How to play AniMates on Mac

PlatformsComputer

Game summary

Animates is a 3D life simulator similar to Tamagotchi published on Nintendo DS and Windows by Lexicon Entertainment. The game is distributed by JoWood Productions in Europe and Dreamcatcher in North America. Aimed at children aged 5–9, gamers can choose between 5 imaginary creatures. You must nourish, wash, educate and amuse the creatures to keep the game going. The fairy-like 3D world contains several attractions like swings and slides. Next to that, there are also 5 mini-games available in the game: Mole-o-matic: jump on the head of the moles to stun them. Shoot the balloons: shoot with a peashooter to pop coloured balloons. Fish-o-matic: catch fish with a fishing net. Hopscotch: jump on the good squares to advance. Find the Tweet-Tweet: find 4 birds hidden in the game's world. The game uses a full 3D engine but with a traditional drawing style.
First released: Oct 2006

Play AniMates on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play AniMates 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).

AniMates 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 AniMates like you would on any PC.
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