OpenEmu
🕹 Retro video game emulation for macOS (by OpenEmu)
PlayCover
Community fork of PlayCover (by PlayCover)
| OpenEmu | PlayCover | |
|---|---|---|
| 225 | 31 | |
| 15,763 | 7,275 | |
| 0.5% | 1.6% | |
| 8.2 | 7.8 | |
| about 2 months ago | 26 days ago | |
| Swift | Swift | |
| - | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
OpenEmu
Posts with mentions or reviews of OpenEmu.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-07.
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Apple now allows retro game emulators on its App Store
Tangentially related: if anybody is looking for a good way to organize a library of retro emulators and games on their MacOS laptops/desktop computers then I recommend OpenEmu. It is designed from the ground up to look and feel like a Mac app.
https://openemu.org/
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Mac/OS OpenEmu - Any way to automatically map PS5 controller for all systems?
Just follow the link i posted. Btw you can build OpenEmu in a couple of minutes yourself. Some controllers (PS5 for example) are natively supported, more shader options, and other small stuff..
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Couldn't communicate with a helper application
Download Openemu 2.0.9.1 https://github.com/OpenEmu/OpenEmu/releases/tag/v2.0.9.1
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Analog Stick AND D-Pad at the Same Time?
As far as I know, devs have no plans to allow multiple bindings to the same inputs. It is apparently too complicated for them to implement. See: https://github.com/OpenEmu/OpenEmu/issues/4600
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How do I play TurboGrafx 16 in 2023?
The Pocket is a great device, highly recommended, get the Dock if you want to buy one. While waiting, I recommend using https://openemu.org/ on your Mac to run "roms", which are files that represent old games. To get the ROMs, google for "tubrografx roms archive.org". Then for a controller on a Mac, you can use a PS4/PS5 or Xbox (One/Series), if you have one lying around. That said, I recommend buying an SN30 Pro.
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Emulating old bratz games?
Download and Install OpenEmu
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Help PSX / NEOGEO games
Huh? Try http://openemu.org/ and download the experimental version (with arcade support)
- How to completely uninstall openemu
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Lucky Luke Western Fever
Yeah should be pretty easy if you have the ISO or a disc copy, OpenEmu should do it without issue - https://openemu.org
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Emulators
Otherwise you can try OpenEmu: it's a very Mac friendly emulator of a lot of old systems that works by dragging/dropping the roms in it. The "Experimental" (direct link) build includes support of Mame, which means support of Neo Geo roms.
PlayCover
Posts with mentions or reviews of PlayCover.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-18.
- AzurLane on Mac M2
- PlayCover: iOS apps and games on Apple Silicon with controller support
- PlayCover 3.0 Beta Released!
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I got banned for playing on linux, "Use of 3rd Party Software" cheats dont even run on wine ahhshasdakjskagds
You can play it via PlayCover!
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Amazon's Study Hall - Daily Questions Megathread (05/01)
I use PlayCover and the game runs perfectly. The only "sketchy" part of the process is getting a hold of the IPA, I just used the site they suggested in the documentation.
- Honkai Star Rail - M1 Mac
- Any Mac emulators for Android Apps? Compatible with M1 Chip pls.
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Zepp app on MacBook M1?
you should use https://github.com/PlayCover/PlayCover in order to install the .IPA file of the zepp but the Bluetooth connection it's very unstable or doesn't work at all.
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Netflix in UTM Windows 11 ARM
Netflix notices when it’s running virtualized and will not play any videos. You can use Play Cover to sideload the iPad Netflix App on your Mac. Have been using it for couple of months now and been able to download several movies and watched them on plane. Since a few releases it doesn’t even require disabling SIP
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BIG news from PlayCover team!
First nightly with both features is out today: https://github.com/PlayCover/PlayCover/actions/runs/3976520318
What are some alternatives?
When comparing OpenEmu and PlayCover you can also consider the following projects:
dolphin - Dolphin is a GameCube / Wii emulator, allowing you to play games for these two platforms on PC with improvements.
Rectangle - Move and resize windows on macOS with keyboard shortcuts and snap areas
citra - A Nintendo 3DS Emulator
KeyMapper - **DEVELOPMENT STOPPED**.📱 An Android app that change what the buttons do on your devices!
desmume - DeSmuME is a Nintendo DS emulator
Watusi-for-WhatsApp - Your all-in-one tweak for WhatsApp Messenger!
xenia - Xbox 360 Emulator Research Project
MicrosoftTeams-msinternal - This project was created from PowerShell which allows people to download the latest internal build of Microsoft Teams.
Provenance - iOS & tvOS multi-emulator frontend, supporting various Atari, Bandai, NEC, Nintendo, Sega, SNK and Sony console systems… Get Started: https://wiki.provenance-emu.com |
qemu-t8030 - iPhone 11 emulated on QEMU
rpcs3 - PS3 emulator/debugger
MicSwitch - MicSwitch is a tool which allows you to mute/unmute your microphone using a predefined hotkey