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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
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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:
- 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!
running really slowly. I occasionally saw that happen in Mac OS 10.3.9
when I had something running that was using up graphics processor or
something, but now it's all the time. I upgraded to version 0.9, but
that didn't help. I have a 1.25GHz G4 with 768MB RAM, might be on the
low side for Leopard, but bigger applications, like Final Cut Express
work just fine.
Virtual Apple Ii Emulator
So then I tried Virtual ][, and it runs at the right speed, but the
paddle/joystick controls are really flaky (using the arrow keys instead of the real thing since my 1980's era joystick doesn't have a USB
connector :-(. It will start out okay, but suddenly the behavior
changes, and I can't move one direction for example.
So I was wondering what people recommend for just running some
occasional Apple //e games under Leopard OS. Or are there fixes for the
errors I'm seeing?
I don't mind paying a nominal fee for an emulator, as long as I can test
it first.
Apple Ii Emulator Mac
Rob - a geek from the 80's