How to play Arcade Archives: PSYCHO SOLDIER on Mac

Game summary

Use your psychic powers to defeat SIGMA, the otherworldly monster that has awoken from thousands of years of slumber! PSYCHO SOLDIER is an action game released by SNK in 1987. Play as the Two Soldiers of Light, ATHENA ASAMIYA and SIE KENSOU, and use their psychic powers to defeat the otherworldly monster SIGMA! Fill up the Psycho Gauge for a Psycho Ball attack! The super items inside of eggs can be used to perform amazing transformations!
First released: Apr 2019

Play Arcade Archives: PSYCHO SOLDIER on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Arcade Archives: PSYCHO SOLDIER 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).

Arcade Archives: PSYCHO SOLDIER 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 Arcade Archives: PSYCHO SOLDIER like you would on any PC.
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