- #Mac os x xbox emulator for mac#
- #Mac os x xbox emulator install#
- #Mac os x xbox emulator driver#
- #Mac os x xbox emulator archive#
- #Mac os x xbox emulator code#
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Still you can try it yourself, and I think chances are high it’ll just work out of the box thanks to Fuse emulator capabilities. I haven’t tried two controllers yet, but it’d be really fun to do so in some games, and Fuse seems to support that – so perhaps in future I will try it if I have the chance. You’d still need to use key mappings setup to map a joystick fire button though. UPD: Also you can use left analog stick for up/down/left/right controls by selecting corresponding joystick type in “Emulated joystick” dropdown on Inputs tab. You can redefine the preferences of Fuse to make these match Kempston joystick for maximum compatibility. Here’s the key numbers on X-Box controller in accordance with Fuse numbering: Now, provided you have X-Box controller attached, go to “Inputs” tab of Fuse->Preferences and for Joystick 1 choose Real device: X-Box 360 (Wired) Controller. – In Fuse go to Fuse->Preferences->”ROM” tab->Spectrum 128K (or whatever version of Spectrum you choose from “Machine” menu – I use 128K) and click “Choose…” buttons to provide it with the location of ROM files. Simply unpack it, go to “roms” folder and copy all ROMs into the directory of Fuse emulator you’ve downloaded, or any other directory of your choice.
#Mac os x xbox emulator archive#
The package is tar+gzip archive in case you don’t know what.
#Mac os x xbox emulator code#
– If Fuse complains about missing ROMs on startup – download ROMs from any location you can find, for example one can download Homebrew source code package for Fuse macOS port that includes these ROMs in “roms” folder of the package.
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The latter should allow you to skip ROMs installation step, but I haven’t tested it.
#Mac os x xbox emulator install#
– Install macOS version of Fuse emulator – either by downloading it from SourceForge and unpacking, or via HomeBrew.
#Mac os x xbox emulator driver#
– Install and test X-Box controller driver for macOS – look for “Xbox 360 Controllers” item in System Preferences after you’ve installed it, there you can test and configure it, though it actually requires no configuration changes out of the box. In short, the order of installation is this: Still, those ROMs are available online in several locations ( 1, 2 – unpack archive and see roms directory, etc) – just under different licenses. Installation for this setup is relatively simple, though not without a quirk – one has to download and configure Spectrum ROMs for Fuse emulator separately, since macOS port of it doesn’t include them due to some licensing mismatch (apparently their license isn’t GNU compatible or something like that). Anyhow, just get the latest version from GitHub. Though I’m not even sure where I’ve got version 0.14 – the GitHub page says it’s not a TattieBogle driver (though it’s clearly a fork of that), but I’m almost certain that GitHub page is where I’ve got the driver from, and TattieBogle website has latest version at 0.12, and the about section for driver I have says it’s a TattieBogle one.
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I probably should’ve upgraded X-Box 360 controller driver, since checking GitHub releases page for that driver revealed newer versions being available – it just so happened that I already had 0.14 installed and it worked, so I didn’t bother changing anything.
#Mac os x xbox emulator for mac#
I’ve tested this setup with TattieBogle driver version 0.14 and Fuse emulator port for mac version 1.5.6.
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A macOS driver is also needed for X-Box controller to work with Mac, but such a thing is available too (also there is an older one from TattieBogle). In any of those cases X-Box 360 controller can be used on macOS – by using macOS port of Fuse ZX Spectrum emulator, that supports it out of the box. Others support standard key mappings like QAOP+Space or QAOP+M, and some also support standard joystick configurations like Kempston joystick, which essentially uses number keys 1230 for left/right/up/down/fire on 2 joysticks – very simple and effective scheme, that also seamlessly works with games that allow redefining keys but don’t have special joystick support. Some ZX Spectrum games allow one do redefine keys in order to play them. For those who remember and love the good old ZX Spectrum – here’s a retro-gaming lifehack to have some fun experience playing ZX Spectrum games using X-Box controller on a Mac.