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Recommended Software
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The following software are for 32-bit Intel/iOS, PPC, and 68k
Intel | iOS | Classic | Apple II
Assume 32-bit Intel 10.6.8 with Rosetta installed but some software may run on 10.5 or 10.4.
Rosetta is for running Carbonized PowerPC Mac OS X applications.
- Aleph One - a source-port to play "Marathon," "Marathon 2," and "Marathon: Infinity"
- Arnold 1.6.1 - an Amstrad CPC emulator
- Atari800 MacX v4.1.0 - an Atari 800 and 5200 emulator
- Basilisk II v1.0_09.2017 - a Macintosh emulator for older systems, such as System 7; you may also want the BasiliskII Disk Image Chooser application and the HFSUtilGUI application for creating HFS/HFS+ disk images; ROM; System 7.5.3 installer disk image; floppy boot image; download at own risk; instructions
- Bochs v2.6.8 - a virtual machine program for running other 32-bit Intel-friendly operating systems while still running Mac OS X
- Boxer 1.4.0 - a DOS game manager and emulator
- Boycott Advance - a Game Boy Advance (GBA) emulator
- Catakig 2.00 Beta 4 - Apple II, Apple II+, and Apple IIe emulator
- CrabEmu 0.2.0 - an all-in-one emulator; however, it only supports Sega Master System, GameGear, SG-1000, Colecovision, and NES
- D1X-Rebirth - a source-port for the game "Decent"
- D2X-Rebirth - a source-port for the game "Decent 2"
- DeSmuME 0.9.11 - a free and open-source Nintendo DS (NDS) emulator
- DOSBox 0.74-3-3 - a free and open-source DOS emulator
- DOSBox Megabuild 6 - a free and open source DOS emulator
- Eduke32 (Gtk svn3648) - a source-port to play "Duke Nukem 3D" and other game engine-related games
- Eduke32 r8344 - a source-port to play "Duke Nukem 3D" and other game engine-related games
- Emulator Enhancer 2.4.0 - a shareware module which adds a range of additional features and options to emulators maintained by Richard Bannister
- E-UAE v0.8.29 WIP 4 - an Amiga emulator; HOWEVER, use the command-line method (binary inside of app) for a MUCH easier time as you cannot rely on the config file method. The "-r" argument is for the Kickstart rom path. A workflow app via Automator would make this faster.
- Exult 1.6 - a source-port for the game "Ultima VII"; you will also want to install the audio data
- Enjoy2 1.0 - map keyboard keys to a game controller or joystick
- fMSX - a MSX emulator; though, it is a bit buggy
- GemRB v0.8.0-130-g5116fdb - A source-port to play games that use Bioware's Infinity Engine, such as Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale, and Planescape: Tournament
- Genesis Plus - a Sega Genesis/Mega Drive emulator
- Gsport 0.31 - an Apple IIgs emulator
- GZDoom v1.9.1 - a free and open-source source-port for playing Doom WADs; Doom, Doom II, Hexen, Heretic, Chex Quest, etc.; however, ZDoom v2.8.0 will play better
- Hatari - a free and open-source Atari ST/STE/TT/Falcon emulator
- Horizon v1.39 - a BBC Micro emulator; it does not come with ROMs and it seems as though only the B+ ROMs work; you are better-off running BeebEm v4.13 via WINE
- ioquake3_universal_20210910 - a source-port for the game "Quake III: Arena"
- iortcw 1.51c - a source-port for the game "Return to Castle Wolfenstein"
- JPCSP - a PlayStation Portable (PSP) emulator; requires JAVA; it is very limited and buggy
- Jump52 - an Atari 5200 emulator
- Kega Fusion v3.63i - a Sega Master System, Game Gear, Genesis/Megadrive, SegaCD/MegaCD and 32X emulator
- KiGB - a Game Boy, Super Game Boy, and Game Boy Color emulator
- Level 9 v5.1 - use this to play the extracted data files from any of the Level 9 text adventure games of the 1980s
- LisaEm 1.2.7-RC4_2022.04.01 - an Apple Lisa emulator
- MAME 0.190 - an emulator used for playing arcade games; this is a command-line version and therefore more open to other system-types if you have the correct ROMs and placement
- MAMEOSX 0.135 - an emulator used for playing arcade games; graphical user interface ONLY
- MESSMenu 0.8.5 - an all-in-one emulator with support for several systems, though you will have to supply your own system ROMs for several of them
- MicroEmulator v2.0.4 - a J2ME emulator; plays Java midlet games designed for "dumb" or "feature" phones
- Mini vMac 36.04 - a Macintosh 68k emulator
- MO5 - a Thomson MO5 emulator
- Mugrat - a Colecovision emulator
- Mupen64Plus 1.99.4 Bundle - a Nintendo 64 (N64) emulator; you will need to understand how to use the Terminal; no GUI front-end included
- Neko Project II - a PC-9801E emulator; only d88 files seem to work
- NekoLauncher Mednafen 0.9.29-WIP - Mednafen multi-emulator with NekoLauncher graphical front-end; click here just for Mednafen
- Neopocott - a Neo-Geo Pocket Color emulator
- Nestopia - a free and open-source Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) emulator
- O2Em v1.1.1 - a Magnavox Odyssey2 / Videopac G7000 emulator
- openMSX 0.9.1 - a free and open-source MSX emulator; includes the C-BIOS; you will have to learn how to use it like a command-line program to play games
- OpenTTD - a source-port for the game "Transport Tycoon Deluxe"
- Oric - a Tangerine Computer Systems Oric emulator
- Oswan - a Bandai WonderSwan emulator
- PCSX-Reloaded 1.9.92 - a PlayStation emulator with working game controller support
- PCSX2 0.9.9 - a PlayStation 2 emulator; this version uses Wineskin and is very slow to start and VERY laggy; almost point-less
- Previous v2.2 - a NeXT computer hardware emulator
- Project Magma - a source-port/disc installer for the game "Myth II: Soulblighter"
- QEMU 5.1.0 Cocoa "Screamer" - free and open-source virtual machine emulation; the script that runs inside of the app appears to be for Mac OS X 10.3 (IMG not included) but could be changed
- Rainbow - an Atari 8bit computer (400, 800, XE, XL, 5200, 7800) emulator
- RetroArch v1.8.5 - a free and open-source, cross-platform frontend for emulators, game engines, video games, media players and other applications
- Sara 0.5.0 - an Apple /// emulator
- ScummVM 2.8.0 - a source-port for playing old point-and-click games popularized on DOS and Amiga systems, as well as a few from Windows and Mac
- SDLJoyTest - use this to test connected gamepads and joysticks as far as SDL-based programs/games are concerned
- SDLTRS v1.1.0 - a Radio Shack TRS-80 Model I/III/4/4P emulator
- SheepShaver 2.4 - a Macintosh PPC emulator for OS 8 and OS 9; use Basilisk II for older than that; you will also want the SheepShaver folder; a clean OS 9 HD image; ROM; place the ROM file into the SheepShaver folder; rename the ROM to "Mac OS ROM" with no extension; download at own risk; SheepShaver GUI apps found here
- SimCoupe - a SAM Coupé emulator
- sixtyforce 1.0 - an N64 emulator; may want a registration key to unlock more features
- SMS Plus - a Sega Master System and GameGear emulator
- Shockolate 0.5.8 - a source-port for the game "System Shock"
- Snes9x - a Super Nintendo (SNES) emulator
- Stella v4.2 - an Atari 2600 emulator
- Supermodel wrapped games - a collection of Sega Model 3 games inside of Supermodel emulator wrappers
- Teo - a Thomson TO8 emulator
- TGEmu - a NEC PC Engine emulator
- Thom - a Thomson TO7 emulator
- TIC-80 v1.1 - a free and open-source fantasy computer for making, playing and sharing tiny games; you will need WINE installed to use this or play TIC-80 games
- uHexen2 1.5.9 - a source-port for the game "Hexen II: Hammer of Thyrion"
- USB Overdrive - use this if an emulator does not support gamepads/joysticks; pair keyboard keys with buttons; HOWEVER, you will see a message to register after each login
- Vecx - a Vectrex emulator
- ViBE - a Virtual Boy emulator; though, it is a bit buggy
- VICE 2.4 - a collection of emulators for Commodore 64, 128, CBM, PET, PLUS4, and VIC-20
- "Virtual ][" v6.3.7 - Apple II emulator; evaluation version (pauses every 5 min and other minor annoyances); make sure it downloads as a DMG file if using wget
- VirtualBox 4.3.40 - use this to run other 32-bit or 16-bit, Intel-based operating systems from inside of Mac OS X; you will also want the VirtualBox Extension Pack
- WINE Bottler Combo 1.8.6 - I know, "WINE Is Not an Emulator"; however, you will need this to run Windows games/programs; I would not both above WinXP if you can help it, though some installers require Win7 but then run fine on WinXP afterwards; use the Bottler to make Windows programs portable for others without WINE installed
- Wolf3SDL v1.7.7 - a source-port for Wolfenstein 3D; edit the app content's "startwolf.sh" file to use 960x600
- wxMupen64Plus v0.3 - a Nintendo 64 (N64) emulator with a GUI front-end; combining this with the Mupen64Plus version previously mentioned may be more ideal
- X Millennium Build 05/02/14 - a Sharp X-1 Turbo Emulator
- XRoar v0.23 - a Dragon 32/64 emulator
- Yabause 0.9.14 - A free and open-source Sega Saturn emulator
- ZDoom v2.8.0 - a Doom source-port; you use this to play Doom WAD games, including Chex, Heretic, Hexen, Strife, and etc.
- Zoom v1.1.5 - an Infocom game player; Z-Machine emulator; rename the "dat" files to have the "*.z3" (or whatever) extension for Zoom to see it
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Tip: Unless you have a Bluetooth controller (PS3) or keyboard, you are better-off playing turn-based fighting, role-playing games because of the touch-screen controller overlay
- Bochs - free and open-source, cross-platform virtual machine emulation; keep it small; good luck
- iDOS 2 v1.4 - it is basically DOSBox for iOS wit a few games included; read this to add games/software
- MacMAME v0.28 - an arcade emulator but you will need to find zipped ROMs that are compatible with this version
- RetroArch - a free and open-source, cross-platform frontend for emulators, game engines, video games, media players and other applications
- Xash3D FWGS v0.19.2 - a free and open-source engine for playing Half-Life
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System 7.5.3 - OS 9.2.2
- Boycott v0.6.7 (PPC Mac OS 8.6 and CarbonLib) - a Game Boy and Game Boy Color emulator
- ColEm (68k + Appearance Manager or PPC) - ColecoVision emulator
- DOSBox v0.65 (PPC Mac OS 9.2.2) - a free and open-source DOS emulator
- GrayBox Z Beta 1 (PPC) - NES and Famicom emulator
- iNES v1.2 (Mac OS 8+ PPC or System 7 with Appearance Manager) - NES and Famicom emulator
- Mac Spectale v1.5.5 (68k or PPC) - ZX Spectrum emulator; requires System 7, an 68020+ or PowerPC, Color QuickDraw, and QuickTime
- Mac64 (PPC System 7) - Commodore 64 emulator
- MasterGear v1.4 (PPC; Appearance Manager required for System 7) - Sega Master System and GameGear emulator
- Modeler v0.9.3a (PPC Mac OS 8.6 and CarbonLib) - Sega System 32, Sega System 32 Multi, and Sega Model 1 emulator but only the System 32 games will work
- RockNES v2.4.0 (PPC Mac OS 8.5) - NES, Famicom, and Famicom Disk (BIOS "disksys,rom") emulator; this may be the best one for PPC
- Snes9x v1.43 (PPC Mac OS 9 with CarbonLib v1.6) - a Super Nintendo (SNES) emulator
- SoftVMS Dreamcast Virtual v1.8.1 (PPC Mac OS 8.1 and CarbonLib) - a Sega Dreamcast VMU emulator; memory card game player
- Stella v0.7 (PPC System 7) - an Atari 2600 emulator
- Virtual Gameboy v2.0 (PPC or System 7 with Appearance Manager) - Game Boy and Game Boy emulator; probably the best one for PPC Mac OS 8/9
- WACKE v1.6 (PPC System 7.5.2) - an Atari 400-800-XL-XE emulator; use "REVBNTSC.ROM" file; hold down Command key to show bottom menu
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- InfocomPro - Infocom games interpreter for ProDOS
- ZIP - Infocom games interpreter; V1-V5 support; for Apple IIGS