How to play Age of Sail on Mac

PlatformsComputer

Game summary

Explosive real-time naval combat. Time 1775 to 1820- All the grandeur and pageantry of the Tall Ships era along with some bone-crunching, wood-splintering cannon shots to liven things up! Talonsoft, creators of the award-winning Battleground series, is proud to introduce its new real-time historical strategy series! Age of Sail delivers an excellent blend of exciting real-time naval combat and vivid 3-D graphics. Take command of the greatest sailing ships in history! Ships include the Victory, Constitution, Constellation, Bonhomme Richard, Espanol, Guerriere, Vengeance, and Saratoga just to name a few! Complete Campaign Game (1775 to 1820). Can you rise from a lowly Ensign to Admiral of the Navy? Enlist in the navy of Britain, Spain, France or the United States! 100 Scenarios including the battles of Trafalgar, Camperdown and Cape St. Vincent! Complete Scenario Editor, with over 2,000 historically accurate ships representing all major and minor countries, lets you create instant naval combat to your specifications.
First released: Nov 1996

Play Age of Sail on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Age of Sail 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).

Age of Sail 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 Age of Sail like you would on any PC.
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