ArsTechnica posted a review on OpenEmu 1.0, a classic console emulator for OS X
Game console emulators have typically concerned themselves with either speed and compatibility, or accuracy. Regardless of what they prioritize, user interfaces are not their strong suit, and most of them haven’t evolved beyond a basic settings panel and a file picker that wouldn’t look out of place in Windows 95. That doesn’t mean there aren’t exceptions, particularly for Mac users: last year we took a look at Boxer, which combines classic MS-DOS game emulation with a spiffy and easy-to-use UI. This year, gamers got an early Christmas present in the form of the long-awaited 1.0 release of OpenEmu.Hands-on with OpenEmu 1.0, a gorgeous classic console emulator for OS X
OpenEmu won’t be new to emulation enthusiasts—the OS X-only software has been in development for several years, and gamers have been welcome to download and compile its work-in-progress source code for quite some time. This week’s release marks the first time that a ready-for-prime-time binary version has been available for download, so we’re taking it for a spin using some homebrew games (available free of cost from the OpenEmu site) and a few game backups, which you can grab from your own cartridges with a gadget like the Retrode.
