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| Home Console Emulators Home console emulators for OS X. |
Home Console Emulators:
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Atari 2600 |
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| Stella Visit Homepage |
Stella is a powerful multi-platform Atari 2600 VCS emulator. Stella supports input via the keyboard and external gamepads. Through use of the special "Stelladaptor", Stella is capable of using authentic Atari 2600 controllers. Through the use of OpenGL shaders, Stella is capable of emulating the appearance of a CRT television with a wide range of options including color bleed, RF noise and phosphor burn-off. Download v3.5.5 for OS X 10.4 or higher - Universal (2/4/2012) Download v3.5.5 for OS X 10.6 or higher - Intel 32/64bit Only (2/4/2012) Download v3.5.5 Source Code (2/4/2012) |
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Atari 5200 |
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| Jum52 Visit Homepage |
Richard Bannister's OS X port of Jum52, an Atari 5200 emulator. According to the author, Jum52 has a resonable level of compatibility and high quality sound emulation. Full screen mode, USB gamepad support and a number of other features are available when used with Richard Bannister's Emulator Enhancer. Download v1.1.0 for OS X 10.5 or higher - Universal (3/7/2010) |
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Atari 800 |
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| Atari800MacX Visit Homepage |
Atari800MacX is a port of David Firth's Atari800 to the Mac OS X platform by Mark Grebe. Atari800MacX features a fully native Cocoa interface, full screen mode, gamepad support and save state support. Atari800MacX requires an Atari System ROM to boot. Download v4.6.0 for OS X 10.4 or higher - Universal (12/29/2011) Download v4.6.0 Source Code (12/29/2011) |
| Rainbow Visit Homepage |
Richard Bannister's OS X port of Rainbow, an Atari 800 emulator. In addition to the Atari 800, Rainbow supports the Atari 400, 800XL, 130XE computers and the 5200 game console. To launch, Rainbow requires four specific Atari System ROMs. Full screen mode, USB gamepad support and a number of other features are available when used with Richard Bannister's Emulator Enhancer. Download v1.5.7 for OS X 10.4 or higher - Universal (9/27/2008) |
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Colecovision |
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| Mugrat Visit Homepage |
Mugrat is a Colecovision emulator for OS X written by Richard Bannister. Full screen mode, USB gamepad support and a number of other features are available when used with Richard Bannister's Emulator Enhancer. Download v0.4.3 for OS X 10.4 or higher - Universal (9/27/2008) |
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NES |
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| Nestopia Visit Homepage |
Richard Bannister’s OS X port of Nestopia, an NES and Famicom Disk System emulator. Nestopia is an advanced cycle accurate emulator with very high compatibility. A 600Mhz G4 processor is the minimum needed to run Nestopia at full speed. Full screen mode, USB gamepad support and a number of other features are available when used with Richard Bannister's Emulator Enhancer. Download v1.4.1 for OS X - Universal (9/27/2008) |
| RockNES Visit Homepage |
Richard Bannister’s OS X port of RockNES, an NES emulator. This emulator has been discontinued as of 10/6/2005 and is no longer supported by the author. Full screen mode, USB gamepad support and a number of other features are available when used with Richard Bannister's Emulator Enhancer. The last version of the Emulator Enhancer RockNES is capable of using is v1.65. Download v4.0.1 for OS X - PowerPC (10/6/2005) |
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Nintendo 64 |
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| Mupen64 Visit Homepage |
Adam Green and Lamer0’s OS X port of Mupen64, a Nintendo 64 emulator. Mupen64’s OS X port is currently early in development and as such is limited in terms of features. Input is only supported via the keyboard and cannot be re-mapped. Compatibility and speed are good. Download v0.5 PR 1 for OS X - Universal (11/24/2005) |
| sixtyforce Visit Homepage |
sixtyforce is a Nintendo 64 emulator for OS X developed by Gerrit Goossen. sixtyforce supports most common features including gamepad support and a full screen mode. Compatibility is fair and a late-generation G4 or Intel Mac is recommended for the best performance. sixtyforce is shareware and as such, some features are not available until it is registered. Registration for sixtyforce is $16 USD. Download v0.9.5 Beta 1 for OS X 10.4 or higher - Universal (4/3/2010) |
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Odyssey2 |
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| O2Em Visit Homepage |
Richard Bannister’s OS X port of O2Em, an Odyssey2 / Videopac G7400 or higher emulator. O2em supports most of the Odyssey2 software library. Full screen mode, USB gamepad support and a number of other features are available when used with Richard Bannister's Emulator Enhancer. Download v1.1.1 for OS X 10.4 or higher - Universal (9/27/2008) |
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Sega Genesis |
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| Generator Visit Homepage |
Richard Bannister’s OS X port of Generator, a Sega Genesis emulator. Generator’s speed and compatibility are good. Full screen mode, USB gamepad support and a number of other features are available when used with Richard Bannister's Emulator Enhancer. Download v0.4.4 for OS X 10.4 or higher - Universal (9/27/2008) |
| Genesis Plus Visit Homepage |
Richard Bannister’s OS X port of Genesis Plus, a Sega Genesis emulator. Genesis Plus stands out for it’s highly accurate emulation of the original hardware. Speed and compatibility are great. Full screen mode, USB gamepad support and a number of other features are available when used with Richard Bannister's Emulator Enhancer. Download v1.3.1 for OS X 10.5 or higher - Universal (1/6/2010) |
| Kega Fusion Visit Homepage |
Kega Fusion is a Sega Genesis, SG1000, SC3000, Master System / Game Gear, Sega CD and 32X emulator for OS X, Windows and Linux developed by Steve Snake. Kega Fusion’s compatibility and accuracy are excellent on all of it’s supported platforms. Kega Fusion also comes complete with all of the common features. The OS X release of Kega Fusion is only coded for the Intel platform as such, it will not run on any G5, G4 or G3-based Macs. Download v3.63i for OS X - Intel Only (10/9/2009) |
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Sega Master System |
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| SMS Plus Visit Homepage |
Richard Bannister’s OS X port of SMS Plus, a Sega Master System / Game Gear emulator. SMS Plus’ compatibility is extremely high. Full screen mode, USB gamepad support and a number of other features are available when used with Richard Bannister's Emulator Enhancer. Download v1.3.3 for OS X 10.4 or higher - Universal (9/27/2008) |
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Sega Saturn |
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| Yabause Visit Homepage |
Yabause is a multi-platform Sega Saturn emulator developed by the Yabause Team. Sega Saturn emulation is still early in development and as such, compatibility will be hit-or-miss on most titles. Yabause supports an emulated BIOS and as such, a separate Saturn BIOS is not needed for launching games. Download v0.9.11 for OS X - Intel Only (11/30/2011) Download v0.9.10 for OS X - Universal (5/31/2009) |
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Sony Playstation |
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| PCSX Visit Homepage |
Gil Pedersen’s OS X port of PCSX, a Playstation emulator. PCSX features high compatibility and a native OS X interface. The current release of PCSX is a PowerPC only build, as such it will run slowly on any Intel macs. The author recommends an 800MHz G4 CPU or better to run PCSX at full speed. Download Test 3 for OS X 10.2 or higher - PowerPC (1/3/2005) Download Test 3 Source Code (8/7/2005) |
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Super Nintendo |
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| bsnes Visit Homepage |
Richard Bannister’s OS X port of bsnes, a Super Nintendo emulator. bsnes is a cycle-accurate and as such, highly compatible emulator. bsnes is available in three separate cores, focusing on accuracy, performance and compatibility. The accuracy core is quite slow and intended only for development. Casual users are advised to use the compatiblity core. As of the current release, save states are not compatible between the three cores, a save state can only be used on the core it was created on. Full screen mode, USB gamepad support and a number of other features are available when used with Richard Bannister's Emulator Enhancer. Note: PowerPC support for bsnes has been discontinued, the last version to support it was 0.5.0. Only G5 machines will be able to use bsnes at a playable speed. Download v0.6.8 for OS X 10.5 or higher - Intel-Only (8/26/2010) Download v0.5.0 for OS X 10.4 or higher - Universal (8/26/2009) |
| Snes9x Visit Homepage |
John Stiles’ OS X port of Snes9x, a Super Nintendo emulator. Snes9x has very high compatibility and will run well on most late generation G4 systems and above. Snes9x supports netplay, IPS patching, graphical filters, a full screen mode, save states, gamepads and a host of other features. Download v1.53 Build 113 for OS X 10.2.5 or higher - Universal (5/6/2011) |
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Turbo Grafx 16 |
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| Magic Engine Visit Homepage |
Magic Engine is a Turbo Grafx 16 emulator for OS X and Windows developed by David and Cedric Michel. Magic Engine’s compatibility and speed are excellent and it has a very robust feature set. At minimum, a Power PC G4 at 800Mhz with 512MB of RAM is recommended. An Intel machine is preferred. Magic Engine is shareware, limited to 5 minutes for each gaming session. The Mac OS X version of Magic Engine can be purchased for $19 USD or you can buy both the Windows and Mac version together for $29 USD. Download v1.1.3 for OS X 10.4 or higher - Universal (5/26/2008) |
| TGEmu Visit Homepage |
Richard Bannister’s OS X port of TGEmu, a Turbo Grafx 16 emulator. According to the author, TGEmu features resonably good compatibility with the Turbo Grafx 16’s HuCards. At this time, CD-ROM based software is not supported. Full screen mode, USB gamepad support and a number of other features are available when used with Richard Bannister's Emulator Enhancer. Download v0.3.4 for OS X 10.4 or higher - Universal (9/27/2008) |
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Vectrex |
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| Vecx Visit Homepage |
Richard Bannister’s OS X port of Vecx, a Vectrex emulator. Vecx features high compatibility and the OS X release supports sound emulation. Full screen mode, USB gamepad support and a number of other features are available when used with Richard Bannister's Emulator Enhancer. Download v0.1.6 for OS X 10.4 or higher - Universal (9/27/2008) |
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Virtual Boy |
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| ViBE Visit Homepage |
ViBE is a Virtual Boy emulator exclusively for OS X developed by Richard Bannister. ViBE is currently the most compatible Virtual Boy emulator available on any platform and includes audio support. Full screen mode, USB gamepad support and a number of other features are available when used with Richard Bannister's Emulator Enhancer. Download v1.0b12 for OS X 10.5 or higher - Universal (5/22/2010) |
