OpenEmu for Mac
Open Source game-emulation app.
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OpenEmu overview
OpenEmu is about to change the world of video game emulation, one console at a time... For the first time, the 'It just works' philosophy now extends to open source video game emulation on the Mac. With OpenEmu, it is extremely easy to add, browse, organize and with a compatible gamepad, play those favorite games (ROMs) you already own.
Features
- Library - One of the standout features of OpenEmu is how it organizes all your games into one unique, unified games library. Watch as backups of the games (ROMs) you already own are gracefully added to their appropriate library and box art is magically added. You can even create your own 'collections' mix and matched from different consoles.
- Controls and Controllers - Any generic HID compliant USB or Bluetooth game controller should work with OpenEmu out of the box. OpenEmu now automatically maps controls for the following recognized devices in our database:
- PlayStation Dualshock 3 and Dualshock 4
- Wiimote and Wii U Pro
- Xbox 360 and 3rd party (driver required)
- Sega Saturn USB
- PS3 Neo Geo Pad USB
- Logitech series (Dual Action, Rumblepad 2, Gamepad F310/F510/F710)
- Gravis GamePad Pro
- Retrolink SNES and N64
- RetroUSB SNES RetroPort and RetroPad
- Retrode (SNES)
- Cores - OpenEmu is modular, and thanks to the work of other great open source projects, it can emulate a wide variety of video game systems (we call them 'cores'). Currently, the following open source emulation projects are used to power OpenEmu:
- CrabEmu
- DeSmuME
- FCEU
- Gambatte
- Genesis Plus GX
- Higan
- Mednafen
- NeoPop
- Nestopia
- Picodrive
- Snes9x
- TwoMbit
- VisualBoyAdvance
What’s new in version 2.4.1
- This is a quick fix to resolve launching on Apple silicon (ARM) Macs. For now, OpenEmu is still Intel-only and will require the use of Rosetta 2 in order to launch on a Mac with Apple silicon.
OpenEmu for Mac
Free
In English
Version 2.4.1
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Jan 9 2021
Version: 2.3.2
If anyone from the OpenEmu team reads this thread. OpenEmu crashes instantly on Big Sur 11.1 I had to revert to the previous version through a Time Machine backup to get it to start again without an instant crash.
Computer: late 2015, 27 inch iMac OS: Big Sur 11.1 RAM 32 GB: OpenEmu version: 2.3.2, reverted to 2.3.1.
Dec 21 2020
Version: 2.2.1
good emulator, convenient to have everything in one place, but my save files break quite easily. emulation quality doesn't really matter when i lose my progress. would be nice if users could sort ROMs into folders since there's already so much.
Aug 17 2020
Version: 2.2.1
Getting a warning that you can't open it? Control click the icon and select Open.
Apr 17 2020
Version: 2.2.1
Can not run at Mac OS 10.15.4... the Openemu program is OK. But,I try to open the game is fail.
pop up lot of massage..
Mar 29 2020
Version: 2.2.1
Una pequeña joya que se merece todas las estrellas. En su versión experimental funciona MAME a las mil maravillas. Puedo utilizar dos mandos de PS4 en mi Mac y disfrutar de clásicos. Encima es PRECIOSO, cuidado con todo mimo. ¡Alucinante!
