ePSXe Alternatives for Mac

ePSXe is not available for Mac but there are some alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The best Mac alternative is RetroArch, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to ePSXe and ten of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to ePSXe are DuckStation, OpenEmu, Ludo and PCSX-Reloaded.

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  1. RetroArch icon
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    A fast, modular emulator frontend offering portability and extensive support for systems from arcade consoles to mobile platforms, featuring game engines like Doom and Quake, and capabilities for real-time rewinding and shader support on a variety of devices.

    160 RetroArch alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • F-Droid
    • Steam
    • Raspberry Pi
    • Playstation
    • Xbox
    • Haiku
     
  2. DuckStation icon
     53 likes

    DuckStation is an simulator/emulator of the Sony PlayStation(TM) console, focusing on playability, speed, and long-term maintainability.

    13 DuckStation alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • AppImageHub
    • Flathub
     
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    DuckStation vs ePSXe Comments
    damientheroo
    Positive
    1

    Duckstation is far more stable than ePSXe. It just works right out of the box. Effects are also easy to apply, quicksaves/quickloads don't crash the game, and is generally less of a hassle and more feature-rich than ePSXe. I'm surprised it isn't known by more people!

    Iván Elias
    Positive
    1

    Open Source and already better looking than epsxe, the memory card editor is a useful tool, it has a game list. In contrast epsxe seems to not have been updated in years

    • DuckStation is Free and ProprietaryePSXe is also Free and Proprietary
    • DuckStation is LightweightePSXe is not according to our users
  3. OpenEmu icon
     67 likes

    Open Emu is an open source project to bring game emulation to OS X as a first class citizen, leveraging modern OS X technologies such as Cocoa, Core Animation and Quartz, and 3rd party libraries like Sparkle for auto-updating.

    57 OpenEmu alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
     
  4. Ludo icon
     21 likes

    Ludo is an Emulator Frontend able to run retro video games. Ludo does not emulate the consoles itself, but does it through emulator plugins called libretro cores. Libretro cores are well known emulators (like Snes9x or Genesis Plus GX or PCSX) stripped from their user interface.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. PCSX-Reloaded icon
     19 likes

    PCSX-Reloaded is a PlayStation Emulator based on PCSX-df 1.9, with support for Windows, GNU/Linux and Mac OS X as well as many bugfixes and improvements.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. Ares Emulator icon
     7 likes

    ares is a multi-system emulator that began development on October 14th, 2004. It is a descendent of higan and bsnes, and focuses on accuracy and preservation.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. MESS icon
     14 likes

    MESS emulates portable and console gaming systems, computer platforms and calculators. The project strives for accuracy and portability and therefore is not always the fastest emulator for any one particular system.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. Nostlan icon
     5 likes

    A front-end or user interface (UI) is the presentation and interaction layer of an app or website. Most modern emulator apps have basic game list UIs that you can interact with using a mouse/keyboard but not a game controller.

    117 Nostlan alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. Spectral icon
     1 like

    Spectral is an experimental Sinclair ZX Spectrum emulator from the 80s, which has been randomly assembled since the pandemic days. Accuracy and performance are long-term goals, but the primary focus is just having fun with this thing.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10.  1 like

    A WIP PlayStation 1 emulator written in Rust.

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    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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