While during summer, computing tends to slow down a bit, this is certainly not true for the emulator scene. Let's just list the big news that also are relevant for Mac Retrogaming:
- RetroAchievements for Game Cube has landed! Download the most recent development build for MacOS (Universal build) and log into your RetroAchievements account via Tools - done! There is already a huge list of supported GameCube titles - with some luck also those of your own childhood. Needless to tell that should you have missed out on RetroAchievements, it is about time! This is absolutely breaking news. I just fired up my beloved Luigis Mansion, and RetroAchievements immediately activated on my Mac!
- PCSX2 enters a new era: The developers have completed migration to QT and thereby release version 2! Having said that, Silicon Macs still rely on Rosetta2 - but the IntelMac builds are reasonably fast and absolutely stable.
- Mupen64Plus 2.6: Believe it or not, it's the first release since 5 years. There are pre-built releases, however only for Intel64. While I could not test it, my build instructions for an Apple Silicon build should still work.
- Duckstation frequently updates: It's definitely also worth updating Duckstation to its most recent version. Besides tons of under the hood development, also further shaders landed. Also here I still need to come back later.
With that said, back into this hot summer ... enjoy some shiny summer days!
