This Nintendo Wii from 2007 managed to receive the installation of Mac OS 9.2.2.
A popular YouTuber known as Michael MJD has successfully installed an older version of macOS on a Nintendo Wii game console. In a video posted on his channel, Michael MJD shows us all the installation process
In the video we can see how efficiently it installs macOS 9.2.2 in Nintendo Wii 2007 using a small floppy disk to install the software. At the end of the video the license to play Lossa classic FPS that unfortunately runs very slowly and lags in this weird retro combination of Apple and Nintendo.
How to Install Mac OS 9.2.2 on a Nintendo Wii
To install Mac OS 9.2.2 on Nintendo game console, you don’t need to use any emulator or virtual machine, because you can get via Linux natively. As this YouTuber had already installed Linux on his Nintendo Wii in another video, he had already done half the job.
After his tireless struggle to install Mac OS 9.2.2 on the Nintendo Wii, we can see that the operating system works perfectly on the game console although with some audio issues and with unintelligible typography. Even if the letter of the menus reads perfectly.
After watching the entire video, it’s pretty clear that installing an old operating system on a game console isn’t worth spending so much time and effort on, because it’s not isn’t like installing Windows 11 on a next-gen Mac. But you have to admit, it’s a blast to watch.
Apple, for its part, has ventured to offer a large catalog of video games on Apple Arcade, its on-demand gaming platform. But so far, there is no indication that the company will launch its own game console in the market.
