It's still impressive, because the emulator is not running as compiled code but rather inside a browser as interpreted JavaScript. I was going to comment on how it’s amazing that it’s possible to just emulate it like this, but then I remembered that I’ve been able to emulate Windows 95 on the first-gen iPad for years now, so it’s not that impressive.
Oh, that’s right, System 7 (before 7.6.5, I think) is freely downloadable and usable. The software bridged the shift from the 68000 series processors to the PowerPC chip, and ran on hardware as new as a Powerbook 3400c and the Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh. Various incarnations of System 7, and then Mac OS 7, existed, spanning 1991 through 1997. The images can be downloaded for local use. Games included are Risk, Cannon Fodder, and Shufflepuck. Other applications included are Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Works, Pagemaker, and an assortment of decompression utilities. The published hard drives contain the entirety of a MacOS 7.0.1 system with HyperCard, BBEdit Lite, Mac Draw, and Mac Paint. Friend also has an emulator running Windows 3.0 if you’re into that kind of thing, plus an even better Macintosh emulator with loads of other apps and games. To check it out, just visit in your web browser. It’s also a great chance to experience what Mac OS was like many moons ago, before we had color displays and pretty graphics. It’s a little slow - you’ll have to give it some time to load - but it’s a lot of fun. Not only can you play around on the desktop and reminisce about how good life was back in the 90s, but you can also run a bunch of apps, including HyperCard Player, TeachText, MacDraw, and MacPaint. Friend has taken a Macintosh emulator and tweaked it so that it runs in a web browser, and you’ll be surprised how much you can do with it.
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