Now as a PC Windows user I mainly use Spectaculator, but this Mac based one certainly looks impressive. Not only is it capable of running multiple machines in parallel, with each machine having its own tape recorder image, capable of playing and recording virtual tapes in PZX TZX CSW and TAP formats, but a ZX Spectrum +3 with two virtual drives and total compatibility with the DSK file format, Z80 snap shots, video configuration such as scanlines, noise, random line displacement and much more. So if you're a mac user, it might be worth your time checking this emulator out, which can be found ().

OpenEmu was designed specifically for OS X with an iTunes-like design that lists ROMs in a unified card-style menu organized by gaming system. The emulator offers full save state support, allowing multiple ROMs to be played at once, and it also provides OpenGL scaling, multithreaded playback, a homebrew collection of over 80 games, gamepad support and more. OpenEmu 2.0 for OS X El Capitan features a redesigned user interface OpenEmu 1.0 with support for several 16-bit systems, including the Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Game Gear, NeoGeo Pocket, NES, Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo. The emulator also, including Nintendo, PlayStation and Xbox controllers and virtually any generic HID compliant USB or Bluetooth gamepad. OpenEmu 2.0.1 is a and requires a Mac running OS X 10.11 or later.

Remind again why we want to play 70s and 80s video games again. Don't you remember the 70s and 80s?

Plays actual game code from the original Intellivision cartridges on your PC or Mac! Every game has a one-player mode! Compatible with most standard hand controllers! Package art, credits, development history, and history for each game! Both collections run on Windows 98/Me/2000/XP and on Mac OS 8/9/X (runs in Classic Mode on Mac OS X).

You're not missing anything, believe me. I've looked into it. There's a gas shortage and A Flock of Seagulls. That's about it. I guess you're not a nostalgic person, are you? Same reason people like the design of old clothes.

To drive classic cars.play old vinyl. I donwnloaded Monsters and Uridium a while back, (BBC Micro). Want some more reasons? Well he is channeling Austin Powers so the post might be slightly tongue in cheek! Photoshop for mac. I have to say though I'm in agreement to some extent. The idea of emulators sounds great but to me they just seem to ruin any memories as the games are just no way as good as remembered.

Firing them up is fun; you get to see them and hear the music and sound effects again but gameplay wise they just don't seem to cut it. I feel I've ruined some memories from playing Spectrum emulators that I'm pretty much happy to keep my old gaming experiences as memories. They're better that way! To end on another quote, but fits apt to my experience: 'Nostalgia is a seductive liar.' - George Wildman Ball.