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{{WIP}}{{Infobox platform|title = macOS|logo = 1998 apple logo.png|logowidth = 64px|developer = Apple|type = [[:Category:Emulators by operating system|Operating systems]]|release = 1984|last-release = macOS Monterey}}This page lists emulators in on macOS(formerly Mac OS). It ranges from the classic series to the current versions of the OS.

==68kArcade=====ArcadeSpace Invaders==={| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"! scope="col"|Name! scope=Space Invaders"col"|Version! scope="col"|Platform(s)! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>! scope="col"|Active! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]*|-| [[InvMac]]=| 68k, PPC| [https://www.macintoshrepository.org/10593-invmac 0.9.5a6]| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{TBD}}|} ==Calculators=======TI-81====*[[https://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/48/4829.html Mac-81]] ==Apple=====Apple I==={| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"! scope=Computers"col"|Name! scope="col"|Latest Version! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>! scope="col"|Active! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]|-|OpenEmulator|[http://openemulator.github.io/ 1.0.5]|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|-|[[MAME]]|[https://wiki.mamedev.org/index.php/SDL_Supported_Platforms {{MAMEVer}}]|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}|-|Sim6502|[https://www.zophar.net/macintosh/apple1/sim6502.html 0.1d]|? ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}|} ===Apple II==={| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"! scope="col"|Name! scope="col"|Platform(s)! scope="col"|Version! scope="col"|][*! scope="col"|][+! scope="col"|//e! scope="col"|IIc! scope="col"|//e Enhanced! scope="col"|//e Platinum! scope="col"|IIc Plus! scope="col"|IIGS! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>! scope="col"|Active! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]|-| [[MAME]]| x86| [A2Machttps://wiki.mamedev.org/index.php/SDL_Supported_Platforms {{MAMEVer}}]| {{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|-| [http://catakig.sourceforge.net/ Catakig]| PPC, x86| [http://catakig.sourceforge.net/dloads.html v2] | {{✓}}| {{✓}}| {{✓}}| {{✓}}| ?| ?| ?| {{✗}}| ?| {{✗}}| {{✗}}|-| [https://www.zophar.net/macintosh/apple2/stop-the-madness.html Stop The Madness]| 68k, PPC| 0.851r <small>(unreleasedStable) </small> <br/>0.881r <small>(More features)</small>| {{✗}}| {{✓}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}|- emulates Apple II Plus*| [[wikipedia:Apple_IIe_Card|Apple IIe Card]] †| 68k| {{na}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✓}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}|- emulates Apple IIe, requires | [[A2Mac]]| ?| {{na}}| {{✗}}| {{✓}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}|} † Requires physical expansion card*===Apple ///==={| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"! scope="col"|Name! scope="col"|Platform(s)! scope="col"|Latest Version! scope="col"|///! scope="col"|/// Revised! scope="col"|/// Plus! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>! scope="col"|Active! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]|-|[[CatakigMAME]] |x86|[https://wiki.mamedev.org/index.php/SDL_Supported_Platforms {{MAMEVer}}]|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|-|Sara|?|[http://www.blackcatsystems.com/software/sara.html 0.5.1]|{{✓}}|?|?|?|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|} ==Nintendo=====NES/Famicom==={| class="wikitable" style="text- emulates the II, II Plus align:center;"! scope="col"|Name! scope="col"|Latest Version! scope="col"|[[Wikipedia:Family Computer Disk System|FDS]]! scope="col"|[[libretro|Libretro Core]]! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and IIe modelsOpen-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>! scope="col"|Active! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]|-!colspan="9"|PC / x86|-|[[3dSen]]|[http://www.geodstudio.net/ {{3dSenVRVer}}]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|?|{{✗}}|{{✓}}|{{~}}|-|[[ares]]|[https://github.com/ares-emulator/ares/releases {{aresVer}}]|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|?|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|-|[https://fms.komkon.org/iNES iNES]|[https://fms.komkon.org/iNES {{INESVer}}]|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|High|?|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|-|Gearnes|[https://github.com/drhelius/Gearnes git]|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|High|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|-|[[higan]]|[https://github.com/higan-emu/higan/releases {{higanVer}}]|{{✓}}|{{✓}} <small>(as bsnes v083)</small>|Cycle|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|-|[https://prilik.com/ANESE ANESE]|[https://github.com/daniel5151/ANESE/releases git]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|Cycle|{{✓}}|{{~}}|{{✗}}|-|[http://www.nesemu2.com nesemu2]|[https://github.com/holodnak/nesemu2 git]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|Cycle|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|-|Nesemu|[https://github.com/tsalvo/nes-emu-ios git]|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|High|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|-|FakeNES GT|[[sourceforge:projects/fakenes/|0.59 b3]]|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|Mid|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|-|[[FCEUX]]|[http://www.fceux.com/web/download.html {{FCEUXVer}}]|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|Mid|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|-|[http://cah4e3.shedevr.org.ru/fceultra.php FCEUmm]|[https://sourceforge.net/projects/fceumm/ 98.13mm] (Windows)<br />[https://github.com/libretro/libretro-fceumm git] (libretro)|{{✗}}|{{✓}}|Mid|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|-|[[MAME]]|[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|Mid|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|-*|[[STMQuickNES]]|[https://web.archive.org/web/20180904003223/https://kode54.net/fb2k/QuickNES.zip 0.7.0b1](Windows)<br />[https://github.com/libretro/QuickNES_Core git] (Stop The Madnesslibretro) |?|{{✓}}|Low|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|-|[https://web.archive.org/web/20131022152846/http://www.dridus.com:80/~nyef/darcnes/ DarcNES]|[https://web.archive.org/web/20131031224033/http://www.dridus.com/~nyef/dn_bin/ 9b0401/9b0313]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|Low|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|-|Nescala|[https://github.com/hywelandrews/nescala git]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|?|{{✓}}|{{~}}|{{✗}}|-|[https://nin.nax.io Nin]|[https://github.com/Nax/nin/releases git]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|?|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|-| [[NESMac]]| [http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA009321/NESMac036a4j-68k.sit.hqx 0.3.6a 68k]<br/>[http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA009321/NESMac036a4j- emulates Apple II Plusppc.sit.hqx 0.3.6a PPC]| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| Low| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}|} ===ConsolesSuper Nintendo==={| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"! scope="col"|Name! scope="col"|Version! scope="col"|[[libretro|Libretro Core]]! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]! scope="col"|<abbr title=NES"Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</Famicomabbr>! scope="col"|Active! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]|-!colspan="8"|PC / x86|-|[[bsnes]]<br/><small>(Official)</small>|[https://github.com/bsnes-emu/bsnes/releases {{bsnesVer}}]| {{✓}}|Cycle| {{✓}}| {{✓}}| {{✓}}|-|[[Bsnes#List_of_forks|bsnes-hd]]<br/><small>(forked bsnes)</small>|[https://github.com/DerKoun/bsnes-hd/releases {{Bsnes-hdVer}}]| {{✓}}|Cycle| {{✓}}| {{✓}}| {{✓}}|-|[[higan]]|[https://github.com/higan-emu/higan/releases {{higanVer}}]| {{✓}}|Cycle| {{✓}}| {{✓}}| {{✓}}|-|[[ares]]|[https://github.com/ares-emulator/ares/releases {{aresVer}}]|{{✗}}|High|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|?|-|[[Snes9x]]|[https://sites.google.com/site/bearoso/ {{Snes9xVer}}] [https://github.com/snes9xgit/snes9x git]| {{✓}}|High| {{✗}} <ref group=N name=noncomm>Due to using a [[Licensing#Non-commercial licenses|non-commercial license]]. Source code is still publicly available.</ref>| {{✓}}| {{~}}|-|[[Mednafen]] (SNES-Faust)|[{{MednafenURL|releases/}} {{MednafenVer}}]| {{✓}}|?| {{✓}}| {{✓}}| {{✗}}|-|[[Higan#nSide|nSide]] (forked higan)|[https://github.com/hex-usr/nSide/releases git]| {{✓}}|Cycle| {{✓}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}|-|[[Higan#bsnes-classic|bsnes-classic]]<br/><small>(forked bsnes Qt)</small>|[http://github.com/sharknnth/bsnes-classic/releases git]| {{✓}}|Cycle| {{✓}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}|-|[[Mednafen]] (bsnes v059)|[{{MednafenURL|releases/}} {{MednafenVer}}]| {{✓}}|High| {{✓}}| {{✓}}| {{✗}}|-|[[MAME]]|[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]| {{✓}}|Low| {{✓}}| {{✓}}| {{✗}}|-|[[Silhouette]]|[https://www.zophar.net/fileuploads/1/816uajag/Silhouette.sit.hqx 1.0]| {{✗}}|Low| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}|-|[[ZSNES]]|[http://zsnes.com 1.51]*| {{✗}}|Low| {{✓}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}|-|[[NESMacCATSFC]]|[https://github.com/ShadauxCat/CATSFC 1.36]| {{✓}}|Low| {{✓}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}|} ===HandheldsGame Boy/Color==={| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"! scope="col"|Name! scope="col"|Latest Version! scope="col"|Game BoyLink Support! scope="col"| [[libretro|Libretro Core]]! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>! scope="col"|Active! scope="col"| [[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]|-! colspan="8"|PC / x86|-| [[SameBoy]]| [https://sameboy.github.io/downloads {{SameBoyVer}}]| {{✓}}<ref group=N name=sameboylink>SameBoy's libretro core supports Link Cable, standalone does not.</ref> ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|-| [[Gambatte]]| [https://sourceforge.net/projects/gambatte/files/gambatte {{GambatteVer}}]| {{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}|-| [[Gearboy]]| [https://github.com/drhelius/Gearboy/releases {{GearboyVer}}]| {{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|-| [[MAME]]| [http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]| {{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}|-| [http://emulicious.net Emulicious]| [https://emulicious.net/downloads {{EmuliciousVer}}]| {{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}|-| [https://mattcurrie.com/bdm/ BDM]| [https://mattcurrie.com/bdm-demo/ Demo]| ? ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{~}} ||{{✗}}|-| [[ares]]| [https://github.com/ares-emulator/ares/releases {{aresVer}}]| ?| {{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}|-| [[higan]]| [http://byuu.org/emulation/higan {{higanVer}}]| {{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}|-| [[mGBA]]| [https://mgba.io/Colordownloads.html {{MGBAVer}}]| {{✓}}<ref group=N name=mgbalink>Pretty buggy but sometimes works.</ref> ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}|-| [[VisualBoy Advance|VisualBoy Advance-M (VBA-M)]]| [https://github.com/visualboyadvance-m/visualboyadvance-m/releases {{VBAMVer}}]| {{✓}} ||{{✓}}<ref group=N name=one>Full GBC, GBA and GB support since version 2.1.3.</ref>||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}*|-| [[GBE+]]| [https://github.com/shonumi/gbe-plus/releases {{GBEVer}}]| {{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}|-| [https://fms.komkon.org/VGB VGB]| [https://fms.komkon.org/VGB {{VGBVer}}]| {{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}|-| [[KiGB]]| [http://kigb.emuunlim.com/downloads.htm 2.05]| {{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}|-| [[GBMac]]| [https://www.macintoshrepository.org/10592-gbmac 1.2.6b4]| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}|} ==NEC=====PC-98==={| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"*! scope="col"|Name! scope="col"|Version! scope="col"|Platform(s)! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>! scope="col"|Active! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]|-| [[98Mac]] †| ?| {{na}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| ?|}† Emulates PC-9801VX ==Sony=====PlayStation==={| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"! scope="col"|Name! scope="col"|Version! scope="col"|Plugins! scope="col"|[[libretro|Libretro Core]]! scope="col"|<abbr title="Resizable Internal Resolution">RIR</abbr>! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>! scope="col"|Active! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]|-! colspan="10"|PC / x86|-|[[DuckStation]]|[https://github.com/stenzek/duckstation git] <ref group=N>Intel build of DuckStation can be downloaded from GitHub Actions when logged in. No ARM build published, but can be built from source.</ref>|{{✗}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|High|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|-|[[Mednafen]]|[{{MednafenURL|releases/}} {{MednafenVer}}]|{{✗}}|{{✓}}|<abbr title="Exclusive to Libretro, but comes with significant slowdown.">{{✓}}</abbr>|High|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|-|[[PCSX-Reloaded|PCSX-R]]|[http://www.emucr.com/2019/03/pcsx-reloaded-git-20190307.html Windows]<br/>[http://consoleemu.com/emulator/pcsx-reloaded macOS]|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|{{✓}}|[[Recommended_PS1_Plugins|Plugin dependent]]|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|-|[[ePSXe]]|[http://www.epsxe.com/download.php {{EpsxeVer}}]|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|{{✓}}|[[Recommended_PS1_Plugins|Plugin dependent]]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|-|[[Rustation]]|[http://github.com/simias/rustation git]|{{✗}}|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|High|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|-|[[MAME]]|[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]|{{✗}}|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|Mid|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✗}} <small>(WIP)</small>|-|[[ares]]|[https://github.com/ares-emulator/ares/releases {{aresVer}}]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|?|?|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|-|Connectix VGS|1.4.1|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|?|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|-|Rustation NG|[https://gitlab.com/flio/rustation-ng git]|{{✗}}|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|?|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|-|PCSX-Redux|[https://github.com/grumpycoders/pcsx-redux git]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|?|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✗}} <small>(WIP)</small>|} ===PlayStation 2==={| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"! scope="col"|Name! scope="col"|Latest Version! scope="col"|[[libretro|Libretro Core]]! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>! scope="col"|Active! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]|-! colspan="7"|PC / x86|-| [[PCSX2]]| [https://pcsx2.net/downloads/#stable-anchor 1.6.0] (Stable)<br /> [https://pcsx2.net/downloads/#nightly-anchor (unreleasedNightly) ]| {{✓}}| {{✓}}| {{✓}}| {{✓}}|-| [[Play!]]| [http://purei.org/downloads.php {{Play!Ver}}]| {{✓}}| {{✓}}| {{✓}}| {{✗}}|-! colspan="7"|PC / ARM|-| [[AetherSX2]] | [https://aethersx2.com/archive/?dir=desktop pre-alpha builds]| {{✗}} | {{✗}}| {{✓}} | {{✓}}|} ===PlayStation 3==={| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"! scope="col"|Name! scope="col"|Latest Version! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>! scope="col"|Active! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]|-! colspan="6"|PC / x86|-|[[RPCS3]]|[https://rpcs3.net/download {{RPCS3Ver}}]<ref group=N>The developers are currently treating version increments as milestones, not as stables.</ref>|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|} ===PlayStation 4==={{no known emulators}} ===PlayStation Portable==={| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"! scope="col"|Name! scope="col"|Latest Version! scope="col"|PPC! scope="col"|Intel! scope="col"|ARM! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>! scope="col"|Active! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]|- emulates ! colspan="9"| PC/ x86 / ARM|-9801VX|[[PPSSPP]]|[https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/actions/workflows/build.yml {{PPSSPPVer}}]<ref group=N>Universal Binary of PPSSPP can be downloaded from the Github Action page when logged in.</ref>|{{✗}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|} ==Tandy=====TRS-80====*[[https://www.macintoshrepository.org/17139-trs-80-emulator-for-mac-os TRS-80 Emulator]for Mac OS] - emulates TRS-80 Model I ==Sinclair=====ZX Spectrum====*[[https://www.macintoshrepository.org/2641-mac-spectacle Mac Spectacle]] - emulates the 48k, 128k and +2 models ==Intel CPUs=={| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"! scope="col"|Name! scope="col"|Latest Version! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>! scope="col"|Active! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]|-!colspan="16"|PC / x86|-|[[86Box]]|[https://github.com/86Box/86Box {{86BoxVer}}]|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|-|[[PCem]]|[https://github.com/PCemOnMac/PCemV17macOS/releases git]|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|-|[[DOSBox#Forks|DOSBox-X]]|[https://github.com/joncampbell123/dosbox-x/releases {{DOSBox-XVer}}]|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|-|[[DOSBox]]|[http://www.dosbox.com/download.php?main=1 0.74-3] <br /> [http://www.dosbox.com/wiki/SVN_Builds#List_of_SVN_Builds SVN]|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|-|[https://www.varcem.com VARCem]|[https://www.varcem.com/?page=dl Builds]|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}|-|[[MAME]]|[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}|-|[[QEMU]]|[https://www.qemu.org/download/ {{QEMUVer}}]|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}|-| [http://boxerapp.com/ Boxer]| 1.4.0|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||?|} ==Note==The best emulators for MacOS can be most easily downloaded, installed and played via the OpenEmu project (https://openemu.org). The program's currently-emulated systems and the emulators used by OpenEmu are listed at https://github.com/OpenEmu/OpenEmu/wiki#supported-systems. ==References==<references group=N /> [[Category:RecommendationsEmulators by operating system]]