How to play Arctic Thunder on Mac

Game summary

From the makers of Hydro Thunder comes the next mad racer by Midway--now digging into frozen race fields and fully throttled with the PlayStation 2! 12 outlandish winter tracks--From the Swiss Alps to the Blizzard in DC to the lost city of Atlantis, each track will challenge your skill and assault your senses. Amazing air, cool tricks--Perform up to 62 tricks to get points. Each character has unique moves. Weapons--Atomic snowballs, proximity missiles, snow bombs, and more are there to use as you battle your way to the finish line. Hand-to-Hand Fighting--Punch and kick your opponents off their sled.
First released: Sep 2001

Play Arctic Thunder on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Arctic 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).

Arctic 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 Arctic Thunder like you would on any PC.
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