Let’s show how to build their source code on Mac OS X.įirst, we need to install all of the dependencies. Or, you might just want to have a version of Fceux that is not 18 months out of date, because the project hasn’t released a binary since 2013 despite the fact that bugs continue to get fixed.
Unfortunately, some of those hacking features are exclusive to the Windows version currently (boooo), so maybe the project needs some help from Mac users. Basically it’s the “hacker’s choice” of NES emulator. There are other options for NES emulation on Mac OS X, but FCEUX offers tools for debugging, rom-hacking, map making, Tool-assisted movies, and Lua scripting.
Fceux is a cross-platform, open-source NES emulator.