RELATED: How to Use a Real GameCube Controller or Wiimote in Dolphin Xbox (2005): xemu You can use a real Wiimote and GameCube controllers, or emulate Nintendo’s controllers using alternative hardware instead. This includes an internal resolution bump to render games in a crisp resolution that exceeds the 480p Wii baseline, anisotropic filtering to make textures look better, and options for anti-aliasing to get rid of jagged lines. More efficient native apps deliver improved power efficiency, which makes gaming on a battery using a MacBook even more attractive. With a native app, the full power of the M1, M2, and similar chips can now be used by the emulator and many even include support for Metal.

Fast forward to the release of the M2, and there are plenty of emulators available with native Apple Silicon support. Most used Apple’s Rosetta 2 transpiler, with varying degrees of success. When the M1 chip first launched in 2020, very few emulators had native Apple Silicon versions available.

RELATED: Is Downloading Retro Video Game ROMs Ever Legal? Native Apple Silicon Emulators Are Now Available Many of these emulators require BIOS files that will need to be dumped from the original hardware, so make sure you understand the legal repercussions of using ROMs before you proceed. Of course, no article about emulation would be complete without making it clear that emulators are not illegal but downloading copyrighted material that you don’t own certainly is.

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