Before version 8.0, Virtual allowed the ROM files to reside in the same folder as the application. The format is compatible with the 'D5NI' format used by one of the first Apple II emulators, 'Stop The Madness'. You won't find disks with this format on the Internet. A Mac OS X folder can now be mounted as a ProDOS disk image, making. Virtual is a program that emulates the vintage Apple II computer on your Mac I don't have a Mac and can't speak first hand for this emulator but it seems to be the emulator of choice for the Apple II community on Twitter who run Macs. Virtual is a fully-featured Apple II emulator for MacOS. In my opinion the best one available as you can read here. Today, Gerard Putter announced the immediate availability of the version 9.0, bringing the following changes: Introduction of the “peripherals” side bar, combining the contents of the device and performance drawers.
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- Apple II games
The Apple II (sometimes written Apple ][) was a very popular machine in the 80s and the early 90s. Thus, many emulators have been created and maintained over the years.
Apple II emulators
The best emulator for Windows users is AppleWin, and OpenSource software which emulates the original Apple II, Apple II+, Apple IIe and some Russian clones. No ROM is required to run the emulator. One alternative for Windows is Agat Emulator, an emulator dedicated to the Agat (a Russian clone of the Apple II), which runs also the Apple II, II+ and IIe.
Mac users can choose between Virtual ][ (not free) and OpenEmulator (OpenSource). Linux users can use the wonderful LinApple.
You may also use an Apple IIGS emulator to run Apple II games - the Apple IIGS had a 95% compatibility with its 8-bits predecessor.
Running Apple II games with AppleWin
Apple Ii Emulator Mac Os
AppleWin is very easy to use, the following video shows how to run the Oregon Trail, which comes with 2 disks. General procedure should be:
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- unzip the game archive, the archive may contain several versions of the game, each of them can contain several disk archives ;
- launch AppleWin, then click the disk 1 icon on the right, and select the first disk archive ;
- if the game has other disks, click on the disk 2 icon, and select the second disk archive ;
- click on the Apple icon on the right to reboot the emulator ;
- play!
Virtual Apple Ii Emulator
