTML5 Version could be working better then the silverlight version. Increasing the Ram would not help, maybe it is cheaper to buy a Chromecast or a FireTVstick to watch Netflix on an external Display.
GBA Emulator, if you mean a GameBoy Advance Emulator. Your Mac Book is more then fast enough, my old PowerBookG4 was fast enough for an GBA Emulator. Try http://openemu.org/ it should work well on your MacBook.
Are you absolutely sure you downloaded the Experimental Pack? The normal version of OpenEmu doesn't work, you'll need to go to openemu.org and hit the arrow next to Download in order to get it.
>where should I get the BIOS from
This is something we can't answer here for piracy reasons, you'll have to find it yourself. I would also recommend checking the actual OpenEmu user guide linked in the sidebar or the sticky as it explains how to use the BIOS, YouTube videos on the subject tend to mislead people.
http://byuu.org/emulation/higan/
the official download page only has windows versions and source code available, so you could build it on OSX or Linux.
I do know that http://openemu.org/ for OSX uses the Higan core for SNES, so that is another option .. also openemu is beautiful lol
OpenEmu on a MacBook Pro. Xbox One Controller.
I have 3 Apple TV devices hooked up to my TV's around the house, so I can just Air Play to any TV in a flash. Also, most of my friends have Apple TV, so it's super easy to get up and playing in a Flash.
For portable retro gaming I use a Flashcard (Acekard2i) on my Nintendo DS. http://www.howtogeek.com/119273/how-to-turn-your-nintendo-ds-into-a-retro-game-machine/
I'm almost certain not all of these particular emulators will work on mac. The good (great) news, however, is that Mac has OpenEmu - An all in one emulator program with a really nice user interface.
No, but OpenEmu was released not too long ago, which is a really good front-end with downloadable cores (back ends) for many emulators. It is a very easy emulation experience, and it has brought in a lot of new mac people into emulation.
All great suggestions so far!
I'll go a slightly different route: Get yourself OpenEmu. It's an excellent piece of software. And free! Granted, you'll have to figure out for yourself, where to get all the Cool Roms (hinthint) from, but if you can find them, you'll experience a gaming throwback like no other.
What operating system do you have? We'll need a bit more to go on, here. If you have a Mac, you can play games with bsnes using OpenEmu, which makes it pretty easy.
What version of bsnes are you using? With recent Windows builds, you can't select and open individual rom files from your file manager; you need to set up a rom collection of sorts.
Check out the bsnes FAQ and the game folders guide.
This doesn't exactly answer your question, but is on a similar tangent without the full media center. If you're just wanting the ultimate frontend (launcher, scaler, gamepad handler, etc) for all emulators, you can check out http://openemu.org/ and #openemu in irc.freenode.net.
Another important point is for the API to be multi-platform as well as be flexible with closed source emulators a la Hyperspin. While it's sad that not all of the best emulators are open source or the best with only one emulator per system (looking at you ps1), most classic systems have a "perfect" open source emu, sometimes in a variety of languages. A few examples of some Emu APIs i found On the subject of such a multicore emulator what about Open Emu?http://openemu.org/ The emu cores(separate for each system) are all installed on the users command and the interface remains constant throughout.
All of Richard Bannister's Mac ports all use the exact same interface, and is able to have plug-ins seamlessly (joystiq,fullscreen support is an addon called Emulator enhancer.)http://bannister.org/software/index.htm
It doesn't have the cheesy UI, but if you have a Mac, I'd advise you to look at OpenEmu.
It's still in beta (though development is active - an update just came out Wednesday and a UI overhaul is in the works), but it's done something the emulation world really needs to have done a long time ago: it has a single frontend wrapper program that handles the UI, and a custom plugin framework for the emulation engines themselves, rather than having each emulator be a separate program.
The practical upshot for you: a single app that plays all NES/Famicom, SNES/Super Famicom, SG-1000, Master System, Game Gear, Genesis/Megadrive, Sega CD, 32X, Game Boy, GBC and GBA games. Eventually it will also support N64, Neo Geo Pocket, NGPC, Virtual Boy, Lynx, PC Engine/TG16, SuperGrafx, PC-FX, WonderSwan and WonderSwan Color games.
For its backend, it uses the engines behind Nestopia, SNES9x, BSNES, CrabEmu, Genesis+, Gambatte, and VisualBoyAdvance, all ported to a custom plugin framework; plugin versions of Mupen64+, NeoPop, Mednafen, and Reality Boy are in development.
Some systems have multiple plugins for maximum compatibility; for example, when playing SNES games, you can use either SNES9x or BSNES depending on which one works best for your specific game.
Only the emulation engines from those emulators are used - not the UI. Want to change emulators, or think a different emulator would work better on your game? Just change engines - you don't have to change apps.
What makes this even cooler, from a development standpoint, is the possibilities brought about by the open-source plugin framework. For example, in addition to the "universal emulator" wrapper app, there's also "OpenEmuQC", a Quartz Composer wrapper for the OpenEmu framework. This allows you to write Quartz Composer applications that pipe input and output to and from emulators. Example. And that's just the beginning.
TL:DR: This is what emulation needs to be.
https://www.retroarch.com/?page=platforms
RetroArch is harder to use, but has a good Parallel64 core for N64 which might run better than OpenEmu’s. But, OpenEmu is the best emulator front-end ever made.
If you get the chance, try a modern Mac with OpenEmu. Best emulator front end ever. Other updates for you if you've been gone a long time:
- MAME port (SDL Mame) works perfectly on Mac, with normal default GUI (as long as you install SDL or whatever),
- OpenEmu is a sweet front-end/Multi-core emulator built natively for Mac and it includes great GUI menus for save states and screenshots, plus slider adjusters for shader parameters in the newer version.
- RetroArch is also on Mac, but the performance is worse than emulator cores that were made specially for Mac.
> never owned a GBA
GBA like SNES is a good one to emulate because it’s perfect on modern computers (or even an old computer). And you get conveniences like save states and rewind.
The one I linked is an emulator for Mac.
A few things,
1. I don't think you should download emulators from just any old website. It's safer to download from the official website of an emulator or the author's github site.
2. Since you're new to emulation, so I recommend reading a beginner guide like https://fantasyanime.com/emuhelp/intro-to-emulation
3. I'm not an expert on using emulators on a Macintosh, but I've heard good things about OpenEmu http://openemu.org/
Big download button for latest stable main branch, small link reading ‘Experimental’ under the button for experimental branch with MAME support.
No need to delete anything, just drag the app to your Applications folder and overwrite the older one. Cores and ROMs are stored in a separate location, so you won’t lose anything.
OP, I read in another comment that you intend on using this for emulation. Let me be the one to tell you that Mac is somehow exclusively blessed with the best emulator by far, (OpenEmu)[http://openemu.org]. It’s open-source and it has damn near every system you could want. It supports more in the experimental version too.
You need two things: an emulator and the game file. Looking into some popular emulators for Macs, it looks like OpenEmu will be your best bet. You can download this program here.
The other thing you'll need is the game file. You say you already have this, but to be clear it should end with the .gba extension. If you've got a file that ends with .ips or .ups, you've got the patch of the game. You will need to download and patch the ROM that is required for the game to run, and then use the emulator to play. Understand that this may be illegal for you to do depending on where you live.
http://openemu.org/ works great with PPSSPP as it's "core" - I was going through a bunch of recommended settings in PPSSPP for windows and was never happy with the display quality (WotL with a QoL + slowdown patch)... then gave it a shot with openemu using the NTSC shader and it looked great.
OpenEmu got your N64, Gamecube, PSP, and PS1 needs covered reasonably well* under macOS.
(N64 and Gamecube emulation is not perfect, but that's a general problem.)
The only part which could be somewhat problematic is the PS2 emulation, as there currently is no native Mac version of an PS2 emulator.
OP was asking about making TASes, and I'm not sure OpenEmu can do that; still, just in case OP is fine with non-TAS-capable emulators, Richard Bannister has ported many of them to OS X (current versions require El Capitan just as OpenEmu does, but earlier versions are still available), and MAME has an N64 core and has been ported to OS X.
OpenEmu, dude. You can never go wrong with this emulator. Runs incredibly smooth as well. (You can also connect a PS4 controller and play that way) Downloaded it on my mac over a year ago and also downloaded the entire trilogy (Spyro 2 > 3 then 1) on the PSX section and played through all of them, obtaining 100% over the course of a couple of months. Extremely easy and intuitive to use for virtually any console, except PS2 and onwards.
NOTE: In order to first play PS1 games on the emulator, you NEED to follow a couple of steps towards adjusting your settings so that your roms are compatible with the emulator. Don't worry, it is fairly simple if you follow the video's steps exactly.
Anyways, hope you have fun with this beauty.
Never seen emulators on r/gaming before lol, I used to use these all the time back when I was a kid and some of my younger siblings who haven't played all the old games yet still do.
We never felt guilty using them since we enjoyed the video games so much and the original makers clearly would want us to have this much fun. Fine we just couldn't convince our parents to buy every console lol.
To anyone who has never used old emulators... man you are missing out on a lot of games lol and anyway, I recently found out about one for mac last year that holds tons of emulators all in one, its called OpenEmu
Mind sharing what is going on here? Are these all separate applications with some kind of themed icons applied? Or is it a front end or even something like OpenEmu?
Love the “tallboy” PSP and Lynx, BTW 😜
I tried it on PPSSPP and it worked (and also on PPSSPP through http://openemu.org/ because I'm on macOS and it's easier to setup). It's also an old MacMini (2011) so whatever you have it should work.
OpenEmu is the best, in my opinion. You can play games from pretty much any console pre-Wii (even ones no one's ever heard of), and it nicely manages your rom files into an easy-to-use library. It works for PC, Mac, or Linux and supports game controllers.
If you're into retro titles, I always recommend OpenEmu - it's a free and really well-made emulator that can run just about anything up to the N64 era. Most of the listed consoles will work right out of the box, but some of them require installing BIOS files separately.
I pretty much only use it with OpenEmu, so maybe there's more detail involved to use it with newer titles, but it definitely does connect via Bluetooth. I don't know what you're reading, but I can confirm from personal experience that it does work.
Just tried it, and had the same problem. I think it's because the stick needs to be calibrated, so the computer know, that it's a little bit off. There isn't currently a way to calibrate it via a Mac. Calibrating it from the Switch won't help either. Guess we need to wait for the OpenEmu developers to support the Switch Pro Controller and maybe add a "Add Switch Controller" option besides the "Add a Wiimote" button in the controls setting.
Edit: Just browsed the OpenEmu main page, and at the bottom, at the "Controllers & Controls", it says that it automatically maps the buttons for the Nintendo Switch Pro Controller. This confused me, because then it should work, so I don't know if it's a bug or what, but it's annoying nonetheless.
> If you have managed to get this format successfully running in mednafen then let me know and I will add that extension to the launcher.
You're right. It's not supported.
Thanks. The GUI is really nice overall. I don't really like the mednafen and medlaunch logos and color scheme, but that's really nitpicking.
Do you know about OpenEmu? I think it could be a source of inspiration. It has a really nice, clean design, probably the best of all multi emulators, and I love the controller setup screen. Keep up the good work.
the only advice I can give is make sure that it's something that doesn't use steam. steam is slow and clunky and not great for what you want. use openemu and emulate some classic games, pm me if you need more help.
I was scrolling through some search results so I could recommend an app to everyone. I tried Desume and it only kinda worked. If you want something buttery smooth and with dozens of platforms, try OpenEmu. It's much better than anything else I've tried.
You essentially have to emulate the old Nintendo hardware, as well as emulate the old cartridges/disks (commonly called "ROMs" or "Images").
The legality of such a thing is questionable... but generally speaking if the manufacturer has stopped manufacturing and selling the console then it is considered acceptable by the emulation community to play these games in an emulator.
The Xbox 360, for example, is still being sold (although not for much longer)... so the larger emulation community will generally avoid releasing emulators until it has left store shelves.
I personally use OpenEmu, which is a Mac OS X emulator. The vast majority of the time I play these older games is when I'm on the road or during lunch while in the office, so I find it more beneficial to have the games on my Macbook Pro than I do on my desktop at home. Since all Macs have Bluetooth built-in, I can easily bring along a Dualshock 4 controller and use that as a controller.
Dolphin is an extremely popular Nintendo emulator for Windows, but I'm not sure how many generations of consoles it spans. I know it'll emulate the Gamecube, but beyond that... I'm not sure.
If you are thinking of trying the emulator route, try OpenEmu, it's OS X only and I think better than anything on the Windows side. http://openemu.org/
You can connect PS3/4 controller to Mac using bluetooth, or just buy something cheaper to play games.
I think OpenEmu is hands down the best emulator out there. It basically is an all-in-one emulator. Download that, torrent all the roms, hook up your 360 controller and you're retro gaming for ages.
If you can get the games and rip the discs to image files, you can use the Reicast Dreamcast emulator to play them. The Reicast core is open source, so some non-android emulators like OpenEMU can run it within itself.
Note that in some stupid countries, even ripping something you legally own into a different format is a felony.
Have you tried Openemu? I use it on my Mac and it's so far the best collection of emulators I've ever used. You just drag the roms into the program. I haven't had any issues with roms not working.
> The Wii U Pro Controller works great too
Hi, I just found this thread via a google search (steam controller for OSX) and wanted to ask how you got the Wii U Pro Controller to work with OSX?
I got one Pro Controller (or gamepad pro, I think the name depends on the region) and OSX 10.9.5 (haven't updated to the newest because it all seems a bit unstable sometimes and it works for me but I could if that's needed).
Under Bluetooth it's recognized as Nintendo RVL-CNT-01-UC but all it does make the four lights on the controller blink (player number indicator) when I press a button (or try the power or sync button).
For it to work I usually need to use WJoy and then the analog pads are not calibrated correctly. (d-pad and the buttons work for the most part) and I use Joystick Mapper to map the buttons to specific keyboard keys when it's not recognized by a game.
I just googled Wjoy and it seems somebody has made and update:
https://www.reddit.com/r/macgaming/comments/3el6qd/fixed_wjoy_to_work_properly_with_wiiu_pro/
https://github.com/Kametrixom/WJoyUpdate
Did you use that or have you some other way of using it with OSX?
On the other hand it works perfectly with OpenEmu but only while used within the app so that's not really useful for Steam games (or any other games).
Nothing that would matter to most people, really.
If you're happy using separate emulators, it really is an inferior solution in most cases- the difficulty of getting it set up hugely outweighs the benefits. It's aimed at a particular use case - an all-in-one emulator platform.
It doesn't really take more than a minute or so to set up an emulator's settings properly- and once that's done, you never have to touch it again. Configuring RetroArch is such an unpleasant process that it needs a tutorial to even figure out where to get started- I'd never recommend it to anyone who just wants to sit down and play a game- OS X users have OpenEmu, which does the same job much better for the average user.
...The shader subsystem is really nice, though.
Yeah, no kidding. Between that portable collection you saw on my instagram (not pictured there are my 2 PSPs, a Vita, the new 3DS I just picked up, the Dingoo, PS3, PS4, Wii, on top of OpenEMu -- imagine an iTunes of emulation, it's wild. Look at that interface! --, I know I'll die before I can play even 1% of all the games I have amassed over the years.
But for some strange reason having all of this around me soothes me. I look at my collection and smile. I'm from a third world country (I mean, it's getting better, but back in the 90s? Third world country all the way) and my family couldn't afford these nice things. I had one videogame console growing up, the SNES, which I sadly broke all too soon. Lusted over the Game Boy for years, and never ended up owning one.
Well, now I have a display case full of them, that I can afford to have as decoration :D
Out of curiosity, what version of VBA are you using? Where did you download it from?
I have gotten VBA-M working on mac but its still not very elegant. Look into OpenEmu. It looks great but I personally have never used it.
If that doesn't work, then here is the version of VBA-M that comfortably works on Yosemite (not El Capitan). I don't remember where I found it; it took so long. I recommend trying OpenEmu first though.
I know nothing about SheepShaver. However, if you are have a Mac and running 10.7 or higher. Use Open Emu. And when you click to download, click on the arrow on the button, and a experimental build is available for more consoles. Super easy to use. You can configure a wii mote or a usb controller, too. I use the iBuffalo SNES controller. You can find it on Amazon for 10-12 bucks.
Go back to openemu.org and for the download button, click the arrow and download the Experimental pack. Changes are very good you just have the normal version of OpenEmu, which doesn't support Mednafen.
I don't have a Mac anymore, so my experience is limited. There are mac ports of ZSNES and SNES9x, but their development is kind of...fragmented? It's hard to find which release is "official" and what the latest version is, at least with a cursory Google search. If you find the latest version of either, and the development is current (and wasn't dropped years ago), they will probably offer the most feature-complete and universally-compatible experience.
On the other hand, OpenEmu looks awesome, and is totally what I'd try first. Here's a review from about a year-and-a-half ago. I'd actually love an emulator with this kind of interface on Windows.
None whatsoever, not really. Mac is an acceptable gaming platform if you have a relatively speaking casual interest in games, mostly play cross-platform indie games, and prefer it as a platform for other reasons. It does have the best emulation platform on any system right now in the form of OpenEmu but other than that it's not a better gaming platform than Windows.
Most people I know though aren't only interested in games. They have lives and hobbies and care about other things. Macs have some best-in-class tools for doing all sorts of things that aren't playing video games. For me, being able to play games is a bonus and not the primary draw of a computer. My favorite genres are also mostly localized to consoles and handhelds -- yes hello kart racers, party games, fighters and JRPGs -- so I scratch my gaming itch elsewhere.
Marvel Heroes works fine on Mac, and for people who already have and use a Mac, because it works better for them for what they need to do, the "use windows" advice is uninformed, insulting, pointless, and juvenile.
Should you be on a Mac and want an emulator, just get OpenEmu.
It's built to run several emulation engines in one app, and will curate your collection for you, even downloading box art if it can find any. Also works with several controllers.
Don't know about Final Fantasy-like games but since you also mentioned pokémon:
There are a couple of fan-made games: pokémon zeta/omicron (finished) and pokémon insurgence (not completely finished yet)
There's also open emu, this allows you to emulate a ton of handhelds/consoles (only older ones), so you could use it to play the console versions of pokémon and final fantasy.