I Love Retro! There is something that resonates in us when we’re able to remember a happy childhood memory.
I remember spending countless hours in front of that Nintendo Entertainment System. I remember reading all of the Power magazines and talking stories and strategies at the lunch table with my friends at school. So, when I found NES emulators a few years back, I couldn’t resist! The best part of emulators is that you don’t need to blow into the cartridges, constantly reset the machine or buy games! I love that I get to now share this with my daughters and they seem to love the classics too! Making It All Work I have a USB Nintendo controller and I use my iPhone as a second controller. Getting there was easy, once you know how.
There are a few things you’ll need. The first is an. I’ve tried a bunch of them and my favorite is. There is a free and registered version. Most people will only need the free version. Nestopia is reliable, works on Macs and Windows machines. Adding USB controllers and/or the iPhone was super-easy.
1/2/4 x USB Controller For Classic Retro SNES PC/ Mac Emulator Windows GamePad.
You’ll also need games once you’ve installed Nestopia. Games are called “ROMS” and can be found on a myriad of sites.
Is my favorite place to get game roms. They have a nifty list of the most popular games and an easy navigation system. USB Controllers You can play the games using your keyboard, but I find it to be just a little sluggish. I took a look around and bought a retro controller that I could connect via USB. The device of choice for me is from Retrolinc. You can find it on It’s just like using the original controller and is pretty solid.
You do need to download a free app to help called The instructions to add the device onto a Mac is pretty easy, just do the following: – Open your Hard Disk. – Open the Library folder. – Open the Application Support folder. – Copy the Emulator Enhancer folder (included with this document) into that folder. – If you double click on the Emulator Enhancer folder the only file within should be “Emulator Enhancer.bundle”. Enter the iPhone Controller After introducing my daughters to the NES emulator it became evident that finding my USB controller was a bit more challenging.
On a whim I decided that it would be cool if my iPhone was able to be a controller. Here’s a surprise There’s an app for that!
After a brief search in the app store I found. Joypad Elite is fantastic! It’s currently $11.99 in the App Store, but well worth it. It comes with some built in games and a ton of “skins”, which are graphic overlays that make the controller look like the original.
The controller can be setup to use with a variety of emulators, such as Super NES, Sega Genesis, Nintendo 64 and Game Boy. You’ll need to connect your iPhone to the Mac via Bluetooth of Wifi and then install the (free) JoyPad Connect software. Tid Bits I’ve used them exclusively on my Macbook Pro, but I understand that this works on PC’s too. I can attest that Nestopia and USB controller working on a Windows 7 machine, but I haven’t tried the rest. If you have questions about the legality of using ROMS and emulators you should research the legality and stipulations of using them, on your own.
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I hope you enjoy playing these games as much as I do! The top of my list is Mike Tyson Punchout, Legend of Zelda, Super Mario Brothers and Metroid. What are your favorite retro games? Or can be you it doesn’t interest. Then we can look towards but I can tell you about more interesting option. But it will be not much later.
I have a Macbook pro as well. My girlfriend bought me the Classic NES USB Controller for Christmas. I was pretty stoked, because now I can play the NES games of my youth, however I am having a bit of trouble finding a site to use the controller/play the games.
I saw your post and wanted to inquire if I have to download that application and then the roms following your directions to do so or if there is simply a site I can go to to play the games online? The reason I ask, is that I am leary about downloading anything off of sites I don't know anything about and am not very familiar with this type of stuff. You're welcome! Also I have noticed that after not playing for a while sometimes the nestopia program loses the settings to the USB controller for some reason and I have to repeat the above steps. Once it wouldn't let me re-program the controller for some reason so I uninstalled and reinstalled nestopia and the program then allowed me to program the controller through the above steps. If you can't program your controller in the first place I would recommend uninstalling/reinstalling nestopia and follow the steps in my last post. Happy gaming!
I am using Snes9x to play Nintendo games on my Mac mini. I have connected a wired USB PS3 controller and I have been successful configuring it with the emulator. However, I am experiencing a noticeable latency (time lapse) between the buttons being pressed and the actions happening in the game. The result is such that a jump in Mario brothers happens too late, and I die by falling into a pit or running into an enemy. It is really annoying, and it makes the games virtually unplayable. (pun intended) I wish there was a setting to adjust the timing so that I could compensate for the timing. Has anyone experienced this problem and come up with a solution?
Does anyone know of another successful configuration. different emulator. controller. computer, etc.? The list of possible sources of lag, in decreasing probability order:.
HDTV. You are probably using one with your Mac mini. Put it into game mode if possible. Disable fancy options named 'intelligent frame creation' or something like that. Connect a PC monitor instead, or, even better, CRT, if you still can find one.
The amount of lag varies wildly between HDTV models, from negligible to unplayable. Home theatre video processors also add lag. Emulator & video card configuration if the emulator is using 3D acceleration features for some reason. Try using simpler video configuration, disable filters etc. Try different emulators. They do add lag, some less, some more.
wireless controllers (some have virtually no lag, some add a lot). wired controllers and keyboard. Unless something went really really wrong, the amount of lag they add is tiny. can't say anything about the operating system.
While I'm writing this from a mac I only use emulators on windows and on portable devices.