As the publishing and printing sector wained I moved into Internet Marketing and in 2006 co-founded which grew to become one the top 200 visited sites in the US (according to Quantcast), at its peak receiving over 15 million visits per month. I've been a passionate evangelist for Apple and the Macintosh throughout my working life, my first love was a Quadra 605 working with a small creative agency in the south of Norfolk UK in the mid 1990's, I later progressed to other roles in other Macintosh dominated industries, first as a Senior graphic designer at a small printing company and then a production manager at Guardian Media Group. Believe it or not some game companies do allow you to download old ROM images so just do some research before downloading.

You need to do some research on the game you wish to download first to see if the game company put a disclaimer on it or not.

To clarify some bad information about Emulation and ROMS – Emulators are not illegal HOWEVER owning certain ROMS is illegal. Now I know many sources throughout the Internet claim that if you own the original game cartridge then you have the right to download the ROM but this is just not true. Whenever you open Genesis Plus again it should open the last folder you used – this way you don’t have to keep searching for the ROM each time you open the emulator. Select the ROM then “Open” and enjoy your game.

Now go back to your Genesis Plus Emulator, upon opening you’ll be given a window where you will need to navigate to the ROM image that you have just downloaded. Place the image somewhere for easy access – a folder marked “Sega Genesis Games” would be a good place to store them. Once you have found your game download the ROM, the ROM image should look like a Sega Genesis cartridge. There are several sites like that have a rather large selection of ROM’s to choose from. Emulators can run ROM’s, which makes the ROM itself more the less a game. ROM images or files are copies of data from “read only memory” chips found in an old-school game cartridge. Head on over to and click on Download Now, once the file has downloaded successfully drag it onto your desktop or wherever and leave it sit for now. An emulator acts as the game console right on your Mac – allowing you to play your favorite games made for that specific console. In order to play our favorite childhood games we first need an emulator and that’s where Genesis Plus comes in. You won’t find a smoother well-developed seemingly flawless Genesis emulator for the Mac.

If you have a passion for classic games like Sonic the Hedgehog, Mortal Kombat, Shining Force II or Gunstar Heroes then you’ll love Genesis Plus for the Mac.

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