Would also be a unique use for dusty old Macs that have a less accessible ecosystem. Might not get sound support in some cases but who cares? One would think the 68k chip in a Mac would make it much easier to virtualize then emulate given how close 68k is already to the bare metal of most arcades and consoles of the 80’s and early 90’s. I would find it very amusing to play a B&W gameboy game on a black and white Mac but can’t recall anyone making emulators for Macintosh back in the golden age of emulation. You can download OpenEmu 1.0 for free at this link.Were there any highly functional emulators that ran on old 68k Macs like the Plus or LC2 under System 6/7/8 Watch as you drop in backups of your games (ROMs) & they are gracefully added to their appropriate library along with original box art!” We combine some of the best emulation projects together into one beautiful unified application that simply organizes your personal games library. With OpenEmu, it is extremely easy to add, browse, organize and with a compatible gamepad, play those favorite games (ROMs) you already own. “For the first time, the ‘It just works’ philosophy now extends to open source video game emulation on the Mac. It supports multiple controllers, including controllers from Nintendo, Xbox, and PlayStation, as well as gamepads from Gravis, Logitech, and more.

OpenEmu, that has been designed from the ground up for OS X, can emulate the hardware of several different consoles, including 16-bit systems like the Game Boy, GameBoy Color, Game Boy Advance, Game Gear, NeoGeo Pocket, Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Genesis, and Super Nintendo, among others.

The emulator allows multiple ROMs to be played at once, while also providing OpenGL scaling, multithreaded playback, game save and gamepad support.

OpenEmu, the open source multiple video game emulator for OS X, has finally been released as a free download, combining some of the best emulation projects together into one beautiful unified application that neatly organizes your personal games library ( via MacRumors).

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