Mac emulation

26 August 2018, 18:41

Hi what’s the best and easiest way for me to emulate Amiga on Mac.

I’ve looked into FS UAE but it looks quite complicated for me as I’m pretty useless with this stuff.

I do have an Amiga 600 but a few of my old games don’t work anymore and I’d really like to bring back some old memories and play the games I loves as a kid!

Is there anyway you can just download ROMs and play?

ReadOnlyCat · 26 August 2018, 19:23

FS-UAE is actually the less complicated way to emulate an Amiga on a Mac.

You can theoretically emulate an Amiga using MAME but from what I recall they were far from being able to boot an Amiga correctly and anyway MAME is much more of a pain to configure than FS-UAE.

FS-UAE is not that hard to configure.

1- Buy AmigaForever to legally obtain the ROM images for the system. (http://www.amigaforever.com)
2- Launch FS-UAE and instruct it to scan the AmigaForever DVD to obtain the ROM images.
3- Obtain the disk images of the games you want to run (legally or illegally, your responsibility).
4- From FS-UAE, go in the Settings menu and instruct it to scan the folders where you downloaded these images.
5- The games should now be listed on FS-UAE games list and should be playable.

There is a bit more than that to this procedure but that is the general gist of it.

However, to answer your question: at the moment, no, there is no way to select a game and play it directly without having to fiddle with an emulator, especially on the Mac.

Also note that since Amiga games are disks based and not ROM based, there are no ROMs to be downloaded, only disk images.

26 August 2018, 19:59

Thanks,
Tats sounds just about manageable for me! The way I read it was that I had some files from my actual Amiga and that sounded way out of my league!

Does Amiga forever work for Mac then? I’m more than happy to pay for it, as king as it works and I have the capabilities to get it working ??

I wish I could pay someone to do it all for me haha

ReadOnlyCat · 26 August 2018, 22:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by justanotherdj

Thanks,
Tats sounds just about manageable for me! The way I read it was that I had some files from my actual Amiga and that sounded way out of my league!

Does Amiga forever work for Mac then? I’m more than happy to pay for it, as king as it works and I have the capabilities to get it working ??

I wish I could pay someone to do it all for me haha

Don't we all?

Alas, Amiga Forever does not run on the Mac but its install DVD can be used by FS-UAE to fetch the needed system ROMs.

Hewitson · 27 August 2018, 01:18

Don't waste your money on Amiga Forever. The kickstart roms are freely available on the web.

26 August 2018, 18:41	#1
justanotherdj Posts: n/a	Mac emulation Hi what’s the best and easiest way for me to emulate Amiga on Mac. I’ve looked into FS UAE but it looks quite complicated for me as I’m pretty useless with this stuff. I do have an Amiga 600 but a few of my old games don’t work anymore and I’d really like to bring back some old memories and play the games I loves as a kid! Is there anyway you can just download ROMs and play?

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26 August 2018, 19:23	#2
ReadOnlyCat Code Kitten Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Montreal/Canadia Age: 52 Posts: 1,178	FS-UAE is actually the less complicated way to emulate an Amiga on a Mac. You can theoretically emulate an Amiga using MAME but from what I recall they were far from being able to boot an Amiga correctly and anyway MAME is much more of a pain to configure than FS-UAE. FS-UAE is not that hard to configure. 1- Buy AmigaForever to legally obtain the ROM images for the system. (http://www.amigaforever.com) 2- Launch FS-UAE and instruct it to scan the AmigaForever DVD to obtain the ROM images. 3- Obtain the disk images of the games you want to run (legally or illegally, your responsibility). 4- From FS-UAE, go in the Settings menu and instruct it to scan the folders where you downloaded these images. 5- The games should now be listed on FS-UAE games list and should be playable. There is a bit more than that to this procedure but that is the general gist of it. However, to answer your question: at the moment, no, there is no way to select a game and play it directly without having to fiddle with an emulator, especially on the Mac. Also note that since Amiga games are disks based and not ROM based, there are no ROMs to be downloaded, only disk images.

26 August 2018, 19:59	#3
justanotherdj Posts: n/a	Thanks, Tats sounds just about manageable for me! The way I read it was that I had some files from my actual Amiga and that sounded way out of my league! Does Amiga forever work for Mac then? I’m more than happy to pay for it, as king as it works and I have the capabilities to get it working ?? I wish I could pay someone to do it all for me haha

27 August 2018, 01:18	#5
Hewitson Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 41 Posts: 3,772	Don't waste your money on Amiga Forever. The kickstart roms are freely available on the web.

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