mpantone said: There is zero chance of Nintendo licensing their first-party IP to some emulator. They make money for Switch Online which has a bunch of games from older Nintendo platforms. And Switch Online only had a small handful of these old titles.
Switch Online has an extensive list of retro games. 200+ to choose from.
I know I'm old, but what I've been waiting for all along is a good Apple ][e emulator. That would take care of the Infocom games someone mentioned earlier, plus all the others I remember from my childhood. I never had a console, just my beloved Apple ][e! Prolly still have my old programs printed out somewhere. (Before that I had a TRS-80 CoCo, but an emulator for that will prolly never happen.)
I never played any of the gaming systems listed in the article, but it would be amazing to see a Mac game emulator with the ability to play games designed for Motorola 680x0 and PowerPC processors.
I still have disk images and installers of lots of games from that era in my archive.
Probably never happen though.
I’d be better off just digging out and booting up my old Titanium PowerBook.
Has anyone been able to get UTM SE to work with macOS 9 on an iPad? If so, what are the exact settings you used? It says macOS 9 is supported on their site, but I’m not having any luck getting it to run.
I never played any of the gaming systems listed in the article, but it would be amazing to see a Mac game emulator with the ability to play games designed for Motorola 680x0 and PowerPC processors.
I still have disk images and installers of lots of games from that era in my archive.
Probably never happen though.
I’d be better off just digging out and booting up my old Titanium PowerBook.
It *may be* a "Retro gold rush" but it's not an accuracy rush (emulators are good now but not anywhere close to perfect) or a comfort rush (touchscreen controls, please). After using a MiSTer with all kinds of displays, and (hopefully soon) a MiSTer inside a SuperStation One shell, I don't personally find any remaining interest for emulators where you know you're not getting 100%, ever. For many of us retro is all about confidence in accuracy, everything else is pretend.
It *may be* a "Retro gold rush" but it's not an accuracy rush (emulators are good now but not anywhere close to perfect) or a comfort rush (touchscreen controls, please). After using a MiSTer with all kinds of displays, and (hopefully soon) a MiSTer inside a SuperStation One shell, I don't personally find any remaining interest for emulators where you know you're not getting 100%, ever. For many of us retro is all about confidence in accuracy, everything else is pretend.
I appreciate what you're saying, and why, but you are soundly in the minority. Don't mistake your preferences for the wider ones.
FPGA is fun, but not what you'd call "accessible."
Is Provenance the only option right now for Sega Genesis emulation? Looks like none of the others that are available have implemented an emulator for it.
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https://www.nintendolife.com/guides/nintendo-switch-online-every-nes-snes-n64-sega-genesis-game-boy-and-gba-game-available
Thanks to @MalcolmOwen ; for updating your article to include my emulator, iMSX2, in the list.
A new version has been uploaded and is now available on the Apple Store.
Added compatibility with MX1 and MX2 files, along with the feature to save game states.
The design has also been optimized for iPad.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/imsx2/id6499231192
Your support is greatly appreciated! I look forward to adding more new features soon.
I wonder why that is.
I’d be better off just digging out and booting up my old Titanium PowerBook.
https://appleinsider.com/inside/macos/tips/how-to-run-mac-os-9-on-apple-silicon-using-utm