How to play 3001: O'Connors Fight on Mac

Game summary

It's 3001. It has not been possible to developed an independent Space-Travel, yet. Because of this, travel through space and live on other planets is only possible in a distance of 15 light-years (from our sun). The imperium was reigned by an imperator, who kept up law and order for some time. But now, the imperator is dead and a war has started between the six lords of the universe, who'll become the new imperator. The six lords do nearly everything to expand themselves and to reign the whole universe one day. One of them is John O'Connor. A master in strategy and a believer in law and order. Will he reign the universe one day and will he cope with the other 5 cruel lords? The player takes the role of O'Connor and has stop all other lords and to take over their planets. After the titlescreen has disappeared, you have the possibility to enter a code. By clicking on the upper numbers, you can change the starting positions of the lords. Click left button again to enter the game. On the left side, all planets are shown (planets have the color of the lord who reigns the planet/Players color is white). The whole gameplay is controlled by the menus on the right side of the screen.
First released: Feb 1990

Play 3001: O'Connors Fight on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play 3001: O'Connors Fight on a Mac is through Parallels, which allows you to virtualize a Windows machine on Macs. The setup is very easy and it works for Apple Silicon Macs as well as for older Intel-based Macs.

Parallels supports the latest version of DirectX and OpenGL, allowing you to play the latest PC games on any Mac. The latest version of DirectX is up to 20% faster.

Our favorite feature of Parallels Desktop is that when you turn off your virtual machine, all the unused disk space gets returned to your main OS, thus minimizing resource waste (which used to be a problem with virtualization).

3001: O'Connors Fight installation steps for Mac

Step 1
Go to Parallels.com and download the latest version of the software.
Step 2
Follow the installation process and make sure you allow Parallels in your Mac’s security preferences (it will prompt you to do so).
Step 3
When prompted, download and install Windows 10. The download is around 5.7GB. Make sure you give it all the permissions that it asks for.
Step 4
Once Windows is done installing, you are ready to go. All that’s left to do is install 3001: O'Connors Fight like you would on any PC.
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