Nintendo 64 Emulator for Mac Mupen64 is the most popular emulator for Nintendo 64.This is by far the most stable and compatible emulator. This is a cross-platform plug in-based N64 emulator which is capable of playing most of the games accurately. However, the user must install a GTK+ for the emulator to work properly.
Feb 12, 2011 Playing NES games on your Mac might be considered nerdy or retro, but it’s also just plain fun. I finally found a decent NES emulator for Mac that’s free, and more importantly, it’s stable. It’s called Nestopia, (get it, NEStopia?), and it has all the features you’ve come to expect from a.
Sep 10, 2017 The Best NES Emulator for All of Your Devices. If you're feeling nostalgic for simpler times in gaming, these NES emulators will take you back. By Brandon Carte. Mac, and Android or iOS smartphones and tablets. View Gallery 5 Photos FCEUX Free, available for PC. FCEUX is one of the oldest NES emulators. It's smooth, easy to use, and free.
Best Mac emulators guide: OpenEmu - NES, Mega Drive & beyond OpenEmu wants to 'change the world of videogame emulation', and on the Mac it's doing a great job.
Amstrad CPC/CPC+ Emulator Arnold is an extremely precise Amstrad CPC/CPC+ emulator, which can runjust about all software available for what was without question the besthome computer available in Europe in the 1980s.
License: Freeware
Developer/Publisher: Ported by Richard Bannister
Modification Date: March 10, 2018
Requirements: Mac OS X 10.11 or higher - 64-bit
Download File Size: 726 Kb
Atari800MacX 5.0.1 This is the the Macintosh OSX Port of David Firth'sFantastic Atari 800 Emulator. Ported is the SDL version of theAtrari800 emulator to Mac OSX, and added a full native Cocoa interface,including Preferences, Menus, File Associations, Help and more.
License: Freeware
Developer/Publisher: Mark Grebe
Modification Date: January 19, 2019
Requirements: macOS 10.12 or higher - 64-bit
Download File Size: 21.8 MB
Basilisk II 1.0 (2019-09-08) Basilisk II is an open source emulator of 68xxx-based Macintoshcomputers for Windows, OS X and Linux. With Basilisk II, one can bootMac OS versions 7.x through 8.1. Ports of Basilisk II are available forMac OS X, Windows, Linux and a number of lesser known systems. Usersrequire a Macintosh ROM image and a copy of Mac OS to use with theemulator.
License: Freeware
Developer/Publisher: Ported by Christian Bauer et al
Modification Date: May 4, 2019
Requirements: macOS 10.14 or higher - 64-bit
Download File Size: 1.4 MB
Boycott Advance 0.4.1 Boycott Advance can run the majority of existing Gameboy Advancesoftware to some degree. High quality sound emulation is supported, withmany games sounding as good, if not better, than they do on the realhardware. Having said that, Boycott Advance is not a substitute for thereal hardware. If you want to play Gameboy Advance games, then buy areal Gameboy Advance. A number of hardware devices exist for backing uporiginal Gameboy Advance titles for use on Boycott Advance. Theseinclude the Flash Advance Linker and the XGFlash.
License: Freeware
Developer/Publisher: Ported by Richard Bannister
Modification Date: March 10, 2018
Requirements: Mac OS X 10.11 or higher - 64-bit
Download File Size: 465 Kb
BSNES 0.6.9 BSNES has a somewhat different purpose to most emulators; it focuses onaccuracy over performance. To that end, it does not include any gamespecific hacks, or idle-loop skipping optimizations commonly found inother emulators. To add to the fun, it uses a cycle accurate hardwareemulation. The net result of all this is the highest system requirementsof any software I've released to date; those without a G5 class machineneed not apply. If you meet the requirements, however, this is the mostaccurate SNES emulation available on the Macintosh platform.
License: Freeware
Developer/Publisher: Ported by Richard Bannister
Modification Date: March 9, 2018
Requirements: Mac OS X 10.11 or higher - 64-bit
Download File Size: 1.6 MB
DeSmuME 0.9.11 Nintendo DS Emulator.
License: Freeware
Developer/Publisher: DeSmuME Team
Modification Date: April 7, 2015
Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5 or higher - 64-bit
Download File Size: 1.5 MB
Dolphin 5.0 Dolphin is an emulator for two recent Nintendo video game consoles: theGameCube and the Wii. It allows PC gamers to enjoy games for these twoconsoles in full HD (1080p) with several enhancements: compatibilitywith all PC controllers, turbo speed, networked multiplayer, and evenmore!
License: Freeware
Developer/Publisher: Dolphin Team
Modification Date: Current
Requirements: Mac OS X 10.10 or higher - 64-bit - The Development versions are the better choice with macOS 10.13 and higher
Download File Size: ~17 MB - Development versions are released every time a developer makes a change to Dolphin, several times every day!
DOSBox 0.74-3 A port of DOSBox, an engine for playing classic and forgotten games for DOS on modern systems.
License: Freeware
Developer/Publisher: DOSBox Team
Modification Date: June 27, 2019
Requirements: Mac OS X 10.4 or higher - 64-bit
Download File Size: 4.2 MB
Emulator Enhancer 3.0.1 The Emulator Enhancer plugin adds a number of additional features tomany of the emulators available from this site (bannister.org). Theseinclude: USB Gamepad and Joystick support Aspect ratio correction Bilinear Filtering Full screen mode Network game play (preliminary) Screen Curvature VBL Synchronised Video Full instructions on how to use the library can be found in the download package.
License: Shareware, $30
Developer/Publisher: Richard Bannister
Modification Date: March 30, 2018
Requirements: Mac OS X 10.11 or higher - 64-bit
Download File Size: 589 Kb
Erockus Arcade 6.8 Erockus ARCADE is an interface app for SDLMAME. Erockus ARCADE does not actually play games. Erockus Arcade is designed to simplify the use of SDLMAME. Erockus ARCADE is not supported nor endorsed by the people behind SDLMAME. Erockus ARCADE may not work with all versions of SDLMAME.
Frodo 4.4.1 Frodo is a robust Commodore 64 Emulator for the Macintosh. Frodo was developed to reproduce the graphics of games and demos withhigher precision than the existing C64 emulators. To that end, Frodo candisplay raster effects correctly that only result in a flickering messwith other emulators. In addition to the precise VIC emulation, Frodofeatures a processor-level 1541 emulation that is able to handle about50% of all fast loaders. There is also a faster 1541 emulation for fourdrives containing .D64, .X64, .T64, or .LYNX files. Sound (SID)emulation is also provided.
License: Freeware
Developer/Publisher: Ported by Richard Bannister
Modification Date: March 10, 2018
Requirements: Mac OS X 10.11 or higher - 64-bit
Download File Size: 1.4 MB
Genesis Plus 1.3.2 Genesis Plus is a Sega Genesis/Megadrive emulator for Mac OS X. Genesis Plus features very accurate emulation of the original SegaGenesis, even to the point that some software which has problems on thereal hardware exhibits the same behaviour under emulation. Thisemulation comes with accurate sound support, saved states, and savedgame support.
License: Freeware
Developer/Publisher: Ported by Richard Bannister
Modification Date: March 10, 2018
Requirements: Mac OS X 10.11 or higher - 64-bit
Download File Size: 517 Kb
Jum52 1.1.1 Atari 5200 Emulator Jum52 supports reasonable compatibility with Atari 5200 titles. At thepresent collision detection is a bit hit and miss (no pun intended) butotherwise the emulator is solid enough. High quality sound emulation isprovided.
License: Freeware
Developer/Publisher: Ported by Richard Bannister
Modification Date: March 10, 2018
Requirements: Mac OS X 10.11 or higher - 64-bit
Download File Size: 391 Kb
KiGB 2.0.6 KiGB is a Nintendo Gameboy emulator for Mac OS X. KiGB features detailed and accurate emulation, which brings with itexcellent compatibility. Support for both Game Genie and Game Sharkcodes is included, as well as extremely high fidelity sound support.KiGB can even emulate the Super Gameboy.
License: Freeware
Developer/Publisher: Ported by Richard Bannister
Modification Date: March 10, 2018
Requirements: Mac OS X 10.11 or higher - 64-bit
Download File Size: 668 Kb
Mini vMac 36.04
Mini vMac is an open source emulator of 68000 based Macintosh computers.The project's main goal being an accurate emulation of the MacintoshPlus computer. In addition to the Macintosh Plus, variations of MinivMac can emulation the Macintosh 128K, 512K, 512Ke, SE and Classicmodels.
License: Freeware
Developer/Publisher: Paul C. Pratt
Modification Date: October 7, 2018
Requirements: Mac OS X 10.7 or higher - 64-bit
Download File Size: 59emu Kb
Mugrat 0.4.5 For many years now I have been porting emulators by others to MacOS. Mugrat marks my first attempt at writing one of my own, in this caseto emulate the Colecovision.
License: Freeware
Developer/Publisher: Richard Bannister
Modification Date: March 30, 2018
Requirements: Mac OS X 10.11 or higher - 64-bit
Download File Size: 409 Kb
Mupen64Plus 2.5.9 Mupen64Plus is a cross-platform plugin-based N64 emulator which iscapable of accurately playing many games. N64 emulator and plugins forLinux, Mac OSX, FreeBSD, and Windows
License: Freeware
Developer/Publisher: Mupen64Plus Team
Modification Date: February 10, 2019
Requirements: Mac OS X 10.8 or higher - 64-bit
Download File Size: 2.7 MB
Nestopia 1.4.2 Nestopia is a Nintendo NES emulator for Mac OS X. Nestopia is by far the most compatible of any NES emulator for Mac OS X.Using cycle-exact emulation, it is able to run titles that rely onprecise timing, and which therefore break under other emulators. Itsupports five extra sound chips and an astonishing 143 mappers. Thisaccurate emulation comes at a cost; Nestopia requires an 800MHz machinefor full speed; but if you have one, this is the best available NESemulation for Mac.
License: Freeware
Developer/Publisher: Ported by Richard Bannister
Modification Date: March 10, 2018
Requirements: Mac OS X 10.11 or higher - 64-bit
Download File Size: 1.1 MB
OpenEmu 2.1 Retro video game emulation for macOS. For the first time, the 'It just works' philosophy now extends to opensource video game emulation on the Mac. With OpenEmu, it is extremelyeasy to add, browse, organize and with a compatible gamepad, play thosefavorite games (ROMs) you already own. This one does it all and in a well done interface. Nintendo, SuperNintendo, Nintendo 64, PlayStaion, Sega Genesis, Atari 2600, Game Boy, PSP etc.and more.
License: Freeware
Developer/Publisher: OpenEmu Team
Modification Date: November 2, 2019
Requirements: macOS 10.14 or higher - 64-bit
Download File Size: 41.6 MB - The experimental version supports MAME
Rainbow 1.5.8 Atari 800 Series Emulator Rainbow was one of the first emulators available for Macintosh. Despitethis, it has fairly good compatibility with original software. The MacOS X version adds an improved GUI and significantly improved sound tothe original version.
ScummVM 2.1 ScummVM is not an emulator. ScummVM is a program which allows you to run certain classic graphicalpoint-and-click adventure games, provided you already have their datafiles. The clever part about this: ScummVM just replaces the executablesshipped with the game, allowing you to play them on systems for whichthey were never designed! ScummVM lets you run these adventures: Adventure Soft's Simon theSorcerer 1 and 2; Revolution's Beneath A Steel Sky, Broken Sword 1 andBroken Sword 2; Flight of the Amazon Queen; Wyrmkeep's Inherit theEarth; Coktel Vision's Gobliiins and games based on LucasArts' SCUMM(Script Creation Utility for Maniac Mansion) system. SCUMM is used formany games, including Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle, Sam and Maxand more. Compatibility with supported games is continually improving,so check back often. Among the systems on which you can play those games are Windows, Linux,Mac OS X, Dreamcast, PocketPC, PalmOS, AmigaOS, BeOS, OS/2, PSP, PS2,SymbianOS/EPOC and many more..
Nes Emulator For Mac Os X
License: Freeware
Developer/Publisher: The ScummVM Team
Modification Date: January 15, 2018
Requirements: Mac OS X 10.7 or higher - 64-bit
Download File Size: 24.5 MB
SDLMAME 0.214 Command line Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator.
Download File Size: 542 Kb - M64 - Application to run SDL MAME without launching the terminal
SheepShaver 2.5 (2019-09-08) SheepShaver is an Open Source PowerPC MacOS run-time environment. Thatis, it enables you to run PowerPC Classic MacOS software on yourcomputer, even if you are using a different operating system. However,you still need a copy of MacOS and a PowerMacintosh ROM image to usethis program. SheepShaver is distributed under the terms of the GNUGeneral Public License (GPL). If you are using a PowerPC-based system,applications will run at native speeds (i.e. without any emulationinvolved). On other systems, SheepShaver provides the first PowerPC G4emulator, though without MMU, to enable the execution of MacOS Classic.Performance with the current CPU emulator using basic just-in-time (JIT)translation techniques is roughly 1/8-th of native speeds. Features - SheepShaver runs MacOS 7.5.2 thru MacOS 9.0.4 - PowerPC G4 emulation on non-PowerPC platforms, direct execution otherwise - Basic but portable JIT engine (x86, x86_64, mips) - Copy and paste of text between MacOS and the host OS - File exchange with the host OS via a Unix icon on the Mac desktop - Color video display with support for run-time resolution switching - Run-time depth switching from 1 bpp to current host depth settings - Native QuickDraw 2D acceleration for BitBlt and FillRect operations - CD-quality stereo sound output - Networking: SheepShaver supports Internet and LAN networking via Ethernet and PPP with all Open Transport compatible MacOS applications
License: Freeware
Developer/Publisher: Gwenole Beauchesne
Modification Date: September 8, 2019
Requirements: macOS 10.14 or higher - 64-bit - If you have an existing SheepShaver setup, you can simply replace the application with the new application
Download File Size: 1.4 MB
SMS Plus 1.3.4 SMS Plus is a Sega Master System and Sega Game Gear emulator for Mac OSX. The hardware for the Sega Master System and Game Gear consoles is almostidentical from a technical standpoint, which means that when you emulateone, it is trivial to emulate the other. SMS Plus features accurateemulation of both systems, with full sound support. Just like most ofthe other emulators on this site, it can use GZ compressed ROMstransparently.
License: Freeware
Developer/Publisher: Ported by Richard Bannister
Modification Date: March 10, 2018
Requirements: Mac OS X 10.11 or higher - 64-bit
Download File Size: 551 Kb
sixtyforce 2.0b1 sixtyforce is an emulator that runs Nintendo 64 games. It does this bydynamically translating the code that a Nintendo 64 uses into somethingyour Mac understands. Nearly every part of a Nintendo 64 has beenpainstakingly recreated entirely out of software to pull off such anamazing feat. Download sixtyforce and try it yourself!
License: Freeware
Developer/Publisher: Gerrit Goossen
Modification Date: October 10, 2019
Requirements: Mac OS X 10.9 or higher - 64-bit
Download File Size: 8 MB
Stella 6.0.2 The Atari 2600 Video Computer System (VCS), introduced in 1977, was themost popular home video game system of the early 1980's. Now you canenjoy all of your favorite Atari 2600 games on your PC thanks to Stella! Stella is a multi-platform Atari 2600 VCS emulator released under theGNU General Public License (GPL). Stella was originally developed forLinux by Bradford W. Mott, however, since its original release severalpeople have joined the development team to port Stella to otheroperating systems such as AcornOS, AmigaOS, DOS, FreeBSD, IRIX, Linux,OS/2, MacOS, Unix, and Windows. The development team is working hard toperfect the emulator and we hope you enjoy our effort.
License: Freeware
Developer/Publisher: Stella Team
Modification Date: October 11, 2019
Requirements: Mac OS X 10.7 or higher - 64-bit
Download File Size: 3.6 MB
VICE 3.1 VICE is a program that runs on a Unix, MS-DOS, Win32, OS/2, BeOS, QNX4.x, QNX 6.x, Amiga, Syllable or Mac OS X machine and executes programsintended for the old 8-bit computers. The current version emulates theC64, the C64DTV, the C128, the VIC20, practically all PET models, thePLUS4 and the CBM-II (aka C610/C510). An extra emulator is provided forC64 expanded with the CMD SuperCPU.
License: Freeware
Developer/Publisher: The VICE Team
Modification Date: March 30, 2017
Requirements: macOS 10.12 or higher - 64-bit
Download File Size: 86.5 MB
VirtualC64 3.3.2 VirtualC64 emulates a Commodore 64 personal computer on your Macintosh.I started the project in 2006 to create a virtual CPU environment thatcan be used as a demonstrator program in a first or second year ofcomputer technology. Over the years I have added more and more featuresand the accuracy of the emulation has steadily increased. Despite one ortwo compatibility gaps, VirtualC64 is now able to run a large number ofC64 programs without errors.
License: Freeware
Developer/Publisher: Dirk Hoffmann
Modification Date: May 25, 2019
Requirements: macOS 10.13 or higher - 64-bit
Download File Size: 12.5
Virtual ][ 9.2 Virtual ][ is a program that emulates the vintage Apple ][ computer onyour Macintosh. Key features: Emulates the Apple ][, ][+ and //e Supports USB game pad or joystick Save a machine and resume later on Full-screen mode Epson FX-80 emulation Realistic soundeffects
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Virtual ][ lets you play all the old Apple games, because it supportsall graphics modes, lets you control the game paddles with a USB gamepad or mouse and emulates the internal speaker. When you want totemporarily interrupt gameplay, Virtual ][ allows you to save theentire virtual machine, and continue later on from where you left off. But Virtual ][ also supports more 'serious' software, because itemulates many peripheral devices: floppy disk, hard disk, mouse, matrixprinter, even cassette tape! It is also able to emulate the Z80Aprocessor, allowing you to run the CP/M operatng system.
License: Shareware, $44
Developer/Publisher: Gerard Putter
Modification Date: September 8, 2019
Requirements: Mac OS X 10.11 or higher - 64-bit
Download File Size: 38.2 MB
Super Nintendo [SNES] or Super Famicom is one of the most famous 16-bit home gaming consoles, and the game titles such as Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda gave a tough fight to even the Sega 32-bit consoles. You can now enjoy your favorite SNES games on your Mac OS X device [MacBook Air , iMac] by using the SNES emulators . So here we list the Best SNES Emulator for Mac .
Top 3 Free SNES Emulators for Mac OS X –
SNES Emulator # 1 -BSNES
BSNES comes from Bannister which makes a lot of retro console emulators.
BSNES is very light-weight and runs even on newer Mac OS X systems such as El Capitan, Sierra, Yosemite too.
It runs SNES games with color output and audio emulation too
BSNES can even run SNES games with Joystick or gamepad controller support by using Emulator Enhancer plugin.
Click here to Download BSNES Emulator for Mac OS X
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Click here to Download BSNES Emulator enhancer plugin for Mac [Joystick / Gamepad Support]
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SNES Emulator # 2 – Open Emu
Open Emu is an all in one retro console gaming emulator which has emulation support for all retro game consoles i.e NES, GBA, SNES .
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Open Emu can emulate all major Nintendo and SEGA Gaming consoles , in addition to unique features such as –
Open GL Video Support
External Gamepad or Joystick Support.
Video filtering for Anti-distortion and scaled output.
SNES Emulator # 3 – Snes9X
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Movie maker for mac. Snes 9X is the original SNES Emulation repository for Mac OS X, even Open Emu uses the core developed by Snes 9x for emulating Super Nintendo console.
Despite this we kept Snes 9x at the third position due to the fact because it failed to emulate the Video screen of Zelda on our El Capitan, however the older versions of Snes have Power PC support which makes them usable even on Older versions of Mac OS x.
So, these are the Best SNES Emulators for Mac OS X which will let you play your favorite SNES games on Mac OS X, Please note that these emulators do not come with any game ROMs which need to be downloaded from separate sites such as Romhustler.net, to play the SNES games on your Mac OS X Device