Emulating games is AWESOME on the M3 Mac!

[@Andytizer]

Install Combo Cleaner: www.combocleaner.com/? Use my code ANDREWTSAI80 for 80% off for Mac or PC versions! Valid until 31st March 2024 ONLY!

[@CheeseburgerEnjoyer]

Question, would the m2 chip be good at emulating totk at 30 fps as well?

[@mangepanges]

Can you make a test video for steam games using parallels, what kind of fps would we get on popular steam games using parallels on a m3 pro?

[@galfinite]

Will you address a way to download shader cache for Ryujinx now that Ryusak is gone? You would save a lot of ppl

[@Omega-cy6fs]

Ryujinx actually has a setting for users with less RAM called “Enable Texture Recompression” which will compress the Textures before storing them in RAM. This will reduce RAM usage at the cost of higher CPU usage, however to my knowledge Ryujinx doesnt use all of the CPU cores anyway so this shouldnt reduce Performance much / it would increase performance if RAM is the bottleneck I really like trying to emulate all kinds of systems on my Mac so please more Videos like this (maybe about ScummVM and/or DosBox-x)

[@mcbiglikethis]

im from pc telling you guys to go and have a wonderful day wherever you guys are

[@empplayz]

Nintendo right now: "bombastic side eye" 👀😳

[@mingo5831]

Not funny

[@PianoRightNOW]

😂

[@bransontenorio1687]

They are always looking 👀

[@TouchdownTopics-md1qw]

👀

[@julienl.3327]

Strike incoming

[@wayneatchison2077]

Always love your emulation videos! Watching your videos is one big reason why I chose to get a MacBook. I have the M1 Pro and it does everything I need right now. However, I love seeing all the advancements that have come with the m3 chipset.

[@LB-yg2br]

Yup, just sold me on grabbing a base m4 Mac mini as an all in one emulation station and pled server in my living room entertainment center

[@ScottLahteine]

As another alternative, Retroarch is still being developed for macOS. It would be interesting to see a video catching up on the current state of Retroarch, showing how well it handles emulation, and checking in on how up to date its cores are compared to other emulation hosts.

[@kazz98]

Remember to uncheck "Accurate barriers" option in Cemu, I have a Macbook Air M1 and Zelda BOTW goes stable 30fps

[@H786...]

dont give me hope... i have 8gb ram, do you think my macbook pro 2020 m1 would be ok with it?

[@Don_XII]

@@H786... it should work just fine lol

[@H786...]

@@Don_XII what controller do you use?

[@IceBlueLugia]

@@H786...I use the official switch pro controller

[@dapperblue6165]

Your voice is so relaxing man

[@yhwachlick101]

rainbow

[@And_Rec]

Nintendo lawyers about to dropkick KZbin servers

[@crestofhonor2349]

Considering that emulation relies on the CPU not the GPU it's no surprise that Apple Silicon macs are great for emulation. Combine that with the high resolution screen you can add in a super high quality CRT filter for 5th gen and older games

[@PieStudios]

4:30 is that SMT IV I see 👀

[@jefgirdler7232]

Looking like switch emulation is getting better and may be the only way to play new Doom titles on a’ apple silicon Mac. Wild.

[@KindaHawks]

16gb ram m4 mac mini would be amazing for these

[@drjayteamk4531]

ngl i'm goo with these games. especially ps3, wiiu, switch playing on their native resolution at at least 30fps cause the screen isn't too big to notice pixels

[@f1rekage]

RIP Citra, may it rest in respect. 😔

[@otakuslouma8928]

Citra? You mean yuzu lol ?

[@makotoyuki9498]

@@otakuslouma8928Citra and Yuzu. Same group was running both, so now both are taken down.

[@mysticalos]

Interesting that M3 base gets same performance as M3 max 40 core in cemu botw. I wonder if it just hits a cpu bottleneck that just doesn't care how many gpu cores there are. I actually get better performance with switch version of botw

[@JoshuaEpperson69]

M2 Max runs better than m3 max for switch games for some reason

[@rickkarrer8370]

One thing people always failed to mention about Wii emulation on the map, newer versions of macOS won’t let you pair a Wii Remote. It’s very annoying. Comes down to Apple requiring a certain level of security that the Wii Remote simply did not support. As far as I’m aware no one has figured out a way around this.

[@mudstuff]

Interesting thanks. I just got a new MBP and was curious what it could run. I've never really dabbled much previously with emulation on OSX, I have a hacked wii, mini consoles, Android tablet and half decent pc. This looks like a great way to play some Switch titles and likely get better performance (M3 Max 16 core CPU, 40 core GPU and 64GB RAM)

[@mochorocho]

do you know of a way to get a pressure sensitive Dual shock fully supported on mac os? Would like to play MGS2 and MGS3 with full control support. Any hints would be much appreciated. Thanks

[@JussimirPasold]

OpenEmu has a great UI, but it's disappointing that it doesn't offer the option to run at higher internal resolutions for most platforms.

[@alexbowe2316]

You might be able to specify a config for each of the cores, potentially by making a shell script to launch the core with certain flags (if OpenEmu doesn't give you an interface to do that itself). Some of them probably do allow higher resolution. I haven't tried it myself, but maybe someone can try and weigh in :)

[@DrAnimePhD]

Just another reason Nintendo should just start doing PC/Mac ports already like Sony does. Not even asking for day in date, just something. They can't win against their futile war against emulators so might as well just start doing official releases so they can make some extra revenue and decentivize emulation

[@crestofhonor2349]

The main reason why the Switch was emulated so early was because the switch is pretty weak hardware wise. iPhone X is also faster than it in both CPU and GPU

[@Omega-cy6fs]

@@crestofhonor2349 no it’s not really just the hardware, for example the Switch uses a lot of texture formats which no x86 platform natively supports and that causes a whole lot of problems even for powerful hardware. The main reason why the switch was emulated so fast was because the Tegra X1 (the chip inside the Switch) had already known vulnerabilities and thus the reverse engineering started almost immediately The fact that it was Nintendo’s next “big” console and the fact that they don’t do ports (as outlined in the main comment) unlike most games for Xbox and PS4 meant that there is also a way bigger demand for it.

[@user-qy2wf2lt6v]

I mean... It was "bombastic" on the base Air M1...

[@Clodd1]

Can I get the same performance with a Mac mini M2?

[@xeienar]

I have an iMac base M1 and I never reached to the point of having to use swap while (emulator) gaming. The machine starts getting hot, slow and the fans get lousy way before it starts chugging swap memory. This shared memory marketing stunt is just marketing... 8GB RAM was a standard in 2014. It's been 10 years, and a couple of RAM modules are cents...

[@heyhey067]

Ikr its crazy that they still offer 8gb models, not even upgradable

[@thetabletopskirmisher]

Imagine how good games can be on the Mac if only Apple would make it a priority. It certainly has the money to make it happen.

[@rubidium1948]

TotK running better on a MAC than my Switch OLED is absolutely absurd. How embarrassed does Nintendo need to get before a hardware revision?

[@yoanhg421]

I want an M3 chip handheld 😅

[@pinguman13]

This would be killer 😳

[@ILovefood92]

iPad Pro coming out with m3 👁️👄👁️

[@Hhhh22222-w]

The fact that Apple can but saves it for later is super annoying, they always drip feed us.

[@oh-noe]

apple and nintendo collab with nintendo prices pls

[@pinguman13]

@@oh-noe this is what I need in my life!!

[@Stillxxen]

I want to buy M3 with 16gb of ram. Could somebody tell how big impact have emulation on battery?

[@totalpackagedetailingllc4413]

What about running a M2 Pro Mac with 16 gigs would that work for all of this

[@APOWER385]

Sure why shouldn't it lil

[@Ghostviperz]

who said gaming on mac is dead

[@jahnotreal]

RIP Citra

[@sufyzed9041]

I have an m1 MacBook pro, and for the price of an upgrade could the pc I buy run all of these emulators as well as or better than the m3 max?

[@nanoloopbandit]

The idea of playing Nintendo games on anything that is not a Nintendo system makes my brain glitch.

[@aravindvinayakan]

RIP Citra 😭

[@retdett_8528]

will it also work that good on MacBook Air m3 with 16 gb of ram and 512 gb of memory?

[@eltqtie]

i have the exact same question

[@danielescivoli4874]

Hey tutorial on how to make RPCS3 work? It keeps crashing on me even in launching the PS3 menu

[@Omega-cy6fs]

Like he said you’ll have to check the wiki for each game to get it to work (if at all). From a compatibility standpoint it is probably the worst (worst doesn’t mean bad just in realtion to the other Emulators, RPCS3 is still an incredible piece of software) Emulator on this list.

[@ibleminen]

Have you updated macOS

[@chrisryan8894]

@@Omega-cy6fsagree. It’s quite finicky to say the least

[@alejandronavarroayala9444]

Did you play all those emulators with the dual sense?

[@sebolio]

I purchased MK1 on Steam because Crossover showed it as "excellent", however after installing it, turn out it runs like crap, even in lowest settings, am I missing something here? I've tried all settings...

[@Renzsu]

It's been a few years since I last played with emulation, but is something like RetroArch to be recommended? Or are there downsides compared to using it on Windows?

[@mahdiwafi7998]

كل الحب والاحترام والتقدير متابعك من المغرب 😘

[@NajeebOneHeartOneBeat]

Is it worth using the 8GB ram model or upgrading to the 16GB ram?

[@ccvdg]

16GB Ram.

[@Andrasturiexplore]

How big is the difference in emulation performance between M1 max and basic m3?

[@Andytizer]

Quite a big jump, x4 the GPU cores.

[@Andrasturiexplore]

@@Andytizer 4x increase in graphics in a simple m3? Wow, I thought the MacBook pro M1 max would be a good deal for its money.

[@Andytizer]

@@Andrasturiexplore The other way around, M1 Max will perform much better than M3.

[@j1m898]

is downloading emulators and Roms dangerous for Virus etc?

[@jared_taylor]

I’d love a way to play rocket league on Mac. Is a Switch Emulator the only way?

[@SchwarzAA]

does it overheat or throttle at long play sessions ?

[@DC4TH]

Is it possible to remove, shrink or at least move the debug info window when emulating? P.D.: Thanks a lot for all your videos!

[@Andytizer]

Try this kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4a0ZpV5nqtqfLMsi=c5hmTRAQmonTW08F

[@DC4TH]

@@Andytizer Awesome!

[@budukas]

why are we questioning if a 2023/2024 machine can run emulators for devices built 20+ years ago?

[@theburntcrumpet8371]

Dudes running switch games my trolly friend

[@hks-lion]

Emulation itself is the process of translating one to another and the emulation process can be very CPU intensive. It is not simply a case of just needing the same level of CPU, GPU and RAM as the emulated platform

[@sam-h5r6j]

Can it emulate Xbox or 360 games?

[@djteknovibe93]

On the OpenEMU can you have it full screen? I've always been a Windows guy with various desktops and laptops over the years. I'm thinking about getting myself a Macbook Pro with an M3 Pro processor and want to connect it to my 65" 4k TV via the Macbook's HDMI output but i'm wanting to know if it's capable of running full screen. Some emulators can only be windowed meaning it can't take up the whole screen.

[@razrv3lc]

Google says yes. I’ve had a MacBook Pro for the last ten years and the green bubble at the top left of a window takes pretty much everything full screen

[@JellyLancelot]

Dude you sound exactly like 2kilksphilip

[@mistywhisp]

Guys, I love windows, but I hate the new ai thing. I’m wondering, if I save up for a m3 Mac, would it be worth it to use til college? I have one Apple device, a iPad 10 gen, but that’s it. I also do game dev, so I wonder if it’s good for that too. Edit: I forgot to ask, ram and the upgraded cpu are expensive, but is it worth it?

[@andresdigi25]

for gaming windows is always better. I have a m3, an intel mac and 2 ryzens for windows

[@kieran9882]

How far away are we to having Vulcan and Proton fully working with Apple Silicon on Asahi Linux?

[@RunningFromDogs]

can you try this with the M3 MAX?

[@dclxvi35]

How can I see the hardware usage, like you do above on the right? I need to know! Thanks :)

[@Andytizer]

Metal HUD FPS counter tutorial for Mac: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5Oxen1uZ5WDptUsi=HHzpUSqkCsxumS3X

[@thejoto]

zelda breath of the wild keep on crushing on start - any suggestions?

[@pianoplayer2147]

My only question is if this would run well on a base M1 Pro MacBook Pro. It’s got more gpu cores but I dunno since it’s a couple years old

[@Omega-cy6fs]

I have an M1 Max (even more GPU cores but same age) and I can set most settings to the max without problems.

[@pianoplayer2147]

@@Omega-cy6fs thanks for that info! Can I ask, what type of games? Is it like switch or wii?

[@Omega-cy6fs]

@@pianoplayer2147 Basically all of the emulators that have a Mac port and are regularly maintained have really good performance. So Ryujinx, Dolphin, Citra, PPSSPP and PCSX2 (there are more but these are very good examples)

[@pianoplayer2147]

@@Omega-cy6fs thank you so much!!

[@TheSzyko]

What is the best PS4 emulator for Mac?

[@senzium]

none, mac can barely emulate switch now imagine ps4 lmao

[@senzium]

also ps4 emus are trash

[@CaioFreitas1987]

Great video man! Congrats! Can you help me with your ryujinx settings to play TOTK? I have a m2 pro 19 gpu and my game keep stuck at 20 fps, I dint find any mod that help me to get 30 fps :(

[@cyberbot076]

Hello Ryujinx always crashes on my Macbook Air M2 when i play Zelda, BotW at the start and Totk at the first shrine. Do you have any tips please?

[@kazz98]

Try to disable Hypervisor option in the Settings, CPU section

[@cyberbot076]

Nice thank you, I can start BotW when i disable hypervisor but the Performance is not good and Totk have the same problem crash at the first shrine@@kazz98

[@tybittz]

Is anyone elsne having trouble getting the widescreen patch to work???? I have it turned on but the image still looks stretched. What am I doing wrong??? Please help..

[@robert_martino]

hey bro why AetherSX2 and not PCSX2? is AetherSX2 better

[@dakzer55]

My custom 2020 build low power 450KW psu, Asrock X570 TB3, DDR4 64GB ram, RX 6600, 1TB ssd still wipes the floor with M1, M2, M3. Arm MacOS is ok for casual gaming only, but gets frighteningly hot when clam shell on external monitor playing Trek to Yomi

[@VoltX_1]

You are simply wrong

[@ibleminen]

Is aethersx2 really better than pcsx2? The last time I used it gave me issues in Shadow of the Colossus.

[@krystiano.610]

Depends on the game. In the games I personally play - it had less visual glitches (like lines on sprites / textures when upscaling) and better performance. But that was back when pcsx2 didn't have metal renderer. The sad thing about the aethersx2 is that people started harassing the dev and he stopped working on it, so right now it's an abandonware. I do still use it and works fine in my opinion.

[@ibleminen]

@@krystiano.610 a lot of progress has been made since then. But yeah I know what happened with the dev. But I am not sure if he really received death threats as there was some speculation about the situation, and some people doubt it.

[@Nightizm]

Do you know how to get vibration working on AetherSX2 and/or DuckStation??

[@santiagotoscano6621]

Did you have to use some special setting for BOTW work so fine in Ryujinx? Is it still necessary to turn off hypervisor?

[@brunodigennaro3395]

it still is necessary, yeah. but JIT was updated so it runs better than it did now

[@gdz2905]

@@brunodigennaro3395 so BOTW now runs better with ryujinx than with CEMU? i have a m1 pro 16"

[@Obikenobi93HD]

I tried to do Nintendo Switch emulation on the M2 15 inch but when i search games it takes me to fake pages and scam downloads either they can’t be downloaded anymore or pretty much got rid of the roms for the Nintendo switch games so i deleted it and was very useless

[@chavaperez8445]

My guy it very easy to get Nintendo switch rom there so many different websites

[@jjj8na]

every time I try to add the game directory on aether nothing shows up? what do I do ?

[@Ifalvarado]

Does god of war ascension work with the ps3 emu for m3?

[@vlogdavidalejandro]

I don't know why but I have problem with Nintendo switch emulation on my m3 max 36 GB, have a lot of problems can't emulate well

[@MrMeste]

I have the same machine and working just fine so uninstall reinstall and check settings

[@kompassorpigo7600]

Dreamcast ignored as usual 🥲

[@elali64]

Has anybody tried on M3 Air for long sessions ? I’m kind of afraid of the eventual heat…

[@andresdigi25]

yup it gets really hot

[@Stormlywing]

@@andresdigi25 that what you get if you cut Fans out of PC Macbook pro M1 pro 16gb ram - still freezing but bit bit warm when playing Pokemon X on it last longer than their NEW Nintendo 3ds xl did and Nintendo think switch would save them but the problem is Dock they used is more damage to the screen when inside if you pull it out the wrong way and hit the screen When playing Pokemon games on big screen can be more better for kids as the one thing they face is an big screen

[@astitvashukla6556]

Where can i download pokemon sword for max

[@Irshad-Mohammed]

can you find a way to play genshin impact all the previous methods have keyboard issue aur key issues.. something that works

[@philrodfilms]

Struggling to download ds melon on Mac. Any chance you could make a tutorial? I download it but I just have a black screen, and the tutorials on KZbin are for windows.

[@Andytizer]

Yep sure I have filmed it and will release it soon.

[@philrodfilms]

@@Andytizer thanks. Any idea why black screen occurs?

[@Andytizer]

Not sure what issue you're having, here's my tutorial on melonDS: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5yXqYiFeZuqhJo

[@Omega-cy6fs]

@@philrodfilms I assume you’re either lacking the necessary bios files or you didn’t start up the DS / a rom

[@aleksandrzasyadko8325]

Hi have you tested grand blue fantasy relink on mac if not can you do?

[@allknightlong84]

Is anyone able to get past the menu for games like God of War Collection or Splinter Cell HD without RPCS3 crashing on Sonoma? Any "compilation" games that have a main menu and then break off into another EBOOT file seem to kill the program

[@vilzardsoulink9900]

Hola, buenas tardes desde España. ¿Habria la posibilidad de que enseñaras de forma mas exhaustiva el emulador de Rpcs3 para Macbook? es que estoy pensando en adquirir un macbook y no se si cogerme el Pro o el Max. Muchas gracias de antemano

[@kombearholes]

necesitas usar la wiki para que cualquier juego funcione. Sería difícil para él hacer un vídeo ya que cada juego tiene diferentes problemas en rpcs3. Sorry, my Spanish is not very good.

[@navy1978Italy]

Hey , how to show the FPS using openEmu?

[@GRandoTube]

Please please show what TOTK looks like on a powerful M3 Max chip. I want to know if it's worth upgrading from my M1 Mac mini which can currently achieve roughly the same performance as the M3 base chip you showed here.

[@nathanross4036]

I tried an M3 Max with 30-core GPU last month for this purpose since no one else was benchmarking it. It does very well in the towns, averaging 30-40fps, but can't quite reach 60 anywhere, sticking to around 45-50 in the open world. Seemed a bit GPU bottlenecked so I imagine the 40 core GPU would do much better at 1080p/1440p. What I wanted to see was how it worked for 4k, which was not super well. 25-35 fps across the board, maybe 40 if you were lucky. But given that even with perfect GPU performance scaling from 30-40 cores it wouldn't touch 60 at 4k, I decided not to bother trying the higher end one out.

[@CaioFreitas1987]

@@nathanross4036man can you tell me about the settings to reach 30 fps in TOTK? I have a m2 pro with 19 gpu but it keep stuck at 20 fps, and the gpu is not even close to 100% use

[@nathanross4036]

@@CaioFreitas1987 You need to find a 60fps mod like Ultracam

[@GRandoTube]

@@nathanross4036 I wonder if this is a result of under-optimisation by Ryujinx. I just can't fathom how a much more powerful machine than my M1 Mac mini with only 8 GPU cores could only achieve what seems like modest gains at 1080p/1440p with nearly 4x the GPU cores that are 2 generations ahead on Apple Silicon.

[@nathanross4036]

@@GRandoTube Yeah, I found it odd as well. Wouldn't be surprised if it was a Ryujinx limitation, that emulator has always seemed to have more overhead than Yuzu. Wish Yuzu was on Mac.

[@2muchjpop]

What about M4?

[@Linkstwitch]

When I am emulating games on ryujinx they usually end up crashing when I fullscreen or do anything else the game is running

[@maxcarnage8706]

The same

[@Tool_nerd]

What do u use for the specs on the top right

[@Andytizer]

Metal HUD FPS counter tutorial for Mac: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5Oxen1uZ5WDptUsi=HHzpUSqkCsxumS3X

[@hi-sh5dw]

can you make a video to run a pc game on mac for free, like using whiskey

It used to be games :)

[@stilu2k6]

What GPU settings for the Switch emulator are perfect for the M3 Max?

[@Omega-cy6fs]

Depends on your Display-size ideally its as close to your native screen-resolution as possible so probalby 2x in docked mode. For Anti-Aliasing and Anisotropic Filtering you can just set it to the max (my M1 Max can handle that in most games). For the Scaling filter it really depends what Look you like or what game you play.

[@stilu2k6]

Games run very well. Thank you, but I have one problem. As soon as I exit full-screen mode, the emulator crashes. Is this a bug or is it due to a setting?@@Omega-cy6fs

[@Omega-cy6fs]

@@stilu2k6 sounds more like a bug to me

[@tronewsky2]

What about playing games in low-power modes? Low-power mode can double battery life when playing games

[@cyrilvoynov]

it works great in terms of performance. you didn't notice any issues and get lower temperatures and battery life. suddenly emulation process hits hardware bottleneck earlier than you can reach full potential of it. so low power battery mode doesn't impact at fps (maybe frame time a little bit). at least on m2 pro

[@crestofhonor2349]

Low end emulators like 6th gen and older should be perfectly fine. I could see issues with PS3 due to how much CPU power it needs

[@amirsuhel7184]

is this game not good enough?

[@Ejp23_]

So ps3 emulation is finally playable ?

[@Stormlywing]

i did try the emulator for their menu UI Runs nearly 90fps when is booting up and headed to 110fps that 50 fps more than PS3 was able to use Like i used an PS3 PRO where is able to push 110fps that more than the real one would

[@macmick]

The need for any Combo Cleaner or other bloatware is an absolute lie!

[@nandornarai7528]

Can i use ps4 controller as well?

[@chrisryan8894]

Yes

[@nandornarai7528]

@@chrisryan8894 thanks

[@GruesomeRazor]

Thank you so much :) now what about Xbox emulators for Mac?

[@crestofhonor2349]

Xemu, Xenia, and CXBX aren't on MacOS. You'd have to use Crossover or a similar program to play them

[@GruesomeRazor]

@@crestofhonor2349ah, okay thank you for letting me know, I appreciate it :) hopefully they’ll have a Mac version in the future, at least for Xenia.

[@Omega-cy6fs]

@@crestofhonor2349 There is an official Xemu Version for Mac however I never actually got it to run properly

[@chrisryan8894]

@@crestofhonor2349xemu has Mac builds. Though it works better on intel based macs, it’s got issues with apple silicon

[@Pipsispite]

@@crestofhonor2349 You're wrong. XEMU is natively available on MacOS. It's a native binary too so no need for Rosetta.

[@dyablostylo165]

Can you make crossover work on DBD? like I have a gaming laptop and a MacBook Pro but can this app work on dead by daylight?

[@dancen798]

I’m wondering the same thing

[@piotrekduda2k3]

Nintendo Switch is banned now :/

[@hoptop77]

Rogue squadron looks amazing. I've got a m2 max 32gb and plays like garbage. Do you know how you got it working so well?

[@gnocchidokie]

I played Rogue Squadron at 1080p on my pre-m1 iPad Pro from 4 years ago flawlessly, so there must be a specific setting that you need to check! It should run just fine

[@Omega-cy6fs]

That’s definitely a problem with your settings. Check your graphics backend, shader settings and internal resolution. If none of that is helping try to reset all the settings to the defaults and go from there

[@caraphern]

can you play persona 5 ps3 on it?

[@fouadbdi3767]

I always said that Nintendo makes the best PC games, now it looks like it also makes the best MacOS games😅

[@Pascal-ui2lm]

The base model M3, really? I thought it's already well established that this version is fairly useless for any serious task because of its subpar RAM…it seems it can run older games, but this lousy RAM surely makes it a pain for newer games, emulated or not.

[@haysoos123]

He says at the end that it struggles with some switch games because of the limited ram. So yes, if you want to do any gaming on Macs, best to get at least 16GB of ram, and more if you can.

[@Engazado712]

please test helldivers2, tengo una mac pro con 8 ram y quiero comprarlo, please te amo.

[@senzium]

mac cant run helldivers 2