With the launch of Nintendo classic, the retro games of 90s ala Super Mario Bro’s, Konami Contra, and Track & Field are back into fashion. Considering Nintendo’s supply issues not all of you may get a hand on the Nintendo Classic, but yes, you can still enjoy all the features of a Nintendo Classic system by emulating the NES Games on your Mac OS X (MacBook Air, Pro, iMac, etc.mBs). Here are the top 3 Best NES emulators for Mac OS X which will let you enjoy your favorite NES games on your Mac – Note- We only provide links to legal emulators you need to own ROMs of Games (.NES game roms) inorder to play games, a simple google search with the game name and NES will render you the game roms to be used inside the emulators. ![]() ![]() Download Nintendo/NES games, but first download an emulator to play Nintendo/NES ROMS. Top 3 Best NES Emulators for Mac OS X to Play NES Games – NES Emulator # 1 – OpenEmu. OpenEmu has the ability to emulate NES as well as more OpenEmu is one emulator which will solve all your emulation worries on your Mac OS X. It comes bundled in with not only Classic NES Emulation libraries such as FCEUX & Nestopia, but it can also emulate NES, GBA, Sega and lot of old gaming consoles. Some Salient Features of OpenEmu can be classified as – • Free & Easy to install. • Comes inbuilt with many console emulation codes. • Gamepad Controller / Joystick support! – This is perhaps the best part as you can simply plug in your Joystick/gamepad and start playing your ROM on the game controller (totally console style!) • Incase you want to play via joystick or gamepad simply navigate to “OpenEmu” -> Preferences -> Controls and change input type from Keyboard to JoyStick. Mac keyboard shortcuts By pressing certain key combinations, you can do things that normally need a mouse, trackpad, or other input device. To use a keyboard shortcut, press and hold one or more modifier keys and then press the last key of the shortcut. Mac shortcut for control enter. I am a converted Mac user and I am addicted to the CTRL + ENTER shortcut that adds the www and.com to the web address you type in on IE or Firefox on a PC. () • Later map the joystick buttons and start playing! (Compatible with all versions Sierra, El Capitan, Mavericks, Mountain Lion, etc.). Nestopia NES Emulator for Mac OS X Though OpenEmu is excellent, it sometimes takes time to load and needs to be clicked on “Reopen” to launch it. But no such problem exists with Nestopia. Nestopia is a simple, lightweight yet powerful free NES Emulator for Mac OS X. As Nestopia is concentrated only on NES Games emulation, it offers some extra features such as – • Ability to save game progress and start from the last save. • You can tweak the game ROMs to perform some non-game functions ? • Nestopia also has Zapper light gun support just like the Nintendo Classic. • FDS Emulation (Fabicom Disk Space) (10.5 & later) (if you’re looking for method to install.dmg files on Mac OS X) NES Emulator # 3 – RockNes This is a PowerPC Application based NES Emulator for running NES Games on older Mac OS versions such as Snow Leopard and earlier. It can also be run on Mac OS X Lion using Rosetta, but cannot be run on the latest Mac OS X versions at all. So incase, if you’re using an Old version of Mac OS RockNes is the NES emulator to be used.
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