Basilisk II for Mac
Emulator to play old 68k games on OS X.
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Basilisk II overview
Basilisk II is an open-source emulator of 68xxx-based Macintosh computers for Windows, OS X and Linux. With Basilisk II, one can boot Mac OS versions 7.x through 8.1. Ports of Basilisk II are available for Mac OS X, Windows, Linux and a number of lesser-known systems. Users require a Macintosh ROM image and a copy of Mac OS to use with the emulator.
For a new setup a BasiliskIIGUI application is needed. BasiliskIIGUI is 32-bit only. It can be used up to macOS 10.14 (Mojave).
Download: https://www.emaculation.com/basilisk/BasiliskIIGUI.zip
A public beta version of a 64-bit Basilisk II GUI application is available. It can be used in macOS 10.12 (Sierra) and later.
See this forum topic: viewtopic.php?f=6&t=10454
What’s new in version 1.0
Version 1.0 (Build 20200922):
View older Basilisk II versions Adds two advanced features:
- Option to enlarge the window while preserving guest screen resolution
- Option to pass on guest gamma settings to the host
Basilisk II for Mac
Free
In English
Version 1.0
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May 22 2011
Version: 19b
For more up-to-date versions, do check out emaculation:
http://www.emaculation.com/doku.php/basilisk_ii
The info here is a bit old. Newer versions solve some of the problems mentioned in these comments.
Oct 1 2006
Version: 19b
My universal version Ran great on my Mac
just remember to set RAM at least 4 MB ,for OS 8.0
Aug 3 2006
Version: 19b
This version is compiled as a Universal Binary, but on my Intel iMac it quits suddenly and unceremoniously part way through booting from my OS 8 CD. I have tried several different ROM files from Performas and Quadras, and consistently get the same poor results. Once-upon-a-time I had a version of Basilisk running on an old PowerPC machine. It was pretty crashy, but at least it ran a bit.
Mar 18 2006
Version: 17
App is pretty Good,
Decent speed, Flexable RAM, I just can't hear the Games, can't play Music,
Nov 28 2005
Version: 16
Worked awesome , but the tiger issue makes this sux :(
Hope its fixed SOOn!!