How to play Airstrike II: Gulf Thunder on Mac

PlatformsComputer

Game summary

Airstrike 2 is a top-down third person helicopter shooter. In each mission your goal is to survive and shoot as many things as you can to increase your score. As you progress through the game, you are given access to different helicopters that trade more speed for less armor.
First released: Feb 2005

Play Airstrike II: Gulf Thunder on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Airstrike II: Gulf Thunder 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).

Airstrike II: Gulf Thunder 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 Airstrike II: Gulf Thunder like you would on any PC.
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