I tried unsuccessfully to get USB Overdrive working so I dropped the eight bucks for GPC. You can download a shareware program called USB Overdrive (shareware | $20 | download) and map your controller to the keys associated with the various buttons in your emulator, or you can download GamePad Companion ($7.99) from the Mac App Store and do the same thing. To do so, you’ve got a couple of options. The keyboard is great and all, but if you’ve got an old USB gamepad then you might as well use it. ROM Hacks Famicom Disk System games General proper emulation of games. Getting your GamePad or Joystick to work with OSX Nestopia is by far the most compatible of any NES emulator for Mac OS X.2008. Download, install, and start loading your ROMs.

It’s not as configurable as Nestopia, but it’s gaining on Nestopia in popularity and support.

Maciform (free | download) Maciform is a great NES emulator that works with Mac OS X. Sega Genesis, Sega Master System, Sega Saturn, Sony PlayStation, Sony PSP, and Super Nintendo. Copy the Emulator Enhancer folder into the Application Support folder. Released in 2013, OpenEmu is not actually an emulator.FYI, I’m including the install instructions for EE because it’s not as easy as “double-click to install.” Emulator Enhancer installation And if you want to go full screen and use a USB game controller you’ll need to download and install the add-on, Emulator Enhancer (shareware | $30 | download). It’s fast, precise, and is darn near perfect. Nestopia (free | download) Nestopia is the current king of the NES emulation hill. I’ve been able to get both up and running with my Gravis GamePad Pro, and both are compatible with the ROMs I use on my PC (I use nesterJ btw). Of the handful of NES emulators available for the Mac, I suggest using Nestopia or Maciform. If you’re one of those folks who want to set up an NES emulator on a Mac here’s what you need to do. It used to be that you could only emulate the NES on a PC, but some crafty developers have made it possible to emulate the NES on a Mac. Gameboy/Gameboy Color emulation is provided by. Gameboy Advance emulation is provided by Visualboy Advance. SNES (Super Nintendo) emulation is provided by SNES9x. NES/Famicom Disk System emulation is provided by FCEUX.

In fact, I play NES games way more than I do games on my Xbox 360. Sega system emulation is provided by Genesis Plus GX, originally written by Charles Mac Donald, and later improved by Eke-Eke. I love Baseball Stars, Final Fantasy, Tecmo Bowl, and Swords and Serpents. I love the 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment System.

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