Emulation on the M1 Pro is GREAT! Full retro macOS gaming test (PCSX2, PPSSPP, Citra, Xemu)

2021年11月21日 Andrew Tsai

M1 Mac Emulation Tutorials Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYzT4cEhhFvh9IAsuic4paA_elCqNKs3J

► Emulation Tutorials for macOS:
RPCS3 M1 Mac tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzJeQne5USw
OpenEmu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxhbhM8BA68
PSP (PPSSPP ARM): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYfnSCgRBdA
GC/Wii (Dolphin ARM): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwYKk-_HoPg
PS2 (PCSX2): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veWRt0f7avk
Dreamcast (Redream): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6x_vLg2m7T4
3DS (Citra ARM): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpbDl0v_WCs
PSX (DuckStation): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNofg_jkRnA
Xbox (Xemu): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCvQ_9M1nlI

This is a video demonstrating the power of the M1 Pro and how it can emulate retro game systems and even newer systems including GameCube, Wii, PlayStation 2 and PSP. Whilst I would never recommend that somebody buy one of the new M1 Pros specifically for emulation, there is decent software support and the performance is really good especially for GameCube and Wii games via Dolphin’s ARM build.

This video is recorded on the base model MacBook Pro 14″ with 8 CPU cores and 14 GPU cores.

Had a couple of snafus with recording as the screen recorder conked out when recording PCSX2, Duckstation and Xemu. Also forgot to set my iPhone camera to record 60 FPS so we are stuck with 30 FPS footage for all the ‘real world’ b-roll, however hopefully this conveys that many of these games can be run at 60 FPS.

► Timestamps:
00:00 M1 Pro state of emulation
00:40 Sega Rally – Sega Saturn (OpenEmu)
01:37 Pokemon Emerald – GBA (OpenEmu)
02:10 God of War – PSP (OpenEmu)
02:49 God of War – PSP (PPSSPP ARM)
03:43 Midnight Club 3 – PSP (PPSSPP ARM)
03:59 Rogue Squadron II – GC/Wii (Dolphin ARM)
04:48 Zelda Twilight Princess – GC/Wii (Dolphin ARM)
05:09 Sonic Colors – GC/Wii (Dolphin ARM)
05:31 Tatsunoko vs Capcom – GC/Wii (Dolphin ARM)
05:59 Tekken 5 – PS2 (PCSX2)
07:26 Crazy Taxi – Dreamcast (Redream)
08:04 Marvel vs Capcom 2 – Dreamcast (Redream)
08:35 Zelda Majora’s Mask – 3DS (Citra ARM)
09:32 Tekken 3 – PSX (Duckstation)
09:58 Halo – Xbox (Xemu)
11:06 GoldenEye Rogue Agent – Xbox (xemu)
11:38 Tutorials

► Resources:
Master M1 game compatibility list: https://www.applegamingwiki.com/wiki/M1_compatible_games_master_list

► Talk to me!
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