How to play Anarchy on Mac
Game summary
"Whether you liked or loathed Defender, you'll love Anarchy. The speed at which the screen scrolls is frightening, the number of aliens, bullets and other miscellaneous objects that are animated simultaneously is absolutely remarkable. Anarchy is the best version of Defender ever."
Full screen horizontal, 4 level parallax scrolling. Arcade running speed (50 frames per second) on Amiga and Atari ST. 48 Colors on screen at once. Up to 80 aliens attacking simultaneously. Full screen animation sequences totalling over 450 screens. 4 Channel sampled soundtrack. Saveable top 50, Hi-Score table.
Fast, frantic, furious gameplay.
First released: Dec 1990
Play Anarchy on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play Anarchy 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).
Anarchy 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 Anarchy like you would on any PC.
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