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But on that topic if the cover art isn't automatically downloaded, you can always just do what I do and find some on Google Images. Then right-click the game on OpenEmu and you should be able to use a downloaded image as cover art. Game info and cover art can be automatically added from OpenEmu's databases. OpenEmu includes the following features: High-quality Metal (formerly OpenGL) scaling, multithreaded playback, and other optimizations Real-time 3D effects and image processing.
'Reception' section[edit]
The Reception section seems to be needless. The generic comments displayed there only describe the usage of any emulator, and can apply to any in the market. 'An adults inner child' that 'can immerse themselves in the games they love' is true for OpenEmu as much as any other emulator but doesn't tell us something specific. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.132.141.80 (talk) 23:47, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
Sega Saturn[edit]
I'm trying to eliminate the small line above the table in the systems section, which refers to Sega Saturn, but I'm unable to do so. Can anyone help? I've already moved the info to inside the table, it's needless where it is. Diogo Pereira (talk) 05:46, 24 December 2017 (UTC)
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I've had a clear separation for a while now: Windows is for gaming, Mac is for everything else.* Well, in about an hour of testing I've determined that emulation of older consoles has a permanent home on my Mac. I hate the word 'game-changer' but it's hard not to use it when talking about OpenEmu.OpenEmu is essentially a front-end for other emulators, but no other manual downloads are required. Upon the first run, it asks you which systems you want to emulate and downloads the cores for them. On many systems, you can even dig into the settings and choose which core you want to use. Some people prefer ZSNES to SNES9x for example, and this is an easy configuration change.
The configuration is set to sane defaults but you can modify some advanced settings. Controller configuration is a real treat. As you can see from my screenshot (yes, that's Bible Adventures. What?) you're presented with a view of the controller and you can change what is used for each button. The PS3 controller (which works right out of the box on Mac. If I were more cynical I'd think Microsoft somehow made it difficult to get them to work on Windows intentionally) is automatically detected and configured as you'd probably want to configure it yourself, but you can tweak that as you like. You can set certain buttons to be quick save and quick load as well.
Selecting a system brings you to a list of all the games for that system you've added. You can choose list, covers, or cover flow. OpenEmu automatically downloads box art for anything it can find. It seems to pull from the filename so if you have a strangely named rom it won't automatically find it.
The gameplay itself is seamless. You can play windowed or fullscreen, and in windowed mode you can change the size just like any window and it will keep the proper aspect ratio. When playing a game, you can move your mouse to the bottom of the screen to bring up a toolbar like you'd find in a media player to exit, manage save states, enter cheat codes, etc. Best of all, if you exit and re-enter, it automatically picks up where you left off.
The current stable release has a wide variety of consoles to choose from:
- Game Boy Advance
- Game Boy Color
- Neo Geo Pocket
- NES/Famicom
- Nintendo DS
- Sega 32x
- Sega Game Gear
- Sega Genesis/Mega Drive
- Sega Master System
- Super Nintendo
- TurboGrafx 16/PC Engine
- Virtual Boy
The experimental version has support for many others including Playstation, N64, PSP, a wide variety of Atari consoles, and a ton more. The full list of planned support is here: https://github.com/OpenEmu/OpenEmu/wiki/Console---Core-Plugin-Status-&-Wishlist
It also has native support for many controllers, and some that require drivers to set up (like the XBox 360 controller).
I played various games on NES, SNES, and Genesis, and ripped Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII from my PSP just to test out the emulation. That thing was dusty, but it was worth it. Everything played without a hitch. The graphical reproduction was solid, sound was good, controls were responsive.
Cover Art Maker
In short, I have absolutely nothing bad to say about this. If you're interested in emulating older consoles and have a Mac, especially if you have a controller you can use, you should check it out! It's everything you've always loved about emulators, wrapped up in a nice package to ease configuration, and it comes with awesome features you never thought you'd need.Openemu N64 Cover Art
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