How to play Abyss on Mac

Game summary

Now Harry Bow has really done it! You're good. But are you skilled enough to find all eight Quake-O-Mates, and push each of them to a Swirl-Away Garbage Disposal? It's just you and your Anadome versus Harry Bow and his nasties. Are you up to the challenge? A colorful, fast-paced arcade style game featuring four levels of scrolling, super-bitmap game-play, a save game feature and a high-score table. Warning: Fast reflexes and quick thinking required.
First released: Dec 1987

Play Abyss on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Abyss 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).

Abyss 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 Abyss like you would on any PC.
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