It seems that one of the major drawbacks of current MacOS MAME is the lack of a Dynamic Recompiler (dynarec), which is only available for In...

This featured post is in steady update.  6 January 2025 - MAME update, added a link to my new post concerning MacIntel builds 10 December 20...

Update 18.11.2024: Amendments to CoopDX, which really rules. First preview of the SM_OSX launcher that already now shines. Please allow me t...

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...

The RetroArch community remains very busy and provides for another big thing - RetroArch is now downloadable for iOS/iPadOS/tvOS from the of...

Update 6 May 2024 - GitHub Fork with MacOS Binaries For easier deployment, I created a fork of the QMC2 Github Repository here: https://gith...

After two tutorials on a proper RetroArch setup ( Part I and Part II ), this might be the most difficult Part III on best practices in Retr...

Update June 2024: Besides minor tweaks all over the document, I included a dedicated RetroArch Cloud Sync section for FinalBurn Neo, as this...

Update 13 January 2024:  Further great news for all Aracade fans. 1942 has RetroAchievements!  One of my all-time arcade favorites finally r...

A brief note: This forum thread contains two Christmas add-ons for the koko-aio shader of RetroArch. As a regular reader, you will know tha...

This entry is about one of my all-time favs, Guitar Hero. It was the single reason for me to buy a PS2. So when I found out that recent vers...

Update December 2023: Please be sure to head for version 3.0.7 on the official GitHub site (see my December 2023 post), as these here have c...

Update 14 August 2023 - MAME (current) was also updated to version 0.257 and is on par with official MAME as of this blog update Recently th...

Update June 2024: Some small, but great RetroArch news considered here. First,  HDR screenshots work now! And the new function "Add To ...

Update 6 April 2023: I released v 0.3 of my Arcade koko-aio shader https://github.com/estefan3112/koko-aio-slang/releases/tag/0.3 Important ...

Update 13 January 2023, several amendments and Preemptive Frames as third big thing 2023 starts with some big news for Mac Retrogaming: Retr...

So I learned these days that Google Search sees this Blog, and here‘s a milestone for clicks. It is very nice to see that this bears some re...

Update Christmas 2022: I created a script for a fully fledged compile of mupen64plus.  Please download the zip file under this link: https:...

 After some waiting, I moved to MacOS Ventura 13.0.1 from Monterey without any issues so far. Ventura seems to be a no-brainer for MAME This...

Brief update after s month in RetroAchievements: It continues to amaze me! - New sets come in very frequently, and the recent Moon Patrol se...