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Everyone knows that mac is not a gaming platform. It is a good tool for work. But when the question becomes about games, everything is quite difficult.
I have experience playing poppies (Intel):- CSGO (Steam)- Half-Life (Steam)- Portal 2 (Steam)- Besiege (Steam)- Stronghold (GOG)... and more +/- 5-10 games.
Even old school games at minimums or below did not always meet minimum needs as gameplay.
After switching to m1 (MacBook Air, custom (16GB)), I tried playing CSGO for a test. The situation is a little better (than with Intel), but not perfect. The game was removed until it became a little more optimized.
After that I decided to play Stronghold. But the ports on the Mac no longer work. That is, all apple-marked games on GOG are no longer suitable for me. About the same situation on Steam. Only part of the games made ports /adaptations for m1. These are top games, CSGO, Dota2 and a few more titles.
I'm not very picky about games. I'm not a gamer. But sometimes you want to play something to distract yourself from the hell around you.
In this topic, I will collect games and options for launching them on mac m1. Judging from the trades on Reddit - it can be useful to someone
8-бітні ігри на mac M1 (Nintendo Entertainment System, Famicom (Family Computer), Dendy)
Щоб понастальгувати та пограти в 8-бітні ігри на mac з M1 - не треба дуже напрягатись.
По-перше треба встановити емулятор
По-друге знайти ROM потрібної гри та запустити
Для кращого експірієнсу - підключити геймпад. Але можна пограти і без ньго. Геймпади 8-бітної консолі мають небагато кнопок.