Controls (using your keyboard) are also customizable in the app’s Preferences. However, since the original NES had a very low resolution, you might find its window too small for you, but you can increase its size manually, although losing a bit of image quality in the process. Simply download it, install it, and load ROMS in the *.nes format. To emulate the NES on your Mac, you will need Nestopia, a simple emulator that gets the job done. The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES for short) was the first video game home console to become mainstream and it is still loved by millions thanks to the excellent game library it boasts. That’s right, the system that started it all. Be aware though, these and any other emulators out there exist for game owners to be able to play backups of games they own and not to foster piracy, which is illegal.

Now, since physical cartridges or discs simply won’t do, games for all these platforms are available online as ROMS (which you can search for in Google). Important Note: To use these emulators you need games. This time, we’ll focus on Nintendo’s home consoles, showing you how to play, NES, Super NES, Nintendo 64 and even Nintendo Gamecube games on your Mac the same way. In a past entry, we showed you how you could enjoy some of the best Nintendo handheld games by playing them on your Mac via Gameboy and Gameboy Advance emulator apps.

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