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Solitaire Til Dawn does cost $9.99 from the Mac App Store but it’s well worth it as there are so many solitaire games to try, you’re sure to find more than just Freecell to enjoy.

#Games for mac os yosemite how to#

There are over 100 card games to choose from, including of course Freecell, with clear descriptions of how to play each one, rules and tips for being a better player. Solitaire Till DawnĪs the name suggests, Solitaire Til Dawn is a collection of card games for hardcore solitaire fans who just can’t get enough. If you think you’ve seen every variation of solitaire, try Pretty Good Solitaire and you’re sure to find a game you’ve never seen before. You can undo and redo moves, automatically save games, choose 5 different card sizes for those with poor vision and there are a mind boggling 2 billion starting positions for each game.

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There are an incredible 600 games and 80 bonus games in it including all the most popular variations such as Klondike, FreeCell, Spider, Yukon, Scorpion, Pyramid, Cruel and more.īut it also includes many games designed just for Pretty Good Solitaire such as Demons and Thieves plus Aces and Kings. You actually can’t play a few N64 games without a proper USB controller like this one, but that was half the fun of N64, quirky hard to learn controls.Pretty Good Solitaire has been around for over 20 years and is one of the best solitaire games for Mac due to the sheer number of games included with it. To set up your USB stick, go to “Preferences -> controller preferences -> gamepad.” Of course, the N64 controller had an analogue stick and various additional buttons making it quite difficult to use a regular gamepad.

Pull the USB lead out and configure the controller in your emulator.Īlso at the top end of what’s possible on an average Mac, the emulator of choice for the N64 games for Yosemite is called Sixtyforce. If charged, it should now be a discoverable device on the Mac.

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Simply plug the PS3 controller into your Mac with a USB lead, go to the Bluetooth menu and “Open Bluetooth Preferences.” Press the centre PS button to wake up the controller.

You can get the files, called SCPH-7502 and so on, with a Google search for Playstation BIOS.Įither get a USB PS1/PS2 controller adapter like this one, or if you want to go wireless, you can actually hook up your PS3 controller to your Mac by Bluetooth: The best emulator to run on Yosemite is PCSXR. Unfortunately, to get things running, you will need a copy of the proprietary BIOS chips, the operating system of the console. PS1 (or PSX) is at the top end of what can be played smoothly on a Mac.

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The somewhat more complex SNES controllers can be configured by clicking the Config menu and going to Configure Controllers.įor the full Nintendo experience, you will need either one of these or one of these superb replica USB controllers.

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In SNES9x, you can configure the video look by going to “Preferences -> Graphics -> OpenGL TV Mode.” You can even warp the screen to imitate a CRT screen curvature. Go to “Preferences -> Emulator” and check “Simulate NTSC video artifacts.” Then go to “Preferences -> Joysticks” to set all the buttons and pads of your joystick. Nestopia is another emulator which features great simulation of crappy TVs. It’s quite easy to set up, but being a computer rather than a console, there are some technical things you need to know. The current favourite Commodore emulator is VICE or Versatile Commodore Emulator featuring additional emulators for C64, Pet and VIC20. This is also a good stick for playing the Commodore 64. Speed link used to make one so keep an eye out for one of those on eBay. To rig up your USB game controller, choose “Preferences -> Joystick -> setup” and configure the buttons and orientation of your stick.įor authenticity, try to find a Kempston joystick replica with USB. To set up your chosen machine, choose “Preferences -> Machine” and click the Check button. The benefits of the later machines were good sound and faster processors. You can configure your virtual Spectrum to be an original 48k one, 128k, and every other version in between including the Timex versions. The emulator for Mac which runs Spectrum games is called Fuse.