Jun 17, 2013 Using most compatible ROM files it is also possible to run up to MacOS 8.1 in Basilisk II. Not covered here, but when installing MacOS from a CD, only generic retail Mac OS install CDs can be used. A system install CD that was originally provided with a new Mac will only install on that specific model. What is All Macintosh Roms (68K + PPC)? This is an archive containing all of the most popular Macintosh models ROM files for emulation purposes, ranging from the first 64K ROM from the Mac 128K to the 4MB ROM files from the Bandai Pippin or PowerMac G3, listed below in ROM size, then by release date from oldest to newest. Basilisk II is an open source emulator of 68xxx-based Macintosh computers for Windows, OS X and Linux. With Basilisk II, one can boot Mac OS versions 7.x through 8.1. Ports of Basilisk II are available for Mac OS X, Windows, Linux and a number of lesser known systems. Users require a Macintosh ROM image and a copy of Mac OS to use with the.

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Mac games

Macintosh emulation is quite hard to achieve, you'll have to try and fail a lot, and do a lot of research.

About 1000 Mac games are available on MyAbandonware, from 1980 to 2005. You will need one of these softwares to play them:

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SheepShaver: games from mid 90s to 2005 (MacOS 8.1 to 9.0.4), follow the download links to the precompiled binaries, made available on E-Maculation forums ;
Basilisk II: games from 1991 to 1996 (MacOS 7 to 8.1), follow the download links to the precompiled binaries, made available on E-Maculation forums ;
Mini vMac: games from the 80s, although some games were still made for the emulated Mac in th early 90s.

Many old games will work fine in a SheepShaver or Basilisk II, you should only install and configure one emulator first and to run the game in it.

Complete guides for Mac emulation

Making Mac games work is quite complicated compared to DOS games. You'll have to find a Mac computer ROM to emulate a Mac computer. These ROM files are quite annoying to get, you can extract one from a working Mac, or get one for vMac here (archived), or several one with this guide at Redundant Robot. You should then follow these guides:

SheepShaver: setup guide on Windows, Mac or Linux ;
Basilisk II: setup guide on Windows, Mac or Linux ;
Mini vMac: setup guide on Windows.

Macos 8.1 Rom For Basilisk 2 Pc

Mac emulation is more complicated than DOS emulation, but the E-Maculation community is very helful, with tons of guides and tutorials in english. You should also read this page from Macintosh Garden.