Emu For Mac: How to Install and Configure OpenEmu, the Multi-System Emulator

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.

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We combine some of the best emulation projects together into one beautiful unified application that simply organizes your personal games library. Watch as you drop in backups of your games (ROMs) & they are gracefully added to their appropriate library along with original box art!

It does take some technical know-how to get this all setup, and it is a process I have never been able to do. But there are a lot of people out there with the need to have access to both the MacOS and a Windows OS all in one place. And virtual machine is a way to do it.

Anthony has been a video game lover ever since he can remember. He became a fulltime nomad in 2018, living throughout most of Asia. He focused his passion in retro gaming and began creating a game for the Game Boy Color while living in Nara, Japan during the 2020 pandemic. He is now in Chiang Mai, Thailand, where he spends most of his time gaming, going on long walks and meeting as many stray dogs as possible.

Over the past four years, the Community Dolphin Discord Server, which was unaffiliated with the project itself, has become a fantastic community that has been providing support and a hub for Dolphin users. While it started out small, the server now boasts over 10,000 users and several of Dolphin's developers interact and help users directly on the server. The immediate nature of Discord is beneficial in that it allows for quick bug reports and support for various issues. Many users in the Discord community are experts in specific facets, like tricky controller mappings, motion controls, netplay, and more.

It has become an important pillar of the Dolphin community and Dolphin development, as a new generation of developers have originated from the Discord server. Recognizing its importance, many of the veteran developers have started monitoring the server as well, providing support and getting feedback for new fixes and experimental changes. It also allows developers and support staff to walk unsure users through making better bug reports on the issue tracker.

So we as a project have discussed among ourselves and with the Community Dolphin Discord members, and have come to a conclusion. The unofficial Dolphin Discord is already a core pillar of our community. It's about time we embraced it. We are pleased to announce that the Dolphin Discord is now the Official Dolphin Discord Server!

As we hit the holiday season, our Progress Report might be considered a bit late. A two month report became a three month report as we realized just how much work we had to catch up on. While the usual summer burst of activity didn't come, it seems instead everyone poured their time in throughout the autumn months! There's so many features, performance improvements, quality of life updates, and more that had to be considered.

We're going to have to skip out on some of the smaller updates this time around because there are so many big hitters. For instance, if you hate shader stuttering, Dolphin's Ubershaders have gotten a new tool that helps smooth out issues on Vulkan, D3D12, and Metal thanks to Dynamic Vertex Loaders that help reduce/remove pipeline compiles during gameplay.

If you're on a weaker device that stays away from Ubershaders... maybe after these optimizations you might finally be able to make the leap. Raw performance in Dolphin is up across the board thanks to many optimizations to the GPU emulation thread (which is emulated on CPU). Because this optimization affects the very core of Dolphin, pretty much every game should be faster, with a few select games seeing improvements of roughly 50%!

If you're looking to play with friends, we have some good news on that front as well. Dolphin's "experimental" Wii Remote Netplay support has finally received some much needed attention that may help it break free of that experimental moniker in the coming months.

And, for our Android users, a lot of the performance improvements also affect tablets and phones, but we also have a special treat only for you. The Android GUI has also seen a huge overhaul that should make it easier to use and easier on the eyes. And for those having problems with particular games using features Dolphin can't reasonably emulate, we have a few presents from an old friend to patch them up.

The Summer tends to consistently be one of the busiest times for Dolphin's development. While sometimes the question is what do we put into the Progress Report, during the summer months it's usually how much can we fit into the Progress Report? This summer's congestion was then compounded by us blog staff having a few things we've been planning coming into fruition. Still, the show must go on, and we're here... albeit a bit delayed.

As such, we've got a huge smattering of changes to go over and many smaller ones that we couldn't quite fit in. macOS users in general will be able to rejoice with the addition of a brand new Metal backend brought to us by veteran developer TellowKrinkle. They also brought their graphics expertise to improve things for everyone, greatly reducing the remaining causes of shader based delays/stuttering when using Ubershaders. If you're looking for an easier way to setup a wide variety of controllers, a new SDL2 controller backend has been added for all OSes, and even brings native motion control support without the use of a DSU server to non-Linux operating systems. We also have a wide variety of emulation fixes, more graphics mods added, and the long awaited SD card "folder" feature!

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.

Users of OSX, gtk, cli and gtk-glade frontends please note that now wehave a common directory in /.config/desmume for config file,saves and savestates. The old .desmume.ini will be movedautomatically with the name config but you have to move your savesmanually.

0.9.5 introduces an entirely rewritten main emulation loopThis totally changes the timing, and totally breaks old savestates.The OSX build is now based on the GTK port which is more up-to-date.

As companies move away from older consoles and new operating systems render many games unplayable, it becomes harder to play all your favorite games from the past. Game conservation has never been more important, but the industry as a whole has mostly failed here.

Valiant efforts have been made by the Internet Archive and GOG.com(Opens in a new window) to preserve classic arcade(Opens in a new window), console(Opens in a new window), and computer(Opens in a new window) games, but the major game developers could be doing more. As nice as it is to have subscriptions to Xbox Game Pass, PlayStation Now, or Nintendo Switch Online, those services can be shut off at any time. Nintendo's shuttering of the Wii's Virtual Console in 2019 is proof that these aren't real solutions.

Don't despair, though, because OpenEmu(Opens in a new window) is the perfect solution for retro gamers who only have access to macOS. If you have a Mac and fond memories of game consoles past, read on.

For example, OpenEmu has a built-in library that shows you box art for each of your games, and automatically sorts by platform. It also lets you make custom collections across multiple platforms and universalizes controller schemes for each emulated system. It all comes wrapped in an easy-to-understand and attractive interface.

The best part is that OpenEmu takes care of the core emulation engines behind each platform. You don't have to hunt down the right core that is compatible with the ROM you have. When you download OpenEmu, it already comes packaged with a large selection of integrated cores. Many systems have multiple cores included, so there's never an issue with incompatibility.

Head to OpenEmu.org(Opens in a new window) and click Experimental underneath the Download button. This might sound dangerous, but it just means you will have vastly extended platform compatibility, along with some features that are still in development.

While we can't directly link to any ROM sites here, they're pretty easy to find. Most sites are reputable but some may look sketchier than others. Use your best judgment when downloading files from the internet, and you can run them through an anti-malware app to be on the safe side.

Supported systems include several Atari consoles, the entire Game Boy line, GameCube, NES, Nintendo DS, Nintendo 64, Sega Genesis, Sega Master System, Sega Saturn, Sony PlayStation, Sony PSP, and Super Nintendo.

More obscure systems include ColecoVision, Game Gear, Intellivision, Neo Geo Pocket, Odyssey, TurboGrafx-16, Vectrex, and Virtual Boy, as well as the Japanese-exclusive Famicom, PC-FX, SG-1000, and WonderSwan.

In theory, OpenEmu is also compatible with some arcade ROMs, but support is experimental and your success getting these games to run may vary. In general, MAME(Opens in a new window) ROMs are the only type that can be played inside OpenEmu. If you come across JAMMA or Neo Geo games in your search, they won't work.

When you download a ROM file, they typically come zipped inside a zip or 7-zip file. The built-in Archive Utility on your Mac should be able to open these files, but if you're looking for something more powerful, you can download The Unarchiver(Opens in a new window).

For MAME ROMs, leave the file zipped. Drag the zipped file into the Arcade section of OpenEmu, and the game should display. Since this is still an experimental feature, support can be buggy. It may show up in the wrong folder, or do something else wonky. 2ff7e9595c