#Nnintendo emulator for mac mac os#

To do so, youвЂ™ve got a couple of options.

The keyboard is great and all, but if youвЂ™ve got an old USB gamepad then you might as well use it. Getting your GamePad or Joystick to work with OSX Download, install, and start loading your ROMs. ItвЂ™s not as configurable as Nestopia, but itвЂ™s gaining on Nestopia in popularity and support.

#Nnintendo emulator for mac mac os#

Maciform (free | download) Maciform is a great NES emulator that works with Mac OS X.

Copy the Emulator Enhancer folder into the Application Support folder.

FYI, IвЂ™m including the install instructions for EE because itвЂ™s not as easy as вЂњdouble-click to install.вЂќ Emulator EnhancerВ installation And if you want to go full screen and use a USB game controller youвЂ™ll need to download and install the add-on, Emulator EnhancerВ (shareware | $30 | download). ItвЂ™s fast, precise, and is darn near perfect. Nestopia (free | download)В Nestopia is the current king of the NES emulation hill. IвЂ™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,В I suggest using Nestopia or Maciform. If youвЂ™re one of those folks who want to set up an NES emulator on a Mac hereвЂ™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. In fact, I play NES games way more than I do games on my Xbox 360. I love Baseball Stars, Final Fantasy, Tecmo Bowl, and Swords and Serpents.

I love the 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment System.