Mac Source Ports
Run old games on new Macs
Mac Source Ports features native app builds of source ports of your favorite games for both Apple Silicon and Intel Macs, signed and notarized whenever possible.
Quake IIDeveloper: id Software
Release Date: December 9, 1997
Source Code Release Date: December 22, 2001
Quake II is a first-person shooter, the second in the Quake series. Yamagi Quake2 is the most mature and advanced port actively being maintained.
Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: October 8, 2024
For more information on getting the game's data onto your Mac check our FAQ
QuakeDeveloper: id Software
Release Date: June 22, 1996
Source Code Release Date: December 21, 1999
Quake is a first-person shooter, the first in the Quake series. The vkQuake port was derived from the QuakeSpasm Spiked port and uses Vulkan on macOS by way of MoltenVK.
Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: October 2, 2024
To run different mods, you will need to drill into the vkQuake.app/Contents/MacOS directory in Terminal and run the vkquake executable with command line options. In the future we hope to add a GUI for this.
For more information on getting the game's data onto your Mac check our FAQ
KNOWN ISSUE: There have been reports that double-clicking "vkQuake.app" does not run the game. I am looking into why this happens but in the meantime if you run into this you can drill into the package contents and run the executable directly. For more information see boggydigital's guide here and Andrew Tsai's video here
Heroes of Might and Magic IIDeveloper: New World Computing
Release Date: October 1, 1996
Source Code Release Date: Not formally released
Heroes of Might and Magic II is a 4X turn-based strategy game. Ranked once by PC Gamer as the sixth-best game of all time it features resource building, new factions, skills, and a single-player campaign.
Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: September 15, 2024
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HomeworldDeveloper: Relic Entertainment
Release Date: September 28, 1999
Source Code Release Date: September 2003
I have some games on this site with lots of fans, but I feel like Homeworld has a particularly special cultlike following. Released in 1999 (aka The Best Year For Gaming, Ever) it is a RTS game set in a 3-D space, a novel concept for the time and one that's hard to match even to this day. It spawned a sequel and a pair of spinoff games, and a third game in the main series has been in the works for several years and should be delivered in 2024.
Relic released the source code for the original game in 2003 under the now defunct Relic Developer Network and it's been the basis of several source ports with a history more complicated than Dune lore.
NOTE: In 2013, Gearbox releaed the Homeworld Remastered Collection which featured enhanced versions of the first two mainline games as well as the original, and these are likely the only versions being sold today. If you use the data from these versions you will want to use the files from the "Homeworld1Classic" folder in the instructions below.
Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: October 8, 2024
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CarmageddonDeveloper: Stainless Games
Release Date: June 13, 1997
Source Code Release Date: Not formally released
An example of controversy for controversy's sake, Carmageddon basically took what people wanted to do in other racing games - crash into other cars and run over pedestrians - and turned it into the primary gameplay loop. They took the macabre joke about getting points for hitting people in your car and made it a gameplay mechanic. The game was successful both from a critical and commercial perspective, as well as its goal as a controversy magnet.
The dethrace project is a source port where in lieu of source code they're reverse engineering it, and according to their Twitter account they're approximately 70% of the way there. The game is very playable but may crash in some places, so I'm introducing a new tag: Early Access. This probably could use a better name but I'm using it to convey the notion that the project doesn't consider itself completely finished (though there are reports of people making it through the entire game), but it's still pretty awesome so I figured if nothing else it's worth putting up a quick build.
Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: September 19, 2024
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RollerCoaster Tycoon 2Developer: Chris Sawyer
Release Date: October 15, 2002
Source Code Release Date: Not released
Another game from the mind of Chris Sawyer, RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 shares the same pixel art style and hardcore interface as his other games.
Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: October 6, 2024
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Warzone 2100Developer: Pumpkin Studios
Release Date: April 10, 1999
Source Code Release Date: December 6, 2004
Warzone 2100 is a post-apocalyptic real-time strategy game from 1999 whose source was released in 2004 and whose content was released as freeware in 2008.
Although my aim is to host signed and notarized game bundles on Mac Source Ports, the Warzone 2100 Project has done incredible work on this port and has logistical reasons for not being notarized yet. While they work through that process, I decided it was worth making an exception to the site's policy so that Apple Silicon gamers looking for a full, free and polished RTS would be able to find it.
Because the app bundle is not notarized, on first run you may run into issues. The shortest answer is to right-click on the app bundle (wz2100.app) and select Open. The long answer is here.
Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: September 12, 2024
Heroes of Might and Magic IIIDeveloper: New World Computing
Release Date: March 3, 1999
Source Code Release Date: Not formally released
Heroes of Might and Magic III is another 4X turn-based strategy game and is one of the best games in the series.
Although my aim is to host signed and notarized game bundles on Mac Source Ports, the VCMI project recently added Apple Silicon support and is sufficiently complex that at this time I'm going to link to their work. We may host a notarized version in the future.
Because the app bundle is not notarized, on first run you may run into issues. The shortest answer is to right-click on the app bundle (VCMI.app) and select Open. The long answer is here.
Build for 64-Bit Intel Macs. Playable on Apple Silicon Macs via Rosetta 2. Build Date: August 26, 2024
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Zork I: The Great Underground EmpireDeveloper: Infocom
Release Date: 1977
Source Code Release Date: Not released
True story: I'm old enough to have experienced the concept of buying Commodore 64 software in toy stores as a kid. I'll never forget, it had to have been at the tail end of the C64's lifecycle and I'm going through this bargain bin and finding nothing interesting, and then I stumbled across Zork I, in what had to be one of the slim case budget re-releases. I had no idea what it was other than I had read the name in Family Computing magazine.
I go home, fire it up, it takes forver to load... and then only when I'm sitting at a text prompt does it hit me that this is a game without graphics. No wonder there were no screenshots. I'm pretty disappointed. I'm also bored and have nothing better to do so I start playing it.
What follows is legit one of the best gaming experiences of my life. There's a reason this game is famous - provided you're willing to give it a shot the premise, writing, puzzles and exploration concepts will lure you in, and the anachronistic hodgepodge of elements makes for an eclectic universe. You descend downwards into the ruins of the Great Underground Empire, now an abandoned world.
The backstory has been told at length elsewhere but the short version is that some computer scientists at MIT made a text adventure game called Dungeon to run on their mainframe and got the idea to make a company to sell versions of it for home computers. It proved to be too big to fit on the computers of the era so they split it up into a trilogy of games called Zork. The company was named Infocom and they are beyond legendary in retro gaming archaeology circles.
The technology the games ran with has been reverse engineered so well that an entire community has spawned programming languages and toolkits to make new games with it and there's hundreds of text advantures as a result, including an annual contest that's been running for decades now.
So unlike most games on this site there are literally dozens of options to play these games, and the current best in breed for the Mac is called Splatterlight.
Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: August 13, 2024
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Zork II: The Wizard of FrobozzDeveloper: Infocom
Release Date: 1980
Source Code Release Date: Not released
So as mentioned, the original gamed Dungeon was split into three games, so the second game picks up pretty much where the first game left off, diving deeper into the intricate underground realm of the Great Underground Empire as you navigate through mystifying chambers and encounter enigmatic characters. Unravel the secrets of the all-powerful Wizard of Frobozz, solving perplexing puzzles and overcoming perilous obstacles along the way.
Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: August 13, 2024
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Abuse 1996 Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: September 8, 2022
Aleph One Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: August 22, 2024
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Build for Apple Silicon Macs. Build Date: July 30, 2024
Build for 64-Bit Intel Macs. Playable on Apple Silicon Macs via Rosetta 2. Build Date: July 30, 2024
Arx Libertatis Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: August 25, 2022
Augustus Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: December 28, 2023
Billy Frontier Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: September 6, 2023
bstone Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: June 14, 2024
Bug Squish Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: August 29, 2022
Bugdom Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: January 3, 2024
Bugdom 2 Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: October 8, 2023
Circus Linux! Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: August 29, 2022
Commander-Genius Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: August 7, 2023
CorsixTH Build for Apple Silicon Macs. Build Date: March 13, 2024
Build for 64-Bit Intel Macs. Playable on Apple Silicon Macs via Rosetta 2. Build Date: March 13, 2024
Cro-Mag Rally Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: February 7, 2024
Daggerfall Unity Build for 64-Bit Intel Macs. Playable on Apple Silicon Macs via Rosetta 2. Build Date: May 8, 2024
Daikatana 1.3 Project Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: January 9, 2023
Defendguin Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: July 21, 2023
Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: September 19, 2024
DevilutionX Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: September 8, 2024
dhewm3 Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: August 3, 2024
Disasteroids 3D Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: August 25, 2022
Doom 64 EX+ Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: September 3, 2023
DREAMM Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: December 6, 2023
DXX-Rebirth (D1X-Rebirth) Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: February 16, 2024
DXX-Rebirth (D2X-Rebirth) Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: February 16, 2024
ECWolf Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: January 23, 2023
Universal 1 for Intel and PowerPC Macs Build Date: January 23, 2023
EDuke32 Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: April 13, 2024
Entombed! Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: August 29, 2022
ET: Legacy Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: April 19th 2024
Exult Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: April 16, 2022
Fallout 2 Community Edition Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: April 21, 2024
Fallout Community Edition Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: March 3, 2024
Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: September 15, 2024
FreeSpace 2 Source Code Project Build for 64-Bit Intel Macs. Playable on Apple Silicon Macs via Rosetta 2. Build Date: February 25, 2024
Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: October 8, 2024
Gem Drop X Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: August 29, 2022
GemRB Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: June 21, 2022
Good Robot Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: September 21, 2022
GZDoom Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: April 28, 2024
ioquake3 Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: August 25, 2022
Universal 1 for Intel and PowerPC Macs Build Date: September 10, 2021
iortcw (single player) Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: January 10, 2023
JA2-Stracciatella Build for Apple Silicon Macs. Build Date: March 20, 2024
Build for 64-Bit Intel Macs. Playable on Apple Silicon Macs via Rosetta 2. Build Date: November 6, 2023
Jazz² Resurrection Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: September 23, 2024
jk2mv (Multiplayer) Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: August 25, 2022
Julius Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: August 25, 2022
Mad Bomber Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: August 29, 2022
Maelstrom 3.0 Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: January 22, 2022
Mighty Mike Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: January 28, 2023
NakedAVP Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: August 7, 2023
Nanosaur Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: February 5, 2023
Nanosaur II: Hatchling Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: December 17, 2022
OpenEnroth Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: January 18, 2023
OpenGothic Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: August 7, 2023
OpenJazz Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: October 7, 2022
OpenJK (Multiplayer) Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: August 25, 2022
OpenJKDF2 Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: February 16, 2024
Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: August 25, 2022
OpenLara Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: February 25, 2024
OpenMW Build for 64-Bit Intel Macs. Playable on Apple Silicon Macs via Rosetta 2. Build Date: July 20, 2023
OpenRA Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: October 10, 2023
Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: October 6, 2024
OpenTTD Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: May 3, 2024
OpenTyrian Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: February 16, 2024
Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: August 25, 2022
OpenXcom Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: August 25, 2022
osu!(lazer) Build for Apple Silicon Macs. Build Date: September 7, 2024
Build for 64-Bit Intel Macs. Playable on Apple Silicon Macs via Rosetta 2. Build Date: September 7, 2024
Otto Matic Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: January 31, 2023
Project Magma Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: August 15, 2021
R.E.L.I.V.E. (built for Abe's Oddysee) Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: October 15, 2022
Raze Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: April 28, 2024
RBDOOM-3-BFG Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: August 25, 2022
ReflectionHLE Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: October 24, 2022
Return to the Roots Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: October 8, 2022
RigelEngine Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: January 9, 2023
rottexpr Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: August 25, 2022
RuneLite Build for Apple Silicon Macs. Build Date: August 20, 2024
Build for 64-Bit Intel Macs. Playable on Apple Silicon Macs via Rosetta 2. Build Date: August 20, 2024
RVGL Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: October 30, 2023
Serious-Engine (built for The First Encounter) Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: October 5, 2022
Shockolate Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: August 25, 2022
Sonic-Mania-Decompilation / RSDKv5-Decompilation Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: August 21, 2022
Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: August 13, 2024
SuperTuxKart Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: October 31, 2022
The Battle for Wesnoth Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: September 5, 2024
The Ur-Quan Masters Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: August 25, 2022
uHexen (Hammer of Thyrion) OpenGL version Build for 64-Bit Intel Macs. Playable on Apple Silicon Macs via Rosetta 2. Build Date: September 10, 2022
Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: September 10, 2022
Unreal Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: April 3, 2024
Unreal Tournament Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: March 10, 2024
Build for 64-Bit Intel Macs. Playable on Apple Silicon Macs via Rosetta 2. Build Date: August 26, 2024
Vectoroids Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: August 29, 2022
Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: October 2, 2024
Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: September 12, 2024
wrathplaces Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: March 20, 2024
Xash3D-FWGS Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: October 2, 2023
Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: October 8, 2024
ZDoom Universal 1 for Intel and PowerPC Macs Build Date: February 2, 2016
ExtractorDeveloper: Tom Kidd / Mac Source Ports
Release Date: February 23, 2022
Extractor is an app from Mac Source Ports that extracts files from GOG Windows-based installers. Think of it as a GUI version of innoextract.
Right now, Extractor does exactly two things: lists the files in an installer, and extracts the files from an installer. We hope to expand it in the future but for now it's a simple application.
Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: December 6, 2022
Knossos.NETDeveloper: Hard Light Productions
Release Date: February 11, 2024
Knossos.NET is a utility that aids in downloading and configuring the FreeSpace 2 Open Source Project, aids in configuring the content from a GOG installer or other location, and can even help with mod management and multiplayer support. Check it out if you want to play FreeSpace 2 with as little hassle as possible.
Universal 2 for Apple Silicon and 64-Bit Intel Macs Build Date: February 11, 2024