Apple (edited)There are some good games for Apple Silicon Macs that run both natively and through Rosetta 2, but there’s no question that the selection is limited. Fortunately, it’s never been easier to play some of the best old games on your Mac while enjoying modern enhancements and visuals. Play Older Games with Native Mac Source Ports This is all possible through the use of source ports, which are community-led efforts to maintain modern methods of playing a game. These are often derived from the game’s source code, many of which receive open source releases, years after the game’s initial release. Much of the time, source ports are built from the source code for a game’s engine and exclude the content that makes up much of the original game. The engine refers to the technology that powers the game’s foundations, while the content makes up much of the in-game experience including levels, textures, music, and other copyrighted material. id Software, the developer who created classics like Doom has open-sourced the source code to the majority of the engines used to power its games over the years. Despite this, Doom (the game) is not open source in that you still need to purchase the game to play it (even with a source port). Playing these games (and others like them) using a source port is arguably the best way to enjoy them on modern hardware. In addition to being able to play them natively on a variety of platforms (like ARM-based M1 and M2 Apple… Click below to read the full story from How To Geek
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