| Name | Download | Updated (dd/mm/yy) | OS | History | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audio Overload | v2.0 | 29/07/08 | Mac OS X | History | This is a music player for many formats including NES, SNES, Amiga, Sam Coupe, Playstation, Sega Saturn, and many more. edit / other platforms |
| FakeNES | v0.5.9b3 Sources v0.5.8 v0.3.1 | 14/06/07 26/04/06 18/12/03 | - Mac OS X PPC Mac OS X PPC | History | FakeNES is free, portable, Open Source NES emulation software. The codebase consists mostly of pure C language code (with some C++ added in later revisions) modelled around the platform abstraction layer provided by the Allegro library. Officially supported platforms include DOS, all versions of Windows released after 1995, Linux, Mac OS X, BeOS and QNX. edit / other platforms |
| GrayBox | v0.30 v0.30 Sources Z Beta 1 Z Beta 1 Sources Z Beta 1 Japanese | 21/05/99 21/05/99 Unknown Unknown Unknown | Mac OS 8 Mac OS 8 Mac OS Mac OS Mac OS | History | This is a discontinued emulator that gave pretty good results at the time. GrayBox Z was an attempt at rewriting, but it was given up. Both versions are now discontinued edit / other platforms |
| MacFCEU | v0.6.3 v0.6.3 Sources | 26/04/10 26/04/10 | Mac OS Mac OS | History | A Mac OS-specific port of FCE Ultra 0.98.13 - an NES/Famicon emulator. Classic and Carbon are supported exclusively. edit / other platforms |
| MacFC | v0.8.1 English v0.8.1 Japanese v0.8.1 English v0.8.1 Japanese | 03/12/06 03/12/06 03/12/06 03/12/06 | Mac OS X Mac OS X Mac OS 8-9 Mac OS 8-9 | History | This is a highly compatible emulator with support for light gun and Family BASIC. It is a very good choice and thanks to some tricks will run hacked games that could not be run by other good emulators. The english version is unnofficial and was made by Ben Boldt. edit / other platforms |
| MacYAME | v0.37 | 28/07/01 | Mac OS | History | This is a port of YAME to the Mac. It's a multiconsole emulator, and all the documentation is in Japanese. It supports TurboGrafx 16, NES, SNES and Gameboy. edit / other platforms |
| NESMac | v0.3.6a4 v0.3.6a4 | 26/10/97 26/10/97 | Mac OS PPC Mac OS 68k | History | This is an early emulator that lacks most mappers support but has good performance for its time. edit / other platforms |
| NESemu | v0.2.3 | 28/12/08 | Mac OS X | History | The unnamed NES emulator, also extremely portable. edit / other platforms |
| Neko Launcher FCEU | v1.5 | 28/08/04 | Mac OS X | History | FCE Ultra was ported to Mac OS, and the port has been named Neko Launcher FCEU. However I have no information about this one because the webpage is in japanese. If you did try it, don't hesitate to write us what you think! edit / other platforms |
| Nestopia | v1.4.0 | Unknown | Mac OS X 10.4+ | History | This is one of the best emulators available for Macintosh. The port was made by Richard Bannister. edit / other platforms |
| RockNES | v4.0.1 | Unknown | Mac OS X | History | This is another port by Richard Bannister, however this one is now unsupported, because it seems that Nestopia gives better results. It is still, however, one of the best NES emulator for Macintosh. edit / other platforms |
| SDLMESS | v0.136 Sources v0.135 Sources | 10/01/10 07/11/09 | - - | History | A port of MESS to SDL. edit / other platforms |
| XNES | v0.4 | 18/11/97 | Mac OS | History | This is an early stage emulator that has no sound support and was not completed further. edit / other platforms |
| ZXMameCD | v0.80 | 18/04/10 | Linux (Bootable) | History | ZXMameCD is a CD that can be booted from platforms such as PCs or Macs and that contains emulators for multiple systems. edit / other platforms |
| iNES | v1.2 | Unknown | Mac OS 8 and + | History | This is a port by John Stiles of Marat Fayzullin's iNES emulator. edit / other platforms |
Tools / Plugins
| Name | Download | Updated (dd/mm/yy) | OS | History | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emulators PlugIn | v2.0 v2.0 Sources | 20/06/09 20/06/09 | AppleTV AppleTV | History | This plugin provides a clean front-end for launching emulators on Apple TV 2.x with minimal overhead. By default it supports Boycott Advance, Genesis Plus, Mugrat, Nestopia, Sixtyforce and Snes9X. edit / other platforms |