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SpeedofMac MP64+ Launcher

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By default, Mupen64Plus 1.99.3 runs only from the command line (Terminal). For everyone who doesn't know much about using Terminal (and even for those that do!), we've thrown together a little application that will do all the terminal work needed to launch a game.

Plus, you don't even have to worry about installing Mupen64Plus; it's already included in the launcher!

Download the SpeedofMac Mupen64+ Launcher

Click the icon below to download the SpeedofMac MP64+ Launcher:

Mupen64Plus Game Launcher Download
Click to download SpeedofMac MP64+ Launcher

Note: the launcher is still in its beta stage, so it may not work as expected. Please report any comments, observations, issues, or hurrahs to http://speedofmac.com/blog/mupen-launcher-updated-again/

If Safari is set to open safe files automatically (see this SpeedofMac QuickTip), a disk image called SpeedofMac MP64+ Launcher should mount. If not, go to your Downloads folder and double-click the downloaded .bz2 file.

Drag SpeedofMac MP64+ Launcher to your Dock for easy access, and you're ready for the next step!

Set up the Launcher

A few basic things are needed for the launcher to work properly:

First, make sure that the Mupen64Plus 1.99.3 files are in a folder called Mupen64Plus in your Applications folder (see Step 1).

Second, your rom titles must not contain any spaces.* See our original game launcher page for more information on how to remove spaces from file names easily.

* If you open the .sh files in the Mupen64Plus folder and change $1 at the end of the files to "$1", spaces in file names should work properly. Thanks to Auria at Emutalk.net for this tip.

How it works

This MP64+ launcher is mostly a collection of AppleScripts and shell (perl) scripts. To open a rom, it uses the following AppleScript:

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Please let us know if this works for you and if you have any comments or questions by heading over to our SpeedofMac MP64+ Launcher blogpost and leaving a comment!