MrFlibble wrote:Earlier releases included DOS and NeXTSEP versions, with maybe only the demo versions available now (here's a YouTube video of the DOS demo running Lemmings). MECS: The Mac Emulation Compatibility Sheet UPD: The E-Maculation Wiki has its own compatibility list (of sorts) which also covers other emulators as well: Earlier releases included DOS and NeXTSEP versions, with maybe only the demo versions available now (here's a YouTube video of the DOS demo running Lemmings). The latest Linux version should also be available. The currently available versions appear to be v2.1pr16 for Windows, the source. Additionally, software that is not officially supported may be also run. Individual entries can be viewed from the website contents list, but the pages use database ID numbers so there's no way to quickly get a list of supported programmes. The developers maintained a database of supported software at their site, but it's not easily accessible via the Wayback Machine. The official website ( ) is now offline, but the Windows version and setup instructions can be found at the E-Maculation WikiĬompatibility with Mac software is somewhat limited though. However, its development eventually halted, and somewhere in 2008-2009 the author released both the final stable release and its source code under the MIT license. It's called Executor and it was originally a commercial programme which apparently enjoyed success in the 90s and early 2000s. Recently I've learned of a programme that does not have these requirements yet is capable of running Mac software for the 68k CPU architecture on Windows and Linux. There exist Mac emulators which support the different CPU architecture and MacOS versions which were in use in the 90s, but most if not all of these emulators, despite being free and open source, require that you have a ROM image obtained from an actual Macintosh, and/or a copy of MacOS in order to run. Because Macintosh computers already used 640x480 resolution while DOS and other home computers and gaming consoles were at lower resolutions, many games from the early to mid 90s which were ported to Macs would get improved, higher resolution graphics.Īt the same time, at least some of these games appear to be quite under-represented on the Internet today: it's pretty tough to find screenshots or gameplay videos of Mac games on authentic 90s hardware.įor a while I was trying to find a legitimate way to run demo and shareware versions of some Mac games on non-Mac hardware.

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