Last updated: 8/1/2007
emulation.net is dedicated to emulation on the Mac OS and Mac OS X. Thanks to the powerful PowerPC architecture and standards-compliant underpinnings of OS X, the Mac OS can support a large variety of both native and ported system emulators.
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SimCoupe, a SAM Coupé emulator utilizing the SDL framework, version 1.0 has been added to emulation.net. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] ARAnyM, an Atari ST/TT/Falcon emulator, version 0.9.5 beta is now available. The MMU version is much faster now and several little bugs have been fixed. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] Einstein, the Apple Newton emulator, has become Open Einstein. It has been open-sourced using the GNU GPL v.2. Several features have also been updated and it is now at Platform 2007.7. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] zxsp, a ZX Spectrum emulator, version 0.7.1 for OS X 10.3.9+ has been released. This update adds the following features: Kempston mouse interface emulation, ability to save flashing and high-res screenshots as .gifs, record movies as animated .gifs and improved file handling. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] Virtual ][, an Apple II emulator, version 5.8 has been released. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] Sweet16, an Apple IIgs emulator, version 2.0 Public Beta 1 has been released. Improvements include OpenGL-accelerated graphics, better color fidelity, ability to resize the video window to any size and improved file handling. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] zxsp, a Sinclair ZX Spectrum emulator, has been updated to version 0.7.0. This update adds the following features: support for ZX80 and ZX81, improved tape loading, improved USB joystick support, support for six channel sound (presumably Dolby surround 5.1), improved localization and numerous minor bug fixes. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] Hercules, an IBM System/370, ESA/390 and z/Architecture emulator, version 3.05 has been released. It is a Universal Binary. This update has many fixes and feature additions. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] MagicEngine, a PC-Engine/TurboGrafx-16 emulator, version 1.0.0 PR 10.2 has been released. It is a Universal Binary. This release is a native Mac OS X application, with excellent integration with Mac OS X, full CD-ROM control like its Classic predecessor, improved video and a few other minor adjustments. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] MAME OS X, a Mac OS X 10.4+ native port of M.A.M.E., has been updated to version 0.117-1. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] LisaEm, the Apple Lisa emulator, version 1.0.0 is now available. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] XRoar, a Dragon 32/64 and Tandy CoCo emulator, version 0.19 has been released. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] SixtyForce, a Nintendo 64 emulator, has been updated to version 0.9.1. Game and peripheral compatibility are much improved over previous versions. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] |
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SMS Plus, a Sega Master System and Sega Game Gear emulator, version 1.3.1 has been released. This release adds support for Blargg's excellent NTSC simulation code. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] SimCoupe, a SAM Coupe emulator, version 0.8.2 is now available. This version utilizes Richard Bannister's Macintosh Emulator Port Shell, rather than SDL. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] TEO, a Thomson TO8 emulator, version 1.8.1 has been released. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] TGEmu, a NEC PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16 emulator, is now at version 0.3.3. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] Thom, a Thomson TO7 emulator, version 1.6.0 has been released. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] Vecx, a GCE Vectrex emulator, version 0.1.5 has been released. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] ViBE, a Nintendo Virtual Boy emulator, is now at version 1.0b9. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] Mugrat, a Colecovision emulator, version 0.4.2 has been released. This update fixes the long-standing second fire button bug. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] Neopocott, Neo•Geo Pocket Color emulator, version 0.5.0 has been released. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] Nestopia, a cycle-accurate Nintendo Entertainment System emulator, has been updated to version 1.3.7. This update also fixes a few bugs specific to this emulator and it adds support for several NES peripherals. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] O2Em, an Odyssey2 emulator, version 1.1.0 has been released. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] Oric, an Oric 1/Oric Atmos emulator, version 1.7.7 is now available. This update works around an Xcode optimization bug that caused HIRES mode to break. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] Oswan, the Bandai Wonderswan emulator, version 0.7.8 has been released. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] Rainbow, an Atari 400, 800, 800XL, 130XE and 5200 emulator, has been updated to version 1.5.6. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] Jum52, an Atari 5200 emulator, has been updated to version 0.8.9. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] KiGB, a Game Boy/Game Boy Color emulator, has been updated to version 2.0.4. This version adds a choice of different palettes for classic Gameboy emulation. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] MO5, a Thomson MO5 emulator, version 2.6.2 has been released. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] Richard Bannister has updated his Macintosh Emulator Port Shell, which is common to all his current ported and home-grown emulators. This update does the following:
These fixes appear in all of Richard Bannister's June 10, 2007 releases, in addition to emulator-specific changes. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] Arnold, an Amstrad CPC/CPC+ emulator, version 1.7.7 has been released. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] BSNES, a cycle-accurate Super Nintendo emulator, version 0.1.8 has been released. This will probably be the last version of *BSNES* to be compatible with PowerPC Macs. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] fMSX, a MSX 1/2/2+ emulator, version 3.0.3 has been released. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] Frodo, a Commodore 64 emulator, version 4.3.9 is now available. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] Generator, a Sega Genesis/Mega Drive emulator, version 0.4.3 has been released. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] Genesis Plus, a Sega Genesis/Mega Drive emulator, version 1.2.9 has been released. This release adds support for Blargg's excellent NTSC simulation code. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] Handy, the Atari Lynx emulator, has been updated to version 0.9.6. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] |
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PC88EM, a PC-8801 emulator, version Pre-Release 4.35, has been added to emulation.net. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] Quasi88, a PC-8801 emulator, has been updated to version 0.6.3. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] AppleIIGo, an Apple II emulator, version 1.0.1 has been added to emulation.net. Interestingly, this emulator has been provided as a Dashboard widget, meaning it's always available with just a click of a button. As a Dashboard widget, it requires Mac OS X 10.4. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] Mupen64, a Nintendo 64 emulator, has been updated to version 0.5.1-rev2. Fullscreen now works, the Save folder path bug is resolved and Mac OS X 10.2/10.3 support is deprecated. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] BeebEm for Mac, an Acorn BBC Micro emulator, version 3.2 has been released. This update adds ARM Second Processor support. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] ZX Spectrum Widget, a ZX Spectrum emulator, version 3.0 has been added to emulation.net. This emulator has also been provided as a Dashboard widget, meaning it's always available with a click of a button. As a Dashboard widget, it requires Mac OS X 10.4. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] |
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MacMAME, the Mac Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator, version 0.103u2, is available. This release matches Win32 MAME 0.103u2. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] Fuse, a Sinclair ZX Spectrum emulator, version 0.8.0.1 is available. This is a bug fix of the recently released version 0.8.0 which improved graphics, tape loading, joystick handling and emulated peripheral support. It is also now a Universal Binary. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] Snes9x, a Super Nintendo Entertainment System emulator, version 1.5.1 is available. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] ARAnyM, an Atari ST/TT/Falcon emulator, version 0.9.4beta2 is available. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] openMSX, a MSX emulator has been updated to version 0.6.2. This update includes video recording, more realistic PSG and SCC sound and other improvements and bug fixes. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] Hatari, an Atari ST emulator, has been updated to 0.95. This release provides basic Atari TT and Falcon support! These new features are experimental and lacking in a few areas, such as Falcon DSP implementation. However, a few games and demos work. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] MAME OS X, a native port of the Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator, version 0.114 has been added to emulation.net. This application takes advantage of the latest Mac OS X technologies, such as Core Video and Core Image, which allows it to do some really interesting effects. It is a Universal Binary. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] Catakig, an Apple II series emulator, is currently at version 2.00b4. It is a Universal Binary. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] |
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zxsp, a Sinclair ZX Spectrum emulator has been updated to version 0.6.6.4. This update adds six channel audio and fixes some more incorrect behaviors in addition to the previous two fixes from 4-10-07. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] |
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External Links: Developers has been added to Emulation.net. This page links to developer websites related to emulation and the MacOS. [news contributed by Em Adespoton] External Links: Emulators has been added to Emulation.net. This page links to Emulator directories related to emulation and the MacOS. [news contributed by Em Adespoton] External Links: Forums has been added to Emulation.net. This page links to community forums related to emulation and the MacOS. [news contributed by Em Adespoton] zxsp, a Sinclair ZX Spectrum emulator has been updated to version 0.6.6.2. This update fixes a specific crash and unexpected behavior when loading empty tapes. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] For people interested in helping maintaining a list of emulators for MacOS, here's something I keep on stumbling across: Wikipedia's OS X Emulators article. Go crazy updating it -- I give people permission to lift stuff from here as long as you cite your source.
Also, here's a list of other Mac emulation clearinghouses (yes, emulation.net is not alone):
If you have any more such links, let me know... I'll see if I can make a decent links page on here. [news contributed by Em Adespoton] LisaEm, an Apple Lisa emulator, version 1.0.0 Release Candidate 1 is out now. PPC and Intel binaries are available in one download. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] zxsp, a Sinclair ZX Spectrum emulator has been updated to version 0.6.6.1. It is a Universal Binary. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] |
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Petit dosbox, a DOSBox PC emulator frontend is currently at version 0.4 Beta 1. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] DOSBox, a 286- and 386-class PC emulator, version 0.70 has been released. It is a Universal Binary.This version has numerous speedups and compatibility fixes. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] |
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LisaEm, an Apple Lisa emulator, version 1.0.0 Beta 2 has been released. This application has been provided in ppc and intel versions. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] Hatari, an Atari ST emulator, is currently at version 0.9.0. It is a Universal Binary. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] Atari800MacX, an Atari 800-series emulator, is currently at version 3.6.0. It is a Universal Binary. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] Handy/MacOS, an Atari Lynx emulator, 0.9.5 released. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] Virtual ][, an Apple II emulator, is currently at version 5.7. The ability to scan your Apple II disk images for a specific file has been added, along with some minor fixes, with this release. This is a Universal Binary. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] OSXII, an Apple IIe emulator for Mac OS X is currently at version 0.9. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] BeebEm for Mac, an Acorn BBC Micro emulator, is currently at version 3.1. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] ElectrEm, an Acorn Electron emulator, is currently at version 0.6c. This release is a Universal Binary. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] QDAE-MacOsX, an ACT Apricot F1e PC emulator, is currently at version 0.2.0. This release is a Universal Binary. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] Arnold/MacOS, an Amstrad CPC/CPC+ emulator, is now at 1.7.6. This release resolves some endian issues on Intel macs. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] openMSX, an MSX emulator, is currently at version 0.6.1. It is a Universal Binary. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] |
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LisaEm, an Apple Lisa emulator, version 0.9.9-Preview has finally been released. An amazing amount of work has gone into this project in the nearly ten years that it has been in development. It is the only Lisa emulator able to boot the Lisa OS. This application has been provided in ppc and intel versions. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] SheepShaver, a PPC Mac run-time environment and Intel Mac PPC emulator, 2.3-Pre-2006.05.14 is available. It is a Universal Binary. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] Sweet16, an Apple IIgs emulator, is now at version 1.7.3. It is a Universal Binary. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] KEGS-OSX, an Apple IIgs emulator is now at version 1.94. It is a Universal Binary. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] I'm L. Ewing, another of the new volunteers that Em mentioned. I'll be going through areas and update as needed. [news contributed by Lawrence Ewing] I'm Ben Boldt, one of the new volunteers that Em mentioned. I just brought everything up to date on the NES page. I also just finished converting MacFC 0.8.1 for Mac OS 8-9 from Japanese to English. This is also included on the NES page. [news contributed by Ben Boldt] |
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We have a number of new posters who have volunteered to help with Emulation.net. I will leave it to them to introduce themselves over the next little while. If anyone else is interested, drop me an email with your reason for wanting to help out, your full name, and a password. [news contributed by Em Adespoton] |
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Also apologies from me on the update delays. This site seems to be being updated around once a year now, due to the busy schedules of all who have volunteered to run it. For more recent Mac Emulation information, check out EmuScene. Maybe eventually this site will be updated on a regular basis. Until then, check there instead. [news contributed by Em Adespoton] Mini vMac, a 68k Macintosh Emulator, 3.0.0 Alpha released. Version 2.8.2 has also been finalized. [news contributed by John-Robert La Porta] Many apologies to those who still come here (if anyone). I am in med school and really do not have the time that this site requires. Still, no new Mini vMac updates have come out for a while. I will try and update other sections as well when I can. Soon, we will be opening a new virtual machines section devoted to the running of Windows and other systems on the new Intel machines. [news contributed by John-Robert La Porta] |
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