Emulators on Mac (without running windows)

[TDHXXX]

I'm planning on picking up one of the upcoming quad-core iMacs, either the i5 or i7, I haven't decided yet.

I'm very interested in running emulators for the following platforms and was wondering if they were available.


SNES
GBA
NDS
PSX
PS2

Thanks

[neonblue2]

They're all available.

SNES -> BSNES (http://bannister.org/software/bsnes.htm), Snes9x (http://www.geocities.co.jp/SiliconValley-PaloAlto/2560/snes9x.html), and ZSNES (http://hectorchu.googlepages.com/)
GBA -> Boycott Advance (http://bannister.org/software/ba.htm), VisualBoyAdvance, and VBA-M (http://www.macscene.net/wiki/index.php/VisualBoyAdvance)
NDS -> DeSmuME (http://desmume.org/)
PSX -> PCSX 1.6b (http://pcsx.gpost.dk/files/Pcsx-1.6pre.zip)
PS2 -> PCSX2 (http://pcsx2-mac.quant0r.com/)

[TDHXXX]

Thanks alot, just what I was looking for.

The frame rate seems to suffer a bit on the PS2 emulator... do you think the 27" with 512mb GPU & 4GB or RAM + Quadcore will help this?

[neonblue2]

Thanks alot, just what I was looking for.

The frame rate seems to suffer a bit on the PS2 emulator... do you think the 27" with 512mb GPU & 4GB or RAM + Quadcore will help this?

It depends on what you've got now and what games you're running. Also keep in mind that it's a relatively new port being maintained by one guy trying to keep up with the Linux version. It has come a long way though.

[DoFoT9]

nice list. im interested to see how the PS2 emulator goes too as the P1 controller port on my PS2 is dead! :mad:

hope it works good :D

[Blair230]

Sorry to semi hijack but is there a PSP emulator for Mac?

[TDHXXX]

Sorry to semi hijack but is there a PSP emulator for Mac?

I don't think there is a PSP emulator at all, yet.

[macfanboy]

if anyones curious about N64, sixtyforce is a good N64 emulator (but it costs $16 to be able to save)

they released a beta version of a cocoa rewrite of the program (the old version's roots date back to 1998) in 2007

[DoFoT9]

im having trouble getting the stupid ps2 emulator working grrr.

[cripplerking]

Could anyone post a description of how they got the PS2 one working in Snow Leopard? I would very much appreciate it.

Also: does the PSX emulator work only with discs or can you use ROM files? If so, how?

[neonblue2]

Could anyone post a description of how they got the PS2 one working in Snow Leopard? I would very much appreciate it.

Ask these guys (http://forum.quant0r.com/).

Also: does the PSX emulator work only with discs or can you use ROM files? If so, how?

Check here (http://letsgetdugg.com/emulation/) for the plugin to use ISOs.

[samm565]

I'm planning on picking up one of the upcoming quad-core iMacs, either the i5 or i7, I haven't decided yet.

I'm very interested in running emulators for the following platforms and was wondering if they were available.


SNES
GBA
NDS
PSX
PS2

Thanks

Crossover games is like a windows emulator without windows it runs some apps and games, but check compatibility list to see what runs on it, i know that's not what you r looking for but i just said so u have another option, and Project64 is a N64 emulator for windows that works on crossover games with no bugs that i can find.

[DoFoT9]

Crossover games is like a windows emulator without windows it runs some apps and games, but check compatibility list to see what runs on it, i know that's not what you r looking for but i just said so u have another option, and Project64 is a N64 emulator for windows that works on crossover games with no bugs that i can find.

common mistake: crossover is not an emulator. it runs off WINE (google it and you will see what i mean eh? ;)).

[cripplerking]

Alright, so I've been trying to get PCSX to work. I've downloaded it, gotten the bios, put it in the appropriate folder, etc... I tried downloading the ROM of Chrono Trigger, got that too. I now have "Chrono Trigger.bin" and "Chrono Trigger.cue". I try to use "Run CD" with each of them; neither works. Either it crashes or I get a black screen. Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

[TDHXXX]

Alright, so I've been trying to get PCSX to work. I've downloaded it, gotten the bios, put it in the appropriate folder, etc... I tried downloading the ROM of Chrono Trigger, got that too. I now have "Chrono Trigger.bin" and "Chrono Trigger.cue". I try to use "Run CD" with each of them; neither works. Either it crashes or I get a black screen. Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

You could try the DS-re-release of it, it has a better translation.

[TDHXXX]

Is there anyway to use the playstation emulator with iso files instead of the discs?

[neonblue2]

Is there anyway to use the playstation emulator with iso files instead of the discs?

http://letsgetdugg.com/emulation/

[iPorFerLuis]

Hi everyone,

did anyone forget the great Nintendo 64?? :p lol

I'm locking for a mac emulator for N64. i'm locking for the best!!

can somebody tell me the right one?? I appreciate it..

thanks to everyone

[Catfish_Man]

Please read the thread. This was already discussed.

[TDHXXX]

I can't seem to get any of my images working in pscx with that plugin, Dino Crisis 2 worked, but the sound quality was awful and Parasite Eve loaded to the Square Europe screen but then stalled...


What am I doing wrong?

[ljonesj]

i need help getting the snes emulator working for osx snow leopard. one game i love and played but hate using the keyboard for it is super mario rpg.