How to play ACA NEOGEO THE KING OF FIGHTERS 2001 on Mac

Game summary

THE KING OF FIGHTERS 2001 is a fighting game released by SNK in 2001. The third entry in the King of Fighters NESTS collection, which reaches its conclusion at last in this tournament! 40 characters in total battle it out with a variety of fighting styles! Make a team of up to 4 fighters with the new Tactical Order Select system.
First released: Sep 2018

Play ACA NEOGEO THE KING OF FIGHTERS 2001 on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play ACA NEOGEO THE KING OF FIGHTERS 2001 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).

ACA NEOGEO THE KING OF FIGHTERS 2001 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 ACA NEOGEO THE KING OF FIGHTERS 2001 like you would on any PC.
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