OpenEmu
🕹 Retro video game emulation for macOS (by OpenEmu)
ares
ares is a cross-platform, open source, multi-system emulator, focusing on accuracy and preservation. (by ares-emulator)
| OpenEmu | ares | |
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| 225 | 44 | |
| 15,763 | 801 | |
| 0.5% | 4.5% | |
| 8.2 | 9.6 | |
| about 2 months ago | 1 day ago | |
| Swift | C++ | |
| - | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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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.
ares
Posts with mentions or reviews of ares.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-25.
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NES standalone emulator on Ubuntu 23.10?
ares, takes 2 minutes to compile if it isn't in the app center, or whatever.
- Capcom Town is using Ares (by Near) for Nes and SNes emulation
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Lunar 1 and 2 Un Working Designs questions
ares
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Games are so goddamn boring lately, I need tips!
There's great retro console games you probably missed out. You might want to learn how to use an multi-emulator like Ares however I must warn you in advance, emulation is a legal gray zone, and a licencing hell.
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Anyway for my friend to play Majoras Mask( Mac)
Ares is a multi system emulator which you can use on Mac, it has support for Nintendo 64 games!
- [Mac Gaming] Emulatori con supporto al silicio di Apple.
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BizHawk v2.9 is now released
ares is another option to explore if you're unaware of it - [https://ares-emu.net]
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N64 Audio Issues on iOS Monterey?
Try ares: https://ares-emu.net/
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Bunki, a C Coroutine Library
that one is old and missing aarch64. here's the latest https://github.com/ares-emulator/ares/tree/master/libco
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Is there a N64 emulator that has a CRT filter?
ares is a very accurate N64 emulator (similar to simple64) that has built-in shader support including at least 2 different CRT filters
What are some alternatives?
When comparing OpenEmu and ares 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.
BizHawk - BizHawk is a multi-system emulator written in C#. BizHawk provides nice features for casual gamers such as full screen, and joypad support in addition to full rerecording and debugging tools for all system cores.
citra - A Nintendo 3DS Emulator
m64p - [Moved to: https://github.com/m64p/m64p]
desmume - DeSmuME is a Nintendo DS emulator
Genesis-Plus-GX - An enhanced port of Genesis Plus - accurate & portable Sega 8/16 bit emulator
xenia - Xbox 360 Emulator Research Project
RMG - Rosalie's Mupen GUI
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 |
n64-systemtest - Tests a wide variety of N64 features, from common to hardware quirks. Written in Rust. Executes quickly.
rpcs3 - PS3 emulator/debugger
simple64 - Accurate N64 Emulator