How to play Alien Arena 2011 on Mac
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Game summary
This free standalone multiplayer deathmatch game has a retro sci-fi look to it. The game takes place in the distant future as a war rages between big-brained Martians and Robots. It uses the GNU General Public License of the id Tech 2 engine. There is also single player through the use of configurable bots. The first release featured 5 player characters, 10 levels, and 9 weapons (both of alien and human nature). It featured vertex lighting on models, textured particles, stainmaps, and hi-res full color textures and skins. The HUD shows player deaths and high scorer at all times. All source code was released with game.
Version 2.0 added three brand new 1vs1 tourney levels, scripted shaders, quad and invulnerability shell effect added on weapon model and glass effects (helmets, tubes, etc) and intermission sequences were improved.
First released: Jan 2011
Play Alien Arena 2011 on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play Alien Arena 2011 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).
Alien Arena 2011 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 Alien Arena 2011 like you would on any PC.
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