![]() ![]() Your Mac will also have to be updated to at least macOS 13.2-the same goes for the iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV, which need to run iOS 16.3, iPadOS 16.3, and tvOS 16.3, respectively. To update the firmware of a controller, you can download 8BitDo's upgrade tool, which is available on macOS and Windows. The Ultimate Controller, Pro 2, and Lite SE aren't so much meant as retro controllers as just good all-arounders, and so that's welcome for folks who enjoy games on Apple Arcade and the like. 8BitDo's Ultimate Controller 2.4g, Pro 2, and Lite SE also got the firmware update-as well as the SN30 Pro variants, the SN30 Pro Plus and the SN30 Pro for Android. Granted, the firmware update applies to more than just the SN30 Pro. That's great news for folks who want to play 16-bit classics on their Macs, but the lack of retro console emulators on the iPhone, iPad, or Apple TV makes it a bit of a waste on those platforms. ![]() Now that controller works much better on Apple platforms like the Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV thanks to new firmware updates from 8BitDo. I guess sometimes we have to take the long way to get there.The 8BitDo SN30 Pro has repeatedly been called one of the best controllers for playing retro console games, particularly those originally made for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES)-which makes sense, since its design is based on the SNES controller. Which is kind of ironic, as I had to get a program to pretend I was a PC computer in order to hack my Sega Mini from my Mac… and after doing all that, it turns out there was a great Mac-only solution for playing old video games available that I could have been using all along instead. ![]() As much as I’ve enjoyed figuring out how to hack my mini, OpenEmu is probably a much better and easier experience (so much so that I’ve since re-setup my Sega Mini and passed it on to my nieces for Xmas - although, I’ve also since bought a Super Console X, as it turns out that it’s quite nice having the option of also being able to play every NES, SNES, SEGA, PS1 and more game on the flat screen tv too).Īnd what if you don’t have a Mac? Unfortunately, for Windows users, OpenEmu is only available as a Mac application (and from what I googled, it seems like maybe Windows doesn’t have something that’s quite as good as OpenEmu, but I also didn’t google that topic long as I don’t have a PC). Of course, comparing what a hacked Sega Mini can do to what an emulator program on a Mac can do is like comparing apples to grapes - and I love grapes, but if you were just looking for one solution to start playing old retro video games, and if you already have a Mac, I would say that maybe you don’t need to bother getting yourself a mini console to hack and you should just stick with your Apple. Also, organizing/sorting your video game library ( you can even give games star ratings) is a lot nicer & easier to do on OpenEmu when compared to Hakchi. Same thing with all the Playstation games that wouldn’t work properly on the Sega Mini ( which was a lot of the sports games). So all those Nintendo 64 games that your little Sega Mini couldn’t handle, those now play pretty good on OpenEmu. The one major advantage to using OpenEmu to play retro video games on your Mac instead of on a hacked Sega Mini is that your Mac has a lot more processing power. The path I took to realizing I could just play any old retro video game, right here on my old 2009 iMac, was a bit more convoluted than it needed to be, BUT, hey, sometimes life is a bit more convoluted than it needs to be.įor example, it wasn’t until I won a flat screen tv while watching the 2020 Super Bowl at my local pub that I started thinking about maybe getting an old video game system to hook up to our first tv in years, which led to me discovering that they now make mini consoles that come loaded with a bunch of games, which led to me discovering that you could also hack those mini consoles to add any games you want, which led to me ordering a Sega Mini right before the global pandemic kicked in and we all went into quarantine mode, which led to me going deep into the rabbit holes of mini console hacking and retro video gaming Youtube, which led to me writing blog posts about how to hack a Sega Mini and creating lists of games that I find enjoyable to play as an old millennial in the 2020s. ![]()
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