So, while our new native Metal backend is faster, MoltenVK is here to stay. And yes, it has a port for the iOS, making it the best emulator for the iPad in 2023. And it should perform that role excellently, as it is bringing our well tested Vulkan backend to macOS through a very well supported translation layer from a team that has earned our trust. With an absolutely giant list of supported retro consoles, including NES, SNES, GB, GBA, Sega Genesis, Nintendo 64, Atari 2600, Nintendo DS, Sega Dreamcast, Sony Playstation just to name a few. HW acceleration for N64 uses (vulkan based) parallel-rdp and offers 2x or 4x scaling. System requirements are higher in pixel accuracy mode. It applies to the SNES, WonderSwan (as of this release), and PC Engine (TurboGrafx). “We will be relying on MoltenVK to be the benchmark that we compare our native Metal backend against going forward. A lot of games dont require that level of accuracy, but some do.

Take a look at some of the best selling GameCube games or best selling Wii games and start playing a few.

And gamers on the MacOS are lucky enough to have a port now available as well.

Dolphin GameCube and the Wii Emulator Compares Metal Native Backend and MoltenVK The Dolphin Emulator has been in development since around the time the GameCube was released, and has seen plenty of breakthroughs and updates since that time.

With not only our own efforts to improve the core emulation, but upcoming updates to Metal 3 and the constantly improving MoltenVK, the experience is only going to get better” A barrier that many, including ourselves, originally thought unbreakable has been cracked wide open, and the best part is: this is just the beginning. “All in all, we’re pleased with what we’ve managed to accomplish.

Ryujinx Switch Emulator Uses MoltenVK to Ship on Mac.

Two open-source Nintendo emulator projects recently posted updates on their success in shipping on macOS using the open source MoltenVK ‘Vulkan over Metal’ runtime library:

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