OpenEmu - universal emulator retrokonsoley for Mac or your portal to childhood

If you are now 30 or so, then you will surely remember the warmth with a classic game with Dendy, Sega, Super Nintendo or Game Boy. Now very few who survived consoles of that time, but fortunately, not for long to go back to your childhood can be without them.

For this we need OpenEmu utility. It is a convenient shell and, through the use of open emulators, allows you to run games from all popular retrokonsoley like Game Boy, Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Mega Drive / Genesis, as well as more exotic platforms. Full list of supported platforms is as follows:

• Atari 2600;
• Atari 5200;
• Atari 7800;
• Atari Lynx;
• ColecoVision;
• Game Boy / Game Boy Color;
• Game Boy Advance;
• Game Gear;
• Intellivision;
• Neo Geo Pocket / Neo Geo Pocket Color;
• NES / Famicom;
• Nintendo 64;
• Nintendo DS;
• Odyssey² / Videopac +;
• PC-FX;
• SG-1000;
• Sega 32X;
• Sega CD;
• Sega Genesis / Mega Drive;
• Sega Master System;
• Sony PSP;
• Sony PlayStation;
• SNES and Super Famicom;
• TurboGrafx-16 / PC Engine;
• TurboGrafx-CD / PC Engine;
• Vectrex;
• Virtual Boy;
• WonderSwan.

OpenEmu design is very similar to

With Sidebar, you can filter games by platform, it contains a complete list. You can create collections, they will be displayed in the style iTunes playlists. There is a ranking function that is useful for evaluating the games and the creation of collections of favorite. Conveniently implemented to search, it produces results both on a specific platform, and the entire collection.

Of course, there OpenEmu support game controllers, including wireless if you have a gamepad, you can connect it to your Mac and enjoy game fully, especially when playing with friends. OpenEmu supports the following controllers:

• PlayStation 4;
• Xbox 360 (need a driver);
• PlayStation 3;
• Logitech series (Dual Action, Rumblepad 2, Gamepad F310 / F510 / F710);
• Gravis GamePad Pro;
• RetroUSB SNES RetroPort and RetroPad;
• Sega Saturn USB;
• S3 Neo Geo Pad USB;
• Retrode;
• Retrolink;
• Retrolink N64;
• N64 Adaptoid;
• Nintendo Wiimote;
• Nintendo Wii U Pro.

I connected a DualShock on PS3 and Chinese USB-Gamepad. It worked once, did not have to adjust.

Work OpenEmu very simple and clear, all the elements of the interface are intuitive and visual, interaction with no problems. When you open the app will create a library where you want to import all your "Roma", there are stored application data.

The only thing you will be required - is to connect a gamepad and tweak it, poked a button on it according to the original console buttons. By the way, for each platform management is configured separately, but this is understandable, because each prefix your controllers.

Games run in a window as a video in QuickTime. Controls at the bottom of the window, too, made his style. It is convenient to complete the game, restart, save by pressing the appropriate button. You can also customize the control or filter that will be used to smooth the image.

Emulation is excellent: smooth picture, sound works exactly the way you want: no faster or slower. Thanks to the filters, you can set an acceptable image that looks normal on the high-resolution display.

How cool is this - to start the game you played 15-20 years ago. Feelings are the same, plunge headlong into the gameplay, I remember the old tricks and stunts. Just unbelieveble! Uncovering their gamepads, call old friends and get involved in the fight against evil in Contra, Battletoads and Mortal Kombat!

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